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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
FORESTRY CHAIR AT YALE
Steps Taken to Secure Necessary
Funds to Establish

Chicago July First steps toward
thc raising of $4,000 TO be used in the
endowment of "a chair Of applied for
estry at Yale university have been taken
at Il meeting of the executive committee
OF the National Lumber Manufacturers
association.
The committee has in charge the rails
ing of the necessary funds for the en-
doNmCnt of the chair and the appoint
mont of a special committee of three
practical lumbermen to cooperate with
the Yale forest school faculty with a
view of directing the course of study
along practical lines and also the work
or securing committee of 100 lumber
men who will have charge OF the work
In the various numbering districts.
The support Of the United States gov
Crnment also Will be solicited. and Gift
ford PinchOt. chief of the forestry bu-
reau. viii be made an honorary member
OF the executive committee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
HAY BETTER THAN
GLORY, THINKS MULE

Judge Christopher Bismarck DienLs
soul-stirring drive of Dulcinea in the
special Elks' race was easily the feature
of yesterday afternoon at Agricultural
park The judge and Dulcinea got bad
start but at that the eminent juTiSt made
II an evelash finish between DUlcinea and
Maude driven by c. r. Cleaveland-
Naude's eyeIash was the leading one and
the races was accordingly awarded TO the
Salt Lake muIe-meaning Maude, not
CleaveIand-
Emmett of Ogden. with Bunkn Bin,
drew the pole the others coming in or
der. cleveland of Salt Lake with Maude,
Diehl, representing Provo with Dulcinea,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
WORKMEN FIND FOUR
LIVE MEN BURIED

y New York. July 27.-Four men y
y buried by the caving-in of a trench y
y they were digging for new gas =
y plant at Long Island City. were y
\ saved yesterday by laborers who y
\ happened to pass yesterday and saw =
y directly i'm front of them on what y
y appeared to be level ground, a mans y
; hand and part of the forearm y
y Frightened speechless, they stopped +
= and then the fingers of the hand y
4 moved. Hasty examination showed .
h the nature of the accident which had y
y buried some one and the laborerS y
3 dug into the loose soil rapidly as y
y possible. The owner of the hand was y
y soon taken out unconscious At the =
y same time the diggers came across =
h the leg of another workman Later y
h they uncovered two more men after y
y several hours work. Physicians at y
y a nearby hospital restored the four =
4 trench diggers to consciousness =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
ARRANGING FOR CASH.
Bankers Plan to Raise Indemnity
Fund.

GnQs
Berlin, July Elm view Of the prob
ability Of an early peace between Rus
STA and Japan, the terms of which viii
involve the payment of a very heavy
indemnity by Russia, the financiers of
Europe have been holding conferences
10 the end that the peace indemnity
may be paid without seriously dis
turbing the finances of the world The
Mendelssohns, the Berlin bankers who
have BEEN for many years the represent
tatives on the continent of the Rus
sian government and who have ne
gotlated many of the Russian loans
have formed an alliance with the Roth
childs in respect of the matter and
have held communication with all the
leading financial institutions both on
the continent and in England. They
are about TO send their representatives
TO New York with a view of enlisting
the cooperation of the larger finan-
ciers Of the United States it is likely
that a Russian loan for the purpose
of paying the indemnity will be scat
tered and that a considerable portion
of il will be taken in the United States
J. PierponU Morgan. after having con-
ferred with a number OF financiers of
England, is sailing today for New
York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
NORTHERN PACIFIC KILLS FOUR
Wreck Near Forsyth Results in Six CasuaIies-Bodies
Not Yet Taken Out of the Ruined
Cars.

Helena. Mont, July pa special to
the Record from Forsyth says four peo-
pie are dead and two seriously injured
as a result of an east bound Northern
Pacific freight wreck between Myers
and Rancher. thirty miles west of
Forsyth. High water had carried away
small concrete bridge and the freight
in charge of Engineer James Wilson
and Conductor Peter Emge plunged into
the opening. The engine and FIVE cars
were piled into the ditch.
The Dead.
James Wilson. engineer, Forsyth.
Edward Luciter. fireman. Forsyth.
Two unknown tramps-
Injured
John Campbell brakeman OF Forsyth.
one UNKNOWN tramp
The injured have been brought here.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
IDAHO FOREST FIRES.
State Land Commissioners Goes Out
to Fight Them.

Spokane. Wash, July 27.-Advices to
the Chronicle from Moscow. Idaho.
state that forest fires have been rag
ing on the forks of the Clearwater
river destroying vast tracts of lumber.
have got beyond control of the force of
men that has been fighting them, and
unless more men are sent. it is declared
the fight will be useless.
State Land Commissioner Munson
has left MOSCOW with twenty men ana
the Clearwater Lumber company has
Also sent out a large force. The law
forbids the state hoard 70 send out
more than six men at a time to fight
forest fires. but i'm this emergency IL
was decided to override the Law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
PEST POISON DOES DAMAGE
Attempt to Kill Flies Causes
Death of Rare
Animals.

New York, July efforts 20 rid the
Bronx geological park OF II pest of flies
which has made life almost unbeara BILE
for the animals since the warm weather
began have caused the death Of six ami
mails. including some Of rare species
Their loss ma every case j. ASSIGNED TO
their having eaten the dead flies killed
by drinking a solution of arsenic and
which fell into the cages
Last Friday general order was is
sued by park official intended to take
measures to abate the Fly nuisance
Sheets OF paper containing arsenic were
then distributed. with direction for their
Use. The order was carried out with the
result noted. Examination of the dead
animals showed they had eaten the poi
soned flies. Many other animals ard
birds were taken with commissions but
We're saved by the prompt treatment
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
GAS EXPLOSION KILLS

Somerset. O.. July 27.-Former State
Senator William L. Fink and wife were
fatally burned today in a natural gas
explosion that wrecked their home
here. For some days there had been
the Odor OF escaping gas in their home
and efforts to find the leak had been
unaVaiiing-
Mr.. and Mrs Fink We're found by
neighbors in the wreckage of their
home and fearfully burned about the
face and body Mrs. Fink died this
afternoon. Fink is believed to be at the
point of death
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
LOT OF LAND WITHDRAWN
Secretary of Interior Holds Out IT,.
600 Wyoming
Acres.

Washington, July 1.-THE secretary Of
the interior today withdrew from entry
1900 acres of land in the Lander land
district Wyoming. which is desired for
irrigation purposes. The land withdrawn
is: Sections s. Z and 10. township So north
range 1O2 west; sections 3 to s. 10 to Is.
p . p. 30 and 81. township 80 north
range lbs west; sections y and Is. town
ship 81 north. range 104 west
Idaho poStmaSters appointed: Adams.
Idaho county Maggie Moore, vice Mary
L. Pugh. removed; Heise, Fremont coun-
ty Bertha Gavin. vice Blanche Heiser,
resigned; Thunder. Boise county Just
r. Warner, vice Charles T. Barringer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
kELLY's BOND GOOD.

Topeka, Kas., July 27.-The meeting
of the state executive council was held
late this afternoon At noon Gov.
Hoch stated that State Treasurer Kel-
ly's bond for S94O. 900 seemed good and
would be approved. other members of
the council spoke in the same way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28

The bodies of the killed have not been
recovered from the Wreckage. The
freight had orders to run from Rdncher
to Myers to meet the westbound pas
senger train. Luckily the freight
struck the washOut before the pas
Senger or there would have been terri
BILE loss of life. The passenger was
tagged q short distance from the
wreck The company is making heroic
efforts TO clear the track.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
AFTER FRIENDLY KING.

San Francisco. July Z7.-The schooner
William Olsen. arrived here from the
Friendly islands, brings the news that
movement is on foot among the Eng
lish residents TO force King George, the
ruler of the islands, to abdicate. The
islands being under the protection Of
Great Britain, KIM George has gone 70
New Zealand 10 j. cad before King Ed
wards repreSent atfVes that the govern
ment of the island be undlsturbed and
that he be secured his throne.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
EMREzzLER CAUGHT.

New York. July 27-Charged with en-
bezzling $4,000 from a Bremen bank Her
man SchadOw was arrested as he stepped
off the steamship Main today. The pris-
oner declared his willingness to return
to Germany and was committed to the
TOmbS to await eKtradition papers
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
Luncheon With President.

After luncheon TO be given by the presi-
dent on the Mayflower is over and the
president has departed, the Japanese
pleuipotentiaries and suite will embark
on the Dolphin. commanded by COmman-
der Gibbons. the Russian plenipOtentarieS
and suite remaining on the MayfiOwer,
when they will proceed to Portsmouth,
conveyed by the cruiser Galveston. COM
m1&Aied by Commander w. G.. Cutler.
which will arrive off Oyster bay on the
evening of Aug. 4.
A slow run north will be made so that
Portsmouth will be reached on the morn
ing of the 7th. where they will be re-
ceiVed by the admiral commanding the
Portsmouth navy yard. within which the
negotiations for peace are to be con-
Quoted. Assistant Secretary Peirce will
90 from New York to Oyster bay on the
Sylph. The three cruisers are sister ships
and now being prepared for the COM
ing mission. having just arrived from
France in company with the cruiser
Brooklyn. which brought back the body
of John Paul Jones
Rear Admiral Sigsbee. to whose squad
ron the Tacoma. Chattanooga and Cal
weston are attached. returned to New
York today and will issue the necessary
orders to carry into effect the programme
announced
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
PLAN TO MEET
PEACE ENJOYS
Arrangement For Reception Made in
Washington.
LUNCH WITH ROOSEVELT
ARRIVE IN PORTSMOUTH MORN
ING OF AUG. 7.

IAI ASHINGTON. July 21.-Arrange-
Nv ments We're completed here today
for conveying the peace ENJOYS Of
Russia and Japan from New York 10
Oyster bay where they will be received by
the president and from there to Ports
mouth y. n. The details were arranged
at a acs>uference participated n by Acting
Secretary of State PIERCE. who has been
commissioned by the president to arrange
for sthe meeting of the ENJOYS; Acting
Secretary of the Navy Darling; Rear Ad-
Eirai Converse, chief of the bureau of
navigation. Rear Admiral Sigsbee- COM
handing the squadron of the North At
lantic fleet from which vessels have been
selected for the conveyance of the pleni-
pOtentiaries and Commander c. MGR.
WinslOw. commander of the MayfloWer.
According to the official announcement
subsequently made, the Russian pienipo-
tentiaries and suite will embark on the
cruiser Chattanooga, commanded by Com
mander Sharp. at the foot of Twenty
third street, New York City, at a on
Aug. :. the Japanese plenipOtentiaries
embarking at the same point on the
cruiser Tacoma. commanded by COmman-
der R r. Nicholson an hour later. ar
irving at Oyster bay within half hour
of one another.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
GIBBONS TALKS
ABOUT GRAF TING
Cardinal Says Remedy is in Publ
city.
MUST BE MADE KNOWN
DREAD or EXPOSURE DETERS
MANY WEAK MEN,

NEW YORK, July 2Z-CardinaI James
IN Gibbons, who is spending the sum
mer at Southampton, Long Island
rave an interview yesterday on the sub
iect Of corruption in business and public
life. which he declares must be cured by
publicity through the press
Corporation corruption is fixed eVli
that we must reckon with just as long
AS the present condition Of society exists
sn this country" said the cardinal.
Whenever there is an amalgamation OF
great capital or large collection of men
interested in one money-mal<ing concern,
There is sure TO be corruption. IL is not a
oTIds history The SS only reason that It
comes so much to the fore at present IS
that the methods of its detection are daily
"Corruptior has always existed and, 1
an much afraid. will exist as long as
human nature yields TO the attributes That
.'The bright spot is the fact that the
Degradation is made known. Corruption
cannot exist nowadays without being dis
covered after awhile The greater the
evil the greater the possibility of remedy.
become such an assured fact that II
CouuterbaIances. almost. the evil which
the present condition OF money madhess
creates.
Dread of Exposure Oeters.
The fear. the dread of exposure. is the
CounterbaIancing element. and that fear
that dread. that horror of having name
once respected dragged down, is due to
Tho efforts OF the metropolitan press.
1t may not be good ethics, but II IS
certainly very good common sense and d
very good moral element. that the fear
or the dread of exposure in the public
press keeps many man striking close
TO the path Of rcctitude who otherwise
would stray off into the byways Of per-
Eonal graft
There is nothing the cardinal contin-
ued. which "A man prizes more than his
reputation. and the only way to effect
pose him in the public press. The power
of the press is incalculable. Sometimes II
happens that the defect is shown in an
exaggerated form. but as a rule the pub
JIG exposures of public men are public
benefactiouS.
The shattering of idols, popular idols,
has Of late become q thing OF almost
daily occurrence. 1t is a sad thing to
contemplate, but il is an inevitable con-
dtion.
The great troubie-maker to this coun-
try is money. Americans are not misers.
thank God. Otherwise we would be in a
fortunes are made they are almost as
rapidly expended. and the constant cir
culatiou Of money, the keeping going of
these large fortunes, is one of the hopeful
signs of che future.
I'm the United States il is not the love
OF money-it is money itself-that is the
oOt.of all evil. The fact of possessing
money and having the opportunity to
spend il brings with il untold clinstiOn
toward vice and immoral and unlawful
eXtravagancc-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
Purchase of Hyde Stock.

Reciting the purchase of the Hyde
stock by Thomas +. Ryan, the COM
plant then denies the legality of the
election of directors who are not stock
holders of the company. The COM
pi1int goes on:
The assurance funds held by the So
ciety have been fraudulently and neg
lectfully, and are being wasted, and
mismanged and lost to the extent of
many millions of dollars: it is without
a legally chosen board of directors and
the real value of the property held by
il is unknown and speculative.
Rewriting to a statement that the
defendant society has wilfully and
negIectfully and fraudulently misman-
aged and. through it's officers and
agents, misappropriated the said as
surance funds" the complaint asserts
that the said defendant is wholly I'M
able to repay the amount of such vast
ed and misappropriated money to said
fund for the benefit OF your annui-
tants, and your orator AYERS that the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
Detention Camps Established.


able persons to leave the city, who want
to get into sections Guaranteed against
New Orleans were opened today Per
mitS to enter these camps are to be OBJ
rine hospital service here. This is TO be
REQUIRED in order that each applicant
may be examined. the hospital service
not desiring to send into the detention
camps persons who are likely to become
ILL., thereby establishing new centers of
Infection
There is a very slight exodus of New
Orleans people. Sore heads of families
are sending their wives and children else
where, and men whose business has suf-
fered by the appearance OF the fever
to take summer vacations now. It is next
to impossible to get into Mississippi. Ala
hama. Texas or Louisiana towns with
out detention. Guarantees are being
board of health began to make public
the number Of cases and deaths.
Mississippi is sending her inspectors
right into New Orleans. Every paSSen-
through passengers scrutinized, to pre-
vent any one from attempting to get
into the state BY surreDtitious means
The Louisville & Nashville guards aD-
pear % the state line the doors of the
cars are licked and there is no chance
given a passenger to leave the train I'M
being made by passengers, except those
bound through. to go over either
the Texas & Pacific or the Southern
Pacific.
disposition among the medical men to &C
Cept the mosquito theory and therefore
modify the quarantine regulations. The
masses or the people, however. have not
that there are 300 cases in New Orleans
has been sufficiently terrorizing to force
them TO demand that there shall be alb
solutely no communication with infect ed
nRlUtS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28

Anew YORK, July Elm the form of
IN an amended complaint to a bill
filed last April. suit was begun to-
day in the United States circuit court
for the southern New York district to
throw the entire S421. OOO. 900 of the as
sets of the Equitable Life Assurance
society into the hands of receivers, who
shall take possession of all the funds.
assets and property held by the de-
PENDANT society of every character and
description and administer the same as
they may be directed by the court
More than forty policyholders In the
Equitable, representing dozen differ
ent states, are included as complain
ants in the present suit. which is based
in part upon the allegation that the
society has no funds with which to
meet its enormous losses, and is in
solvent.
For J. Wilcox Brown, of Maryiond,
the holder of a $25, 900 policy, as com
plainant, papers were filed last April
to compel distribution of the SS4 ,000.
900 surplus fund of the society, to COM
pei the management to make an ac-
counting to the policyholders. and for
the appointment of receivers for the
surplus fund, pending judicial ascer-
tainment of the rights o{ the policy
holders thereto.
Since the filing Of that bill permits
sion was obtained to file an amended
complaint. Since the original bill was
filed foTty-four other policyholders
have interviewed in the suit.
In the amended bill, which is far
more sweeping in its charges and in it's
appeal for relief than was the original
bill of last April, there are incorpo-
rated many citations from the F'FNck
and Hendricks reports, published some
months later. The bin alleges that the
society has been guilty of misnanage-
ment in syndicate transactions. that
unreasonable and excessive" salaries
have been paid, and that large sums
of money, ranging from $4,000 to $50
600, 900. belonging 10 the said insurance
funds of the society were allowed by
1t to remain uninveSted on deposit in
banks and trust companies without adj
equate interest. in many of which
banks and trust companies the said
officers and directors of me society or
many of them were large stockholders
for the purpose of securing pecuniary
benefit to such directors individually:
and such undue and unreasonable cash
balances existed since at least the
year 1907
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
YELLOW SC0URGE
Is NOT ABATE0
Desperate Efforts to Check Fever in
New Orleans.
CLEANING CAMPAIGN BEGUN
DETENTION CAMPS ARE ESTAB.
LISHED BY AUTHORITIES.

Al EW ORLEANS, July 27-AI the
forces engaged in the battle against
the yellow fever scourge today joined
in expressing the belief that, while the
situation is serious. enough success has
already been achieved in the application
of the methods applied, as the result Of
the work of the Reed commission in
Cuba, to Justify the. hope that for the
trst time in the history of the country
what threatened to be a malignant cpl
demic of yellow fever will be stamped
out before frost comes and that New Or
leans will be spared the horrors of pre-
VlOuS eDidemicS
1t is the opinion of DIR. ]. II. White, in
charge of the marine hospital forces, and
OF the state and local health officials,
that If destruction of the stegomyia
checks the spread of the disease and
enables the Gradual eradication of the
cases IN hand and those which may be
expected TO appear for some time to
come in the infected sections, the pres
emf. visitation of the plague will have
been blessing in disguise since it will
have demonstrated the ability of science
70 control the most virulent outbreak of
the fever in the south
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-28
Total of 200 Gases.

With the cases reported today. the ag-
gSFregate since July Is runs close to 200.
Ihese are included in twenty to twenty
five foci. focus No. ] including the sec
ton around the French market where
large proportion of the cases and fatali-
ties have occurred. This sections runs
fo It -. -tI1n 70 IoaIIackS streets ana
about forty citsy blocks Italians here
are n3toriIously prone to avoid physicians.
thorities
No precautions were taken to destroy
the mosquito and the scourge spread with
such rapidttN that out Of the cheap and
crowded lodging houses the Italians who
could get away fled. some going to
friends in other sections of the city, some
DS ralI TO surrounding towns, and some
by luSgerS into settlements along the
coast The result is the appearance of
cases of fever in various parts of the
cty, but principally below Canal street
in neighborhoods of the poorer classes.
Almost every instance of a new focus
outside of the French market district
IS that OF an Italian who escaped there
from or of someone Of a different ma
tionality whose business was in the sec
tlon- As far as the health authorities
were able to discover today. no case has
thus far developed from outside of any
or the outlying infected districts and
with very few exceptions the cases and
deaths have been among the Italians.
illustrating this fact. report for. twenty
four hours made officially to the state
board shows thirteen cases and six deaths
nearly all of them being Italians.
Cleaning Campaign On.
A great cleaning campaign has begun.
Every ward is being thoroughly organ
lied with precinct organizations radiating
from the major body -
Cleaning up streets and removing dirt
from cutters is energy all thrown away
declared President konke of the city
board Of health to a. committee of citi-
zens who called TO consult him on the
subject. Screen cisterns and drain
standing water from premises where it
abOundS.' said he
I fitted out for the care of yellow fever
is located On an old three-story build
ing in the heart OF the French quarter
The hospital will be operated at its full
capacity. patients being removed to IL
from all sections Of the city in a screened
ambulance, which has already been pro-
Vfded.
\ visit to the French market section
; today gave little visfSsle evidence Of the
serious epidemic that has prevailed in
that quarter. Two weeks of hard work
4 by the public cleaning gangs showed in
I the general cleanliness of the surround
tngs. but there was no excitement among
the residents.
I Every avenue of egress from the city
; has been closed by the rigid quarantine
and uninfected sections of the city are
discOuraging any further invasions by
. Itahas. II is considered wiser for them
\ TO remain where they are at present
: and where they are to be charitRbly
. cared for if in distress and nursed If
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