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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
FolLED THE POLICE.
Assassin Of shuvaloff Had Recently
escaped From Prison.

Moscow. july 1S.-The authorities here
decline to disclose the Identity of the
assassin of EPrefect of Police ShuvalOff
last Tuesday,. but il is known that a.
very prominent and important political
capture has beer made. After the pris-
oners escape from the police station
where he had been confined as political
suspect some days previous TO the as
sassiuation of the project Shuvaloff set
OH the police of MOSCOW at work TO eff
feet his reca pture The prisoner in the
meantime shaved off his beard. and while
the uolfcc were searching for him every
where the man went to the projects Of
flee aud om-citted the crime for which
he will now be tried. The bullets Of the
revolver used by the prisoner We're filled
with POISON The crowd i'm the ante rom
Of the prefecture set upon the assassin
who was dragged into the street and ter
ribiy beaten.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
CALL FOR HELP TO
FIGHT FOREST FIRE

San Jose, Cal. July Am urgent call
for help comes today from the Mount
Hamilton section. the fire east of that
fresh fury. 1t is now southeast Of the
Arroyo Vale and IS fastening towards
the King ranch. The fighters are ex-
hausted and a rancher rode to Lick OBJ
servatOry from the scene this afternoon
and asked them TO telephone for assist
ance.
The danger to the observatory has long
been past. but many ranches that have
hitherto been believed safe from the
flames now seem doomed The Jernal.
Gonzales. Crow. Hayes and several other
ranches have been burned over and at
present the fire is having its own way
as the exhausted ranchers are helpless.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
EIGHT LIVES LOST IN GIANT POWDER
EXPLOSION NEAR OAKLAN CALIFORNIA

cred with lime. The loss win be about
$4,000
Cause Is Unknown.
The powder works are located about
nv, hiiiisS,s ol ne I'LL III
place. was located a quarter of mile
from the powder works proper and the
latter eScap ped damage
Foreman Dyer and his seven Chinese
helpers had just begun work for the day
and since none in the building escaped
with his life there is no reliable infor-
nation as to what caused the explosion.
There was an immense quantity OF chem
icais in the mixing building and the slight
est carelessness would easily result in de-
strlctiOn- Two small warehouses 20x20
feet and only a short distance from the
main fpiNing building were also shattered
The buildings ara a total wreck
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
RIOT OF TAIL0RS.
Employer Fatally Injured by Brock
IYn Strikers.

New York. July 13-One man was
probably fatally injured. more than a
score slightly hurt. an hundreds were
involved in a riot of striking tailors
and their sympathizers today in Wal
labout street in the Williamsburg sec
ton of Brooklyn.
1t was not until the crowd had
wrecked the clothing factory of Isaac
Newman that the police dispersed the
crowd1 Two arrests were made
Newman. the owner of the factoIy'
was The man who Will prOba bly, che
He was struck on the head by an non
bar IN. the hands OF a striker.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
MAYOR WEAVER GETS
SETBACK FROM COUNCIL

Philadelphia. July 13.-For the first time
since he began his campaign for mu-
0iciUaI reform. Mayor Weaver received
a setback at the hands OF common cOun-
ell today when that body did not com
Dlv with his request to authorize him 10
employ special counsel TO represent the
CITY in the matter of certain contracts
Involving millions Of dollars that are 10
be brought before the courts The com
mon council took up the three bills re-
pea ling ordinances giving the Pnliade.-
Dhia Rapid Transit company the right
to Law tracks on an additional one hun
dred miles of streets without the city
receiving anything for the privilege. ana
passed them as requested by the mayor
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
BURGLAR SHOT
IN UGLY FIGHT
Caught With Accomplish Robbing
Store at Union.
MAN HUNT IS STARTED
r. F. FoRBUSH FIGHTS FOR LIFE
WITH THUG.

~ n DESPERATE fight for liberty.
while his accomplish was fleeing from
the posse who had caught them loot
ing the Coop store AT Union. an unknown
burglar was shot dead by r F. Forbush
early this morning
The thieves were seen breaking into
the store. Citizens surrounded the place
At the point Of revOIvers and shotEuns
they took one of the burglars The other
made a run and escaped in the darkness
Forbush was guarding the prisoner while
the others followed the fugitive The
rObber, seizing an OpOrtune moment
Union is about three and one-half miles
southeast of Murray Like most OF the
small places south OF the city ana near
less infested by tramps and hoboes
among whom have come occasional
Shortly after midnight PAL. OF these
forced window III the Mon COOP
the place. a pair OF young men VINO olS-
covered them fastened up town and gave
of ten citizens eathered. some OF them
armed The leaders of this We're r. F.
Forbush, Frank Hoburn and Dave Mon
Struggle For Gun
The members Of the posse stole silently
up 10 the store and surrounded it. They
then entered the building one or the
burglars was captured at the point OF a
shotgun. The other made a dash Tor
freedom and got through the line of
guards. In the darkness IL was dlI-
ficult matter TO get good aim at the nee
ing man. and ne escaped though several
shots were fired after him
After this man the members Of the
posse ran. all save FOrbush. who was
left with the prisoner. FOrhuSh was
armed with q dOUblC-barreled shotgun
He watched his man closely and the rob
Der made no attempt toward escape BY
seeming to reconcile himself 10 his sit
uation the crook put Forbush a trifle Off
his guard. SEEING a moment when the
young man was turning the other way
the burglar leaped on FOrbush from al
most behind
One Is Captured.
The two graDDled and fought hard for
possession of the weapon. 1t was an
ugly struggle. The burglar was begin
ming to get the better of it, He had one
hand on the shotgun and was on top of
F'Orbush- Seeing that he was all but
OverpOwered and that another moment
would probably end in his own death.
FOrbush. by a great effort managed "a
point the muzzle of the weapon at the
others head and pulled the trigger. The
rObber was instantly killed
As soon as possible Marshal Mike MausS
of Murray was notified by telephone he
! in turn told the sheriff office. and with
l in a short time in addition TO the posse
{ of citizens, r number Of officers were
I looking for the burglar who had escaped
At an early hour this morning this crook
/ had not been discovered
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
MAGNETIC HEALER
UNDER SUSPICION

Atchison, Kan. July 13.-Mrs. Sarah
Peasley. wife of Professor a. Peaslev a
magnetic healer. is dead from poisoning.
Professor Peasiey says his wife had been
iii for several days, and he called in a
later and delivered a powder saying the
physician had sent il. Twenty minutes
after swallowing the drug she died in
great agony. The identity of the boy
has not been established. and the regu-
lar physician says he did not send the
medicine. A post norton examination
Will be held
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
DROP OF TWENTY CENTS
PER HUNDRED TN SUGAR

San Francisco. July ia reduction
of 20 cents per 1e0 pounds in all grades
of sugar has been announced The
cut is attributed to the weakness OF
the raw sugar market. the price Of
that article having recently dropped
Ia cents per pound
The decline in raw sugar has been
in a measure caused by the excellent
prospects in Europe for large increase
in the beet sugar output, and the crop,
which forms a little more than one
half of the worlds output. viii come
into the market in AUGUST.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
Appointment Means Peace.

Oyster Bay. July 13.-President ROOse-
welt received from the Associated Press
the first definite news of the declinatiOn
of NJ. Muravieff to act as the principal
plenipotentiary of Russia in the confer
ence and of the designation by the Rus
Russian envoy. Official notification Of
NJ Whites appointment has not reached
the president from St. Petersburg. al
though IL may come at any time
UnOfficially the designation of NJ. White
is regarded as most propitiOus- II IS be-
lieved that his appointment is an aSSuT-
ance that peace in the far cast is now in
sight
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
Not a Sound Heard.

Oakland Cal. July 13.-The giant pow
der mixing plant of the Giant Powder
company at Giant. Conta Costa county.
was destroyed by an explosion at 7;4O this
morning. Eight lives were lost one
white man and seven Chinese.
The Dead.
William H Dyer. foreman of the plant,
so years old, and seven Chinese
One Chinanaan was uninjured He was
working on the outside of the plant and
the force CT the explosion sent him about
twenty feet into the bay of San Fran
cisco After dropping into the water. he
walked to shore over the mud flats hav~
ing Sustained few scratches on the face
burned right hand and fractured left
arm.
The plant was frame structure, COW
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
Has Not Resiuned.

New York. July 13.-Senator Depew has
not resigned as a director Of the Equit-
able Life Assurance society. This an
Paul Morton Of the Equitable. when his
attention was directed to an interview
with the senator in Paris yesterday,
which was printed here today. Mr.. Nor
ton said that just before Senator Depew
sailed for Europe a few weeks ago he
called at the Equitable offices and told
the chairman that he would resign as a
director and that he had no objection to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
DEPEW LOAN Is ANCIENT HISTORY
Excuse of Superintendent Hendricks for Not Mentioning the
New York Senator in His Report the
Equitable Life.

his 10000 a year position as special
counsel to the society being Cancelled or
abolished. No formal presentation of the
resignation ever had been made, how
ever. and Mr.. Morton said he was I'M
prepared to say whether or not 1t would
be accepted if rendered. Senator De
pew'S connection with the society as Spe-
cial counsel will terminate on Aug. I. II
having been announced some time ago
that the position would be abolished dt
the end of the present month.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
KILLED IN A QUARREL
OVER SCHOOL MATTERS

Anadarko. Okla, July 13-P c Rem
frow and Thurston Plowman were killed
toGay at Cogar, in Lone Rock township.
in a quarrel that is said TO have arisen
oyer school matters. according TO word.
RECEIVED by the sheriff who has sent
officers to the scene. The dead men
ware officers of the school board Csfverfs
Nathan and Lee Masters. who are being
held for alleged completely in the kill
ing; are said TO have gone to Repfrow
house 70 demand certain school books
when the latal quarrel ensuad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
THE DEATH RECORD.
Rev. DR.. Charles L. Pearson.

Quincy Ills. July. 13.-Rev. DR.. Charles
l. Pearson. pastor of the Unitarian
church of Quincy. IS dead in London,
where he was visiting his daughter. He
was for twenty-seven years professor of
literature in Northwestern university and
was the central figure Of "A famous here
sy trial in the Methodist church. after
which he affiliated with the Unitarians.
He was author Of several volumes of
poems and also Of theological works not
ably The Carpenter Prophet" DR.. Pear
son was born in ENGLAND sixty years ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
Knows Only Too Well.
TWICE REFUSED.
Nj. Witte Would Not Become d Mere
Figurehead-

Paris. July 13.-The St. Petersburg cor
respondent of the Echo de Paris states
that the declinatiOn of NJ MuraVieff to
head the Russian peace mission WAS
based partly on the state of his health
ance for expenses to cover the period OF
his sojourn in America was only 1900
roubles. which amount he considered in
sufficient owing to the great cost OF llV-
ing in the United States.
NJ White twice refused to become the
successor of Muravieff on the mission on
the ground that he did not wish to be a
mere figurehead in the transmission to
Emperor Nicholas of the peace terms Of
fered by Japan. His selection, therefore,
cannot but be taken 70 mean that the
emperor has yielded to his insiStence that
real powers plenipotentiary be con-
ferred upon RUssias principal representa-
tives on the peace mission
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
Provisional Warrant.

Sacramento. Cal. July 13.-Lewis +.
ByingtOn. district attorney of San
Francisco. has requested Acting Gov
ernOr Anderson to ask President ROose-
Welt for "A provisional warrant of arrest
for George ID. Collins. the attorney who
is charged with bigamy, and who es-
capped 20 Victoria. 3 G. Acting Gov
ernor Anderson Immediately complied
by sending a dispatch to that effect to
Washington.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
Insurance Question.
NO HALF-HoLIDAY.

Washington. July 1S.-Secretary Bona
parte forwarded his decision in the mat
ter of the half holiday for the employees
of the Washington navy yard on Satur-
days during the summer. to the depart
ment from Baltimore today The secre-
tary says the half holiday requested can
notfs he granted with due regard to the
public Interest FOR the necessity for
strict economy on the part of the de-
part1sent is obvious.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
CERTIFICATE. OF CHARACTER.

New York, july Borrower Cleveland
George Westinghouse and Justice
Morgan :, O'Brien. trustees of the ma
5ority stock Of the Equitable Life As
society. have written to Jacob
II. Schiff expressing their confidence
in him. Mr.. Schiff retired from the
Equitable directorate at the time the
board rejected the report OF the Frick
investigating committee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
ALsRIcHT ACQUITTED.

Troy. Mo. July 13.-After deliberaung
tai was returned by the jury in the case
of T. Edward Albright. former member
of thess Missouri house of delegates.
charged with bribery in connection WI
the passage Of the bill granting a fran
chise to the ST. Louis & Suburban Rail-
way company
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
LEADERS OF THE
RIOTS HANGED
Twenty-four Men Perished on the
Scaffold at Odessa.
MANY OTHERS ARE DOOMED
GENERAL TREPOFF MARKET
FOR THE GRAVE.


, St Petersburg. July 13.-The bomb =
: factory seized at Tflis. CauCasia. .
, is considered an important haul 1t =
, contained. in addition to finished :
; bOmbS. large quantity OF dynamite =
: itrO-glycerine and other explosives =
; Thirteen persons belonging to the To- !
, cal revolutionary committee were =
, captured. chemist who was i'm >
; plicated, committed suicide. =
, St Petersburg. July Is. $40 o. M :
; Rumors are current in this city that =
; four grenadier regiments at Moscow :
: have mutined and that at Warsaw :
; Yesterday certain officers refused to \
; give the command to their men to =
; IRE on people. who were making a ;
; demonstration. Not the slightest con !
Iirmatlon. however, is obtainable of =
these rumOrS- a
=
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
SWEPT BY TORNADO.
Several Fatalities on the Rosebud
Reservation, S. D.

Fairfax. 5. D.. Juiy 1s--One person
was killed and four injured. two proba-
blv fatally. by a tornado which swept a
portion of the Rosebud reservation to-
day At least three small towns are
Known to have been struck by the 81 rn-
ROy McFadden was killed near st Ell
mo. Eight persons were injured at Her
rick and several buildings destroyed. At
Burke six people were injured, including
James Jensen. his wife and baby, the
latter two OF whom may die
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
Charles M. CouIan.

Sacramento Cal. July 13.-ChaTles NJ.
COglan. who held for many years the po-
sition Of secretary of the state board OF
equalization. died at his residence in this
city this morning Coglan was born at
sea and was - years of age
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
Collins Indicted.

San Francisco. July 13.-George d.
Collins. an attorney Of this city under
arrest at Victoria. g. G.. was indicted
today by the grand jury on the charge
Of perjury.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
VIII MEET IN OGDEN.

Morganton, N. c., July 10
The convention of the instruct
ors of the deaf adjourned to-
night, to meet three years from
now at Ogden, Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
MURDERER HANGED.

Salem. Ore. July 13.-George W Lauth
the murderer of his mistress Mrs. Len
ore 3. Jones at Oregon City about one
year ago. was hanged at the penitentiary
here this afternoon. He was brave to
the end.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14

ODESSA, July 15.-Twenty-four leaders
u Of the recent disturbances here were
hanged today in various prisons. An
other batch of seventeen viii be publicly
executed upon the arrival here of General
Ignatieff, president Of the special confer
ence for the revision of the exceptional
laws designed for safeguarding public
order.
The battleship Georgi Pobiedonosetz has
arrived here with a fresh crew for the
purpose Of taking siXty-seven mutineers
to SevastopOl for trial by court martial.
Light Sentences.
OF 202 persons arrested and charged with
robbery or incendiarism in connection
with the recent riots, Seventy-fOur were
acquitted today owing to lack of evil
dence and twenty-eight were sentenced
to six weeks Imprisonment. the time to
include the two weeks. which they have
already passed in prison.
The extraordinary outcome of these
trials has aroused much comment here
1t is openly asserted that it is A political
demonstration against the military gov
eminent and furnishes evidences of the
conflict going on between the municipal
ity and the governments, as the judges are
elected by the people
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
OHIO BANK GOES UNDER.

Springfield. O.. July 13-The Citizens
bank Of Yellow Springs a private institu-
ton. failed To open its doors TODAY. Ii is
thought 10 owe depositors between IS. 900
and $4,000
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
CRIME OF FRENZIEO SPOKANE MAN
Charles H. Davis Sashed the Threats of His Wife and Infant
Child and Then Cut His Own Throat-Death
Almost Instant

. POKANE, Wash, July 13.-Frenzied
y by melancholy and continued
broOding over alleged injuries
Charles H. Davis tonight slew his wife,
his 3-months-old baby and committed
suicide in his house on the north side
Of the city. Without a moments warn
ing or Uttering a cry. the wife and baby
had their heads nearly severed from
their bodies by a razor in the hands of
the husband and father. Davis then
made three sashes in his own throat
and fell weltering into a pool of his
blood in the kitchen. In the brief space
of five minutes the entire family was
blOtted out.
Not a Sound Heard
The tragedies occurred about 7:3O
and 50 quickly and 50 thoroughly did
the man do his work that nearby neigh
bOrs enjoying the GOODNESS of the even
ing on their DOrches and in their front
yards, heard not a sound to aDDrise
them of the fearful deeds being enact
ed. Mrs Edwin G. Swayne swinging
in a hammock directly across the street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-14
FOUGHT HIS WAY
THROUGH LIFE
NJ. White Was Once an Underpaid
Railway Clerk.
NOW A POLITICAL LEADER
LIBERALS OVERLOOKED AT HIS
APPOINTMENT.

OF. PETERSBURG. July Is. 12-55 p. M
y Emperor Nicholas has signed the ap-
pOintment of NJ. White, president or
the committee OF ministers. to be cher
plenipotentiary representing the Russian
government in the peace negotiations TO
be conducted next month in the United
States. The appointment, which was
signed after midnight, clothes NJ Wltte
Official notification of the designation OF
NJ. Witte to head the mission was lot
warded 30 Washington this morning. n
White will take passage on the North
German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wllheln
der Crosse, which sails from Cherbours
Objected to Muravieff.
1t has been intimated that Japan for
mally objected to certain utterances az
tribUted to NJ Muravieff rejecting upon
the japanese nation, but inquiries made
here have failed to obtain any conflrma-
ton of the rumor.
that the negotiations have been placed IN
NJ. Whites hands. II is the firm beleL
termination of the negotiations, but thai
NJ. Witte will secure the best possible
grand dukes and cOurtiers of the emper-
or's encourage. however, are reported 10
be furious at NJ. Whites selection
Man of the Hour.
Sergius White, the Russian plenipoten-
tiary, may be regarded as the leading
liberal statesman OF Russia TOT the last
thirteen years he has been one OF the
strongest personalities in the Russian Du-
reaucraCy. although his political fortunes
suffered a setback when he was COM
PEELED to resign the portfolio of minister
of finance in August, 1903, ana again
when, after being appointed president OF
the council of ministers in the same
month his office gradually lost ITS I'M
pOrtance until rumOrS of his intention TO
resign and go abroad had been persis-
tently circulated.
Worked His Way Up
Witte is about so years old and has
steadily worked his way up from the
position of an underDaid railroad clerk,
who occasionally acted porter 70 th4I
of the leading statesman of Russia IN
spite of the fact that his enemies are
numerous and include some of the most
powerful men in Russia a man OF large
stature. big limbed and muscular, stand
ing over six feet high. Witte has the
reputation of being harsh to his subor-
dinateS, but his honesty and ability nave
never been doubted even by his worst
enemies. He was created count IN
1901.
Knows Only Too Well.
NJ Witte is thoroughly familiar with
the far eastern question IN all Its pear
ings. He understands the Japanese posi-
ton and fully realized before the war
that aggressive policy being pursued
under the lead Of NicerOy AleXletf ana NJ
BeZObraZOff. president OF the Y alu Inn
Der company. and the cOterie Of adven-
turerS connected with them would drive
Japan to take up the sword At one
time Wttte talked over the question with
the Marquis Ito. president of the Japan
statesmen Of Japan Practically 1t was
Whites disapprOVat of Russia 3 FAR east
ern policy and the creation OF "A vice
ROYALTY in the far east which caused his
7F1TT -,fv, fcfaT Of