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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
BANKER BIGELOW A GREAT EGOTIST
OVerCOnfIdence In His Ability As Fnancier Caused His
DOwnfall-First National Affairs In Remark
able TangIe.

Al MILWAUKEE, May THE first aU-
IFI thentic statement in regard TO the
cause of the downfall Of Frank
G. BigelOw, the defaulting bank presf-
dent. was made today by an intimate
friend of the former banker. In brief.
Bigelow's friend attributes the dis
aster to over confidence in his business
ability, which the banker did not pos
sess- BigeloW, his friend states. denies
emphaucaIly that ne lost the money
in wheat deals.
IF you were to ask him how the
money WAS spent he would be unable
70 tell YOU. said 5iT. BigeIOw's friend.
His affairs are in n remarkable tangIe.
To my mind there is no reason to be-
ieve that the defalCation dates back
more than comparatively a few years.
Bankers Were Careless.
As to his alleged defaIcation from
other banks. isn't it a bankers BUSH
ness to see that it is secUred2 Looking
at it from q purely business stand
point, il is impossible to steal from a
bank If the business of the bank is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
HATFIELD A SUCCESS.
California "Rainma<erv Will Get
His 81, 900.

Los Angeles. Cal, May Charles
Hatfield, 'rainmaker.~ who has been
working since Dec. 10 last to produce
eighteen inches of rain for southern
California by May T. on a pledge of a
number of Los Angeles merchants to
pay him Sl.0G0 if he succeeded. has com
pleted his demonstration and today was
paid a large proportion of the sum
promised. The remainder of the
amount guaranteed him will be paid
shortly, il is said. The fall of rain in
Los Angeles during the season ending
May ] has been 1S- 96 inches. which far
exceeds the fall of last season and IS
above the normal annual precipitation
for this section.
Hatfield established his ''rain-mak-
ing plant in Altadena, in the foothills
of the mountains, some twenty miles
from Los Angeles on Dec 10. and the
amount of rainfall from that date in
the immediate locality of his plant has
been 2649 inches. HatfieId's method
is generation of gas and discharged
into the atmosphere from a chimney.
which has the result. he claims. of at
tracing forces of nature which compeIs
moisture to form and be precipitated
in the shape Of rain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03

safeguarGed. For instance one COM
pany in St. Louis loaned Mr. BigeIOw
$4,000. BigelOw gave as security stock
in the First National bank worth much
more There is no reason to suppose
that he meant to defraud the St Louis
institution There was nothing about
him to indicate that he did He paid
the interest regularly and as a matter
OF fact did not intend to be dishonest
He thought he was financier.
Kept No Books.
He kept no books and for odds and
ends of all sorts he had his mind only
as their repositories. [ am sure I
don't know whether it indicates mental
weakness on his part. ] can but repeat
he supposed he was d greater business
man than he was.
Just when Mr. Bigelow began to
take the banks funds is q matter I am
unable to determine from anything he
says When an examination Of the
bank was made last January nothing
was disclosed For all l know it did
not begin until after that time There
was an absolute lack Of system about
anything he did so far as his own at
fairs were concerned "
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
READY TO BUILD
A FINE CHURCH
Methodists Purchase Corner Of Sec
ond East and Second South.
BUILDING TO COST $4,000
WORK TO BEGIN AT ONCE AND
BE PUSHED.
THE new First Methodist church will

= He new First Methodist church will
be located on the southeast
corner of Second East and
Second South streets with the
main front to the north. The
board of trustees closed a deal yester-
day by which the lot just opposite the
old Presbyterian church to the south
was purchased from Thomas Weir for
a sum approximating SI5 600. The lot
has a frontage Of So IL fet on Second
South street and a frontage of AZ feet
on Second East.
Work on the new church will begin
at once. Rev Benjamin Young. who
has been working like d Trojan to get
the financial affairs of the church
Strengthened out, with the old church
property disposed Of and the Cougre-
cation at home in a new church build
ing. said last evening that ne expected
dirt 90 fly in a few days. The copgre-
cation can remain in the old church
home for three months and perhaps six
After that time and until the new
church building is completed quarters
viii be rented
VIII Build Fine Edifice,
The new church will cost $40. 900. The
congregation viii have that much
money available out of the sale of the
old church property 1t is the inten-
ton Of the trustees to erect a fine house
Of worship 1t viii cover the entire
ground purchased and viii be thorough
ly modern in every way. Advantage
viii be taken of the wonderful advance
that has been made in the matter of
church architecture in recent years,
and nothing viii DE omitted that viii
tend to the comfort and pleasure of
the members of this congregation.
A building committee will be appoint
ed by DR.. Young in day or two, the
whole matter viii be placed in the
hands Of this committee. and every eff
fort viii be put forth to have the new
home ready for the congregation at the
earliest possible time. The auditorium.
it is claimed, will be the finest in the
city
Wish Downtown Church.
The Methodist have reached the con-
clUsion that there should be one down
town church. and this is the reason
they did not go out farther in the Sc
lection Of a site for the new church.
They argue that people passing through
the city and stopping at the hotels
should have an opportunity of attend
ing church without going to far away
the congregation are highly pleased
over the selection made, and consider
able enthusiasm has been manifested.
William g Johnston, the prominent
Denver business man who purchased
the Aztec property on First South
street last week. won for himself a
warm place in the estimation of local
MethOdists by contributing. unsolicited,
$500 toward the erection of the new
church Mr. Johnston IS a member of
Trinity Methodist church in Denver.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
POLICE BELIEVE THEY
HAVE NOTED ROBBERS

Portland. Ore. May 1.-The prisoner.
G.. II. Hanlon. one OF the three men
who robbed the Portland Hotel Rath-
killer. is believed by the police to be
Herman DeSohm said to be wanted in
connection with the recent robbery of q
Los Angeles hotel of $500.
William Barrett, arrested under the
name of William Kane. is thought to
be the man who attempted 10 steal a
si0.000 bag Of gold from SAP Fran
cisco bank in September last
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
Out of Court in Wisconsin.

Madison, Wis, May 1.-The state
supreme court today denied a re
hearing in the case of State Insurance
Commissioner Host against the Equit-
able Life Assurance society. Host
sought some time ago to compel the
Equitable to distribute several millions
Of its surplus funds among its policy
holders in Wisconsin and the court de-
cided adversely
The denial Of a rehearing ends the
case In Wisconsin
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
TWO FIREMEN KILLED.

Winnipeg, Man. May 1.-Two firemen
have been killed and five passengers
were injured in d collision between the
west-bound trans-continental Can
adian Pacific passenger train and a
freight train near ReveistOke. Both
trains were derailed and went down
the embankment. That no passengers
were killed was due to the fact that
there were several empty passenger
coaches between the engine and the
regular passenger coaches
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
STANDARD OIL HAS
CONTROL OF UTAH CON-
Especial to The IIeraldD

Boston May 1T is figured that the
Standard Oil Amalgamated interests now
have a clear majority of Utah Consoli-
dated stock and that in the last two
months these interests have accumulated
at least 20 GO shares. Previous to that
they held about b per cent of the 39--
90 shares Thomas w Lawson has been
mainly instrumental in frightening many
hundred small New England holders out
of Utah and is now issuing bulletins
that he Is short Of Utah at - and will
cover at -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
ANTI-GRAFT LAW.
Drastic Measure Signed by Governor
of Wisconsin.

Madison, Wis, April 2-The Stout
anti-graft bill is now law, the COVER
nor having fixed his signature to it to-
day 1t is one of the most far-reach-
ing measures against corruption ever
passed.
1t is not aimed at corruption in poll
tics. but at graft in business, and pro-
vides that whoever corTuptly gives OF
offers any agent, servant or empIoye
any gift or gratuity whatever with in
tentiOn to influence his actions in re-
lation to his employers business or any
emplOye who requests or accepts such
a gift shall be liable to a fine Of from
SO to $500 or by such fine and imprison-
ment for one year.
It is claimed that this law. If en-
forced, viii put a stop to the giving of
tips to pOrters. bOOtblacks or walters
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
STRIKERS ARE UGLY.
Armed With Clubs, They Prevent
Other Men From Working.

POUghkeepsie, \. Y, May 2--The 200
striking brick yard employees. mostly
foreigners, made another demOnstra-
tiOn today, marching from Duchess
Junction to Chelsea on the New York
Central tracks, armed with clubs and
preventing all work from being re-
sumed at thirteen yards in the dis
trict The manufacturers held d meet
ing today and decided not TO grant the
demands of the strikers and called
upon the sheriff to furnish deputies to-
morrow when an attempt viii be made
to resume work Deputies were sent
to the brick yards district this after
noon to arrest the leaders Of the
strike.
The strikers are in an ugly mood and
trouble is feared.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
SITE SELECTED FOR
CAPITOL BUILDING
(spec.aI 70 The Heraldl

Boise. Ida-. May 1.-The capitol build
ing commission tonight selected the pres
ent site for the new building. The Cen
trail school block adjoining will be add
ed the board having agreed to sell IL
for S25. 0O0-Iess than half its value This
gives frontage on Jefferson street of
go feet and a depth of 264 feet.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
FLAG DAY IN IDAHO.
lSpeciaI to The Heraldl

Boise Ida May 2-Governor Gooding
today issued 4 proclamation designating
June II as Flag day and requesting all
citizens 10 display the national banner
on that day from ~ school houses
churches. business houses and private
residences.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
Story Denied.

New York. May 2.-COncerning the
report that President Alexander had
been requested TO resign, Mr. Alexander
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
BLOODHSED EXPECTED.
Authorities Prepared for Uprising in
Poland.

Authorities Prepared for Uprising in
Poland.
St Petersburg May Bad as was
the TioLiHg at Warsaw, LODI, KaIisz
and other places in Poland yesterday
and venOmoUs as was the hostility dis
played against the police and the Rus
sian authorities, the uprising was far
T. less formidable and the results less
bloody than anticipated The authOri-
ties had given due warning of their in
tentiCU TO permit 10 demonstrations
and the troops quelled the disturbance
ruthlessly. All reports. however. indi-
cate that the deQOnstTatOrs were COM
pdTaUvely few i'm number. the vast bulk
of the population fearing trouble re-
manned indoors. Where trouble Oc-
CURED the crowds were armed with
bombs and reVoiveUS- In Warsaw a
red flag procession was dispersed by
two vglleyA COssacks and ChIans then
charging and cutting down the people
in the streets, driving them into court
yards and beating them with sabres
and whips in the cruel fashion peculiar
To- these wild hoTsemeu OF the steppes.
About hundred persons were killed
or seriously wounded. according TO the
reports, women and even children shar-
ing the fate of the men.
~ CfNfHGu OSSO BONDS
At LODI workmen attacked the police
with bombs and were charged 5y drag
ouEs and Uhlans. who cut of the bomb
throWers. drove them into house s11r-
rounded il and then fired uuon thos,,
inside. killing three persons and wound
iHg many.
According 10 tho reports which have
reached ST Petersburg from Eaiisz. the
Hcykmen there for time had the up-
per hand ~ the police and gcudarmeTic.
disarming and stOning them until res
Cued by 1t squadron # cavalry The
Polish press is intensely excited bv yes
terday's bIoodshed and it is feared the
trouble viii be renewed.
The only place in European Russia
where trouble occurred yesterday was at
Minsk which. strictly speaking. belongs
TO Poland. There, also. the reports re-
ceiVed here say. was bOmb-throwing
and firing upon COssackS and patrols
from windows, but the fatalities were
few.
Revolving Cruelty.
Supplementary reports of the rioting
yesterday, just received. confirm the
earlier Warsaw advices of the revolt
ing cruelty of the Cossacks and other
troops. People were driven into court
yards and beaten with the butts of
rifles. some Of them into insensibilitv.
The limbs Of some of the victims were
broken The bomb thrown into a Cos
sack patrol near the Vienna station.
Warsaw. struck the head OF z Cossack's
horse literally blowing the horse and
rider 10 atoms and killing two Cos
sacks and two women. In zombakoff
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
People Greatly Excited.

While there were practically no dis
tUrhanCeS in the Jewish cities on the
border of southwestern Russia. dis
patches this morning state that the
peouIe are in state Of excitement
The streets are filled with moving pa
trolls.
The mill owners at ByelostOk. south
western Russia, fled in fear of their
lives.
The situation * especially strained at
Borisoff and Gomel, southwestern Rus
STA
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03

street hussars fired two voIIeys into the
crowd.
At LODI woman looking out of a
window was shot bv Z Enssack
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
Dead

Charles Beard. struck ON the fore
head in the night near the Auditorium
hotel He died of d fractured sku4 at
the Mercy hospital. where he had been
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
One Man Killed.

As far as known but one man was
killed during the day The list of in
jured is much greater than that which
il is possible to obtain. In many cases
the non-uniOn men swung their clubs
with great effect. knocking men from
their wagons headloug into the street.
in other instances, when aSSai led by
mObS, they fired point blank into the
crowds and it is difficult TO see how
the members OF the mob could tscare
many broken heads OF how the bullets
fired should have gone wild.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-03
DO NOT PRESENT
UNITED FRONT
Chicago Team Owners Steering Clear
of Trouble.
RAILROADS DO LIKEWISE
EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION NOW
STANDS ALONE.

CHICAGO, May 2.-The strike situa-
L. ton in Chicago assumed q peculiar
aspect today and tonight the in
terests which have been opposing the
striking teamsters are not as united
as heretofore. The cause of this slight
dissension is the Team Owners aSsoei8-
ton which has contracts with the rail-
roads and many of the large firms
throughout the city To transfer their
merchandise Until today il was sup
posed that the Employers association
and their allies were firmly bound to-
gether in the fight for supremacy
against the teaInSters.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-15
THE KANsAN DEFINED.
What Some fasteners Say Of Kansas
and Her People.

Kansas is first in corn, first in
wheat, first in the hearts of her
citizens. But her greatest produc-
ton, is Kansans. They are a peo-
pie by THEMSELVES, three-quarters
Gascon and three-fourths Round
head, born poets, politicians, mon
ey-makers, trouble-makers, spout
ers, come-outers, heroes, world
savers and cranks. Step on a Kan
sas' toe and you perpetrate a
horror greater to him than hund.
red Calabrian earthquakes. He
was born cyclone and has been
revolving ever since. We salute
him. We love him. Never was Q
man hotter or colder of head
more buoyant of temperament,
shrewder in managing his owl
business and more bound to man
age that of the other folks. New
York Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-15
SEWARD.

Green Learles and W. II. Bat
man are out in Gray Co. looking
for some cheap land.
James Schnalian is at present in
Butler county looking after the
interests of his best girl, who
lives there.
Asa Jolley, who has had quite
a siege of sickness, is now able to
be up and around.
The new hardware store has
opened for business with fine
large stock of goods in that line.
and Harry Smith the proprietor,
is very busy.
The Lindas Telephone Co., is
putting up a row of poles on the
west side of main street and all of
the business houses are to be con-
nected with it.
John Seeleye has a fine new
barn built, on the old Lamb place
on Stafford avenue, and is having
his house connected by telephone
with the lumber yard.
The carpenters and masons are
very busy remodeling the resi-
dence that Mr.. Todlock brought
lof Ed. Schilling, and making some
needed improvements.
Our new drug store is rapidly
nearing completion, and it will be
a daisy when completed.
John Jolley has got moved into
his new house on Seward Ave,
and will have a fine residence
property when he gets it fixed up
to suit his taste and style.
The Woodman Camp at this
place has taken on new life, and
they had two adoptions last Sat
urday night, and several more ap.
lplications were ballotted on, with
the prospects of new members fol
several weeks yet. All the ole
members are urged to come oui
land help put the candidates through
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-15

ttg cheek here. And the fact Is I
AZ sped in to see if you could lend
ne SIS or $40 till Friday"
Lend you SIS or s2O?" gasped Jor-
kins.
only till Friday" said Jack. "ItT
be all right then"
Mr.. Jcrkins' sole reply was to stare
like a gargoyIe. with eyebalIs' dis
tended and mouth wide open
Are you lll?"
AT that question Mr.. Jorkins recov-
cred his self-command Closing his
eyes for moment. and passing a
moist hand across his brow, he at last
broke the silence by saying very slow
ly and cuttingly:
Really. sir, you surprise me some
what. You run up bill Of matter
OF $40 and mOre-a thing entirely
against my rules and a special favor
to yourself And then you come here
on Christmas eve and talk about a
big check. and ask me to lend you
sl5 or $40! It's a bit 'ot, sir!-a bill
'ot!"
But | have 5000 in my pocket"
Then pay my bill"
al cant tonight"
"Not out of s5,O0O?"
Not till Friday, you wooden-headet
IDIOT" said Jack, losing his temper.
Thank you, sir" said Jorkins. bow
ing low; and then proceeding witt
deadly calm: I'll wait till Friday al
noon. and il you haven't settled VI
BY then ri put you In the court: anC
you may put that in your. pipe anC
smoke IT, Good night"
Again Jack passed into the snow
clad street, where a boy who had beer
playfully lurking behind a lamp POS
flung noWbalI at him with such dsx
terity that 1t knocked his hat of Tn,
happy child ran away. and Jack in
fury ran after him. and fell over.
Cad" he muttered to himself. al
! he picked himself up and went bacl
for the hat, its fine thing to havI
$4,000, but I'm blessed if it seems t,
make much difference"
The prospects Of his Christmas wer
beginning to be little gloomy. Aha
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-15
SUNNY SLOPE

Hasn't showed yet-but-the
weather man says it is going to
soon.
Mrs. Fl. Bryant visited with her
sister Mrs. Post Tuesday.
George Brinson has gone to
Wichita with his father who went
there to take medical treatment.
G. K. Aldrich drove through the
district Thursday enrote to visit
the school in the Nuss district
Miss Cooney teacher.
Mr.. Fenno brought his mother
out from Hoisington to visit a
while. Miss Alice Susank visited
with Mrs. Maggie Sunsank Mon
day,
The box supper was a decided
success financially and socially. A
trifle over thirty dollars was raised
"Hurrah for Sunny Slope.
Miss Alice Susank received the
majority of votes as the most pop
ular lady present.
The cake Miss Alice received
brought over fourteen dollars.
Logan Brown was in attendance
with two good looking ladies.
Sam Pogue went to Hoisington
hired rig and-csme home by
himself.
Mrs. Coney was a visitor in the
district Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wagganan and son
Fred visited Mr., Dundas family
Sunday.
Miss Tena Susank also Mable
and Alice Doty visited the Rowe
girls Sunday.
Mrs. Rowe who has been real
sick is now better.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-15

Here is a Texas editors account
of.the creation: In the beginning
God created the heavens and the
earth and the editor. then he Great
ed the liberal advertiser which
was all good. The next day it
showed and he created the man
who does not believe in advertis-
ing, another who does not take
the home paper and then he rested.
And then the devil got into a
molding room and created the man
who takes the paper for several
years and fails to pay for it. AT.
ter he had completed that sorry
job and having a few Jumps left,
ne created that excuse of a mar
who settles his subscription by in
forming the postmaster to mark
his paper refused"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-15

human clay on earth and no one
could have her hand with their con-
sent that was not at least a million
aire. With that the young man
assumed a naughty nlien and said
IF that is all, the wedding will
occur on the day Grace has named.
/ have two eighties in Western
Kansas in alfalfa. With that the
old folks perceived their mistake
and Immediately gave their consent
and there as much rejoicing. :
BoSotn Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1905-12-15
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

Some time ago a young farmer
paid court to an accomplished
young lady in an Illinois town, and
ms suit being looked upon with
favor, he urged the young lady to
set the day and asked the parents
Tor their consent. This was re-
fused, and the young man was
told pointedly that their daugh.
ter was the finest little bunch Of