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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
HURRICANES IN THE NEW HEBRIDES
many vessels Went Down During the SormsNatiVes At
tack Trading Station Atchon Island and
Murder Traders Wife

Victoria, B. C, Jan. 21.-News was
brought by the steamer Miowera of
severe hurricanes in the New Hebrides
doing heavy damage. Many trading
vessels were lost In the group. and
buildings and dwellings destroyed. a
Roman Catholic school a Villa which
Y as rs feet long. was lifted bodily by
the wind and carried several yards from
its foundations It was wrecked. The
Presbyterian mission station was also
badly damaged.
Natives of the New Hebrides attacked
a trading station on Atchon island.
close to Malekula in December. wrecked
TIE station and murdered Mrs. Ger
main, the traders wife. German was
visiting an outlying station. The raid
ers returned TO mainland. Under the
conditions now ruling in the New Heb
rides they viii not be punished until
after a joint conference of the British
and French patrolling warships can be
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
PROTECTION PROMISED.
Secretary Morton Anxious Concerning
Fate Of Son-in-Law.

Washington, Jan. 21.-Secretary of
the Navy Morton has received a tele-
gram from Enrique Creel. governor
or Chihuahua, Mexico. saying that he
has taken prompt measures to protect
al Americans in the section of coun-
try where John X. Mackenzie was
killed. He thinks the danger is over
now.
Secretary Morton sent a personal in
quiry to the governor concerning his
son-in-law W. G. Potter, who started
Tor the Bahucrachio mines on Jan s.
This is about two hundred miles dis
tant from where Mr.. Mackenzie met
his death.
The state department will take up
with the American embassy in Mexico
City the question of recovering the
bodies Of the dead and also oIytairfne
prompt punishment for the mUrderers.
Stubinger From Illinois.
hawanee. H., Jan. 21.-James Stub
niger. who was killed in Mexico by the
Haquis, was a native of this place but
mad been for two years in HermosiIlo
in TIE f"'el business. Stubinger was %
years old.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
HEARST'S BILL TO ACQUIRE STOCK
OF PANAMA PATHWAY COMPANY

Washington, Jan. Representative
Hearst of New York introduced a bill
today to authorize the acquisition by
the United States cf the entire capital
STOCK and property of the Panama
railroad company and to provide for
the maintenance, operation and devel-
opment by the government of the rail-
road and steamship properties so ac-
quhed An appropriation Of 81 COO. coo
is made to meet the requirements Of
the provision of the bill
The president is authorized under the
Dill to acquire shares not owned by the
United states by purchase or BY con-
demnation proceedings, the United
states circuit court for the southern
district of New York being given juris-
diction for such condemnation proceed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
NEGRO CONFESSES HORRIBLE CRIME
Levi Weber Slew Mrs James E. Harper of Reno With An
Axe as She Lay in Bed With Her Children
People Greatly Excited.

n EMO, New, Jan. 21.-Levi Weber,
X the negro arrested in this city
yesterday, charged with fatally
a%saulting Mrs. James +. Harper has
confessed his guilt. He was taken to
the carson prison last night under
heaVy guard to prevent lynching. and
after reaching that place and recover
ing from his fright made a complete
confession, admitting that he entered
the Harper home Friday morning and
struck Mrs. Harper with an ak as she
Jay III bed with her children He de-
scrlbes the event with sickeniug detail
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22

ings. to be prosecuted by the attorney
general.
me lstbmian canal commission *
authorized to employ such persons as
may De necessary for the operation of
inc property and TO fix their cOmpensa -
Il-n until congress legislates further
For the purpose of extending the
service the canal commission is author
ized 10 employ any transport or other
vessel owned by the United States not
required by the war or navy depart
ments
Provision is made that as sneediiv
as ma be after the acquisition by the
United states OF outstanding stock the
attorney general shall institute and
prosecute proceedings for the disSolu-
ton Il the Panama Railroad company
New York
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22

2rd says that after he had dragged the
almost hfelesS body to the woodshed
that he became frightened and ran up
The river, where he was found bv a
farmer and brought to town.
he says that he did not intend to rob
the house or commit a criminal assault
and has no excuse 10 offer.
The people Of the city are still
greatly excited and it is openly threat
ensd that if Weber is brought back
that he will be iynched
He is a Carson negro and only few
c2ys ago was liberated after serving a
long jail sentence
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
GUILTY AS CHARGED.
Captain David B. Mulliken Will Go
Out in Disgrace

Washington, Jan. 21.-The record of
the court-martial which tried Captain
David b. MullikeD. Twenty Seventh in
fantry at Fort Sheridan. near Chicago.
on a charge of duplicating pay accounts
and Of making false statements rela-
tive 10 his marriage to a Filipino girl.
has just been received at the war de-
partment from General Funston. com
handing the department of the lakes.
who first reviewed and endorsed the
action CT the court. The officer was
convicted and sentenced To dismissal
from the military service, but the pro-
ceedings and sentence must be ap-
proved by the president before they can
be given effect
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
Son of General Call.

Toledo. o.. Jan. 21.-MerriH A. Call.
who was killed by the Yaqui Indians. is:
a son of General Call, counsel of the
santa re railroad at Sioux City Ia.
and the son-in-law of +. w. ToIerton,
a prominent attorney Of this city. hav-
ing been married to Miss Lucy ToIer-
ton two and half years ago. Beside
his widow he leaves a baby daughter.
He, with A. W. Toierton Of Salem, o.
was in Mexico TO inspect the prospects
of the Haqui Smelling & Mining com
pany, in which the ToIertons were in
terested- Call and party left Toledo
four weeks ago. The remains are to be
shipped to Sioux City for interment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
MAILER GETS
RIGHT OF WAY
lnterurban Company Will Use
West Temple Street.
NEXT BATTLE IN OGDEN
OTHER ELECTRIC ROAD CoMPA-
MES PLAN CONSOLIDATION.
= HE Utah Light & Railway come
pany and Barney Mahier reached

7 HE Utah Light & Railway come
pany and Barney Mailer reached
an agreement yesterday afternoon
FOR right of way for the interurbaD
company through Salt Lake City Tn
der the terms Of the agreement the in
terurban VIII enter the city on the
county road from the northwest at
Third West street. From this point il
VIII angle across to Second West at
Warm Springs and follow this street
south to South Temple. It will run
east on South Temple 10 West Temple
and down West Temple street TO the
southern limits of the city.
This agreement is the result of six
months hard work on the part of Mr.
Mailer and the representatives of the
local traction company The original
demand was for right of way down
Main street This demand would not
be conceded by the local people Then
proposition was made to run across
from West Temple street on First South
% State and down State to the city
limits on the south. For some reason
this plan fell through 4 number OF
others met with "A like fate until the
one agreed upon yesterday settled the
controversy
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
Potter Was Not Presen-

Nogales, AriZ-, Jan. 21.-Imves tigation
has thus far failed to locate William
Chapman Potter, sOh-in-Iaw of Score
tary OF the Navy Norton, but il can
be- stated that he was not with the
party of American citizens who were
massacred, by the Yaqui Indians in
Mexico last Thursday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
MITCHELL's CASE.
Rumor That the Senator Is in a
Hurrv to Be Tried

humor That the Senator Is in a
Hurry to Be Tried.
Portland, ore. Jan. 21.-Today's Ore
CONAN contains a statement from
Washington 20 the effect that Senator
Mitchell VIII return here to insist unOn
an early trial because Information has
reached him that the prosecution is in
no hurry to bring him TO trial and that
an official very closely connected with
the prosecution of the land fraud cases
is said t have advised friends in this
city that Senator Mitchell would not be
brought to trial for at least a year.
When seen by a representative OF the
Associated Press regarding the state
ment contained in the Oregonian dis
patch, Francis J. Heney, who is pros
ecuting the land fraud conspiracy
cases for the government. said.
IF any person made such a state
ment it is utterly without foundation.
The prosecution refrained from caus-
ing the arrest of either Senator Mitch
ell or Congressman Hermann because
both Of them expressed anxiety T. reach
Washington to attend TO public bust
ness. As the next term of court will
commence on the 10th day Of April.
1905, and as neither Senator Mitchell
nor Congressman Hermann indicated
any desire to return here for trial prior
TO the next term of court, Judge Bel
linger discharged the jurors in attend
ance upon this term of court on Jan 10
The newspapers had previously an
nOunced that Senator Mitchell might
take his seat and that Congressman
Hermann had already taken his seat.
Speedy Trial Assured.
AS prosecuting officer I concluded
to await the adjournment of congress
before pressing their case for trial. L
am ready and more than willing to give
each Of these gentlemen a speedy trial.
and the prosecution viii urge the trial
of their cases at the earliest day the
court can take them up in the next
term commencing April 10. 1868, and no
postpOnement whatever will be asked
for by the government"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
Old Shell Exploded.

held which means delay of at least
SIX months.
Old Shell Exploded
From Apia. in Mala information re-
ceIVed by the Miowera comes an echo
OF the late Samoan war When the
British and Americans bOmbarded Sa-
ntoa in 1899 many shells fired by the
American cruiser Philadelphia and Fl.
Nj s Porpoise did not explode The
natives found many uneXploded shells
hich were sold to residents of Apia
as mementoes of the war Mr.. Forsell
storekeeper, had a seventeen shell
Oh his counter from which the top had
been unScrewed and the contents We're
believed to have been extracted but
they were not. A Samoan boy dropped
a firecracker in the shell and an explo-
sion followed. inJuring two native boys
and wrecking the store. The store
keeper was knocked down, but not Sc
riOusly injured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
BL00DSHED MAY
RESULT TODAY
Russian Strikers Determined to
See the Gar.
CITY FILLED WITH TROOPS
ST. PETERSBURG RESEMBLES AN
ARMED CAMP.

= St. Petersburg. Jan. 21.. 4:2S p. :.
:. Nall the cavalry regiments have :.
- been called on from the barracks :.
:. in the surrounding districts and :.
= are concentrated in ST. Petersburg. :
: They viii form an extended Gordon ::
: to prevent demonstrators from ap- :.
= preaching the palace. ::
= St. Petersburg. Jan. 21 6:15 q. :.
:. ma sensational rumOr is current :.
3 that the soldiers of the IsmalOwsky :.
= and three other guard regiments. :
:: while saying they are ready TO ::
: preserve order in the streets. have :.
!: openly announced that they viii :.
= not shoot at the strikers The ru- :.
= NOR cannot be confirmed and is :.
= discredited. :,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22

The house subcommittee on mer-
chant marine today favorabIy reported
a bill appropriating $4,000 to establish
fish hatchery in Idaho at some point
to be selected by the commissioner Of
fisheries
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
REVELATION AND THE LAW.
What Smoot Would Do if God Spoke
to Him Personally.


Washington. Jan. 21.-Attracted nv
the announcement that Senator Smoot
would today continue his testimony
before the senate committee on privi-
u ges and elections, which is fnvestiEat-
ing the protests against the senator
retaining his seat a crowd gathered
early today. Several members of the
committee who have not been attend
ing the hearing regularly were pres
emit Senator SmOOt was still suffering
from the attack of indigestion which
Was responsible for an early adjourn
ment yesterday. The senator took the
witness stand at 1870 and before pro-
Ceeding he made a correction in his tes-
timOny concerning trials of APOSTLES.
lie said the quorum Of apostles has the
right to depOse one of its members and
the twelve apostles is the only quorum
that has that right. Several other
minor corrections were made In car
rying out the decision of the quorum
the senator said he does not under
stand that the minority must Join with
the majority.
Cuffs Marriage.
The first time he heard of the plural
marriage of Benjamin Cluff. presideDt
o. the Brigham Young university. said
the senator. was in 1902, when he was
told by Jesse Knight. The senator
said he had heard from Mr.. Knight that
Cluff new plural wife was the daugh-
ter Of George Reynolds. Except for the
investigation Of the subject, looking TO
the dropping Of Cuff from the univer-
sity presidency which was explained
at the hearing yesterday, the senator
said he had made no further inquiry
He said Cuff was removed a year later
md was succeeded by George BrimhalI
who. the senator admitted, was then
living with plural wife. He said he
MAS not present, but would have voted
for Brimhall if he had been at the
meeting.
You consider the position of presi-
Sent Of the university purely ecclesi-
BsticaI them" asked Mr.. TayIer.
II think it is"
Then the rule laid down by you
which would have controlled your vote
for Apostle Penrose, & polygamist
would apply TO the election of Brim-
hall?'
Degrees Of Sin.
'I think the same rule would applv.
do not think I would vote for him
for a federal office. There are some
polygamists I would not vote for. and
some that L would 1 would vote for a
man like Brimhall for a state Office -
answered the senator.
The distinction he made was that
Brimhall had taken no plural wives
since the manifesto but was living with
3 plural wife for the reason that his
lawful wife was IN an insane ASYLUM.
lie admitted first that he believed Mr..
Rimhan was violating the spirit of
the law and pressed by Chairman Bur
rows said that Brimhall was also vio-
lating the letter OF the law" How
ever. the condition of the first wife was
an extenuating circumstance.
What" again asked Chairman Bur-
rows. do you think it is an extenuat-
ing circumstance for a man to marry
another woman and have children by
her because his legal wife is in an in
zane asylum"
No, I hardly think that"
Have you any doubt about IT? Do
you think II was an extenuating cir
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22

DR.. ]. NJ. Wilson of Douglas. Wyo.,
official messenger bearing the electoral
vote of Wyoming, arrived in Washing
ton Today and deposited wyoming S
vote with the president of the senate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
Big Men in the Deal.

In the conferences Of the past week
Mr.. Mailer was backed by J. T. Ross
o. Cleveland. o.. statistician for the
eastern people represented by Mr.. Nah
Ter and by Attorney Benner Y. Smith
On the other side the parties in the
4 conferences were Attorney lie Grand
Young r. ) Campbell Robert r Hay
ard, electrical engineer for the Utah
Light & Railway company. ana Wal
ter Z. Read. superintendent of railway
service for the company. The final
agreement was reached at , o'clock yes
terday afternoon The necessary pa
pers will be prepared and signed as
soon as convenient.
The terms of the agreenlen+ outside
of the names of the streets to be used
D. the interurban company. viii not be
gwen TO the public. The understanding
- that the inJerUrbau people agree TO
ray Stipulated price per ton per mile
Tor the use OF the local company's
tracks on the streets named. il viii bs
seen that no new track VIII be required
fIom the Warm Springs on the north
all the way down through the city to
the city limits on South West Temple
street The lines of the Utah Light &
Railway company viii be used the en-
tire distance through the city
Close to Business District.
Mr. Mailer was not satisfied with the
outcome after the agreement was
reached. but said he knew it was the
best concession that could be secured
under existing conditions. His fran
chise brings him within one block of
the main business thorough fare Of the
city. and as his line VIII run parallel
y that thOrOughfaTe its full length the
concession is considered good one by
disinterested persons
The next move Of the interUrban DeO~
pie will be on ogden. Lirtlc trouble Is
anticipated by Mr.. Mailer in getting
privileges in that city that viii enable
him TO land his passengers in the heart
90 the business district. He VIII begin
his campaign in Ogden at once and Will
tc assisted by Statistician Ross for a
few days. Nothing viii be done in the
matter Of securing right of way through
the country until after action has been
taken in Ogden
II was not possible to tell when the
active work of construction would start
Mr. Mailer said last evening. or how
long the line would be in building He
said however. that if no unlocked for
obstacle should be encountered in Og-
den active work on the entire line from
EaySOn on the south to Logan on the
north would be under way in 4 short
time, and that no delay would be toll
Grated in the prosecution OF the work.
After reaching an agreement in Og-
den Mr. Mailer and his wife, VINO is
it'll him in Salt Lake. will go to the
coast for the balance of the winter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
!. PETERSBURG. Jan. p. 1906 a.

Q T. PETERSBURG. Jan. %. 1905 a.
- m--Despite official assurances at
midnight that the situation was
vel in hand and that ample steps had
been taken to protect the vast indus
trial section of St. Petersburg and in
sure the safety of the city. the great
est uneasiness for today pervaded the
entire population.
Picked troops are stationed at yari-
Gus points in the city, and each house
contains a miniature garrison with gen
d armes in the court yards and ma
chine guns ready for the first emer-
gency. The Winter palace is strongly
piCketed. with Grand Duke Vladimir in
command. Final instructions We're is
sued tonight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
MAY MERGE LOCAL LINES.
Plan to Unite Southern and Utah
Valley Interurbans.


News comes from New York that
the financing of the Salt Lake South
ern has been practically completed, and
construction work is expected to be
gin with the first weather that viii
permit active operations. 1t is also re-
ported from New York that the Salt
Lake Southern. with its line on Sec
Ond East extending to Mill Creek and
south. will eventually be identical in
ownership and control with the Salt
Lake & Utah Valley line. which is TO
operate OF First West to Bingham via
the west side of the river.
The Bingham line has been surveyed
into Bingham, the locations are all
made. rights of way completed and
everything put in readiness for inme-
date construction on notice to go
ahead. The principal stockholders in
the Salt Lake Southern are IN New
York now and yesterdays report indi-
Gated that they had made all neces-
sary arrangements for the funds with
which to finish their line
Plan Cross-Town Service.
According TO the plan outlined in
Chicago and New York. the two sys-
TENS viii be constructed by the same
people, under practically identical con-
diuOns, and Will be joined in Salt Lake
by crOSStOWn connection which, il is
said, the street railway company stands
ready to grant on favorable terms. At
present the west SIDE ilne IS owned
by MeSSrS. Mum and Story. subject 10
an option held by J. G.. Jacobs of the
Salt Lake & Mercur. The parties to
the new deal do not discuss the prOpO-
sition, but IL is understood Mr.. Nunn's
Telluride Power company is 10 fur
nish the power for both lines while
the Chicago syndicate furnishes the
financial backing for construction. If
this plan is carried out, it is under
stood Num- and Story viii have no
interest in the road except their pow
er contract, but that the Jacobs op-
ton will be taken up and the two rail-
road. systems merged under a common
management.
Attorney A. V. Taylor, general man
ager of the Salt Lake & Southern.
when asked yesterday regarding the
proposed consolidation of his road and
the Salt Lake & Utah Valley, declined
to confirm the report. He admitted
that negotiations with this end in view
had been made. but he could not say
whether they would be consummated.
Taylor to Go East
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
WASHINGTON NOTES.
(special to 10 HeraId.l

Especial to The Herald)
Washington. Jan. Representative
MondeH today recommended the ap-
pointment of Captain w F. Hoadley
as postmaster at Green River, Wye.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
SENATOR SMOOT
ON REVELATION
Every Member OF the Commit
tee Present Asked Questions.
WIDE SCOPE OF THE INQUIRY
REVELATIONS NOT BINDING UN-
LESS SUSTAINED.
Especial to The Herald }

Especial to The Herald
IEl ASHINGTON, Jan. 21-Senator
wv SmOot, while testifying today be
fore the committee on privileges
and elections. made anything but a
favorable impression on the men who
are primarily to pass upon his
right to a seat in the United States
senate. He was subjected to a rigid
cross-eXaminatiOn on many vital qUes-
tons and frequently antagonized his
examiners by evasive and indirect an
swers. 1t was noticeable that every
member Of the committee present took
part in the examination of the witness
today. BY very close questioning sew
eral important admissions were OBJ
tanned from the senator. showing his
firm belief in divine revelation and his
willingness TO obey any revelation of
God which might come TO him person.
ally.
Law Is Supreme.
While testifying that he did not be-
lieVe divine revelation would be SUI
perior to the law of the land, Sena-
tor SmOOt admitted that If ne received
q revelation contrary to the law of the
land he would move to some other
country where he could obey the law
Pressed further, to know what ne
would do if he received such a revela-
ton. which also required him to re-
main in this country, he replied that
the God he worshipped would not
impose such conditions" AT another
time, in answer to a question, Senator
SmOOt said that if the law of the
church and the law of the land came
in conflict the law of the land would
be binding.
By a series of questions the commit
tee drew from the senator an explain
alton of the various kinds of divine
Tevela tiOns, and definitions on what
revelations are binding and what may
be disObeyed at win. Discussions of
man as a free agent 10 obey or dis
obey God as he pleased formed a large
part of the testimony. The views eX-
pressed by Senator SmOot We're list
ened to by other senators with inter-
est. but the trend of their numerous
inquiries did not indicate that they
agreed with him.
Never Preached Polygamy.
Senator Smoot denied ever having
preached pOlygamy, but admitted hav-
ing voted to sustain President smith
and other officials of the Mormon
church who have. plural wives. He
drew distinction between the pro-
priety of poiygamists holding federal
office and holding state Office in Utah
He thought a polygamist should not
be appointed to a federal place, though
the fact that he had more than one
wife should not operate against him
holding "a local office.
He explained that there were Eek
tenuating circumstances in the cases
of certain poiygamists which prior to
the manifesto justified "A man marry
ing a second wife if the first should
become insane.
lie said insanity is not a sufficient
ground for divorce. Senator Shoots
examination Will be resumed on Mon
day.