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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-11

Honolulu. Oct l0-The United States
transport Sherman en- route to San Fran
cisco was held here for a time by United
States Attorney Breckons and United
States Marshal HendTick pending an in
Vestigation of reports that large
amount of counterfeit American money
is aboard. Nine men nave been arrested.
OF these three are being held as Wit
nesSes.
According to information received about
So 900 of the counterfeit money was passed
i'm Nagasaki Apparently but little ell
fort was made to pass any here. Bur one
ten-dollar bill was offered at local
bank and as a result &. II. Murphy was
arrested. United States Attorney Bfeck-
ons has the bill in his possession.
According to reports received by the
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No Money for State Campaigns.

DIR. Gillette said that when he secured
the S25000 in 1904 he told Mr.. Olyphant
what he intended To use it for. He said
no money had been expended in any state
of municipal campaign, nor had there
been any contributions TO any congress
ional committee beyond the one heretofore
mentioned
Witness said that A e. Fields super
iutendeEt of the supply department re
CaiVCs "a salary of $4,000 a year. but had
moi looked after this department for sew
eraI years owing 10 il! health. His duties
are transacted by q Mr.. Norris whose
salary he did not know.
d.. Gillette said the accounts Of teie-
graph charges. postage. taxes, adver-
tisemeHts. medical service. law. station
cry and salaries We're under his direct
supervision.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-11
BELIEVED DEAD;
ALIVE IN ZION
Accidental Shooting of Son Restores
Hope to Aged Parents.
STORY OF CHAS. w. FARR
FOR TEN YEARS HE HAS BEEN
MOURNED.

LAIHILE Charles ". Farr fights al
w most against hope for life in the
L. d. 5. hospital. his parents IN
Clayton. Wash, rejoice at the news OF
that shred Of hope. Ten years ago Farr
father identified a body on a Portland
undertaker's slab as that of his missing
son. a telegram from John L. WaIiing,
foreman OF the Utah Fire Clay company,
sent III the belief that Farr was dvin@,
brought the news Of life to the old cou-
pie,
Fairs is a strange story. Eleven years
ago he left his home in GOebel, Ore. Like
hundreds of other wanderers in the west.
he failed to write his parents. Ten years
ago his father Identified a corpse as ms
sons remains. Last Saturday evening
Farr accidentally shot himself Sunday
he believed he was about to die. He sent
word 10 Walling. under whom he had
worked Walling got the mans last
wishes, one Of which was to notify his
parents in case of death Fearing that
death would be a matter of hours. the
foreman sent a telegram. This reached
he parents Yesterday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-11
PAT GROVE IN COURT.
Pleaded Not Guilty 10 Charge Of
Shooting With Intent 10 Kill.

Omaha. Oct. lN-Pat Grove was ar
raigned before Judge Berils in the po-
lice court today and pleaded not guilty
10 the charge of shooting with intent
10 Kill PatrOlman jackson. The little
police court room was crowded 10 its ca
pacity when Grove appeared. The charge
was read. and Grove pleaded not guilty
and was Immediately takek back TO tho
jail. Bertillon Officer Shields then took
Groves measurements and he was pho
tCgUaphed.
The preliminary hearing has been set
for Wednesday. but Grove. attorney Inc
timaUed that the hearing would be
waived. A charge of highway robbery
I'm connection with the Cudahy ldduap-
ing will be filed in the county court to-
morrow
Grove refuses TO see the public and at
his request nobody IS admitted 10 ms
presence.
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WESTERN BANKER IS IN IT
Sensational Cattle Stealing Case
Brought to Light in North
Dakota.

Fargo y. D.. Oct l0-Sto-kmeu OF
Montana and North Dakota are inter
ested i'm Il big cattle stealing sensation
bre wing i'm the northwestern part OF the
state near the Montana line. The most
sensational feature of the deal il the ar
rest of "a banker in connection with me
affair He is said 10 have furnished the
brains for the outfit and cloak OF re-
sDectablity under which the gang
ODerated Tt is said that "A fun eE-
posure Of the deal viii involve dozens or
men. one of whom is d government Off
ciaL who though indirectly connected.
AND apparently without criminal intent
ora his part. is said TO have acted as an
agent in selling the stock.
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COMPANIES

"a ADISON. Wis, Oct. l0.-Stste IN
NI surance Commissioner Host said
today that at least fifteen states.
chiefly in the middle west, viii hereafter
demand annual gain and loss exhibit OF
life Insurance companies.
According to Commissioner Host. the
companies last year withheld sl+0O0,GJJ
that should have gone to policy holders.
Among the fifteen states that are eX-
peCted to demand gain and loss exhibits
are Colorado and Wyoming.
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CASHIER KILLS HIMSELF.

Houston. Tex. Oct l0.-F b. Gray.
cashier OF the Commercial National bank
Of this city, shot himself twice with a re-
Volver today dying almost Instantly. lie
was about 40 years of age and rated high
in Texas banking circles. There is no
plausible reason for the act. The Com
meTcial National bank is one of the
strongest institutions in Texas.
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WITHDREW HIS PLEA.

Fargo. n. D.. Oct. 10. a. Dickson
president of the recently failed Minot
National bank. today withdrew his
plea OF not guilty TO two indictments
Oh twenty-six counts charging the
making of false entries in his report 10
the comptroller of the currency.
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native of New York. He came TO the Pa
cific coast several years ago and early
identified himself with the Pacific States
Telephone company lie was called 20
Chicago a few years ago to perfect and
develop the telephone company there. MIR.
Sabin had been i'll for a long period
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-11
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE.

ST. Louis. Oct 10.-The executive
committee OF the National League OF
Republican clubs met here today and
decided that the next convention Of the
league shall be held in PHILADELPHIA
June 18th, 18th and 18th, Of next year.
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NEW YORK BANK CLOSED.

New York. Oct l0-The Copper Tx
change bank. stat constitution al 70
Avenue 4. on the east side of his city.
was closed today by order Of the state
banking department.
An official Of the bank said that the
closing was due 20 heavy Withdrawals.
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SEVEN YEARS IN THE
STATE PENITENTlARY

Spokane. Wash. Oct. l0.-Neilie Mar
ney. who brought old Joseph Mauey
from Butte 10 Spokane under preteuse
of marrying him but robbed him of sl-6t1
and fled before the wedding. was SELL
fenced 10 seven years in the penitentiary.
Charles Lee was sentenced TO eight
months In prison and $50 fine for rObbing
the safe OF mis- employer. O. Z. Becker
while the latter was in the hospital The
shock of the news of the robbery is sup
posed TO have caused BeclIer's death.
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LoHN |. sARlN DEAD.

San Francisco. Oct 10.-John T. Sabin.
president of the Pacific States Telephone
g. Telegraph company, died az his home
IN this city tonight.
Mr. Sabin was 81 years OF age and a
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DEADLY RATTLEsNAKE.

San Francisca. Oct i0.-J W. Roberts.
a member Of the hoard of elections OF
this city. died today at Calistosa from
the effects of a bite of rattlesnake.
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PRESIDENT M'CURDY
HAS SOME NEW IDEAS
Mutual Companies Not Run for the Benefit of
POIiCy-HOderS
Persons Who Pay Premiums Should Not Be Disappointed
They Fail TO Receive the Returns to Which They
Are Entitled Under Their Contracts.

Al EW YORK, Oct. l0.-The sessions OF
~ the insurance investigating commit
tee We're terminated for t1e week
at the adjournment today. because 81 the
death of S. Fred Nixon, speaker of tAe
assembly of the legislature of Me- orh,
al his home in We-tlieid.
The testimony today did not elicit ans
Information of sensational nature Ice
> ond what had been discounted the
testimony It uteViOus witnesses. The
feature was the presence as witness ol
the eXecuti -- CfI,trs of tle Mutual Lie
Insurance company. These We're i.rSi-
dent Richard A McCurdy and Vice Fr,s-
idents Granniss ana DIT. Gillette
Republican Rake-off.
While il had been limited last weeo ;a1t
some expenditures charged 20 ie-J- e--
DenSes might have been Contributes I'D
campaign cOmmt--Hl5. ii was anuJu. P. "
definitely by Dr. Gillette that the Ma
tual Life Insurance company contributed
$4,000 10 the Republican national COm.lI-
tee last fail that M 1900 $4,000 was CON
tributed and i'm 1856 $4,000 was given LdI
campaign purpO~ IS.
Dr. Gillette testified that he paid these
amounts personally i'm cash, and later ih
The ~ Mr.. McCurdy said that while be
knew campaign contributions hdG u+en
made, he did not know the amounts 4ie
Bald that no contributions had been made
70 campaign committees before 1895, ana
that no contributions to state or NUM-
cipal campaigns mad ever been made ia
This or any other state
Vice President Grauniss knew little
about the contributions to campaign
funds, but justified them on the same
grounds as President John a. Mccall
of the New York Life that the free sill
Yer plank In the Democratic platform
was menace 20 the interests of the poll
CN-hOldeTS
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Money to Buy Votes.

Or. Gillette testified that the Mutual
Life Insurance company contributed $40
0G0 To she Republican national committee
campaign fund in the last election IN
1894
Vice President Gillette also stated that
the Mutual Life Insurance company con-
tributed $4,000 70 the Republican national
committee in 1900 and $4,000 in 1895. He
Justified these contributions on the same
ground as did President John A. Mccall
Of the New York Life Insurance cOmpa-
ny, saying that the St. Louis platform OF
the Democratic party and the free silver
issue were menace TO the pOhcy-hOld-
ers. Mr. Gillette said he authorized these
expenditures after consultation with the
president vice president and some mem
bcrs Of the board of trustees Of the Mu-
tual Life Insurance company. The cam
paign contributions, he said, came from
the fund controlled by the committee on
eNnanni Lura
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WILL AWAIT RESULTS.

Insurance Commissioners Watching
the investigation.
Wichita, KAN Oct. 10.-State Insurance
Superintendent Luling, when shown dis
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Land cOmpany's annual meeting was held
in the same offices. The only Changerin
the directorate then chosen was the sub
stftutiOn of Farley l.. Williams for Le
Grand Young. The directorate nov
stands: T. II. Hartman. W. III. Ban
croft, Otto II. Kahn, r. 8. LoVetI ana
Farley l. Williams. Mr. Williams IS
general attorney for the Oregon Short
Line and Judge Young is Utah attorney
for the Union Pacific.
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Shot by Accident.


The details are common enough in
way in spite of the SJOryS strange end
ing. Farr came straight 10 Utah when he
left his home. Here lie found employ
ment He worked steadily and had no
bad habits. He never spoke Of mis- fam
lily.
Hatch Brothers in Bountiful employed
him for some timeL The Utah Fire Clay
company people say he was an exception
al empOye. He worked up at this place
from a iabOTer to night man, III charge
Of the burning.
He shot himself accidentally Saturday
evening in his room at 1916 South First
West street while cleaning his gun. he
had inst dressed and was waiting for
supper before going to work at the works.
He took his gun out from under his pill
low and started to clean it. The cylin-
der was rusty and sometimes refused to
revolve ell had oiled it, but it had filled
I'D with dirt and did not work We'll. He
attempted to take the cylinder out, but
he could not make il work. He pulled
the hammer back on the half-cOck. but
still il did not TevOlve. Then he pulled
the hammer back, but in some way he
pulled the trigger. lie had the gun over
his knee at the time with the barrel
pointed toward him. He was bending
over when the gun went off and the bail
entered his abdomen. The police We're
notified and F'arr was taken TO the L, d.
5. hospital
Thought He Was Dying.
When death seemed near and Mailing
came TO his bedside Sunday afternoon
FAR said;
I believe ! am going to die. I want
YOU to take charge of my affairs.
WaIlng told him not to think of dying,
but Farr went on with his instructions.
He told Walling TO get his few papers and
effects Among these was an Insurance
policy In the WOOdmen of the World
This money he instructed Waliing to col
lect for his parents.
.Tf / do die" he said. "let my father
and mother know. and see that they get
this insurance"
WaIling did what he could TO cheer
Farr and then left. he went to "a telc-
graph office and sent message 10 the
parents in G0ebel He thought thai death
must come within twenty-fOur hours.
The message reached GOebel, but the
elder Farr had left that place some time
ago. GOebei is "A small town and the old
mans new residence was easily learned
as Clayton, Wash Yesterday the old
couple. who had for ten years believed
their son in his grave were startled by
the following telegram:
Charles Farr, your son accidentally
shot in stomach. Is in l.. ID. 5. hospital
y +. WALLING.'
And SO. believing he was sending It'd
ings of sadness, Wallins sent mes
sage restoring hope to the parents. FAIR
was reported late last night as resting
easily with a chance for life.
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son-in.law's Profits.

Mr. Hughes recalled the profits made
by this firm and asked the witness II
hr regarded proper FOR an agency Of ia"
Mutual Life Insurance company TO make
Slch p large sum. M McCiUdy said it
made not the slightest difference 10 the
company. The profit represented GER
tain amount OF business and it WAS emil
nently proper Tor agencies that car do
the amount of business 10 set these
profits Witness never asked MIR. The
baud what the profits of his firm were.
He said he had no right TO do so. He
never knew what ar Thebauds inter
est in the RAYMOND firm was He felt
40 mole responsibility 10 the policy hold
ers ne said, because his son-in-law was
paid such large amounts than If some
body else's s0n-iu-law had received them.
Mr. Hughes asked Mr.. AIcCurdy II.
Continued on Page 2.
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Lunches Came Hiah.

Dr.. Gillette also testified that the Mu-
'Ual Life Insurance company paid So
N6l last year for unvheons for It's clerical
force i'm this city This was at the rate
OF almost $3.50 Il day
An item of $4,000 for committees fees,
Dr. Gillette said was for compensation OF
committee members who are not officers
Of the company.
PR Hughes pointed out that IN 1891
s243-01 was paid for legal expenses. while
I'm 1908 il was SffT.t1 Witness said this
was because Of che growth Of the bust
ness. The fact that Tor the last two
years the legal expenses were 100000 or
more greater than ever before. witness
said. occasjoued an investigation "onIy
iu a general way but there We're some
eases IF litigation in other states some
frauds upon the company that had to be
fought and caused large expenses.
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Significance of Change.

The election of Mr.. Valentine is iu-
terDreted TO mean even closer rela-
tiOnship between the Union Pacific
and st. Paul. There have been rumoTs
that the St, Paul would build 10 the
Pacific coast in competition with eN-
isting lines. especially the Union Pa
cific. having bought terminals on
Puget sound, and that the St. Paul
would do other things. On the
other hand, the Chicago * North
western, a Vanderbilt road. has been
showing many signs of activity look
ing toward an invasion of Hartman
territory Ii has announced officially
am intention to build from Casper
Wyoming. westward 10 Lander and the
Wind River reservation. claimed here
tofore as Hartman territory. More
over. surveyors and right-Of-Way
agents have been working from Casper
toward Salt Lake City, and the Chi
cago & Pacific Railroad company,
rumored to bave Northwestern. back
ing. recently filed in Utah articles
which avowed its purpose to build
from Casper, the present western
terminus of the Northwestern, to Salt
Lake. Hartman began to cultivate
the St. Paul a couple of years or more
ago when the Northwestern was Just
beginning to show suspicious Symp-
toms. and the action of yesterday IS
looked on as a further step in this
direction.
The Armour interests are closely iden-
titled with St Paul, which is controlled
By the Rockefellers. The Standard on
interests are powerful in L Mon PACING
Q $50. William @. hockeIeller Henry ii
Rogers and James SUiiiman of the board
of directors are Standard OIL men pure
and simple. while Henry c. Prick anC
others on the board are commonly classeC
AS having Standard Oil affiliations.
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legal Expenses s364,ooo.

for which j.. was to be used and witness
replied that he could
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The legal expenses for 1904 were report
cd at S5a0l0 while those of the New
York Life Insurance company were STA
900. and those of the Equitable 100000.
Dr. Gillette said he never inquired into
,ne reason of the Mutual Lies legal e&-
pelsos being SO much greater tnan the
two other companies fte said the gen
eIal solicitor never made q report OF
what he cid with moneys paid him. that
he never asked for a report and received
no vouchers or receipts. Witness stated
he did not know how "a cent of the money
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No Riaht to Change.

1T is q wholesome rule that one shall
not be permitted to litigate his case by
piecemeal and one necessary TO the
proper administration of Justice The
appellant having founded its claim TO the
ore bodies ia its neighbor's ground upon
reserved or extra lateral rights has re-
cCived no injury by its failure to estab-
bliSh a vein i'm its OWL ground which
would warrant a recovery. and therefore
cannot complain OF the judgment against
It, for it still owns all Of its possessions.
BY this decree the appellant has been de-
nrived of none of its property. although,
if il had been successful, il would have
acquired an immense fortune in. its
neighbOrs land
Not unmindful of the grace response
bility that attaches 10 the final decree OF
"A case Of such magnitude and importance.
We have examined with commensurate
caution the VOluminOuS mass of evidence
and in extensive and deliberate discussion
have announced our views upon the va
rious questions involved and have come
10 the inevitable conclusion that the an
peuant has shown no right OF recovery
under its counter claim and no right to
amend its pleadlngs.
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All Got Good Contracts.

Mir McCurdy said that all contracts
We're made without his definite author
iU. The contract with q. -. Raymond
< Co. hc was not couveTsaut with. As
Ia the profits made 10y The RAYMOND firm
every other general aserCy. he declared.
had Just as favorable contracts
IIy was not aware that g.. H. Ray
WlEd a. 10. had been receiving e higher
rate of compensation than any other
agency Of his own oT any other COM
pauy. He had no immediate supervision
of amy agency since Re became pTesl-
dent twenty gears aCo, and Was there
fore unable TO give details and rates OF
commissions. Iie had never a. -led Rob
srt n. McCurdX what the firm of c. r..
Raymond & Go. was earning, nor had
Mp MrCurtlV told him
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Conclusions Are Drawn.

After going into the evidence Of the
ease very minutely and after quoting au-
thoritiea and portions of the evidence
submitted at the various hearings, Justice
Bartch draws his conclusions and sums
up his ruling as follows:
IF. after operations have been con-
Quoted by appellants for more than "a
quarter of a century and by il and its
predecessors for more than thirty years,
and after all these preparations for these
protracted trials, the appellant is yet 50
uncertain as 10 where is the apex of the
vein through which it claims the ore
bodies in dispute is that at the mere
suggestion of the trial judge. without
proof to warrant the suggestion. il is
willing TO abandon its former position.
that the apex is IN lot 80, and change il
TO the Golden King and Bradley. show
ing that il is yet unable TO say where,
then surely its theory would form an I'M
safe basis upon which to found judg-
meut
Upon careful examination OF this sub
ject. we entertain no doubt that the prof
fered amendment was made. as the rec
ord disclOses. not to conform to the proof
but as we have said To conform to the
views expressed by the Judge and that
he very properly refused to let il be filed.
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Summary by Supreme Court.

In summing 40 what had been done in
the lower court and evidently 10 form q
basis on which 10 rest the supreme court >
opinion, he claimed the questions 10 be
decided were:
Whether the court erred in finding
that the vein mentioned in the counter
claim OF the Mammoth, and upon which
trial was had. at its apex and on its
strike. left lot - tthe north Mammoth
extension at a point go feet north of the
side line Of that LOT.
Whether the court erred in refusing
10 permit the defendant to file the amend
meut TO its counter claim and Ia refUs-
ing TO pern1- the filing of its prOffeTed
original coUSter claim, in each Of which
il was alleged that the vein found at the
south end of lot 81 did, at its apex and
or its strike, wholly depart from that lot
at the point found by the court and that
its apex beyond that point was in the
Golden King and BRADLEY.
All other questions are subordinate %
and i'm support of one or the other of
these two the court holds
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Personnel of the Board.

The board of directors unanimously
elected Yesterday was as follows: Oliver
Ames. Boston: Thomas T. Eckert. New
York. Henry g. Prick, Pittsburg ". D.
Cornish. New York: =, H. Hartman, New
York. Marvin Hughitt, Chicago, T.. A.
Valentine Chicago; Otto II. Kahn. Nor
ristoWn y. J.: Charles A. Peabody. New
York; r; ;. Lovett. New York; W W. G
New York. Jacob II. SchifI, New York;
Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake; James Still
man New York.
Two other changes have been made since
the annual meeting Of 1854. ". u. Cornish
and r. s. Loyett have succeeded George
j. Gould and WinslOw ;. Pierce. They
were elected by the board OF directors
10 :ii the vacancies When Gould an
nounced his connection with the Western
Pacific. he resigned from the Union Pa
cific directorate. and his general cOun-
sci. Winslow :. Pierce. did the same
Judge Cornish is vice president OF the
company and Mr. HaTTiman.s right hand
man. Mr. Lovett is general counsel for
the road.