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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1905-08-03
AMBASSADOR REID.
Dinner Given To Senator Lodae ana
Wife and Secretary LOOMS.

London, July % - Ambassador
Whitelaw Reid and lIrs. Reid gave a
dinner az Dorchester house TO Sena-
tor Lodge and Mrs. Lodge and Assist.
ant Secretary OF State Loomls. The
other guests included the German Am
bassador Count WonNatternich. the
Spanish Ambassador Senor Palo Dc
Bernahe and Sonora de Bernabe: the
Turkish Ambassador Musurus Pasha
and his wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Chamberlain. Lord and Lady Church
III and Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Harris.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1905-08-03
PoiHDexTsR CAPTURED.
he Was Placed In Jail a. Roanete.
Va To Prevent Lynoh.ns.

Va To Prevent Lyneh.ns.
Roanoke. Va. July 80 -CUrh. I'..r-
dexter. the negro and au...l
sinner who lnst "Wednesday Shot ar.
hllled United States Deputy Nrrrr
wade IN Franklin county whlo t.
oihcer was attempang to arr. l
Tor iiliclt Disabling. WAS captured a
placed Ia iail to prevent lynchne II
captors guarded him with sh. r
ana thcir march through .he s..
here attracted large crowds Pl.....
Ger had been hunted Tor foar days all
vas almost exhausted from. .far. .t..-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
Said to Be Back of Threats to Muir
der Mr.. Tom Lee and Mr..
Gin Gum.

New York. March 20.-Mock Duck,
said to be the head man of the Hip sing
Tong. a. Chinese secret Socie.-N. was ar
rested today on warrant issued by
District Attorney Jerome. and was
brought to that officials Office for a
questioning. COincident with his arrest
Tom Lee and Gin Gum, respectively
chief and secretary of the on LeOuE
Tong. a rival society. came out from
hiding, where they had been since Duck
returned from a trip out of town.
Unknown highbinders attempted to
murder a ChiUaman Friday night. and
today mysterious placards appeared on
the walls of Chinatown houses warning
Tom Lee and Gin Cum that they will
be murdered. Lee and Gum, with cOun-
sci for their society. complained to Dis
trict Attorney jerome that Mock Duck
inStigated the attempt to Kill the Chi
naman and posted the warning pla-
cards.
1t has been reported in Chinatown Tor
several days that Mock Duck had re-
Gently returned from San Francisco,
and that about that time there also APP
peared four members of a Chinese So
ciety whose members accepted only
commissions to kill.
Duck has twice been tried on a. charge
Of murder and is at liberty on his own
recOgnizance under that charge at pres
ent. He said today that he had never
been in California in his life. 1t is al
legged that he came from San Francisco.
Duck was committed to the TOmbs
prison to await a third trial on an old
Indictment accusing him of killing All
Lee in this city in 1900.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
BOOKS IN BAD SHAPE
Property Worth Half a Million In
volved in Disappearance of
Boston Man.

Boston, March 20.-JameS d. Cole,
an attorney, has been appointed SUI
preme court recorder and a con-
servator for the property Of Charles
+. Berry, clerk and accountant for
Court street legal firm, who, it is al
legged, has disappeared, leaving his
accounts in a tangled shape. Several
large estates, valued at $500 900, are
said to be involved.
1t is said that Berry went away in
February and when he did not return
nor explain his absence an investiga-
ton of his acts was begun 1t is al
legged that the expert accountants who
examined the books could not
straighten them and representatives, OF
estates involved applied to the courts
for relief. The supreme court issued
an injunction restraining Berry from
continuing as trustee of the Andrew
H NewhaU estate, valued at $4,000,
and appointed Mr.. Colt receiver for
Berry's personal property and for all
the estates under his care. The SUI
perior court also issued a restraining
injunction on application of persons
representing the estate Of Caroline II.
Riverdale of Cork, Ireland, valued at
$4,000.
Mr.. Colt. the receiver. made the fol-
lowing statement Il should say that
$500 900 was a conservative estimate of
the amount of money involved by the
dfsappearauce of Mr.. Berry. a large
part of the funds he held was invested
in real estate, and this he could not
convert into cash I have taken steps
to secure what is left"
Berry is about 50 years of age, and
his home is in DOrcester-
When last heard from he was in
Chica 90
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
BEEF TRUST INQUIRY OPEN
Independent Packers Claim to Have
Much Evidence to Offer 70
Grand Jury.

Chicago March 2O-GOveTument tuves-
LEGATION of the beef trust began today.
Judge Humphrey Of Springfield admins
tered the oath to the veulrenen. The
government is represented by Assistant
District Attorney g. J. Morrison and As
sistant Attorney General Oliver H. Pa
gin Much information bearing on the
alleged violation OF the Sherman anti
trust law is said to be in the hands OF
the federal prosecutor
The INDEPENDENT packers, headed by
SchwarZsc hid & SuIZberger, have AZ
ranged to present evidence TO the gov
eminent tending TO show the manner IN
which the smaller packer has been forced
to follow the dictatiOn Of the sO-called
big five"
Witnesses from Kansas City have as
signed dates for their appearance Al the
the district attorneys office today OF
Ian of the district court reported that al
Attorney John s. Mile, appearing IN the
case for all the packers, denies that any
witnesses for the government have been
spirited away and are on vacations 20
as has been reported. Because OF the
failure to secure sixteen men who are in
the opinion of Judge Humphrey sur
ficiently removed in business affairs from
the packing industry, the swearing ia or
the jury was delayed until tomorrow
Only fifteen out Of the twenty-three were
accepted for Jury service Sixteen beng
required to constitute a. quorum. addition
al summons were issued Eight Wit
uesseS have been subDOenaed TO appear
before the investigators tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
ALLEGHENY Is BUSY
All Mills Along Pittsburg Water
Front Shut Down and Trains
Are StoDned

Pittsburg. March 20.-The water stage
of the Allegheny river early today was
% feet and rapidly rising. Preparations
for flood are being made, as a stage
of 50 or more feet IS predicted.
Along the river fronts all the mills
are shut down. Among the large plants
affected are Carnie's upper mills, Mon
nongaheIa Iron & Steel company and the
Crucible Steel company The situation
at many places along the Allegheny river
is more serious. There is not a train
moving on the west Pennsylvania rail-
road between FreeDOrt and Allegheny.
The tracks at many points are covered
with five feet of water, and the flood
is said to be the greatest since 1860.
Portions of Tarentum, Freeport, Kit
tanning Ford CITY Harmarville Sharps-
burg Etna, NatrOna, Creighton, kountz
and Hite are submerged. The residents
have been compelled to remove TO the
upper floors of their homes, and IN many
cases have had to desert them entlrelS
Provisions are being taken to establish
homes in boats. and much suffering IS
reported from the cold. Tens of thou
sands of men have been temporarily
thrown out of work
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
MOCK is A BAD DUCK SENTENCES UPHELD
United States Supreme Court Sus-
tains Colorado Court in
Election Gases.

Washington. March 30-Thc supreme
court Of the United States today denied
the motion for writs of habcas corpus in
the cases Of Peter Miller and Thomas
ShcpperSOu. two of the Denver election
officials who were sentenced to terms OF
Imprisonment by the supreme court of
Colorado on charges OF Violating the or
ders of the court in connection with the
November election No written opinion
was handed down i'm the case.
Miller and SheDDeTSOn were judge and
clerk respectively Of precinct No s of
the Eighth ward of the county OF Den
Yer. and each of them was sentenced TO
pay fine of 81 .0o0 and serve a year i'm
close confinement for violation of the
Injunction of the state supreme court for
bidding all the officers of election I'm the
city from interfering with or preventing
"A free and open election. Miller and
with fifty or sixty others,
are serving their sentences
The case was brought TO the federal
supreme court by United States Senator
Patterson. former Governor Thomas and
Democratic State Chairman Smith. all of
Colorado who in their brief attacked the
jurisdiction of the state supreme court
in the matter of the regulation of cleo
tions. They cOntended also that the inn
prisonment of the election officials was
without any process or warrant of Law
al all and was an arbitrary. uuwarranted
and illegal interference with their liberty
and contrary to the law of the land
They therefore asked the supreme court
to Issue Writs of habeas corpus for the
release of the prisoners. which the court,
by its decision today, refused to do.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
WHALE VISITS SEATTLE.
Story Must Be True, Because Watch.
man On Battleship Nebraska
Saw the Critter.

Seattle, Wash, March 20.-Moran
Bros shipyard, where the battleship
Nebraska IS being placed in fighting
shape, had an unusual visitor late
Sunday evening in the shape of a huge
whale. The leviathan, which was one
of the first seen on Puget sound in
many years, swan in close to the slip,
getting between it and the Nebraska,
where the water is shallow The first
known of its presence was when the
Waterman felt the slip rock from the
impact of noisy blow. He went TO in
vestigate and was deluged by the show
er of water thrown up by the whale in
his efforts to turn around in the close
quarters During this struggle he
struck the battleship's steel clad sides
vicious blows first WITH his head and
then with his tail. The whale finally
eScaPed, disappearing down the sound.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
DRINK AND TUBERCULOSIS
French Doctor Makes Sensational
address on Alcoholism and
It's consequences.
consequences

New York March 2O-AIcohoIism IS
steadily becoming worse in France while
il is decreasing elsewhere according TO-
assertions made by DR.. Potion DupleSSv
in a public address, cables the HeraId's
Paris correspondent The speaker IS a
widely known physician
To the drink evil ne. said could be
traced the gradual disappearance of TINS
family and the deterioration Of racial az
tributes. Gradual degeneracy is sure 10
result unless alcoholism is checked
DR.. Duplessy declared that drink is q
prime factor in causing tuberculosis and
madness. misery and crime The ONLY
way TO successfully abate the evil he
says, is to arouse the public conscience
The law Of social solidarity, he said. had
a scientific basis, which imposed d moral
duty upon members of society to defend
themselves and their fellows from such a
menace as taat which alcoholism no"
presentEr
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
BREACH OF PAROLE.
JaPs Say Russian Officer Took
Wrong Road.

Washington. March 2O-The following
dispatch from Toxic. dated March %, was
made public at the japanese legation to-
d.
Respecting the capture at Sinmintin
by the japanese garrison of a Russian
officer who repaired there in breach Of
parole. a St. Petersburg semi-Official
telegraph agency published the excuse to
the effect that in returning home from
Shanghai to Russia he took the route
by the Chinese railway and therefore
the japanese report is founded on "A mis-
understanding. As matter of fact. how
ever. the Russian officers who were lib
Grated upon the surrender Of Port Ar
thur had each and all sworn in writ
ing, according to the terms of the ca
pitulation. to the effect that they would
not act contrary to the interest of ia
pan The Japanese government being
convinced that the returning to Russia
of such officers through the war zone IS
detrimental to the military operations,
decided that they should not IN any case
be allowed to take that route, and the
decision was expressly communicated TO
them at the time. 1t is therefore clear
that the Russian officers arrival at Sin
mintin. lying within the zone of HOSTILE
ties, constitutes breach of the parole
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
RAZING THE COUNTRY.
Russians Destroying Railways,
Bridges and Stores.

Gunshu Pass. March 90 morning.
The last two days have been utterly
without incident except for the remOv-
al of the censor of Kudzfhu Pass. The
Russian rear guard is retreating slow
" and engaging in occasional Skin
mishes. It has now reached a posi-
ton twenty-seven miles north of Tie
Pass. The Japanese are slowly ad-
vancing, without pressing the Russians.
In the course of the retreat the Rus
slams are destroying bridges, the rail-
way roadbed and highways not por-
table Reports of a wide turning move
ment by the Japanese are no longer
being received
There is increasing difficulty in Sc
curing reliable information beyond the
limits within which scouting parties
are active, on account of the detection
Many natives who have been employed
as servants by Russian officers have
run away, and other consequences of
the evacuation of MuISden are notice
able in the attitude Of the Chinese.
The troops parted in sadness with
General Kuropatkin, whose labors in
shaping the army are recognized and
who was ever attentive TO the wants of
the soldiers in the matter of food, cloth
ing and shelter.
General LineVitch, who enjoys the
respect and confidence of the troops as
"A fighter. is determined to initiate re-
form by wedding out the overloaded
tCoutfuued on PAGE 21
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
WEDDING CELEBRATION ENDS IN RIOT
Inhabitants of Little Italy Assault Chicago Policeman Who
Fatally Wounds One of Them, After Being
dubbed Over the Head

= HICAGO March pa wedding eel
IL ebration at Clark and Polk streets
has been terminated suddenly by
Policeman Henry Decker, who shot one
of the merry makers, Vito Malpedo, in
the abdomen. infiictinS d fatal wound.
Half dozen Italians, one of whom
was MalpedO, attacked the policeman
because he had ordered them to dis
perse- Malpedo ran into a saloon and
suatched a pOliceman's club from be-
hind the bar. He then Joined the others
at the corner where they We're wrang-
ling with the policeman WELDING the
club with all the power in his arms,
he SWung il round and struck the OIL
Ger on the head, knocking him down.
Decker Tegained his feet and used his
own baton on his asSailant. Malpedo
rushed on him again from behind ana
dealt him a terrific blow that sent the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
TO GUST DEMOCRATS.
Colorado Senator Seeks to Remove
Mayor Speer and Other Den
yer Officials.

Denver. March Ex-senator Louis G.
Campbell of Cripple Creek today intro
duced a concurrent resolution instructing
Attorney General Nathan c. Miller TO
institute quo warranto proceedings
against Mayor Robert w. Speer and all
the Democratic officials elected in this
city on May II last, requiring them to
show cause why they should not be
ousted from office. a preamble contains
allegations Of gross fraud at that cleo
ton.
John w. Springer was elected mayor
of Denver" said Senator Campbell. 'and
Mayor Speer is illegally holding the Of
flee"
The resolution was referred to a COM
mittee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
DECLARES STAGE Is
OUTGR0WTH OF PULPIT

New York. March 20.-In a sermon at
Temple Emanuel the Rev. DR.. Joseph
Silverman has made a plea for the en-
dowment of a theatre wherein the Actors
Church alliance may carry out its ideas
of high dramatic presentations.
The stage" continued DR.. Silverman.
lis but an outgrowth of the pulpit, a part
of the DaraDhernalia that belonged orig
inaUy TO the dramatic presentation of
religion. The church has failed in its op-
position to the theatre as it always will
fail when it opposes the natural desires.
The theatres never could have succeeded
if they had not satisfied a craving and
longing of the human soul. The church
is not perfect. neither is the theatre, but
both are great agencies for good"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21

policeman to his knees.
Two men seized the club and pre-
vented him from using it. Fearing
for his life Decker drew his revolver
as MalpedO came toward him again
with the club Uplifted. He fired only
one shot. MalpedO staggered to the
middle of the street and fell.
At the sound Of the shot hundreds
OF persons in Little Italy ran from
the tenementS. Women threw them
selves upon the man who lay wounded
IN the street. The police were notified,
and when a wagon load of men ar
rived more than 1000 persons, men, WO-
men and children were struggling in
the street officer Decker. covered
with blood. stood at the side of the
man he had shot, and he had another
fOf his assaiIantS under arrest After
his injuries were dressed he returned
to his post.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
ONE CAPTURE MADE.
Officers Take in Suspect and Find
$1,000 in Buggy

EichmOnd cal. March 2O.-Ine holse
and buggy taken from DAILY and
Roach this morning was found at West
Berkeley. tonight about dark. with
81 600 in the buggy
\ man answering the description or
the robber who wore a soft nat was
caught between san Pablo and GateleE
ranch. about 7-S0 o'clock this evening.
and was taken to san Pablo The heavy
man is stiI at large in the hills near
PfnOle Sheriff Veale's posse Is IN pur-
suit. It is supposed that one OF the
men took the rig to Berkeley and then
went north and was Joined by his com
paniOn later It is supposed that the
rest of the money is hidden along the
road near Siege The other man IL
surrounded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21

OF. PETERSBURG, March 20, 4:3O
y p. m.-Anxiety regarding the fate
of General Linevitch's force
continues, the main danger to them
Dem the Japanese columns which
are hurTying northward along the
great trade route twenty miles
west and parallel with the line of
retreat The heads of these columns
we're officially reported to be passing
F'akoman, thirty miles northwest Of
lie pass, on Friday. Their appearance
doubtless FASTENED the Russians retire
ment, which may now have become lit
orally a race nOrthward, as once the
russians are headed it would be easy
Tor the Japanese by a short cut to
throw themselves across the line of re-
treat. After leaving Kaiyuan, General
Linevitch is believed to have divided
his army, the main portion keeping to
the railroad and the other falling back
along the Mandarin road which runs to
hlr1n, IL being impossible to leave the
latter open to the Japanese lest they
then be able to creep I'D to the left
flank. At the same time it is recog-
nized that a separation of forces is al
ways attended with the danger of Civ
ing the enemy an opportunity to con-
centrate and fight the army in detail.
Some military men here believe that
DineVitch viii try to hold the line from
k1rin to ChangOun, 120 miles north of
Tie pass. The first corps composed Of
steady troops from St. Petersburg, and
formerly commanded by General Mein-
dorff, is covering the retreat which the
war office declares is proceeding in an
orderly fashion.
Complete details of the losses at the
battle of AIukden are not vet avail
able at the war Office, but the reports
thus far received indicate that 12O. 900
men were killed, wounded or made priS-
Oners. and that about eighty field guns
were captured. Almost every siege gun,
it is affirmed was removed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
WANT TO GET SMILEY OUT.

Topeka. KAN March 20.-Pressure IS
helms, brought 10 bear on Governor Hoch
10 secure the pardon of Charles Smiley,
secretary of the Kansas Grain Dealers
association TO save him from serving
mis- sentence of ninety days IN Jail for
Violating the Kansas antitrust law II
was i'm the Smiley case that the I. nltec
States supreme court recently NpneIu ne
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the Kansas anti
trust law 1t has been three years since
SMILEY was convicted of violating the
law and the case has been in the higher
courts ever since.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21

Governor Cutler approved senate Bills
Nos 151 and l52, defining the courses
of instruction at the Agricultural col
/ Iege and at the University Of Utah, re
| sDectiveIv. Yesterday morning The
bills outline the work to be done ar
each institution. seeking to draw =
| SHARPER line at the branches Of study
/ which are distiuctively those belonging
{ TO a university proper and those be
! longing to an agricultural college such
/ IS The one at Logan
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
READY FOR BUSINESS
Western Pacific Fully Finan-
eed and General Contract

OIS AppO1nICO'
San Francisco, March 90
The Western Pacific Railway
company received the following
telegram from it's New York Of
flee today:
"You are authorized to state
that the Western Pacific Rail-
way company is fully financed
and construction will begin
without delay; that the Boca
G LoyaIton railroad has been
purchased and that plans of
construction are being ad-
Vanced as rapidly as possible
and that WaIston n. Brown G.
Bros. of New York will be the
general contractors"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
OCCUPATION OF KAIYUAN.
Japs Find Guns Buried by Russians
Before Retreatina.

Toxic, March 20, II a. m.-The following
official announcement has been made-
Our detachment entered and occupied
kaiyuau Sunday morning at 4 o'clock
On the same day at 1880 o'clock the
enemy's cavalry, about sixty strong. with
a counter attack. but was completely re-
pulsed. Toward the northeast the bridges
on the main road south of haiyuan have
been burned by the enemy. The railway
bridges have been partly destroyed.
The number of guns captured near
MU1den is increasing, owing to discover
les Of those buried by the enemy before
retreating''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
IDAHO RURAL CARRIERS.


Washington, March 20-Rural car
riers appointed for Idaho routes: Idaho
Falls. route two, Jesse J. Crowley,
carrier. Clarence +. Crowley, subSti-
tute; Weiser, route two. James w.
Jeffreys. carrier, Nellie Jeffreys, sub
stitute.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
ASLEEP ON THE TRACK.

Butte. Mont. March 20--Dan Hickey a
Northern Pacific section foreman. was
deca pitated by a switch engine IN the
wards here this morning He Went 10
Sleep on the track Hickey was 90 years
Old unmarried had no relatives here, and
his home is not known
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
JEWS IN REVOLT.

:. Borisoe. Russia. March 20 :
:, Three sduadrons Of dragons have ::
:. started for Berezina where armed :.
- Jews are reported TO have killed :.
:. the chief of the police and a num- ::
=. Der of his assistants
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
Driven From Homes.

MeadviIle, Pa. March 20,-The streets
of the western and southern portions
of the city are inundated Many peo-
pie are homeless and considerable prop
erty destroyed at Sharon by SUDDEN
rise in the Shenandoah river.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
Reservoir on Point of Collapse.

Iatrobe, Pa March 20.-The large res
ervoir at Chestnut ridge is said to be
on the point of collapsing as the result
dents of Baggaley, mining village near
here are today leaving their homes. The
village OF LycipDius was vacated yester-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-21
IMPROVEMENTS AT SYCAMORE.

New York, March 20.-Ground has
beeh. broken for an addition to Presi-
dent Roosevelt's Sycamore Hill home.
'U'he addition VIII be 42x3S feet at the
base and will make a great improves
ment in the appearance of the house.