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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
LINNEN ON THE SHELF
Inspector In General Land Office
Suspended Pending an Investiga-
ton Into His Official Conduct.

Dispatches from Washington and
Denver announce the suspension of Ed
ward B. Linnen, inspector in the gen
eral land office, pending an investiga-
ton into his official conduct
Mr.. Linnen was the chief clerk in the
for a number of Gears ana up TO about
a year ago when he was promoted to
the position of inspector in the general
land office, making his reports to Wash
ington. In this community Inspector
Linnen bore a high reputation and for
that reason friends were at a loss to
account for his suspension.
II developed on investigation that
a difference sprang up d short time ago
between Mr.. Linnen and John F.
Vivian. until recently Surveyor general
for Colorado. The difficulty was of a
private nature, the upshot Of which
was that charges were filed i'm the de-
partment at Washington against In
spector Linpen charging him with con
duct unbecoming an officer and pre-
judicial to the best interests of the
government service
On the strength of these charges In
spector Linnen was suspended from
duty pending an investigat ton His
friends are confident that he will be
indicated and restored to duty They
profess to know the whole inside his
tory of the trouble, and assert that
there is nothing whatever in it except
political malice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
HUSBAND OF WOMAN UNDER ARREST SAYS,
So MORE THAN HALF EXPECTED IT."

she was with NuttinS in the room
when he was shot, and is under arrest
Yes. I more than half expected it
He did not finch, but his face was very
white He had been working all gnaC
night with this knowledge eating lis way
into his heart He had told the
night yardmaster when he came on
shift that NuJting had been ShOT. and
none of them who heard the news
dreamed what it meant to him VINO save
it
Was Mrs Quinn home during the aft
ernOOn2' he was asked
No he said. she was not He
looked SQUarely into his QueSuOuer'S eyes
He didnt give the impression of man
who would dodge issues. Probably he had
been facing a great deal while he dropped
on and off from the engine took board. and
WallSed between moving cars in the dark
ness It takes a steady nerve TO do work
like QuinnS at night when the world goes
well and you're not half expecting It,
He had done it all Just as usual
DO you care 10 say anything about il
he was asked.
mo; tell them I'll be down at the sta
ton in the morning
He turned and leaped on the fOOtbOards .
then waved his hand to the engineer
Let her go he shouted. and was car
ried away into the tangle of tracks where
he must work out the weary night
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
FRED Is SHOT. SAYS
MRS. QUINN TO LANDLADI

Mrs. Maggie Rowland rents the rooms
where Nuttfng was shot She was the
first to whom Mrs Quinn told the news
Of the tragedy.
She came out to the door" said Mrs
Rowland. 'and asked Neil Love. a lit
tie boy, to go and get his mother. I came
TO her. We had heard nothing We were
in the other house. Nobody except them
was in that house TO my knowledge
when I came, this woman stood in
the doorway She said she wanted a
glass of water and then said: Fred is
shot.
Il ran to our house and got the wa
ter and gave the alarm.
I did not go into the room where Mr..
Nutting was. I told the woman TO keep
people out and she did. I did not know
her. She had come yesterday afternoon
TO Nutting's room had never seen her
before. I do not know whether Nutting
worked last night or not He was a good
tenant and seemed nice man. He came
business. l saw nothing OF him and the
woman in the room. nor did / see them
so TO meals ! was kept busy with my
work in our house"
The Rowland home occupies the front
part of the lot and is more than fifty
feet from the house in which Nutting
was shot. Mrs Rowland said other per
sons rOOmed in the rear house, but all
were at work during the day and none
we're home at the time of the tragedy
VOlVer report, aud none could he found
who had seen Nutting and Mrs. Quinn
together that day or on previous occa-
6ions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
STORY OF ALIENATION OF AFFECTIONS
AND THE TRAGEDY WHICH Is CONSEQUENT

chair. \ moment later Mrs. Quinn en-
tered the room and commenced to fan
him with a newspaper She was in her
stocking feet ana was but partly dressed
AS Nutting Clinchad the bed covers
Tucker saw a couple of bIOtches of blood
on the sheet. He saw the wound as he
he ran TO, a telephone and called the
When the police arrived Mrs Quinn
wat still tanning him and Tucker sat on
a physician and called for an ambulance
Meantime Sergeant John Hempel and Po-
vestgatiOn- The room was searched Tor
the gun. Nuttiug was taken from the
bed and laid on the floor The mat
tress was removed and under 1t was
one chamber contained an empty shell
recently discharged. The other four
chambers were loaded
Sergeant Ftempel was OF the Opinion
that from the position Nutung was IN
il would be impossible Tor MIN To put
the gun under the mattress He was "
bed and the gun was two feet under the
mattress at the head OF the bed Mrs
Quinn says when she left his room ne
was lying at the head or the bed Sh@
gave no explanation for her leaving the
rooms. and said she was outside the door
when the shot was fired
The woman was put under arrest ana
the patrol wagon was called
Stands by the Woman.
Sergeant HempeI tried to get state
ment from NuttinE, but he refused TO
NOBODY shot me-" he exclaimed time
and again. but several times he asked
il the wound would kill him. Mrs Quinn
70 be taken TO the police station on the
car Her request WAS granted. The am
bulance carried Nutting to the hospital.
but before any assistance was given him
o died
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
WASHED INTO THE SEA
Part of Valdez, Alaska, Swept Away
by a Rushing Torrent From
the Glacier.

Seattle. Wash, July IA dispatch to
the Times from Valdez. Alaska, says a
portion of that place was washed into
the sea today by flood. This is the
second time in a month that a flood has
swept down from the Valdez glacier
Many buildings and dwelling houses were
swept away ard Archibald wharf was
damaged
According to the advices received the
flood sta rted early this morning and
many persons were taken unaWareS
The water rushed down through the
town turning over buildings and destroy
ing all property IN its path.
The flood resulted from the same cause
did the one earlier in the month. The
warm weather OF the past four or five
weeks has melted the snow in the noun
tains back of Valdez and the water has
rushed down the valley over the Valdez
glacier. cutting a channel through the
heart of the city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
MAN Is KILLED BY SHOT;
WIFE OF FRIEND IN TOLLS
Frederick w. Nutting, Switchman, Receives Fatal
Wound While in Company With Mrs. Quinn.
She Shot Me- He Says But Later Defends the Woman Whom
He Had EntiCed Away From Her Husband-She
Enters Denial.

countenance several times during the
evening. buE nothing more
During the evening Chief Lynch called
up Evans undertaking parlQrS. where
NutUing lay ready for burial
lis Fred NuttinS there2' lie asked.
Did you say he was deaG2 Chief
Lynch asked again and hung M the re-
ceiver. This was the arst time MrR.
Quinn had heard OF Nutunx's conditiou
The manner OF informing her was for
effect. The features OF the woman re-
tanned the same calmness- Il seemed to
make no impression.
L suppose YOU don't believe that"
Chief Lynch said. forming 20 AIRS. Quinn.
She bowed her head for moment, but
was silent
DO you want 10 call up the umiertalz-
erS parlOrS yOurself2' she was asked.
She walked to the phone at the chiers
desk.
What's the number she asked. with
the number in & soft mild voice
Is Fred NUtung's BODY there she
. asked
Learns of His Death.
She paused a moment for an answer.
but finally said thank YOU and left
the phone.
My God, will I have that upon my
sOUl2" she exclaimed. But there was
betrayed the slightest emotion. In her
story she said that she intended to start
a rOOminE house and that Fred Nutting
had promised to give her the money. She
. admitted that she had Quarreled with her
I husband. but positively denied tlat IL was
over Fred Nutting. Outside OF this she
told nothing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
DISASTROUS FLOOD
AT LOWELL, KANSAS

Joplin. Mo. July 2.-The flood waters
of Spring river reached the big dam at
the flood gates open the water raised
within two feet of the top of the dam
The guage showed twenty-five feet Of
water Half a mile above the dam the
water broke out of the banks and flooded
Vark. a little village, with three feet of
water. The wagon bridge across the river
at Lowell was washed away and the
bridge of the st. Louis & San Francisco
railway is expected to go at any time
Good telephone service along the river
provided an opportunity to warn people
residing i'm the lowlands and they sought
safety on higher lands So far only one
death has been reported. that of Calvin
Rudy Of Carthage. whose body has not
vet been found. 1t is estimated that dam
age to crops and livestock will amount to
half million dollars.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22

Fred Nutting came from Kansas City
10 salt Lake last May and went 10 Work
on the Oregon Short Line under Foreman
Quinn The two men became friendly and
two months ago Quinn introduced Nuttlng
to his wife Mrs. Quinn ana NuttlnE
soon became warm friends and the man
won her from her husband
Nutting seemed to be a steady work
man and had lived for some time at l5l
south Second West street. MIS- quinn )
first known visit 70 Nutyng = room was
Thursday night. Several of the rOOmers
at the place said that she had not been
seen there before then. Mrs Quinn re-
then went home Yesterday afternoon
she went to his room again. according
to her statement but NOBODY saw her- Al
80 O'clOck. when the shooting occurred
no one except the two were in the house,
NeishbOrS were sitting out in front or
their house, but they heard no shots
When Mrs Quinn was first seen in The
house Yesterday was when she came 10
the door and called 10 ElInef Love
small child. She asked the little boy %
go and get his mother. that Pred Nut
ting had been shot The child ran 10 his
home and told his aunt Miss Maggie
Rowland Miss Rowland came running
across the street and asked what the
trouble was.
water Mrs Quinn asked. Miss Row
land soon came back with the water
George Tucker happened to be passing
and overheard the conversation He
he found Nutting cramped up on the bed
groauing with pain
Accuses the Homan.
she shot me- he muttered. his teeth
chattering in his head he threw him
self about the bed and screamed with an
He was nude and his clothes were scat
tered about the room. Some of Mrs.
Quinn's clothes were also hanging over a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
Accuses the Woman.
7 more than haIf expected it

u more than half expected it,
Daniel J. Quinn made this answer when
tod that his wife was in the city jail
accused of numbering Fred W NuttinS.
Mr. Quinn was found by a reporter IN
the Oregon Short Line south yards al
o'clock this morning He took the news
quietly Nutting and he bad been friends
His wife was i'm jail for me murder lie
had heard the news OF the shooting early
in the evening. His wife had been away
that afternoon. He more than half eN-
peCted il.
He didn't say what that expectation had
brought him But ne showed it. He stood
quietly enough when the news was bro
ken. his lantern over one arm, its yellow
light falling on his set white face his
ips were compressed So tight that they
showed the teeth behind them His eyes
ordinarily cold grey, ghttered from be
Meath half shut lids.
He was told that it was bad news
which was brought to him He said yes
very quietly. and stood straight looking
square ahead.
You know Nutting was shot was
asked
Yes" he said again and stood waiting.
Your wife is at police station. Mr.
Quinn"
i half expected it said he. and did
not move q muscle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
WITTE ARRIVES AT FRENCH CAPITAL
Group of Distinguished Diplomats and Officials at the Station to
Greet the Chief of the Russian
Peace Party

Joined before his arrival by his married
daughter and his grandchild-
NJ. White will remain here until the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse sails July
20 from Cherbourg.
Interview Was Correct.
The Temps gives Erominence to an in
terview with NJ. Witte, which a cores
pondent of that paper had during the
trip to Paris The interview follows al
most teXtually the interview which the
correspondent of the Associated Press at
St. Petersburg had with the chief Russian
peace pleRipOtentiary.
The Temps correspondent says:
L consider il my duty to submit to NJ
Witte the text of the declarations made
by him to the correspondent of the As
ISOLATED Press and reprinted in the
Temps After having read the Associated
Press interview and rejecting over the
clipping which had presented to him.
Nj. Witte replied:
- This is not the complete text Of the
interview, but il is correct and conforms
to what I have Just told you, so that
do not know what more could be added -
The Temps gives this both as a con-
firmation and as indicating that the AS
sociated Press interview was regarded by
NJ. White as embracing everything he has
to say
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
WILL LABOR UNDER LOCK AND KEY
Extraordinary Precautions be Taken Hereafter When thu
Sharps of the Agricultural Department Are Working
on Crop Reports

IAI ASHINGTON July H-Secretary
Wv Wilson today made public the
names of the four men who will
comprise the statistical board which, un-
der the direction of Assistant Secretary
Willett 5. Hayes, will prepare the govern
ment estimates of cotton acreage and
yields as well as statistics of other crops
The board will be composed of Victor
Olmstead present associate statistician
of the bureau of statistics5 s. Il. FesSen-
den. an assistant statistician; George K
Holmes chief of the division of foreign
markets. and w. W. Long. recently re-
signed as an assistant statistician.
Great Secrecy.
The board will meet in the office of
the assistant secretary of agriculture to
perform its labOrs. As the reports from
field agents come in they will be taken
By Assistant Attorney Hays and 10 \
in vault When all OF the reports have
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
= frederick w. NCTTING. a switch
man at the Oregon Short Line yards

FREDERICK W. NCTTI\G. a switch
man AT the Oregon Short Line yards.
was shot in the abdomen in his room
at 157 South Second West street about $50
o clock last evening. dying an hour later
at St Marks hospital. Suspicion cenJcrs
around Mrs Mary Quinn. - years OF
age. wife of Daniel J. Quinn foreman
at the Oregon Short Line yards Mrs
Quinn was the only person in The room at
the time the shooting occurred.
The dying mans statement 10 George
Tucker. the first person 10 enter the
room. was made between sobs and groans
of anguish
She shot me"
For four hours at the police station
Mrs. Quinn was subjected 60 constant
questioning but she repeated time and
again:
4 never fired the shot"
Her features We're as calm as If she
JremOr In her voice At times staring
expression came over her features as she
sat in silence, but il soon fitted away
and she assumed her calmness without a
spark of emotion. She seemed chilled by
the shock and 5he tedious. questioning
made no visible impression upon her At
last she was led TO the desk sergeant 5
room. where she gave her name and
age, with the promise upon her lips that
she would tell her story this morning
Woman Is mistaken.
The constant work of Chief Lynch and
the detective brought nothing TO light on
the case A siclly smile passed over her
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
HAD MARROW ESCAPE.
General Funston's Carriage Collided
With Electric Car.

Monterey. Cal, July 1.-General Fred
Funston, commander of the department
of California, his aide, Lieutenant Long
and Lieutenant Burton J. Mitchell, de-
partment inspector of small arms prac-
tee. narrowly escaped death this after
noon when an electric car crashed into
the carriage in which they were riding
The party was returning to the Preside
from the Hotel Del Monte. on AlVarado
street the driver turned directly in front
of a moving car, which struck the car
rage. Smith was thrown out and bruised.
The officers jumped. General Funston
had his left hand severely bruised. but
was otherwise uninjured. Lieutenant
Mitchell sustained painful bruises about
the head and body. Lieutenant Long es-
capped with few slight bruises. The
street car was travelling at a slow rate
of speed and the gong was sounding The
driver of the carriage attempted to turn
across the track when the car was almost
upon him
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
MRS. HUETER LIBERATED.
Not Evidence Enough to Charge Her
With Murder.

San Jose, Cal, July 21.-Mrs Kate Hue
ter. who for the past week has been
detained at the county jail pending an
investigation into the tragic death of her
husband Gustav Hueter. at Alma last
Friday, was set at liberty by Sheriff Ross
today.
Last Wednesday the grand jury met TO
hear the evidence in the case at the in
stance of District Attorney Campbell, and
a searching investigation was started,
which was concluded today The result
arrived at was that there is not at the
present time satisfactory evidence upon
which to base a charge of murder against
Mrs Hueter
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
JURY PROMPTLY SECURED.

Portland. Ore. July 2.-Little difficulty
was encountered today in selecting a Jury
to act during the second trial of Con-
gresham Williamson DR.. Van Gessner
and United States Commissioner Marion
Biggs. accused of conspiracy to suborn
perjury in connection with land transac-
tons In eastern Oregon The Jury was
completed this afternoon and the court
adjourned until tomorrow. when the ex-
animation of witnesses will commence
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
CHINESE, JAPS
AND ITALIANS
Laborers Are Wanted to Work on
Panama Canal.
BIDS WILL BE ASKED TODAY
CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE VERY
LITTLE TO SAY.

Washington. July H.-The first attempt
to secure laborers in large numbers in
connection with the Panama canal con-
struction work will be made tomorrow
when bids will be asked by Leon Pepper
man. acting chief clerk of the Panama
canal commission, for 1000 each of Chi
nese, Japanese and Italian iaborers. Those
who compete for furnishing these labor
ers Will be required to submit bids first
as TO the amount per day for which the
i l',IS or a certain nationality will work
ana also bids stating the amount the gov
eminent viii be required to pay to get
the iaborers on the Isthmus of Panama
IN this latter item will be included, par
ucUlarly in the case of Chinese. an
amount of money advanced to the family
of the Cinnamon for maintenance until
the wage Garner can remit for this pur-
pose from his earnings; the amount Of
the transportation, and necessary Incl
the journey.
Individual Contracts.
1t is not the purpose of the commits
sion TO make a contract with any bidder
Tor labor which will preclude the gov
eminent making direct and individual APP
polntments with each of the labOrerS fur
nlshed- This precaution is taken to avoid
any Semblance or possibility of involun-
tary servitude. Under the plan proposed
the contractor will land his laborers on
the isthmuS. These laborers will then
personally apply for appointment, stating
the amount for which they Will work
On this application appointments will be
made out the same as in the case OF
every other empIoye OF the canal com
mission.
Information in the possession OF the
commission in an informal manner indi-
Gates that the price asked for the Ia
bOrerS will vary from 70 cents TO $l-5O
"A day. The contractors who are success
full i'm their bids will figure their profits
in their estimates for getting the labor
ers TO the isthmus, added 70 which may
he individual contracts for boarding the
labOTers after their arrival there. They
will not be permitted to in any way be
erument.
The bids will be opened Aug. IS and
bidders will be given detailed informa-
tion by the commission regarding the
form in which they are to be made.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
QUINN AND NUTTlNG
WERE BOSOM FRIENDS

In the Oregon Short Line yards IT was
learned that NutUing had not been at
work Thursday night. He and Quinn had
been close friends. according to members
OF the night crew They had come INTO
the office and eaten their lunches to-
gether. always acting as though they
were close 10 one another Both were
well liked and steady men, according to
their fellow wOrkmeu.
Other men said that NUtUng drank 70
some extent These were men who had
eaten with him when he took his meals
at the Colorado house on West Second
South street near the Rowland houses.
1t was not case of drunkenness sald
these men. but occasional drinking.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
RELEASED ON BAIL.

Chicago. July 2.-FolIowing an indict-
ment in lndiaEa and arrest in Chicago
Swift formerly official and stockholder
of the International Harvester company
was released today on a writ of habeas
corpus. a bond of $4,000 for appearances
Aug. % was given The charge on which
Mr.. swift was indicted was that he in
duced the Harvester company TO paw a
man named Hadley of Indiana polls SIS 600
for a machine intended for Hadley Int
remainder. with a brother. w q Suiff
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22

been received the members of tho board
VIII be summoned TO make their estf-
mates This work has been likened by
Mr.. Hays to a school. He will serve as
the teacher and the field reports will
be the problems to be solved. The men
Will work independent of each other and
their reports Will be submitted to Mr..
Hays who will go over them after the
manner of passing upon examination pa
perS. The monthly reports will then be
made Up from the Independently deter
mined results of the members Of the
board the final report to be the harmon
iZing of all.
No Telephones.
With the exception of the time con
sumed in going over the field reports the
board members will perform the regular
duties of their present positions. They
will not have access to any of the. field
reports until after the doors have been
locked. There will be no telephone COM
UzfnicatiOn with the outside nor any
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
WILLIAMS HANGED

The DaIles. Ore. July 21.-Norman Will
liams, the murderer of Alma Nesbitt and
mother, March s, 1900 was hanged at the
Wasco county Jail this morning. He
made no statement whatever, his. last
remark being: MY lips are sealed to
the world" Williams ate no breakfast
He arose at $3.50 and spent his time pray
ing reading his Bible and conversine with
Father Desmarais.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-22
COMING FROM IDAHO.
EIks Will Come TO Salt Lake For
Purple Day.

Idaho will be well represented at the
Elks Purple day. July n. PocatelIo alone
planning to send 100 members. Members
from other towns in the Gem state VIII
also attend, and with those who will ar
rive on the special trains from Park CITY
and Provo record-breaking crowd is ex-
pected.