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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
LEASE RUNS TEN YEARS.
Granted by Hoke Smith in Cleveland
Administration.

Washington. Feb. 1G.-Secretary
Hitchcock today gave out a statement
arTaigning as a gigantic monopoly
the present lease by the Indian Terri
tory Illuminating Oil company of the
right TO prospect for oil and gas
throughout the entire area Of the Usage
Indian reservation and explaining the
agreement reached several days ago.
IS announced in the Associated Press
dispatches, for cutting off more than
one-half of the lands operative under
This lease during the next ten years.
Granted by Hoke Smith.
The statement sets forth that what
IS known as the Usage oil lease, grant
ing the exclusive right TO prospect. de-
Neiop and sub-let for oil and gas
throughout the entire ], 800. 600 acres of
the Usage Indian lands, was granted
for ten years by the then secretary of
the interior. Hoke Smith. on March 16
1886. to Edwin =. Foster. but that "af-
ter a checkered existence the lessee is
Known as the Indian Territory IiIu-
ininating Oil company
1T was, says this statement zone
OF the most gigantic monOpolieS ever
Used for an Individual or company bv
any secretary of the interior. The or
iginal lease was nothing short of a
public scandal"
Secretary Bliss investigated the lease
with a view to cancelling it, but found
that he could not legally do So The
statement says Secretary Hitchcock
especially opposed the extension of the
original lease because the company is
obtaining from the Indians practically
80 per cent of the royalty accruing to
the Indians who own the property while
fhe sub-leSsees provide the capital An
amendment to the Indian appropriation
biil Incorporating the final conclusion
reached by the various interests and
The department. intended to protect
both the Indians ana the sub-lessees
cuts the lands operative under the lease
10 $50 600 acres
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
event its enactment is now assured.
Means Much to Wyominq.


Speaking of the result of the opening
of the Wind River reserva ton, MondeIl
today said;
IT means the building of $50 miles of
railroad in Wyoming within the next
eighteen months. The Northwestern
viii build from Casper to the east Dor
der of the reSerVa ton. and will run
branch lines to Thermopolis and Lam
der
The Burlington will build a line
from some point on its Cody line
through Garland or Frannie to Their
mopolis. through Big Horn canyon on
the reservation. There is already am
pie assurance that both these roads
will be completed in time for the OPEN
ing eighteen months hence.
The opening of this reservation
gives opportunity for undertaking by
the reclama ton service of one of the
cheapest and best irrigation projects in
the United States for the irrigation of
100000 acres of ceded lands. but I'm case
the reclamation service does not see fit
10 undertake the work. the cost of irri-
cation is so low per acre, ranging from
s. to So, that settlers on the coded lands
viii have no difficulty in organizing
among themselves and constructing
their own works.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
HORRIBLE FATE OF
LITTLE CHILDREN

Peoria Ills, Feb. 16.-Fire of mys-
terioUs origin in the house of Man
ming Harris. coal miner at Edwards.
burned three small children to death
early today The mother was so badly
burned that the flesh hung from her
body in strips. Harris himself was hor-
ribly burned. When the neighbors at
tempted TO alarm the family they
found the doors and windows locked
The mother was rescued, but the chill
dren lying by her side in bed were
left to their fate. Harris was rescued
from his bed i'm an adjoining room.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
ROOSEVELT GOING UP
AGAINST STANDARD OIL
Commissioner Garfield Directed to Make Desired
Investigation.
Secretary Hitchcock the Indian Territory MonopoyBames
HOke Smith For the Lease Governor of Kansas Put
In Hole.
Feb. 16.-President
Wv Roosevelt has directed James r.

HET ASHlNGTON. Feb. 16.-Presideut
Wv Roosevelt has directed James r.
Garfield. commissioner of cor
purations Of the department of com
3erce and labor. to begin Immediately
the oil investigation requested by the
house of representatives yesterday in
a resolution adopted unanimously The
investigation, by direction OF the presi-
dent, viii be rigid and comprehensive
The president has directed a letter to
Commissioner Garfield in which he has
given his directions and presented in
outline his views
The inquiry will be pressed as rapidly
as possible The scope OF the investiga-
ton and the time il will occupy can
not be indicated at this time.
Representative Campbell Of Kansas
the author of the resolution adopted by
the house, had a conference with Presi-
dent Roosevelt today. Mr.. Campbelrs
idea Is that the investigation should
concern particularly the situation i'm
the Kansas field, but he expressed TO
the president his belief that the inquiry
once begun would extend to the Oper-
Rtfons OF the Standard oil company i'm
the Beaumont field of Texas and per-
hap3 to other fields.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
UNCLE SANS NEXT MOVE.

Paris VenezueIa
the sequesaton OF landed
American " ~
washington Feb 16The a
the enextn move
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
NUMEROUS ROBBERS.
Desperate Piece of Work at Mime
aPolis, Mimi.

Minneapolis. Feb. 16.-Early today three
masked highWaymen lying in wait upon
the front Veranda OF the residence Of DR..
Philip Mueller, leveled their revolvers
at the returning physician and his coach
man. Emil Roggatz. They shot the latter
through the abdomen and then robbed the
doctor and his cOaChman of $50
When Mrs. Mueller. attracted bv the
shooting. opened the door to let her hus-
band in. big St Bernard dog bounded
out of the Vestibule at the robbers. The
dog was killed
Mrs. Mueller was commanded ny the
robbers to stand. but she ran through the
house TO a back door and alarmed the
neighborhOOd
The robbers then ransacked the house
and after securing their booty. Jumped
into the doctors cutter and drove away
The coachman was taken TO the CITY
hospital where il is feared he will die.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
REFERRED TO TAFT.

Pittsburg. Feb. 1S-Chief of Police
Bennett of Braddock, who has been
striving for the maintenance by the gov
ernmcnt of INDECENT old soldiers anc their
wives together. either in national soldiers
homes or some other place, received q let
ter from President Roosevelt's secretary.
William Loeb, saying that the matter OF
the separation of couples had been re-
ferred to the war department. and would
receive the proper attention.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
CAUGHT A BELT.

Reno, New. Feb. 16-James Craw-
ford, employed in the paper mills at
Floristcn. Cal, met death last even
ing While at work in the machine
room he became entangled in belt and
before the engines could be stopped he
sustained injuries that caused his
death The unfortunate mans head
was cut open.
Deceased has relatives residing in
San Francisco. who have been notified.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17

To the police the victim said that he
was employed as a fireman on the Ore
Soh snort Line railroad and was on
his way home when ne was held up
He said the street was deserted at the
moment when the men confrontd him
Gy coming suddnly from behind the
tree, so suddenly i'm fact that he was
startled beyond the power of speech.
IL described the men as being tall and
slender, and was positive that one of
them wore short, light overcoat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
EQUAL DIVISION.

Washington. Feb. 16-The house COM
mittee ON Indian affairs today author
lied a favorable report on the Mcclure
bill authorizing IN equal division of the
lands and moneys of the Usage tribe
II Indians. There are about 1000 mem
hers OF this tribe and its property
consists of 100000 acres of land. S.
250,0O0 on deposit in the treasury, an
annual income of $150.OO0 from grazing
lands and 100000 from royalties from
Oil and gas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
KILLED IN A RUNAWAY.

Helena, Mont, Feb. 16-Rfchard
Harton. aged 65. who drives the Ir1iteel
States mail between Canyon Ferry and
York. near here, was thrown from b,s
sleigh during a runaway. his head
on a stump, and instantly
killed Two years ago his son was kilIe,J
in runaway.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
Company Not Afraid.

Pittsburg. FEB. 16.-W William J. Young.
president of the Prairie OH & Gas COM
pany of Kansas, against which the oil
Investigation resolution in congress
Yesterday was directed, in an interview
with the Associated Press today. said
that the company was not afraid of an
Investigation.
The charges as being aSitated at
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17

present are without foundation" he
sald. and we are not paying any at
tshtlon TO them. In fact, we will aid
the investigators so as to end the con-
troVersy as quickly as possible"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
PENSION FoR BOISE MAN.

washington, Feb. Ex-senator Dubois
has secured passage in the senate OF
n bill to grant pension OF 500 month";
~ to Russell a Mckinley. of Boise.
Ida, formerly member OF the second
volunteer cavalry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
HANDS up"
VICTIM COMPLIES
Two Masked Men Rifle H. S. Spears
Pockets and Then Flee.
THEY GET AWAY WITH S35
WAGON LOAD OF POLICE ScOUR
PREMISES UNSUccEssFULLY.

"Hold-up' men got in their fine work
again last night when they held up II.
S. Spears just before midnight and
cbbed him of S35.
Mr.. Spears. who lives at 222 West
Third South, had just reached the cor
ner of Second West and Third South
on his way TO his home when two men
wearing masks stepped from behind a
tree and confronted him. One of them
Fad gun in his hand that looked al
most as large as a canon, and in
gFuf voice he commanded Mr.. Spears
u shove his hands upward
IF you move while my 'pard' is going
through you 1 viii make you look as
though you were a seive.'' said the
hlghwayman-
Mr.. Spears did not move. But the
robbers ''pard'' did and he went
through Mr.. Spears pockets in a fifty.
his search being rewarded by the ind
ing of $50.
Right about face commanded the
man with the gun after the search had
been completed
The victim obeyed, stin with his
bands in the air.
Forward march," came the second
command.
NO TIME WASTED
MIR. Spears moved with alaerity in
the direction of his home, but after
marching a dozen PAGES and not hear
ing anyone behind him he took a peek
over his shoulder The robbers had
disappeared. Then he moved with even
greater alacrity, and in few minutes
the police We're notified and the patrol
wagon filled with men was speeding
towards the scene of the bold crime.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
Can't Close the Shelters.

There is no consolation in the opin-
ion for the hundreds of farmers VINO
wanted the county board of health
either to compel the smelling compa-
MES to suppress the alleged poisonous
VapOrs from their srGelter smokestac ks
or force them to put out their fires,
lock up the plants, tear them down,
and, if they remain in the smelling
business. rebuild them in some non
agricultural region Mr.. Lyon told the
board that it had authority to Orde-
the suppression of the objectionab bic
smoke, but could not suppress the
smelters.
The county board of health. Mr.. Lyon
said, has authority to order the "a
pOrS from the shelters abated. and, IN
the event of the failure of the owners
or managers of the smelters TO obey
the order. any citizen can prosecute
them criminally. The right of the
board to close the smelters was not
discussed in the written opinion of Mr.
Lyon, but after he had submitted It
TO the board he passed upon that point
verbally.
Mr.. Lyon was asked by members
of the board if it has the power TO
abate smoke as a nuisance although
not detrimental to public health. il If
was offensive tc the sense of smell
and the gases in it were dangerous
to vegetable and animal life. He said
the board would not have the right
a nuisance detrimental to public health
or was the cause of special diseases or
human mortality.
In regard to closing up the smelters
in the event of failure of their own
ers or managers to obey the order to
abate the vapOrS, Mr.. Lyon told the
members of the board that they Were
without the power in law TO do 50.
All they can do is declare the vaDo-s
from the shelters nuisance. Then
the courts are open TO anyone who
wishes TO prosecute the owners or man.
ayers criminally.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
GOVERNOR IN A oUANDARY.
Does Not Want to Sign the Oil Re,
finerv Bill.

Topeka, Kas., Feb. 16-Governor
Hoch declines to say whether or NOT
he will sign the bill providing for the
erection by the state of an oil refin-
cry, passed by the house yesterday.
The governor and his friends hoped il
i said, TO defeat the measure. but the
TACT that the house passed il by such
an overwhelming majority will. if is
believed, deter him from vetoing it.
The two bills passed by the house
yesterday affect not only the oil trust.
so-called, but other combines. The
freight rate bill passed makes the rail-
roads common carrier and i'm this
way the oil trust as well a other trusts
are TO be fought. The anti-disc -imina-
non bill, which has been set ..r con-
sideration tomorrow, is said to have
enough votes 10 insure its passa pc
This measure was drawn up with The
intention of preventing any trust from
entering Kansas and UnderseIIing tho
state.
Note of Warning.
Speaker Stubs. in explaining his vote
against the refinery bill, is believed to
have expressed the sentiment of the
administration on that measure when
ne said:
The legislature Of Kansas has over
turned the traditions OF history. II is
an alarming situation. This is only the
beginning and nobody dare saw where
this frenzy viii lead US. It may go too
lar The men supporting this bill have
not looked far enough ahead
our fight here has been compared
with the fight of Japan against Russia
one is a small country and the other
large, and the courage of japan has
been lauded, but do you know that Ia
pan spent ten years preparing for this
war; We have deliberated two weeks
and now decide that we are able to cone
with the Standard Oil trust We am
want to defeat the trust. II is simply
q question Of the bust method.
Chance For the Graft.
IF this refinery is managed right If
may make money for the state but il
81 is managed like most CT the state in
situations. il will be a failure"
Governor Hoch stated this afternoon
that he could not say when the state
refinery bill would reach him. and he
preferred not to state what action ne
would take in the matter until that
time arrives.
1T might be this evening or week
before the time comes for action" he
added.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-17
SAYS SHELTERS
ARE A NUISANCE
County Board of Health Takes For.
nal Action on Subject.
CAN'T CLOSE THE PLANTS
FARMERS HAVE RECOURSE TO.
CRIMINAL ACTION.

A FTER receiving an opinion from
n Assistant County Attorney Job
p Lyon defining public
nuisance, the county board of health
yesterday ordered the smoke from the
smelters abated. The order was en-
tered upon the records of the board
IN the following form:
w w. Wilson moved that it be the
sense Of the county board of health
that, from the evidence introduced and
the opinion of the county attorney as
TO what constitutes a public nuisance
under the statutes, the fumes from the
several shelters be declared a nuisance
and order the same abated-"
This WIS signed by John g. Mackay,
as chairman; E d. Miller, w, w. vii
son, Dr. +. w. Whitney, DR.. W. T..
Ferrebee and DR.. A G. Robertson. APP
pended to the order was this state
ment, signed by DR.. f. f. Straup:
THE evidence is not sufficient to
show any kind of nuisance that is
dangerous to life or health, and 1
believe, this board should only adjudge
such nUisances. and not the kind OF
nuisance that merely affects property
or the enjoyment thereof Therefor :
i vote NO -
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Dominican Finances.

incorporated in the message is 4
financial statement showing that thel
Dominican government owes to foreign
governments about So. oo0, 900 and thai
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-01-11
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items Of local interest taken from the columns
Of The Press, thirty years ago.l
january II. 1875.

At the annual meeting of the Stat.
ford National bank, held on Tues.
day, the following officers were elect
ed: Julius Converse. president; R.
s. Hicks, cashier; directors, Julius
Converse, Chester Scripture, John S.
Dean, Merrick A. Marcy, Richard s.
Beebe, d. f. Fairman, Edwin A.
Buck, l.. w. Crane, Edwin @. Pinney.
The Inauguration meeting of the
Stafford Temperance Reform club was
held Sunday afternoon at Central hall.
There was a large attendance and af-
ter a few opening remarks the cleo
ton of officers was proceeded with as
follows: President, o. w. Sanford {;
vice presidents, G. @. Parkess, F. N.
Crane; secretary, A. e. Ormsby f;
treasurer, A. Adams; chaplain, @. W..
Newell; committee of ways and
means, Robbins Patten, W. N. Thomp-
son and J. Fl. Randall; visiting COM
mittee, O. G. Ellis, Miss H. L. Eaton
and J. Lilly.
Born. Stafford Hollow, Jan.
18th, 1875, daughter to Almaron
and Marcia Wiers.
Married. In Stafford, 7th, by Rev.
L. F. Rand, Ralph Brown and Lizzie
L. Eddy, both of Stafford.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-01-11

There wee once three men who gave
a great deal of thought to the problem
Of what to do the first of the year.
The first man announced that he
had sworn off all his bad habits. Ev-
erybody said he always was wild
character, and it would be well to keep
closer watch than ever OH him, as now
there was no telling when he would
cut loose worse than ever.
The second man, seeking to profit by
the experience of the first, declared
that he had not sworn of because he
had no bad habits to discard. The re-
suit was that everybody pronounced
him a hardened wretch, who was in
sensible and Indifferent to the duties of
life.
The third man studied their cases
and concluded that the best thing he
could do would be to say nothing what
ever. Whereupon everybody asserted
that he was too calloused to reform
and was not worthy of any respect at
all.
This simply goes to show that, no
matter how you guess, you will guess
wrong. Judge.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-01-11
KILLS GERMS OF CATARRH.
Hyomei Goes to the Root of the DE-
ease and Makes Astonishing Cures.

Hyomei Goes to the Root of the D.
ease and Makes Astonishing Cures.
Catarrh cannot be cured by the use
of pills, liquid medicines and So
called system tonics. Under such
treatment the germs of the disease
will still live in the air passages and
increase and multiply.
Hyomei is the only scientific and
thorough way to cure catarrh. Kill
ing the germs in the air passages, it
enters the blood with the oxygen, de-
stroys the microbes in the blood and
efectually drives from the system all
traces of catarrhal poison.
Thousands of testimonials have been
given as to the astonishing cures made
by this remedy.
Mrs. LIE Rendu, 76 Western Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio, writes: 81 believe
Hyomei saved my life. / am better
now than have been in thirty years.
Many doctors, both in England and
France, treated me for catarrh, but 1
was not cured until used Hyomei. -
Probably the strongest evidence
that can be offered as to the powers
of Hyomei to cure catarrh is the fact
that Anders Jacobsen will agree to
refund the money if you say Hyomei
has not cured you.
The complete Hyomei outfit costs
but $1.OO, consisting of an inhaler,
dropper and sufficient Hyomei to last
several weeks. This will effect a
cure in ordinary cases, but for chronic
and deep-seated cases of catarrh, long
er use may be necessary, and then
extra bottles of Hyomei can be OBJ
tanned for SOC.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-01-11
Too Rich For the B,ooa.

A tall. rawboned. country looking
fellow wandered into Seattle restau-
rant recently and difidently took a
seat, removing his hat and carefully
putting 1t under the table. A waiter
brought him bill of fare and waited
for some time. but. becoming tired. left
the. fellow carefully studying the list
in front Of him. Every time the wait
er came near him he was still buried
in perusal of the bill Of fare, and at
length. at the end of nearly half an
hour, arose to depart What is the
matter. STRIP anxiously queried the
waiter; thinking that the patron had
been offended. TOO steep fer me,
young Teller. can't pay $28.45 fer
one meal. It's too rich fer my blood. :"
On the table at which the man had
been seated was found small piece
Of paper covered with figures He had
added together tho prices Of everything
on the bill OF fare.