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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-25
RtcHFlELO NEWS NOTES.

Richfield. Aug. 24-About the heaviest
downpour Richfield has ever known came
Tuesday afternoon for about ten min
utes. The streets were streams Of run
ming water Everybody appreciated the
rain. although there was considerable hay
and grain down i'm the fields. This is the
first rain that has fallen OF any conse-
quence since last May. and everything
was very dry. For Chat reason it was
a welcome visitor.
The town of Monroe will hold "A spe-
cial election next Monday. Aug 2S for
the purpose Of voting on bonding the
town for waterworks. Monroe is ore of
Sewer county's progressive towns. and
ne doubt the bonding question viii carry
by a large majority
Mrs. y. +. Peterson (F'Ontin) is quite
IN with typhoid fever. She has been bed
fast for couple of weeks. but the last
few days she has grown much worse. al
though the attending physician looks for
her recovery.
There viii be a setting Of the district
court here next Friday. Saturday and
Monday On Monday the validity Of the
Johnson decree of the waters of Sewer
river will be argued before Judge c. w
Morse Of Salt Lake. This will bring a
large crowd to Richficld- every land
owner in this county is interested more
o. less.
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PROVO NEWS NOTES.

Provo, Aug. ED johnson and sam
Harris were arraIgned TO-DAY IN me
Fourth district court, charged with bur
giarizing the Spanish Fork r c. w de-
pou on June 2 They entered a plea of
not guilty and trial was set for Sent l.
The case of the state VS.. James SparkIin
charged with buTglarizing a saloon in
Tucker. has been continued Till the 3lst
ID. -. HoHtz, who. has returned from
Moab. reports that the steamboat on
Green river from Green River TO Moab
has been taken off for alterations 1t
was found TO be too top heavy for its
draft and 1t was also deemed necessary
TO attach paddles to the boat When
these changes arc made it VIII again be
put i'm commission
President Willis +. Robinson of Ioa
Wayne county. is here arranging for
some OF his children TO attend the Brig
nam Young university the ensuing year
\ large number OF the Instructors of
the Brig ham Young university are out
In various parts of the state and in Idaho
in the interest OF the Institution Presi-
oent Brimhal, who has been in Alberta
Canada during the vacation. IS expected
home in a few days.
4 son has been born to Mr. and Mrs
Alfred .. Van Dyke of Salt Lake tenn
porarIly residing III Provo. and a daugh-
ter TO Mr.. and Mrs james AmicOne of
Provo. All well.
Mat Nousmer a middle-aged German.
who came here from Seattle for the
Uintah registration, has been taken to
the Provo general hospital suffering from
an acute nervous attack from which il
Is expected he will soon recover
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PARK CITY HAPPENINGS.

Park city. Aug 2f-Yesterday George
CotteT. a boy about l. years OF age, while
playing with several boys about his own
age near Welsh DriscoH a. Bucks hard
ware store. ran pick through his foot
The boy was taken TO doctor and the
injury dressed
The excursion which was run from here
this morning by the Ancient Order OF
HibernianS was decided success. the
number taken out being far above the
amount guaranteed by the lodge.
The first consignment Of goods for the
installation Of the new telephone line ar
rived today. when two cars Of heavy
poles for the toll lines were received The
plans for the buhdng have been made
and in a very short time work will be
begun and the plant established as soon
as possible.
evening at the home OF Mrs. Lyons in
honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Muir
brook. who were married quietly in Salt
Lake a day or two ago.
a meeting OF the teachers Of the High
school Is called by the superintendent OF
the Park City schools for next Saturday
az o'clock and ali the teachers who are
IN that portion of the teaching staff OF
school opens here on the 5th Of the
month.
held meeting last evening and con-
ferred degrees upon several candidates.
Another meeting is called for the 18th TO
continue the work of comforting degrees
upon the class.
Gus Schuster came up from Salt Lake
this morning on short visit with friends
Martin Prisk. sr-. returned this morning
from Michigan, where he has been for
several years. Mr. Prisk is an old resi-
dent OF this city. but has been, east for
long time in the employ of one OF the
mines, i'm the capacity of master me-
chanic.
The Family of William Campbell leave
this afternoon for Salt Lake. where they
go to make their home.
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trict school. and in the spring of 1876
was appointed by President Brigham
Young to tour the territory and organ
ize the Young Mems Mutual Improve
ment association.
In 1876, when the Brigham Young
academy (nOw university was eStab-
liShed in Provo, DR.. Hardy was selected
as first assistant to the late Or. Kari
@. Maeser and remained in this posi-
ton till 1883; also filling at various times
the offices of county superintendent of
schools of Utah county, superintendent
of Provo city schools. and in 1882 was
elected territorial superintendent Of dis
In the fail of 1885 he went TO New
York and entered the medical depart
ment of the University of New York
The having been q student of medicine for
several years.. graduating in 1880 AFTER
his return he practced medicine and was
also instructor in the University Of
Utah. and in 1896 was appointed medi-
cal superintendent of the state insane
asylum which office he held till June
of this year. In this position he made
an enviable record. his punctilious re-
gard for order and cleanliness being so
much in evidence III the workings Of the
institution as to impress all who visited
having the name changed from insane
asylum to mental hospital
Dr. Hardy was married in 1876 TO Miss
Libbie Smoot. daughter of the late Pres
dren. one grandchild and numerous other
relatives, survive him
Dr. Hardy was a polished gentleman of
high scholastic attainments and was
the young people of the church, for the
past thirty years. He was d member of
the Y NJ NJ /. A. general board, and
first counselor to President Booth Of
stake at the time of his death The
funeral viii probably be held Sunday.
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Provo. Aug. 24-Dr Milton H. Hardy
died at his home in this city last night
between y and - o'clock This spring,
while Or. Hardy was the medical su-
perintendent of the state mental hospital
he bad severe attack of leakage of
the heart. from which he was confined
To his he'd for several weeks He re-
covered sufficiently to be able to be out
ana attend to business. and had hopes
OF complete recovery. This week he suf-
Tered from an attack of bowel complaint
out was believed to be recovering from
TINS ailfnent Last evening Mrs. Hardy
prepared and applied a hot bandage to
tne patient. and short time after IL
o. clock she went to the bedroom and no.
uced him enjoying a peaceful sleep. To
ward ~ o clock she again visited the
room aud found her husband dead. His
little Son, who was sleeping with him.
mad his arms around the fathers neck,
and death had been so peaceful that the
enid had not been awakened. The cause
Of his death is ascribed to heart weak
ness resulting from his ailment this
spring
DR.. Hardy was born in GroveIand
Mass, Sept. %. 1874. His parents. JOsia n
C. and Sarah .. Parker Hardy became
converts to the teachings of the Nor
mon church and il 1852 came to Utah
locating in the Twelfth ward of Salt
Lake City DR.. Hardy was educated in
the Deseret UNIVERSITY Cnow the Uni
VerSity of Utah) and early in his edu-
cationaI career took charge of one, of
departments of the university, and in
1911 was acting principal of the institu-
ton during the absence of DR.. Park in
Europe. In the early 70S he filled a
mission TO Europe and was president
of the Leeds conference for thirteen
months. While abroad he prosecuted his
educational studies. and visited the lead
ing cities of England. Wales and Scot
tinent. Don his return in 1873 he be
came the principal of the Twelfth dis
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-25
LIFE LOSSES HEAVY
Premiums Greater Than Insurance
Payments in Utah From All
Other Sources.

Fire and other property losses paid by
insurance companies in Utah during 1901
cost the companies less than half the
amount paid out by . life accident casu-
atty fidelity and surety companies dur
ing the same period, according to a state
ment compiled by c S. Tingey. secretary
of state and eX-Officio Insurance COM
missioner Fire. marine. steam boiler
and plate glass insurance companies paid
S169,5l9 30, while life. accident. casualty.
fidelity and surety companies paid S366
$500, a grand total of 1886, 464.55 for att
classes Of insurance.
The statement shows that 143 insurance
companies operated in the state distrib-
uted follows. Life. 81; fire, 95. acct
dent and casualty. Z: surety, ): plate glass
and steam boiler, ).
Risks written and renewed during the
year amounted to $72,3I1, 992 OF which
SZ1.95f.e00 represented personal risks and
S44.3l4.392 represented property risks.
Pre- NUNS on the personal risks amounted
TO Sl.26l.319.75- and premiums on property
risks were $I52. l25.09- Personal risks in
force at the end of the year amounted 10
$50,293. 124 and property risks to S64, 135. $50,
d total Of S1I4. 429. 604.
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CONVENTION CLOSES.
Teachers Elect Officers to Serve Dur
ing Ensuing Year.


Mt. Pleasant. Aug. 2L-The twenty
third annual convention of the Presby-
terrain Teachers association of Utah
closed in this city last evening with an
address by DR.. Carver of ogden on The
Practical Value in Life of a Taste for
Good Literature The convention has
been IN session for a week and has been
attended by about sixty persons, teachers
ana ministers. VINO are labOring for the
cnurch IN TINS state and Idaho
Three sessions have been held daily. one
each morning. one in the afternoon and
one IN the evening. The evening SESSIONS
were addressed by Rev. G. W Martin OF
Manti. Rev. w NJ. Paden Of Salt Lake.
Rev. Robert NJ. Craig of New York civ
Rev. Leon g. Hills and Rev. J. r. Carver
of Ogden All have been well attended.
.Ihe day sessions consisted Of devotion
al ana educational addresses, discussions,
etc ana were participated in by all pres
emit They had to do with Sunday school
~ Pesume of the Utah situation. bv
Rev. Clemenson Of logan, called atten-
e.Cn 70 the marked progress along all
lines during the last thirty years OF our
state history. and. to some grave prob
lens with which our commonwealth must
grapple.
The officers elected for the ensuing year
are: President, George B. Sweazey OF
Salt Lake vice president Miss Ella g
Heron of Springyiile; secretary. Miss
urer, Miss Margaret Chaplin Of Spring
Viile; executive committee T. N. Patrer-
son OF Mt. Pleasant. Rev. Martin of
Mantl, Miss RolofSon OF FairVieW. Miss
of Logan.
Today the Presbytery of Utah opens
TO devote nearly d week to tho cOnsidera-
ton Of questions which will present them
selves. All of the ministers present dur
ing the week are remaining and most OF
the teachers Excellent meetings are an
ticiDatcd
Miss Christine Larsen a young lady u
years Of age. daughter of Mrs Sophia
Larsen of this city. died yesterday after
noon of dropsy, after an illness Of sew
cral years The funeral viii be held this
afternoon from the l. D. s. church.
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givings as to the condition in which he
would emerge from the strange machine,
but did not become violent in his objec-
piled TO him the glass tube was obscured
by clouds of dust drawn from his gar
ments- At length the dust vanished and
other things began to appear A partial
list follows; Red hair. buttons two
pawn tickets. one cigar, one cigar butt.
one sack smoking tobacco, one small plug
chewing tobacco, clippings bearing pugil-
istic records. three pool tickets Uosers)
four checks on four different saloons, one
handkerchief one key, two pencils, one
street car ticket.
The young man received back all his
property except the dust and the lost
hair. He appeared to be little the worse
fo- his experience. In fact. he declared
he felt bloody fine"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-25
LOST IN A SWAMP.
Party OF Six Nearly Perished in
Michigan Woods.

Escanaba. Mich. Aug. 24-HuddIed
together within an open and dry SPOT
only a few feet square in the immense
olueOerry swalnps north of this city.
searching party today found Mrs !
A Fisher, wife of Bernard Fisher.
chief engineer of the Northwestern
road, Mrs b. J. Snow. wife Of . North
eastern railway engineer. Arthur SNOW
aged Il: Bessie Snow. aged s. Miss
Evelyn Doyle. aged 10 and child or
MIS- Fisher, aged = who had become
lost IN the SWamps. The party was
camping and wanted bIueberriee fo4.
lunch DESERVING camp "Wednesday
they struck out into the forest and lost
thelr way. a special train. with 200
searchers found the sextette of suffer-
eTs TO-DAY -FOUR miles from camp.
headed into mo mans land = ,,-ba,,Io
no one has ever returned Tboupb
badly scratched and completely pros
trated, all Of the members win recovor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-25
GLAD CALHOUN CAME.
Venezuelans Have Confidence in
Their Courts.

Caracas, Aug. 24.-The semi-officiaI
Constitutional commenting today on
the visit of former Judge w. J. Cal
houn, whom President Roosevelt ap-
pointed special commissioner to look
into the relations between Venezuela
and the United States. says:
"The appointment of this honora bic,
representative of the American iudic-
larry pleases the friends of the present
administration. because we know theE
the proceedings IN our courts are and
have been founded on law and justice
and that the light which will be shed
by his investigation Will enable the
commissioner to proclaim before the
American people and the world his
homage for the Venezuelan courts and
the government under the law"
Judge Calhoun yesterday had a con-
ference with the attorney general.
The issue of scrip for the new 3 per
cent diplomatic debt will begin Aug. 2S
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Music and Drama

Mrs. Black is Back" with May irwin
as Mrs Black. COMES pretty nearly being
the ideal summer diversion. The man
who can't forget his troubles. forget
them absolutely and entirely. while OBJ
serving the joVial Miss Irwin is indeed
lost. The play is as close TO solid fun,
from the time the first curtain rises I'M
I'll the last one goes down. as PLAYS ever
get to be. 1t is fun of lines that are
inirth-proVokinS and clever at the same
one often goes to a play and laughs.
and then the next day; thinking the play
with Mrs. Black is Back as Miss Irwin
does IT, Some Of those lines are going to
be quoted for many day in Salt Lake
For instance: She has so much money
in the bank that everybody says she's
beautiful and, Yes. he went into bank
ruptcy- The trouble was he tried to Keep
a wife with an automobile appetite on a
WheclbarrOw income and. oh. they're
to be married again. Yes, he had TO pay
her so much alimony that he went broke.
Now he's going to marry her for her
money"
But to pick out the bright lines one
should go carefully over a stenographic
report of the play. Then he would fine
II necessary TO print the whole thing just
TO keep from leaving out something good
And Miss Irwin gets out of the lines all
there is in them. There is only one part
in the, play, hers. but that is enough.
The other parts just feed her. When
she is off the stage the play is decidedly
not the thing When she is on. which
is practically all the time. the play-goer
who isn't tickied way into the marrow
Of his funny bone. is a hard individual
to please.
Mrs. Black is Back will be repeated
tonight when the engagement comes TO
an end. Last nights audience was large
and appreciative. The curtain did not
rise until o'clock. but the people waited
with admirable patience and they had
their reward. The delay was occasioned
by the late arrival of the scenery II
didn't reach the Theatre until after z
o'clock. and though there is only one
set it is so elaborate that the setting OF
it requires considerable time.
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POSTMASTER DEAD.
Mammoth Official Succumbs to Fry
sipeIas and Arsenieal Poisoning.

Mammoth. Aug. 2t-W. c. Elton, who
has been postmaster here for the past
three years. died this morning at his
home from erysipelas. aggravated by ar
senical poisoning. Mr.. Elton, who has.
~ partnership with Mike Roc. a lease on
the taiiinGs OF the old Shoebridge mill. in
T1ntic valley near Samuel Mcintyre $
ranch. was also bookkeeper for the gen
eral store of Mrs. J. 4. Donahue & Co.
in this place. 1t is believed that while
~ work on the taiiings. which are full
OF arsenic, he had rubbed his hand over
his face and nostrils and in this manner
contracted the poisoning which caused
his death
dren. thu youngest of whom is months
old lie was A years of age and was
born in Staten Island. n. Y. The time
has not yet been set for his funeral
Robert Francis, the 3-mOnths'-Old baby
boy OF II 81. Aiken. superintendent of the
May Day mine. died in this city this
morning. after an illness Of few days.
The funeral viii take place in Salt Lake.
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A. H. TARBET HAS KICK.
Would Enjoin Butte From Building
Cement Walk About Mine.

a. H Tarbet. as one of the owners
of -he SmolSehouse lode claim on Butte.
has brought suit against the city OF
Butte and City Engineer +. c. Bickeii-
bach to enjoin the defendants from re-
placing the wooden sidewalks about the
mine with cement walks. According Ia
the Butte Miner a temporary restrain
ing order has been secured. and the or
DER TO show why the fniunctfo
should not be made permanent was SCI
for hearing for 10 o'clock this morning.
The other plaintiffs are Lulu f. Lar
gey and T. NJ. HOdEens. They claim. tha I
the lot in question is used eSclusf tely
for mining purposes and that there is
no provision of law calling for the Law
about - mining claim.
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QUEER THINGS DRAWN OFF
Festive Firemen Find Victim for
Cleaning Machine and Keep
Careful Tab.

Rendered unwontedly sportive by a
long spell of comparative inaction, a
group of firemen at station No ] con-
spired against the peace and dignity of a
reporter for an afternoon paper yester-
day. Several of them seized the young
man, who did not demur.
"Hanythink witch will make you gen
tlemen Apply his quite satisfactory to
me- he assured them.
They were about TO give him the time
hOnOred tub degree. when one of their
number spied az new device in operation
across the street from the fire station.
This device was pneumatic house clean
ing affair. which by means of compressed
air and hose draws impurities out of
carpets. etc Part of its equipment is a
glass tube, which shows the nature of
the substances extracted. This tube
proved the best features of the affair
when the reporter was subjected to treat
ment by the machine
The firemen posted across the street
with their captive. He had some mis-
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PERSONAL.

Richard Meaher Of The Herald staff
is III at the Miller hotel
ID. g Baron of the Leader clothing,
company leaves today from Buffalo n
Y. end other eastern commercial cen
ters in the interest Of his business Mr.
Baron viii be absent about three weeks
Francis c. Luke and ,.,ife Ieff last
evening for New York City. where they
VIII attend the Old Time Telegra piers
reunion N the Waldorf-Astoria Mr. Luke
is one OF the old timers who telegra phed
over twenty five years ago After the
convention Mr.. Luke viii visit eastern
souri, ard Kansas
woodbine day at Lagoon. Friday,
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sixty Years Experience of an Old
Nurse

Ms Winslow's Soothing Syrup is tn.
prescription OF one OF the best female
physicians and nurses in the JJpifed
states. and has been used for sixty veaT4
with never-faillng success by millions OF
mothers for their children T)urine az
process OF teething its value IS incaIc,lla
BILE II relieves the child from pain. cures
olarrnoea. griplng in the bowels and wind
collie By giving health to the child ~
rests the mother Price. rs cents q bottle
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New Orleans. Aug. 24-With the fe-
Yer here coming steadily under control
and apprehension no longer felt of a
dangerous epidemic, the federal au-
thorities are anxious to put restrict. ons
against free intercourse between New
Orleans and infected communities in
Louisiana and elsewhere The neces-
sity for some such action arises espec-
tally from the conduct of the Italians
and other foreign races. Many of them
fed from New Orleans to the surround
ing parishes when the fever first grew
violent here. They established nests of
injection at various points. Since then
many of them have been drifting back
to New Orleans, settling i'm new neigh
/ oorhoods and increasing the foci here.
Encouraging Signs.
Todays report continued TO be en-
couraging. The death list is somewhat
larger than the day before. but it did
not reach the maximum set earlier in
the month.
The territory bounded by St Ann.
Espianade, Rampant and Decatur. the
heart of the original infection, is again
undergoing a thorough course of dis
infection. This viii be the third treat
ment given. a total of thirty-six
squares, containing 1000 houses is en-
braced in the district
Professor Robert Boyce of the Liv-
tfpOOl ScnOOl or tropical medicine,
reached here today. Professor Boyce
expects 10 make careful study of the
campaign against the fever and to
make report of his observations to his
school
Surgeon Won Ezdorf reported to DR..
White today. Surgeon Ezdorf has been
identified with the sanitary work on
the lsthmus. where yellow fever has
been prevailing for some time. and be-
cause of his knowledge of the disease
there was ordered to New. Orleans by,
the department
Work of Inspection.
Professor Metz. who has been. given
charge of the work of inspecting els
terms, cutters, etc, put 155 gangs Of
inspectors on duty today Each gang
consists of three men, They we're
expected TO cover every habitable part
of the city.
Another case of fever at Terre Aux
Boeuf, the parish seat of St. Bernard
was reported today. bringing the total
TO eleven there
me citizens committee has been
called TO meet on Monday. when the
WhOle fever situation viii be discussed
ana fuIl report made of the work Of
financing the tight. Chairman JaDvier
e continuing to take subscriptions to
Lnet general fund, and there is a daily
now OF cash and checks into his office
ne committee has fixed $500 900 a the
lotal tund, and the proba bility is that
~ VIII all be subscribed. All the money
mat Dr. WHITE can use is at his dis
posal.
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IL costs you no more TO buy Royal
Bread. Our crown label on every loaf
stands for quality and purity. At all
grOcers.
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LAST EXCURSION NORTH
Saturday, Sept. /:

Via Oregon Short Line. The usual
greatly reduced excursion rates will
prevail See agents for further partic-
ulars.r City ticket office POI Main st
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PERFECT DINING CAR SERVICE.
All trains except Nos l TO 9. inclusive,
top at intermediate points.
Ticket office, Dooly block. Phone -
Z A RENTON- q. A p. %.
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Y. NJ. c. A. day. Lagoon. Saturday,
Aug. 20.
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woodbine day at Lagoon. Friday,
Aug %