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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29

for several years before taking up
NEWSPAPER work. He has had charge
of the railroad news on the Salt Lake
Tribune for the past fifteen years or
more. and during all that time has kept
in close touch with the dOtngs OF the
railroad world
His HEADQUARTERS will be in Salt
Lake. but of necessity his duties VIII
call him out Of town a large portion OF
the time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29
PATHFINDER DAM PROJECT.
Especial to The Herald.


Washington. April 2S.-Secretary Hitch
cock today authorized the advertising for
bids for the construction of the Path
finder dam and auxiliary work a [ a point
about fifty miles southwest of Casper.
Wyo- The bids viii be opened at the
office of the reclamation service Cham
Der of Commerce building, Denver. at 2
O'Clock Thursday, Jan. Is, 106. Work on
this project, which contemplates the ir-
Tigation of lands IN Wyoming and Ne
braska will be pushed with the utmost
dispatch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29
ENGINE BLEW UP.
Accident on Union Pacific-Coal
Passer Killed.
CSDecial to Tho Herald0

Evanston, Wyo., April ga locomotive
hauling a west bound freight train eX-
ploded its boiler last night near Antelope
tatiOn. about forty miles east of this
city. Engineer Hunter Terry and Fire
man NJ. T Hughes were badly scalded,
the last named quite seriously. They
were taken 10 the hospital in Ogden.
a young man p years of age, named
sylvester CoIeburn. who was assisting the
fireman by passing coal. was killed. His
remains are now at the undertakers in
this city. 1t has been ascertained that
his parents are highly respectable and
reside at Oakdale. a suburb of Chicago.
They have been notified and an order
10 ship the body east is expected tonight
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29

which. in Russia. is Synonymous with
famine aud disaster.
The diplomatic corps, including Am
bassador Meyer. attended the services
At St Tsaac's cathedral. Every mem
Der of the orthodox church took COM
muEiOH today. the emperor and the
imperial family attending the service
and taking the sacrament at the chapel
of the Alexandra palace at Tsarskoe-
SPlO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29
SIXTEEN MEN KILLED.
Explosion in Coal Mine Near Bio
Run, Pa.

Run, Pa.
Dubois. Pa. April 2S--Sixteen men we're
killed and one will die as the result of N
explosion at the EIeanora shaft. near
Big Run. The shaft is located one and
half miles from Big Run on the Buffalo.
Rochester & Pittsburg railway. twelve
miles south Of here 1t is in an isolated
part of the country and the explosion
which occurred last night. was not known
in this city until today. The mine Is
owned and operated by the Rochester *
Pittsburg Coal K Iron company. and is "A
comparatively new shaft, having been
opened two years ago.
The mine was thought 20 be free from
dangerous gases The night shift was
small, or there would have been more
fatalities. Every man who was in the
mine at the time of the explosion except
one is reported killed Three bodies have
thus far been recovered.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29
SMASHED TO A PULP.

Reno New, April 2S.-Otto Lang was in
stantly killed today while at work at the
site of the Truckee River General Electric
company near Verdi. New, by a gen
orator, Weighing 5000 pounds overturn-
ing. burying him beneath its massive
weight His body was literally smashed
to pulp.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29
KERR GOES TO SAN PEDRO.
Newspaper Man is Made Travelling
Passenger Agent.

Kenneth g. Kerr has been appointed
travelling passenger agent for the Salt
Lake route and viii assume his duties
Monday He viii have jurisdiction over
Utah. Colorado Idaho. Wyoming aud
portions of Montana Up to this time
J. H Manderfield has been travelling
passenger. and freight agent in this
territory He viii now be freight agent
alone
Few men in the west have a wider
acquaintance among TailrOadcrS than
Mr.. Kerr. He was "a raiIroader himself
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29
Ceremony at Moscow.

Moscow. April 2S.-The traditional
ceremony of compromising the holy oil
used in the most sacred rites of the
orthodox church began in the Kremlin
today, and Will continue for three days,
accompanied by the continual chanting
of reIayS OF monks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29
WILL TREAT ORES
CARRYING ZINC
Strong Company Decides to Erect
Plant in Salt Lake City.
BUYS FIVE-ACRE TRACT
MEANS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO
THE STATE.


= Work will begin in a few days on =
y d plant in Salt Lake City to han =
y die zinc ores from Utah and sur =
y rounding states. =
Utah alone contains, i'm Park =
y City, Frisco, Tintic, Stockton and =
= other camps. vast quantities Of =
= zinc ores already exposed and ,
y ready to mine. ore OF which the :
= aggregate value is many millions =
= OF dollars has been left I'M >
= touched because no plant which .
y could separate the zine from the =
y other metals existed i'm the state 4
The Western ore Separating =
= company has plants IN successful :
= operation in Colorado and else y
where. has purchased a fve-acte ,
y tract Of land in North Salt Lake =
= and viii put up a plant on the +
y site As soon as feasible =
Ihe successful handling or >
= Otan'$ zinc ores viii mean giving =
employment to many hundreds of ,
y men It the mines and elsewhere. =
. adding millions of dollars to the ;
= active wealth of the state =
The proposed plant will not be a >
y smelter. 1t will use electricity =
exclusively. and hence VIII give 3
e forth no fumes 3
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29
EVIDENCE ALL IN.
Mrs. Smith Declined to Answer
Many Questions.

New York. April 2S.-The story told
by Mrs. J. Morgan Smith on the wit
ness stand yesterday afternoon. and
the prospect of her crOsS-eXaminatiOn
by counsel for the defense today. served
to intensity interest in the case of Nan
Patterson. who is now on trial in the
court of general sessions, charged with
the murder of Caesar Young. The ap-
pearance of Mrs. Smith as witness for
the prosecution came in the nature Of
a surprise to the defense, Mr.. Levy has
said. He profesSed to be very well sat
isfied with the move, however, and said
that Cross-examinatiou of the witness
would afford him an opportunity TO
place before the jury evidence which
could not be produced in any other way.
He also believes, he said, that the di-
rect testimony of Mrs Smith has only
served to strengthen the case OF the
prisoner, as ii supports in many impOr-
tant details the testimony given by
Miss Patterson herself at the last trial.
a portion of which was read TO the jury
Yesterday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29
OTHER LINES MUST HURRY.
San Pedro Cuts the Time From
Chicago West.

The san Pedro is already making its
Influence felt on passenger travel be
tween Chiraso and southern California
The Los Angeles Express has the fol-
lowing to say on the subject
When the tourist season opens next
winter the san Pedro, Los Angeles q
salt Lake railroad viii be in the field
win a limited train that will be operated
without change between Los Angeles and
Chicago. IL has not been decided yet
whether the service shall be faster than
tba Santa Pc limited now operating be-
tween the same connections
santa Re Headquarters admit that
the latest transcouunental competitor IS
in an excellent position to reduce the
time between here and Chicago. but the
Continued on Page p
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Heavy Rails For the Rio Grande.

The superintendent also denied all
knowledge OF plans to resume work on
the Saliua cutoff
Il would know it any move OF that
kind were ON foot bus I have not heard
cf it,. ne said 81 am convinced that TINS
i'm N5-DOund rails and taking out the 90
pound rails ON "a stretch of thirty miles
of the main line the other side % Price
but the Saliua cutoff project is just
~ mere il has been for some time past.
Superintendent WelhN returned from
Denver ACCOMMODATED by Chief Engine CT
=. J Yard Thursday night He was at
his post of duty yesterday while Engineer
Yard was looking after the construction
Of the Western Pacific spur Work on
This project viii he resumed with larger
force TODAY and thu prediction i made
on all sides that lively times are just
ahead for thc entire west side of the city
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29
Would Not Answer.

In the course of his examination. Mr.
Rand asked Mrs. Smith if she had pos
seSsed all the information she has tes-
titled TO in this trial all the time since
she left New York last June. Mrs
Smith replied that she would like to an
swer the question, but feared il would
tend. to degrade and incriminate her as
she is under Indictment for conspiracy
The prosecutor then promised that If
she would answer he would move next
Monday 10 quash the indictment
against her. but she. declined to do so
Continues on Page p
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29

a CTUAL work On the Western Pacific
u railroad that is TO connect salt Lake
with san Francisco began in SAT-
Lake Yesterday. although the work was
done bv the Rio Grande Western and on
Rio Grande Western ground The tac'
that "A spur was being run out from lhe
main line OF the Rio Grande Western III
the direction of the lake where the
Western Pacific track has been located
became known early in the day 1t gave
rise TO ali kinds OF reports and aroussu
more enthusiasm than has been seen III
SALT Lake Tor months
At = O. clock IN the morning a gang "a
f!IJy-seyea Greeks under the direct su-
pervision of Assistant Engineer Frank r.,
Baxter began grading NJ MINI South ailC
SIKH West streets The grade was TOT
"a SPUR TO be run from the matD line OF
Inc Rio GrarGe Western I'm a north
siticH 40 say how far this spur would De
huilt or what the objective point IL. al
though everyone is ready 10 coucede tnat
10 Is tn connecting INK between the lslo
C.~anGe Western and the Western PACING
that = is TO run TO the material yards
of the Western Pacific 10 be located
a some point just west Of TINS city over
this spur material ar equipment Will DC
rushed from the 40 Cfrande system when
the real work OF building the Western
Pacific be=ins.
Mr.. WeIby Speaks With Care.
The Western Pacific viii be built.
there Is no doubt of that in my mlnd.
perintendent \ Z. WClby said. " on
understand that no person i'm Salt Lake
* in a position to speak officially on TINS
subject. Mr.. Jeffery is the man 10 give
OUT official news about the Western Pa
cific and he is i'm New York. All We
can do is 10 obey orders and await de
NeiOpmeutS We have been ordered TO
build this spur out from the main line 10
connect with the Western Facluc- Men
must draw their own conclusions a. 10
what that means
Continuing the subject and speaking ~
d more general way Superintendent W vel
by said
1t certainly looks good for Salt Lake
just now. Mr. Gould and Mr. Jeffery
have removed all doubt as to the building
of the Western Pacific. This Will give
Salt Lake direct communication with SaA
Fra ncisCO. which will always be the gfed
seaport on the Pacific coast The value
Of this 10 Salt Lake and to Titan can
not be Overestina ted Mr. JeIfery mas
sent word that work on the Western Pa
cific proper is 10 begin immediately rms
may mean thirty or sixty days but p
also means that there viii be no delay
After the meeting in New York on Mon
day for the election of new directors Al
official statement viii be given out and
then all doubt wiz be removed I-eNpec
To see Mr. Jeffrey out here soon after th'
meeting
Superintendent Welby's attention was
called to the statement that tWenty-flN'
carloads of steel rails were ON the way
out from Pueblo 10 be used IN the CON
struction of the Western Pacific.
That is a mistake. ne said Il knO"
of no steel rails being shipped west ron
Pueblo except twenty-five carloads OF 62-
pound rails for the Bamberger road Nc
rails have been ordered or shipped Tor the
Western Pacific.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-29

Silver. 56s4c per ounce.
Copper (casting). 14Isc per 10.
Lead. in ore. $3.50; New York.
$3.50.
The Imperial press., 1905-05-20
IRVING P. SULLIVAN,
Notice of Stockholders Meeting of
 Imperial Water Company No. 5

Notice is hereby given that in pur- suance ofa resolution and order Of the board of directors of Imperial Water Company No. 5, adopted at T meeting of the said board duly held at the office of the company at Holtville, San Diego County, California;, on the l7th day of May, 1905, Gall the members of said board except G. w. BOthwel and Walter $. Schee being present) a special general meeting of the stockholders of Imperial Water Company No. will be held at the office of the Company in the north west corner room of ground floor in the Alamo Hotel building at Holtville, San Diego County, California, (the same being the principal place of business of said corporation and being the building where the board of direct ors usually meet) on the 26th day of July, 1905, at the hour of II o'clock q. m., for the purpose of considering and acting upon the proposition to create bonded indebtedness of said corporation to the amount of one hun dred thousand ($lOOO OOO OO) dollars in- gold coin of the United States and to secure bonded indebtedness so pro posed to be created by a mortgage upon the canals and canal system, water rights of said company and certain properties belonging to the company to be prescribed in the mortgage.
 Dated the l7th day of May, 1905, by order of the board ofdirectors.
 IRVING F. SILLnAN, Secretary of Imperial Water Company
 No. 3. may 20'juIy 22
The Imperial press., 1905-05-20
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT

IMPERIAL WATER COMPANY No. 5,
 location of principal place of busi-
 ness, HoItville, California.
 Notice is hereby given that at meet ing of the directors held on the l7th day of May, 1905, an assessment of fifty cents per share was levied upon the subscribed capital stock of the corporation payable immediately to Irving P. Silliman at the office of the company in the Alamo Hotel building, Holtvlle, California. Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the 2Otl day of June, 1905, will be delinquent and ad- vertsed for sale at public auction and unless payment is made before will be sold on the 12th day of July, 1905. to pay the delinquent assessment together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
 IRVING P. SILLIMAN, Secretary of Imperial Water Company No. location of office Alamo Hotel building, Holtville, California. may 2O-june l7
The Imperial press., 1905-05-20
Notice to the Stockholders of Water
 Company No. 5

Beginning with the statements pub Iished below, monthly statements will be issued for the benefit of the stock holders. Any stockholder of the com pany desiring detailed information can secure same by calling at the office.
 The books are always open for inspec- tion.
 IMPERIAL WATER COMPANY NO. 5
 IRVING P. SULLIVAN, Secretary.
The Imperial press., 1905-05-20
 Briefs From the Electric Hub
 of the Imperial Valley
(From regular correspondent)

(From regular correspondent
 Judging from the temperature the last few days, summer is here.
 The new building belonging to K. L.. Kindle will be occupied by the P st. office.
 Mrs. Thayer entertained few friends at her home on east Fourth street last Saturday evening.
 Horses running at large have been very troublesome to- the town people for some time past.
 Cottage prayer meeting will be held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. llaviland next Wednesday evening.
 Mrs Mills received word Tuesday that her mother was very Ill. She left for Los A ngeles and will remain out all summer.
 The people are planning moonlight picnic to be held in the new grain-house which is being erected here. The affair to be had before the roof is>put on.
 The young ladies of the Presbyterian and M. E. Church South are to have a social Friday evening, May 19, in the store room belonging to K. l.. Kindle. A program suitable for the occasion has been prepared, and all are cordially invited
 The school closed here Monday at noon and the teacher, Mrs. Keep, and family left over the ter-Urban for their home in Redlands. It is with a feeling of regret that her many friends see her depart, as her teaching met with approval and it is understood that she will not return in the 'all.
 Elmer Bayess entertained few friends at his home on east Fourth street Monday afternoon. Games were played, after which ice cream and cake were served. Those present were Oliver Thayer, Mamie Rhoues, Willie and Rudolph Boetter, Carl Bayless, Olive Patton, Sena and Edith Tuft, Virgil and Harold Best, Callie Harris, Elmer and Vernie Bayless.
The Imperial press., 1905-05-20

STATEMENT FROM Mar. TO MAY 1, 1905 Marl Cash receipts Cash Imp. Bank.....$5 935 32 Personal acc't....... 226 9
 DISBURSEMENT Expense .. ..............."......... $42l 3S pdldiy ..................,......... lUO OO Canal repairs chg'd
 to C. D. Co. acc't.......... 6S6 10 storm repairs. 1 947 S5 Construction new
 Pampas charged
 to c. D. Go. acct 't...... 445 0S Construction new
 washway charged
 to c. D. Co. acc't.......... 43 02 Construction fume,
 waste-ditch chg'd
 to No 7......,.................. 205 85 MaintenanCe... 654 4O May Cash Balance ............ 52 89
The Imperial press., 1905-05-20
STATEMENT FROM JAN 19 TO MAR. l, 1905

STATEMENT FROM JAN. l9 TO MAR. l, l9Oo Jan. l9 Cash receipts Cash on hand ........$S 73S 13 DISBURSEMENTS Expense ................".......... $46 52 Advertising ............".......... Is OO Salary ......s..........'........'.' IOO oO Canal repairs chg'd
 to c. D. Co. acc't............. 247 O6 Interest........... ................. D 1O Storm repairs ................" 944 OO Construction new
 Pampas charged
 to c. D. Go. acc't."......... 266 75 Construction new
 washway charged
 to c. D. Go. acc't."."..... 35 55 Main tenance ........'..,'...s '''" 70 Mar. 1 Cash balance. e...........,. 3 935 32
 -
 $7 738 1887 73S l3
 ]. P. SULLIVAN, secretary.
The Imperial press., 1905-05-20

$6 161 57$6 16l 57 IRVING P. SULLIVAN, secretary.
The Imperial press., 1905-05-20

$7 738 1887 73S l3 l. P. SULLIVAN, secretary.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15

made so many audiences laugh. IT shouldn't know
noT 9p, 20 play any other part he added
conversation. Keep on being a Penguin
"A WhatP' asked Mr. Weber.
busy fehn nG caees t1T{ do nS nsa s Geen S S
mad not had time to cut the leaves in Ruskn's let
was attempted Instead 'Do you make much of a
study OF your nonsense?'
i certainly do" said he. Nothing Is more seri-
Gus than nonsense especially than horse play. The
L1fsC NJ serious step is picking out company. This.
not have Mr.. Fields TO help me- or TO play with
me. IN music hall the leading players are high
mean big loss The next step is to At each one
or the company with the right part: the nonsense
can can, make nonsensical, not nauseating. Playing
with nonsense is as dangerous playing with
did this year $4,000 in your production
-, Ihen comes the horse play; there ia doubt
When it is not done right. it is horrible You can
linasne don't work up any such play lightly; it's
absolutely natural. and that is why accidents dur
ing performance or rehearsal often the most
year my business with the chair in the restaurant
scene was purely an accident. but IT made the
twice the same way, though; I am afraid. If /
should. Il would look artificial and our highly crit
ioal audiencesIfor they are highly crtticai-would
Didn't II take some nerve TO put The College
"It certainly did, Mr. Weber replied when
Mr. Smith brought down his manuscript he tossed
JOB ever did You can't buriesque hoHng COM
sdyJ and you'n have hard work to make anything
Inversion of Atwater into a girls college. and in
the way you do it Well We did it as wen we
approves. But it was close call Mr. smith has
gone TO Leah Kleschna,' Mrs. Fiske's play and
reports IT a splendid play TO burlesque. We shall
Then dr. Weber went forth to his dressing room
that he could sleep in any language''-to become
IN short. Penguin.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-15
WEBER as Il PENGUIN.
Hoe John R1Skin Has Character
ieed the Comedian for Al Time.

Ruskin in recently published letters to Charles
Eliot Norton. has said the ultimate word about
little Joe Weber a stage character. Writing
TO Professor Norton in 1885, Ruskn complains that
the way the mob-meaning by the mob mostly
dukes crown princes and such like persons"-is
going fills him with such that he cannot
think has to go the British Museum and
look at the Penguns to get cooled Off. The PEN
gums. he says render everything sympathet-
icaIy ridiculous: cannot be angry when one
looks at a Penguin"
Well isn't that little Joe Weber on the stagsf
He renders everything 'sympathetically ridiculous
One cannot be angry when one looks at him. He
is a Penguin Person. His stage charscter-for
ii all his career he has created but the one char
acter has adhered IL with remarkable fidelity
and never to grow stale in it's endowed
as almost other character that comes TO mind
with that rare quality Of Righteousness which fills
the mind with snirth and the heart with freshnessl
which smooths away frowns and makes life for the
time less serious and nonsense much more Iowa
Bile This quality. known to the thousands who
have Mr. Weber act. but difficult to transcrbe
into language, has been Transcribed at last, and
finally by Mr. Ruskin. A single word expresses
it-a word not yet in the dictionaries but to
be And that word is-Penguinity! Mr. Weber pos
sesses Penguinity. He is Penguin Person Reams
may written about him in the future but in that
phrase he is tagged for all time The flavor of him,
and his mission in the world his place the stage
are there contained 1t has always been his charm
that he made everything mpathetically ridicu-
loUs' and 1t is his duty and mission to so on doing
so. After all nobody could be better engaged
That must be the real reason why the public has
always loved him,
Oddly enough. Mr., Weber Off the stage has
scarcely a trace of the Penguin He is business
like. alert. tireless worker. and not only busy
about the Music Hall but engaged in Wall Street
speculation and real estate business
I've always played the part OF the little feller
who got. trustfully the worst end of everything
both and OFF the stage he said. sadly the other
day. But possibly there was just touch OF Pen
ginty in this remark. for. though his solemn
made sign thai he did not mean what he said.
his small feet curIsd appreciativeiy under him
ON the chair altar that ridiculous tashion that has