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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
Pleaded Not Guilty.

Portland. Ore. April 4.-Henry W.
Miller was brought into the United
States district court today. and after
waving the hearing of the Indictment
against him entered A plea Of not
guilty. His case viii be set later. He
is d member Of tn. firm of Miller &
kincaTt and is accused of fraudulent
transactions in southern Oregon He
also got into trouble in southern cali
fOrnia in much the same way and for
some time has D-en in Jail at San
Francisco on accOu.s of not being "A BILE
To furnish bond on an Indictment
charging him with illegal operations
in the vicinity of RcIdi1g.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
FOREST FIRE RAGING
NEAR HAGERST0WN. ND.

HagerStOwn. Md. April Efforts to
check the forest fire raging on South
mountain. east Of this city, have been
futile, and the mountain people are
praying for rain. The fire has covered
a distance OF five miles on the west
side of the mountain, from SmoketOwu
TO Beaver creek, ana crossed the range
into Frederick county. Residents have
been fighting the flames day and night
for five days. The fire that has been
burning on the HearthstOne mountain
of the North mountain range, west of
here. has been checked in the vicinity
of Casey's Knob The loss is heavy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
OBSOLETE WARSHIPS
SOLD BY THE BRITISH

London. April Ala unusual auction
sale occurred at Chatham dock yard
today when thirty-Dle Of SOlete British
war vessels were SCIJ To the highest
bidder The total IIiZeC was S6S0.O0O.
The lots included twelve cruisers,
among them being the Narships North
ampton and Australia, Two torpedo
boats and the training ship EXmouth.
The terms of sale provide that none
of the vessels could be sold To a for
eign power. All Of them must be
broken up within i0elve months. The
ships sold represented all original out
Law of S15 600 600.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05

: Bridges ex-register of the Roseburg
land ofHcz: Henry Booth eX-receiver
Of the Roseburg ard office: Louis r.
Bean of Eugene. attorney and brother
Of State Supreme Judge Bean: 9. c.
Bartram. forest sup rvisor of the Cas-
cade forest reser-c; Abe. George H.
and John Kelly OF the BOOthKelly
Lumber company: - * Medley, attor-
ney Of Eugene; ". w Thackarah.
clerk of the Roseburg land Office. and
Frank L. Alley, an a,bstractor Of Rose
burg
II is reported that the ops rations OF
several California lumber companies
will be subjected 10 inquiry and il Is
animated that some of the lumber
kings Of that state cannot escape in
dlctment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05

Carbonate, H., April 4.-Thirty-seV-
en- bodies of miners who lost their lives
in the gas explosion at the min OF
Joseph Letter at Zeigler yesterday
have been recovered, and it is supposed
several more bodies are in the mine.
The exact number of dead will proba-
bly, not be known for several days.
Among the dead is William Scott At
lzinSon. state mine examiner for the
Seventh district, no lost his life while
attempting TO reach the bodies Of those
who were entOmbed.
After thirty hours only little light is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
AT ST.LOuIS.
President Was at Dinner and Did
Not Appear.

St. Louis. April 4.-The special train
bearing President Roosevelt and party
pulled into East -. Louis. Ills, on
time. reaching the Illinois transfer belt
Hne at : o'clock. whe~c the Southern
Railway handed the train over TO the
Terminal railway company for trans
fer across the river 10 St. Louis.
The train did not DrJcesd into East
ST Louis but passed through the
eastern outskirts 10 Madison. three
miles north. Knots Of people were
scattered along the tack. but as il had
bren generally understood that the
Train would not arrive until s O'Clock
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
CANAL COMMISSION.
No Change in Clerical Force For the
Present.

Washington April 1.-The Panama
canal commission today completed its
organization by resolving to continue
the clerical force for the present and
by formally adopting the orders of the
president and secretary Of war as resO-
buttons. in order TO give the effects as
acts OF the commission.
\ cablegram was forwarded to Cen
eral Davis authorizing him TO continue
to perform the duties Of governor of
the zone until relieved. 30 definite time
for the new governors departure for
his post has been set vet. but il is said
that the commission Will pTOba bly, COIL
tinue its sitUiugs in this city until about
the middle Of the present month.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
STOCKHOLDERS
WILL MEET HERE
Union Pacific Will Increase It's Pre-
feTred Capital Stock.
MAY 5 THE DATE FIXED
CIRCULAR ISSUED BY PRESIDENT
HARTMAN.

M EW YORK. April 4.-Thc Union Pa
IV cific Railroad company announced
tonight that special meeting of
its stockholders Will be held at Salt
Lake City Utah. on May :. at noon for
the purpose of amending the articles of
Incorporation Of the company. increas-
ing its preferred capital stock by 100000
02o. and OF authorizing the issue and use
Of the additional stock.
President Hartman. IL circular to
the stock hOI@erS says:
OF the $1O1QG1 GO first lien convertible
bonds originally issued by the company.
$5f.z55.Gvo have been converted up To date
into common stock, and it is assumed
that the remainder will likewise be con
Verted before May. 1895. Fixed charges
have thereby greatly diminished and the
equity bchi-d tho orcfeTrcd stocks cor
TeSpOndingly increased. and with tho on
HANGED credit Of the company the mar
kct value Of the preferred stock is. and
for sOS.e months has been, about at
ar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
THIRTY SEVEN BODIES TAKEN FROM
THE UNLUCKY zElGLER MINE so FAR

shed on the cause of the catastrophe.
The accident is attributed to carboniC
acid\gas due to poor ventilatiO Every
body so far recovered is q blackened
mass. Inspector Atkinson was one of
the best known miners Of the district.
He leaves four children. and was a
member of the Masonic fraternity.
Joseph Letter arrived at the shaft to-
day. The COTOneT'S jury empaHeled To
Inquire into the cause of the disaster
has so far rendered no verdict. The
several DAYS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
LAWYERS HAVE A TILT.
Dey and Young in Set-to at Meeting
Over Franchise.

A joint meeting of the council mimi
cipaI laws and special water commits
tee was held yesterday, at wnich tbs
BrameI ordinance consolidating tbs
twenty-one franchises OF the Utah
Light & Railway company and sivins
the company a consolidated franchise
for fifty years from Jan. /. 1905. was
considered ana compared with an or
dinance prepared by the legal repre-
sentatives of the company
The committees ordinance was read
as far as section IS without the den
mite approval OF any OF its provisions
City Engineer George w Ritter OBJ
jected TO the descriptions OF the Watel
right aEG other property on Big Cot
tonwOCd creek which the company pro
poses to transfer TO the city contalIet
in the committees ordinance. and Il
Mr. RiUer's request action on IL was DC
ferred. He said the descriptions of th'
properties were too vague, and that th'
section should be so amended rs Z.
make the description more explicit and
also to include bitches and land which
the company had agreed TO give tnt
fconti,l,,r,4 ~, 11auo q
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
MAeooN's SUCCESSOR.

Washington. April Paul Charlton
of Omaha. who has been recommended
for attorney general of Porto Pico q
succeed A. q. Stewart of Iowa. is row
being considered for the position of law
officer Of the insular bureau 10 sue
coed Charles r. MagOon. appointed
governor of Panama. stewart was
appointed only a short time ago bui
his resignation has been called for.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
ONE GOOD DEMOCRAT
AMONG THE ELECTED

Butte, Mont, April 4.-John Mac
Ginniss. of the antitrust ticket was
elected mayor of Butte yesterday. The
Democrats elected the city treasurer
and the anti-TrusterS elected the police
magistrate. The city council will be
antitrust by a small majority.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
ENJOYING THE TRIP.

Jacksonville. Fla, April 1.-The pres
ident's yacht Sylph l. gong up the St.
Johns river today. The weather is de-
lightfuI and Mrs. RJuscYelt and her
children are reported tC De delighted
with the trip
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE
AMERICAN FISHERMEN

St Johns. y. F.. April 4-Prenlier
Bell introduced III the legislature to-
night a bill TO Increase the stringency
of the bait act against American fish
erTDen- The government also has dis
matched the revenue cruiser Fiona
with Inspector o'Reilly and Magistrate
Avery and "a force of regular police
preventative officers. to begin a cam
paign against American fishing vessels
which attempt to secure bait in these
waters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
BACK AT MARE ISLAND.
Return of Russian officer Who Broke
His Parole.

Vallejo, Cal. April 4 Sub-Lieuteu-
ant Andre Kyra pynJah. the third of
the Russian officers who broke their
parole and returned L. Russia has
reached Mare Island. Today he re-
ported to Rear Admiral Bowman II.
McCalla He was accom- .anied to the
commandments Office - niS command
ing officer Captain =. Beriinsky. I'm
his interview with the aGmiral, which
was brief. h renewed his personal pa
role This was the course pursued With
the other two officers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA.

London. April IA dispatch to Il
news agency from LahC'c. British IN
occurred here mp9nj-G By serious
loss of life and great damage TO public
and other buildings. The town hall is
almost RACED and She cathedral and
Juma Masjid. one of the finest mosques
IN India, are seriously injured Other
big buildings are cracked and assured
laDSed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
SUICIDE BY SHOOTING.

Vienna April 4.-Dr. Richard Helm
eel, professor Of phi!Ology ar the uni
verSity here, committed suicide today
by shooting. The professors action is
attributed TO IN hea.th.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
INDIAN RAN AMuck.

= Cory. Pa. April 4.-Lester
y Henry. an Indian. said TO be a =
y graduate OF the Carlisle school. =
y ran amuck with a shotgun at y
y Little Valley near here, killing one =
y Indian and wounding a half dozen =
y others before his capture today at =
y Versailles. Henry had a quarrel y
y with his sweetheart.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
Company High and Mighty.

COuncilmen and others directly con-
cerned have been impressed 10y the fact
that every proposition advanced by
the company not only eliminates every
thing in the nature Of a forfeiture
clause. but scorns any provision that
reserves to the city q. reasonable con-
troll of its streets and the right to make
reasonable regulations concerning the
public and governmental control of the
utilities TO be covered by the fran
chises- Instead of asking the city what
the company may do the company is
iu the attitude Of telling the city what
the city may do Instead Of asking the
city's permission to use the streets the
company seeks TO compel the city 20
ask the company's permission TO use
the streets The company does not ask
what the city viii give; it tells what
the company viii permit the city 10
have. a situation without a parallel.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
No Truth in the Report.

Hardin April There is no truth in
the report that the explosion Of q
bomb on Monday i'm the artillery depot
here Killed Seventy-fivc men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
is
EXCOMMUNICATED
Weber Stake High Council Casts Him
From Church.
IGNORE GODDARD CHARGES
BISHOP PAYS NO ATTENTION TO
THEM
-+++++++++++4++++++4++++++

y Il denounce the charges of I'M =
y christianlike conduct and apostasE =
y as Odiously false; and as malevO- =
y lent. scandaloUs. libelOus. vicious =
y and wicked. God is my witness =
y Charles A. Smurthwaite. =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
Conservative Policy.

pursue the wise and conservative policy
which requires that corporation. whom
ever possible. should finance at least a.
part of its capital requirements
As the common share capital has been
and will be further added to by the con-
version of the convertible bonds the di-
TCCtOrS are Of the opinion that the com
mon stock should not in the near future
be still further increased they do. how
ever. consider il prudent that the COM
pany should prepare at this time to fl
nance coming requirements through the
issue Of preferred stock at par, when
practicable. to an extent rc-cstabliShinG
tho formerly existing proportions between
Tho common and nrofarrcd Stnck--
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
SEEKS TO EVADE
F0RFEITURES
Utah Light & Railway Company Has
Kinks in Franchise.
WANTS AN EASIER GRANT
BOLDNESS OF DEMANDS GROWS
MORE APPARENT.
r Conjecture clauses are among tn

r ORFEITURE clauses are among tho
chief provisions non grata TO the
Utah Light * Railway company
and the company i'm endeavoring to Sc
cure a blanket franchise Is largely &C
tUated by the fact that several Of the
franchises under which it now oper-
ates include clauses OF this character.
The company evidently fears that at
some time the city might desire TO as
sert some claim on behalf OF the cor
pOration or OF the public and therefore
seeks to secure the passage Of a fran
ShlSe shat VIII place the company in
an unaSSaildble position
During the discussion OF the matter
the attitude of the company in .hfs
particular has been made plain and 10
meet the issue a forfeiture clause has
been prepared and viii be offered as an
addition to the franchise proposed by
the company. That it viii be bitterly
opposed by the advocates Of the mo
nOpOIy is already assured.
Some of the most important fran-
chises under which the company now
operates contain forfeiture clauses. but
all the propositions submitted by the
company leave clauses OF this charac-
ter out
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
Union Pacific Plans.

1t is thought by persons having knowl-
edge of the far-rcaching plans of the
Union Pacific int erestS that the new
stock issue was in fuTthcrauCc of the
plan for Il great combination Of the Onion
Pacific and New York Central systems
Recently il has been stated with appaU-
entity good authority that a holding com
psny would be formed TO take over control
of tho Union Pacific. the Chicago X
Northwestern. the New York Central and
the lines controlled by the latter
II was said that ma jOrity of the stock
OF these roads would be acquired through
an issue of 312 per cent bonds. Tt Is pos
siDle however that the Union Pacific
through its stock issue may be planning
to take over the properties named itself.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
ARMY
EQUAL TO JAPS
Sakharoff Blames Kuropatkin For
Mukden Disaster.
HOPE OF A NAVAL VICTORY
RUSSIA PREPARING TO CON-
TINUE THE WAR.

or. PETERSBURG. April War
y Minister SakharOff. i'm an interview
declares that the reports OF Russia
cOuntermanding orders for war ma
terial abroad are baseless and grow out
of the declinatiOn of foreign offers with
which the war office and admiralty
have been swamped. He insists that
there has been no relaxation in the
preparations TO continue the war. but
says there viii be no new mobilization
at present. explaining. as stated in
these dispatches. THAI 100000 troops of
the last mobilization have already
started for the front and that instead
OF modifying new troops these will be
followed by q portion of this years
cOnScTiDtS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
Denies Intrieues.

General Sakharoff denied emphati-
cally that he ever intrigued against
Kuropatkin. affirming that he gave the
latter the most loyal support. At the
same time i'm discussing the battle of
MUkden Sakharoff declared the men
and material of the Russian army were
equal to those of the japanese. forcing
the reluctant conclusion that the
japanese generaIship was superior to
the Russians.
In denying the popular impression
that large proportion of army reserve
men were sent to the front. the war
minister made the important admis-
sion that reserve men were only sent
In the early stages of the war. before
we had assurances from Europe"
which is interpreted as confession
that an arrangement was made with
Germany for covering the frontier of
Poland.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05
Rapid Transit Franchises.

some OF the best car lines of the city
are those formerly operated by the
Rapid Transit company. The fran
cElses Of this company, four i'm num-
her. are now held ny the present com
pany and all contain the following pro
vision
That if the grantee. its successors
and assigns. shall fail To- perform all
the stipuIatiOns of this resolution the
city council. after sixty DAYS notice.
and on failure on the part OF said
company TO provide a remedy or make
satisfactory arrangements therefor,
may by IwO-thirds vote. declare the
privileges herein forfeited and proceed
TO take possession of the roadbed and
control the same as II this resolution
had not been passed
Another franchise. granted to 7. C.
Hamilton in 1891 and now owned by
{ the present company. permits the op-
Grafton of the line on second South
/ west from Sixth West and contains a
forfeiture clause.
The Pioneer Electric Power com
pany's franchise, ROW owned by this
present company, was granted in 1Ss-
and was in 1903 extended twenty-five
/ years. making its total life fifty years
BY its terms the operations of The
company are made subordinate 10 thl
Z laws OF the city and state a condition
1 which the company now seeks to elimi
u
pany must deliver to the city The
equivalent of thirty-hOrse power it
/ electrical energy SO far as known al
4 the electrical energy the city is set
Z ting under this clause Is the powel
used to operate the elevator in the
[ city and county building.
Seeks to Evade Penalty.
Other franchises owned by the com
I pany contain the forfeiture clause
( There is good reason 10 believe these
provisions have been and are being
constantly violated and the company
/ is therefore anxious TO secure the pas
sage of a. franchise that VIII cover al
/ its operations and at the same time
make it impossible for the city or tn
public to compel decent service.
The forfeiture clause. which VIII b
/ offered as an addition to section Is 81
Z the form OF franchise proposed by tn,
city. Is as follows
/ And il is further provided and
agreed that for a violation of any Dro.
/ vision Of this ordinance, or Of any 81
: the general ordinances of Salt LAKE
! City now existing or hereafter passed
! continued or persisted in by said com
4 pauy, its successors or assigns againS
I the protests Of the city for one mont
! or longer. or for failure or refusal OF
/ the part OF said company. its success
/ by any provision or requirement. mere
/ Of within a reasonable time therefor
Z after having been demanded or notified
! by the city TO abide by or pedorTu th'
! same. this franchise may be forfeited
: and auuulled at the suit OF the city
in any court having Jurisdiction 0
such matter
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-05

Party lines and personalities OF can
didates We're entirely forgotten i'm to
days election said Judge Dunno to-
night. Municipal ownership was the
one great issue before the people of
Chicago today and the returns show
very plainly how the majority feel to
ward the private ownership Of public
utilities. It is the greatest victory mu-
nicipal ownership ever won In this
country.
Every pledge that / made during the
campaign will be kept. Chicago wants
municipal ownership, and during my
tenure of flee l viii endeavor to bring
about such q condition as rapidly rs
possible. l viii appoint a corps of en-
gineeers TO make a survey of all the
street railways in the city, so that we
viii know just hu-v the city when it
secures control of the lines will be able
TO handle the proposition. L believe
that before many months we viii see
the city of Chicago owning and operat-
On D
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-22
News Items From Aloha.

AlOna. La, April ~, l5Uo-
Aloha Is very quiet. and we seldom
hear an ugly word among us except
when some smart town fellow drops
in on us.
Our people are very busy just now
with their farm work.
Messrs. Warren Phillips and Jas.
Ethridge. of Summerfield, attended
church at Aloha Sunday. Also sew
eral Others. and we hope they Will
come again.
Mr.. and Mrs. O'Quinn, of Redemp-
ton, were in Aloha Sunday as the
guests of Mrs. Hanchey.
Prof. Patten assisted in the church
services Sunday by carrying his or
gan over to the church and playing
for us. His help 10 always highly APP
preciated. for he il good leader In
our community, both religfously and
socially.
Rev. H. M. Reagan pays us q visit
nearly every week, and we are always
glad to have him among us.
MIR. Sam johnson was visitor TO
Aloha last Saturday.
Mr.. Jas. w Durham. OF Verda, was
a visitor this week.
Our farmers are glad to see the riv-
er going down.
We regret to learn that our depot
agent is contemplating leaving us.
X X
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-22

y When leading Physicians said that W.
M. Hmithsrt, of Pekin, Ia, had incura-
Bile consumption, his last hope vanished;
but DR.. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds. kept him
ont Of his grave. He saysr "Thisgreat
specific completely cured me, and saved
M Tie. Since then. / have used it for
over 10 years, and consider il a marvel
oue threat and lung cure Strictly sci
entif;c cure for coughs. sore tbroats or
colds: sure preventative for pneumonia.
0usrantaed, SOC and 400 bottles al
Crescent Drug Store. Trial bottle nee.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-04-22

The Hargis school, taught by Prof.
j. M. Durham and Miss Belle Drewett.
was brought to a close on Tuesday,
April 18th, after very successful
term. Prof. j. N. Warner, superin-
tendent of Grant parish, and Mr.. Cass
Moss, superintendent of VIM parish.
delivered addresses in the morning
and afternoon. and the closing ex-
ercises were held that night in the
school building. The exercises con-
sisted of Rotations and dialogues,
which were rendered with grace and
ease by the pupils. and reflected very
creditably on the principal and HE
assistant. A basket dinner was one
of the events of the day and 1t Is est.
mated that more than two hundred
were present to enjoy 1t. The even
ing exercises were also well attend
ed, nearly three hundred being pres
ent to witness them. This school If
one OF the banner schools OF the par
ish, having enrolled about one hun.
bred pupils and we learn that Prof.
Durham will reopen his school n
about six weeks.