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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-07
FOUNDlN H0CH'S ROOM
White Powder Which May Have
Been Used to Get RID of Sur
plus Wives.

New York, Feb. 6.-Johann Hoch
was arraigned in court again today
and remaRded to police headquarters
pending the receipt Of eXtradition pa
pers from Chicago 1t is expected that
the papers will be received Wednes-
day morning when Hoch viii be re-
arrdigneG-
Detectives working on the Hoch case
said today that a glass tube contain
ing a white powder believed TO be
poisonous was found last week in the
room formerly occupied by HOch in
this city The tube was about six
inches long and was" covered at one
end with an inflated rubber bulb
which was used TO eject the powder.
The New York police announced to-
day that they had discovered two other
women whom HOch had married. One
of them, the police said. is Mrs. Minnie
WestDhal of Jersey City, whom Hoch
is said TO have married in 1898. under
the name of William Frederick Bes-
sing According to the police Hoch
made her acquaintance through a
newspaper advertisement and got $500
belonging to her. The name of the
other woman is not disclosed by the
police. but they say HOch married her
in 1897 and secured $500 from her
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-07
MORE UTAH EGGS
SENT TO MARKET
State Product Has the Call Over Cold
Storage Stock.
POULTRY PRICES ADVANCE
PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF FRUIT AT
LOWER PRICES.

The mild weather has been producing
a change in the price of eggs. and the
market is being gradually stocked with
the Utah product. Few eastern eggs are
now being shipped in and the dealers
expect to secure enough Utah esgs to
supply the market for the present. The
quotations on Utah eggs yesterday were
lower than last weeks prices and the
dealers expect another drop within the
next few days. Eastern and storage eggs
are quoted at $500 and $3.50. The last
shipment of eggs from Kansas City came
in last week and no more have been
ordered for immediate shipment
The wholesale price Of chickens ad-
vanced yesterday and spring chickens
were quoted at Is cents pound live, and
at II cents dressed. Live hens sold Tor
- cents and dressed at 10 cents This
is l cent a pound higher than last week 5
quotations.
The wholesale price of navel oranges
was reduced from $3.50 and $500 to $40
and $3.50 a case. The shipments during
the last two weeks have OVer5tOcked the
market and another reduction is looked
for again this week. Apples are quoted
at St-O0 and $50 d bushel-a cut of %
cents on the price of last week Apples
are coming in from Idaho, and the whole
sale dealers have been able to get good
supply for some time.
The fish market was steady yesterday
and a good variety was on hand NO
changes were made IN the retail quota
tons.
Yesterdays retail quotations:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-07
JUDGES REVERSE
LOWER COURTS
Case of Overholt Against Commission
House Sent Back.
BARTCH AND sTRAUP AGREE
RESPONDENT CLAIMS THE DEAL
WAS A GAMBLING VENTURE.

In the case of B. +. Overholt, aDDeI-
liant, against Q. II. Burbridge and A. W.
Cops. doing business as Burbridge,
Cops & Co, respondent, the supreme
court yesterday held that buying and
selling stocks on margin was not
gambling.
Overholt, in his complaint set, forth
that Sept. /, 1901, he placed $1,000 for in
Nestment in the hands of the defendants.
The money was TO be used in trading in
stocks. OYerholt alleged that. after pay
ing the defendants their commissions and
expenses, he was entitled to receive So
Z6L65. and that they paid him but ST. $40.
1e claimed he should have received the
entire 3.267.S5.
The lower court held that Overholt was
not entitled to recover any of the mon
ey invested by him. as the transaction
in which he was engaged was a gambling
venture. The supreme court said that
when the undisDuted facts in the case
were applied TO the principles of law
involved, the plaintiff had a right TO
recover, and that the lower court erred
in holding otherwise. Judgment was re-
Nersed and the case was remanded for
a new trial.
The opinion is signed by Justices Bartch
and Str4un.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-07
SLEET AND SNOW
IN SUNNY SOUTH
Atlanta Shut OFF From the Outside
World.
POOR PEOPLE SUFFERING
TRAINS BLocKADEo AND WIRES
DOWN.

Louisville, Ky, Feb. 6-AH means
of communication in the central south
west is crippled today to a degree of
seriousness unknown in late years by
a sleet storm of many hours duration
extending from Georgia over into
Texas and as far north as the Ohio
river. The city OF Atlanta, Ga, which
under normal conditions. keeps in
touch with the world on over 80 tele-
graph wires, was cut off today from
all communication with any point. The
phone wires are also unavoidable and
railroads, deprived of their usual
method of transmitting Geographic
train orders by their own lines, were
forced TO use other methods of direct
ing train operations
The Geographic companies have large
gangs OF men at work in the Sleet-
swept territory, but it Will be several
days before the wires are restored. one
of the first reports which came from
Chattanooga today was that 500 tele-
graph poles were fiat on the ground in
the vicinity of Atlanta. This infOrma-
ton was brought in by train The city
of Macon, also, has failed TO COM
municate with any neighbOring towns
In fact. the only part or Georgia
reached by wire was Columbus, in the
southwestern corner of the state. and
it was reported from there that no
communication had been held with
Atlanta or Mason for two days.
New Orleans also is suffering from
lack of communication and only two
wires were working to that city. Long
reaches of poles were reported down
in Mississippi.
The commercial telegraph companies,
owing 20 the impaired facilities, were
forced to route kilograms originally in
tended between cities only a short
distance apart over a territory cover
ing thousands of miles and involving
much delay
Many southern cities report the
Gripping of street car and lighting
facilities and in every direction trains
were hours late
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-07
MRS. DUKE RENAMED
Suspicion That the Texas Authorities
Are Trifling With Attorney
Jerome.

New York. Feb. 6.-When Mrs.
Brodie l. Duke was arraigned in
police court today for her adjourned
examination. il developed that the
IeXas authorities had not, as has been
reported, given up their intention of
securing her eXtradition to that state.
just before court opened District At
Iofney Jerome received the following
message:
State Capitol. Austin, Tex. Appli-
cation for requisition for Alice webb.
wanted in NacOgdoches county. Texas.
for swindIing. has been received b0,
me and returned to the officers of
Nacogdoches county for correction.
VIII be forwarded as soon as papers
are made out properly. (Signed)
IS w T. LANHAM,
Governor"
cure her release on parole. but the
representative of the district attorney
would not agree. After hearing the
argument on that point Magistrate
Poole said:
There is something queer about this
whole case 1t looks as if the Texas
authorities have been trif1ing with the
district attorneys office here. 1t is
fifteen days since Mrs. Duke was ar
rested and we have heard nothing
definite from them
The magistrate granted an adjourn
returned to the Tombs. When She was
being conducted back to the prison she
collapsed in faint in the corridor out
side the court room and was Carried
across the Bridge of Signs to her cell.
Chicago. Feb. 6-Charles F. TAYLOR.
business partner of Mrs. Alice Webb
Duke, has been arrested at his office
here, charged with being a fugitive from
justice, He is supposed to be impIi-
Gated in swindle at Nacogdoches, Tex,
involving 80 .o0O.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-07
DIRECTOR HYATT
PREDICTS COLD
Storm Headed For Salt Lake From
the North.
COLD WEATHER PROMISED
CAUSE is ExPLAINED-CON
TIoNs IN OTHER PLACES.

According to DR.. Robert j. Hyatt.
section director of the United States
weather bureau and general purveyor
of weather for the Salt Lake City dis
trict, this town and vicinity is on the
verge OF snow and rain. either of
which is liable to come as an unwel-
come visitor during the next twenty
four hours. To add to the general dis
comfort, the weather sharp says that
cold snap is due. possibly 10 arrive
Tuesday And when it does come il
viii be a corker, to use the vernacular
of the day.
In DR.. Hyatt's eyrie, on the top floor
OF the Dooly building, there is a chart
of the United States, so criss-crossed
with waving red and blue lines that
one is inclined to think that some
where up in British Columbia a
zephyr had playfuIly started on a tour
of investigation and had lost itself by
flying off on a tangent.
Where zephyrs Linger.
Be that as it may, the gentle zephyr
was split in twain, and part of it
was Shunted down this way only 10 be
stalled before 1t could reach Salt Lake
by what is known in the language of
the weather people as "a low area -
The latter has enVeloped Salt Lake
for the past ten days without moving
a peg until midnight Sunday. Then
'HS WHlu arose ana the low area was
struck in the solar pieXuS. 1t was not
exactly a Knockout but it was strong
enough to give Salt Lakers another
foretaste of spring weather yesterday.
However, the low area was scheduled
to get its second wind last night. and,
as DR. Hyatt says, it viii again hover
around the town and try 10 make
things miserable for the next day or
two.
What Others Are Getting.
Los Angeles said the doctor, lis
still the center of very heavy rain
storms, and much damage has been
done all through that part of the
country Yuma, which has the call on
being about the hottest place this side
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-07

Judge Armstrong yesterday rendered
two DEGREES of adoption, in one OF which
Samuei Butterfield and wife were made
the legal custodianS and guardians OF
Marvin Butterfield- Samuel kirkman and
wife adopted Ruth Dalton Moore. Both
children have been inmates OF the Or
2hans home
The viii left by the late John Peter
jackson of Murray, in which he be-
queathed two pieces of real estate, val
oed al $z,4ye. TO his daughter, Emma Han
son, is being contested in Judge Arm
strongs division of the district court
The contestants are the brothers and
sisters Of Johnson, and the contest is
brought by j. W Stringfellow, special
administrator of the estate left by John
son.
IN Judge Armstrong; court yesterday
J. r Fenner accused of forgery was
released from custody on his OWN recog-
nizance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-07
DIED OF HEART EAlLuRE.

Los Angeles. Feb. 6-The coroner's Jury
in the case OF Rev. @ E Bentley Of I4n-
coin. Neb-, who died suddenly under
mysterious circumstances in a lodging
house i'm this city last Saturday night to-
day returned a verdict that the deceased
came to his death from heart failure
There have been no arrests in connection
With the case. efforts of the police 70 find
the strange woman who was supposed to
have accompa MED Bentley having been
without result so far
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-07
"MISSED HOLE" Elk
PL0DES, HURTING TWO

John Noyce. miner employed at the
Columbus Consolidated at Alta, picked
into a missed hole" while at work
Sunday evening and yesterday he was
brought down to the Keogh-Wright
hospital TO have his injuries dressed.
NOyce and companion were working
in the bottom of a seVenty-foOt Winze
just recently pumped out and the pow
der which exploded had been under
water for more than six months The
bottom of the winze is in a rather SOFT,
sandy sort of sulphide ore and. owing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-07
STRUGGLE FOR PROPERTY.
Three Parties Contend For School
Photographic ChatteIs.

A transcript in the case OF w. c. Car
ter against the Cumming S-Neilson COM
pany and the National Bank of the Re
public, intervenOri appealed from the
city court was filed yesterday in the
office of the clerk of the district court.
oct y. 1903. g. L. Chester executed a
promissory note for 1925 to Carter, Sc
cured by a Chattel mortgage on certain
goods and chattcls that were in the
possession Of the Cummings Nelson COM
pany at a, IS and As East Brigham street.
Subsequently in a suit in the city court
in which the Cummings Nelson company
was plaintiff and the SchOH Photograph
company defendant. an attachment was
issued TO the sheriff for the property
pledged to Carter.
oct 81. 1904. the National Bank of the
Republic interviewed with a claim for S7O5
on "A chattel mortgage given by g. l..
Chester to T. p. Steffey. 1t is alleged
that the mortgage covers the same goods.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-07
WITHOUT RESULT.

= Jefferson City, Mo, Feb. 6.-The .
- sixteenth ballot for Cmted States :
- senator, taken today, was without
:. result The ballot resulted
- Niedringhaus, SO; COckren, 50;
- kerens, II; PettJohn, :, tinkeI-
= berg, l; Senator a. L. Gardner Of :
- ST. Louis, L. There were twenty :
= eight pairs.
- .
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-07
SCIENTIST DEAD.

st. Joseph. Mo. Feb. 6-John 7. Mi
chau, widely known as a student Of
archaeology, is dead at his home here.
aged "a years. he had made numerous
trips TO Egypt and other old world
countries for research. and had Just
finished a book on archaeology
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-11
Continued from Page Two)

have said again and again, the max
Ing and maintaining OF prosperous
homes, Every phase Of the land poll.
CIV in The United States Is, rs II by
right ought TO BE-, directed TO the up
building OF the homemaker, The one
sure test OF all public land legislation
should be; Does IL help To make and
keep prosperous homesG II II does, the
legislation is good, II IL does not. the
legislation is bad. Certain Of our land
laws have been twisted into an i'm.
proper use. and II is necessary In my
Judgment that there should be a re-
vision of the land laws and a cutting
GU, OF such provisions from them rs
In actual practice tend TO make pos.
sible' the acquisition OF large tracts
for speculative purposes or for the
purpose of leasing to others
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-11
Solar Motors
For irrigation

\ dispatch from Boston says:
Al a meeting Of interested persons
held here today, capitalists OF Boston,
New York and London organized a
company TO manufacture and install
solar motors for the irrigation OF New
Mexico and Arizona. The Southern
Pacific railroad company Is interested
IN the organization, which is heavily
financed and will manufacture the
motors on a large scale, The ma
chimes have been thoroughly tested
in various parts of Arizona, partic.
ulariy near Phoenix. and have been
found to be the most economical
means of securing motive power for
pumping for irrigation,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-11
A EIopement

A few days ago, The Optic publish,
ed an account of the marriage OF
Miss Naomi Moore and Grin Kinsley
both of La Junta. The knot was
tied by Judge Wooster. Now comes
from the Colorado city the story that
the marriage In Las Vegas followed
an clopemcnt from La Junta. The
bride Is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
j. NJ. Moore of La Junta, The parents
objected to the marriage on account
of the girls youth. She Is seventeen
years OF age and had not completed
her curse in the La Junta high school
Both of the young people are very
popular in La Junta and, 1t is said.
that as soon as the news of the wed
ding was wired to the brides former
home, parental forgiveness was forth
coming, Mr.. and Mrs. Kinsley will
reside in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-11
Jas. W. Abbott
On Scenic Highway
Praises The Achievement Of
New Mexico To Phoenix
People and Commends Utl>
ization Of Conviets
ADVICE TO DO LIKEWISE
From Phoenix Gazette.


D. W. Abbott, Of the department OF
agriculture, while in the city yester,
day discussed at length the question
OF good roads Among other things.
he said:
me most important Industrial cues.
uon which interests all the peon,e
OF the United States today IL the i'm.
provement of the highways. All the
other questions are more or less I-
cal IN 'theirq character. This one alope
Is general, The day Is passed when
" Is necessary to use argument to
arouse interest in the subject any.
"here' The question which exercises
now the minds of the people is purely
one of ways and means. How shall
they go about It to secure the desired
end?
Inc subject of convict labor for
roads is now being agitated in many
parts OF the United States. For many
years nearly all the southern states
nave beer using their conyicts in this
way In that part of the country the
large majority of the %convlcts are ne.
eroes. and their labor has been utiliz.
ed on the theory thai they must he
controlled by force and fear. The
methods employed have been akin 10
those of the old slave driver. and the
lash and chain have been considered
indispensable %adjuncts to discipline.
whenever a negro rebelled or Jagged
he has been punished or stimulated
by corporal punishment. All night he
mas been chained to his bunk, all lay
he has worked under the rifle of a
guard.
The last legislature of New Mexico
enacted a law on this subject, diamet-
rically opposite In theory to the south.
ern practice. Under that law it Is as.
sumed that when it Is made to the al
rect interest of the convict to do
good work he will need neither slim
illus nor discipline to get from him
his best efforts. The penitentiary com
mission appointed by the governor Of
New Mexico to carry out the provis-
ions of this statute at the very be-
ginning formulated certain rules Of
procedure. They decided to make
for the ~convicts who did well in their
road building very liberal commuta-
ton of a sentence, in addition TO shat
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-11

'hey specifically provided bylaws FOR
suol behavior, They also used srel,
discretion In the selection OF the con.
vets employed. In all penitentiarles
may be found many men who are
there confined through misfortune.
momentary weakness of character and
often through malicious perjury OF
enemies These men are not Grimm.
ais al heart, but the ordinary routine
penitentiary life Is liable TO de.
velop vicious tendencies. Such men,
II given good, wholesome employment
and the hope OF quicker freedom will
gladly put forth their best exertions
10 merit such reward. II is from that
class OF criminals that the New Mex.
leo p%enitentiary commission has So.
cured the astonishing results already
obtained in that territory.
The road provided for in the bill
Will be one of the great scenic at.
fractions of the west. although but
$500 was Appropriated. There had al.
ready been constructed previous to
my visit last June, five miles on the
Las Vegas end and an equal mount
on the Santa Fe end. The route had
been iudiciously selected and the
road located by competent engineers
furnished by the respective counties.
A maximum grade Of 8 per cent was
adopted A double track road was
determined on Although no portion
OF 1t had been completed when | saw
IL, enough had been done to warrant
the statement that II IS to be the best
mountain road ever attempted in the
United STATES, The standard of its
construction surprised ME greatly. |
think it would be well for the next
legislature of this territory TO send
a commission to New Mexico to
make a careful investigation and re-
port upon their experience. On m
way to Washington it is my purpose
to stop again at Las Vegas and bring
my information on the subject up &c
date. | shall then make a report TO
the proper authorities in both Oregon
and Washington, who are seriously
considering the enactment of laws for
those states of similar purpose. |
believe the time is near al hand when
every state in the union will realize
what a vast potential force Is now
not only utterly going to waste IN the
United States but is being directad 20
the positive injury of organized So
ciety. When this force IL utilized
and directed to the construction OF
highways the result will be not only
a great benefit 10 the convict himself,
but new avenues of activity VIII be
open for free labor wherever ihese
roads are built. This is the result
which always follows highway better.
ment. With improved roads 60 better
values for real estate and a higher
standard in everything. This means
increased attractions, more people,
more business, more money and more
comfort for everybody.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-11
Notice of Forest Reserve Il.
Sciecuon.--t,64t.)

cuiNeu olHltS Lana OIliet,
Santa Fe, N. NJ, Dec. 10, 1904.
Notice Is hereby given that the San.
tn Fe Pacific Railroad Company. by
Howell Jones, It's Land Commissioner,
whose Post Office address IN Topeka,
Kansas. applied at the u. s.. Land
Office, at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on
November Is, 1904, under the proyis.
ions Of the Act Of Congress Of June
18th, 1897, TO make Forest Reserve
Lien Selection, In lieu of lands sur
rendered by said company In the San
Francisco Mountains Forest Reserve,
Arizona. TO the United States, for the
following described tracts OF surveyed
public lands. towit:
Lots Nos. / and 2 of the N. Il. Ia
Of Section No. s, Township i6 North,
Range IA East of the New Mexico
Meridian.
Within the Thirty 1901 days
period OF publication Of the notice OF
such application. protests against
said application and selection on the
ground that the lands described, or
any part thereof, are more valuable
for mineral than for agricultural poi.
poses. should be filed In said land OF,
flee at Santa Fe. New Mexico.
MANUEL r. OTERO, Register,
First Publication, Dec. IS. 1904.
1898
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-11
Notice Of Forest Reserve lie
(Sclection.-(2580.)
United States Land Office.


Santa Fe, N. NJ, Dec. 10, 1904.
N,t'ce IL hereby given that the San.
tn Fe Pacific Railroad Company. by
Howell Jones. It's Land Commissioner,
whose Post Office address Ia Topeka.
Kansas, applied at the u. 8. Land
Office. at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on
November Is, 1904, under the provIs.
ions OF the Act OF Congress OF June
ath, 1897, to make Forest Reserve
Lieu Selection. In lieu OF lands sur
rendered by said company In the San
Francisco Mountains Forest Reserve,
Arizona. to the United States, for the
following described tracts Of surveyed
public lands, to-wit:
The s. 1-2 Of the N. w. Ia, and the
N IL Of the s. w. IA OF Section No
rs, Township 16 North, Range 13
East of the New Mexico Meridian.
Within the Thirty 800 days
period of publication of the notice OF
such application, protests against
said application and selection on the
ground that the lands described, or
any part thereof, are more va,ualne
for mineral than for agricultural pur.
poses. should be filed In said land Of.
flee at Santa Fe. New Mexico.
MANUEL r. OTERO, Register.
First Publication Dec Is. 1904
J2.f3y