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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-21
LITTLE STORIES OF
EVERYDAY LIFE
A Western Telegraph Operators
Rapid Rise to Wealth
and Influence.
and INFLUENCE.
New York Herald.1

Wall street heard the other day
story of the rise of a young man from
the position of a telegraph operator less
than fifteen years ago to the head of a
4e,0O0C0 mercantile corporation which
is soon TO be formed and which he will
control. The man is Richard w. Sears
of Sears, Roebuck & CO., of Chicago.
News of the formation of the sac
GOO coo corporation became known when
it was learned that Goldman, Sachs &
Co. ard Lehman & Co.. bankers of
New York, have formed syndicate to
finance the firm, which Is to be turned
into a joint stock company. The name
of the firm is Sears, Roebuck & Co. Of
Chicago. 1t Is the greatest retail en-
terprse of the west
The story of the growth of the en-
terprise under the direction of Richard
W. Sears is like q page from the Ara
bian Nights" Eleven years ago the
firm had capital of $3.50. Geo. In a few
days a charter will be taken out in
New Jersey by the same firm for $4O,-
g9e,000 corporation.
Friends of Richard T. Sears, the head
of the firm, stated that he began the
mail order business while he was EN-
ployed as a telegraph operator on the
Northern Pacific. In his spare mo-
ments he soil watches md firearms to
his fellow employees on the railroad
The success of the scheme prompted
him to go to Chicago, where he opened
store devoted wholly to mail order
business The firm was assisted by
! Moses Newborg, now a Fall street
banker and broker. and 1t started with
a capital of S160, 600. One Of Mr.. New
borg's partners at that time, Julius
Rosenwald. is now associated with Mr.
Sears. Mr.. Roebuck has retired.
In the eleven years the business has
grown by leaps and bounds. 1t now
employs 5000 clerks and mas 100000
customers. There are eighteen rail-
roads which enter its plant and 100
cars are shipped daily. On Monday last
it received 100000 letters by mail and
| 1000 registered letters 1t gives nc
credit and money must be sent in adj
vance Credit was given III banking
quarters to the remarkable genius al
Mr. Sears, who has directed the entire
business. He is not yet As years of age
| The enterprise built p within the last
few years now comprises a small city
with its own police force, schools, hos
pitfalls etc.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-21

man VINO owns vast sugar plantations
near Calcutta Mr.. Minchin wears dia-
monds, but although some of the stones
are of great dimensions, he wears them
unobtrusively, set in heavy gold bands
and, as did the lady of the white horse,
on his fingers.
Mrs. Minchin has much 1ewelry, but
she wears it where it can be seen. Her
fingers flash like a live wire playing
in a puddle of water. Suspended to the
lobe of each ear are ornaments of rare
workmanship, studded with precious
stones Mrs Minchin's most impress
siVe decorations, however, are the jew
elry displayed on the outside wall Of
each nostril. Set in a delicate filagree
of gold, the lady from India wears on
each side of her nose a row of pearls
and diamonds. And she wears them as
if they had grown there
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One of the Boosters.
Denver Post !

y
When the Denver boosters were in
Greeley on their recent trade extension
trip joke was played on some of them
which worked out nicely. Greeley is
such a strict town that they hang peo-
pie there for sleeping in church. The
Denver boosters had heard of this so
they acted very decorously while there:
that~is, While off their train. But on
the train they weren't so careful. In
some way or other The town officials
heard that poker game was going on
in one of the cars. Recovering from the
awful shock, they started for the train
I'd rather play poker than eat" a
Denverite was saying as he raked in q
pot. Just then a tall. determinations
ing man appeared on the scene and an
nounced that the ''house was pulled"
The boosters laughed. Pull up a
chair. old man." said one, land buy
some chips" TIE determined-lookin
man was staggered. Here was the very
devil himself tempting a resident of
Greeley right inside the limits of the
town. But he overcame the shock.
Gentlemen" he said seriously, you
are under arrest. File out of this car"
Nobody paid any attention, as anoth-
er pot had just been opened by a man
who was standing pat The determined
looking man spoke once more. This time
a star was seen on his waistcoat, and
he held murderous-looking gun. File
out" he said.
The gun did the work. Half a dozen
Denverites filed out of the car and
lined up on the ground. At that instant
other boosters appeared from all POINTS
of the compass. and a howl of laughter
went up.
Gentlemen, said the man behind
the gun, '.the drinks are on you. I'll
see you in Denver some day soon.'
In Greeley they say it was the first
poker game the town had had in ten
years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-21
UTAH APEX MINING
COMPANY SELLS BONDS
! (Snecial TO The Herald \

Boston, Mass. July 2O.-The Utah Apex
Mining company has just sold 100000 of
first mortgage per cent convertible
bonds to Hayden. Stone & Co. at par and
interest. The proceeds of these bonds
will be used for the construction of a
tramway which will permit the shipping
0 fore from the mine the entire twelve
months of the year, which il is now un-
able to do.
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Jewels in Her Nose
(CIeveland Ia Her

Mrs Frederick ]. V. Minchin of In
dia, who as--ved in San Francisco on
the liner Korea, has the white lady
who rode the white horse beaten a
mile. The white lady. in addition to
having rings on her fingers, wore bells
on her toes, but even with the tinkling
tootsies of her mounted rival as a hand
leap the dark lady of the Korea is still
a winner.
Mrs. Minchin is a native of India.
Her father vas a merchant of great
wealth. Her husband is an English
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Bachelors Never Immune.
lGood Housekeeping.l

1t is getting more and more difficult
to avoid being married at least once or
twice in the course of an unnatural
lifetime, and this is in spite of the fact
that there exists i'm our larger cities
certain areas devoted to bachelor apart
ments. the inhabitants of which are
supposed TO be multiplying at an alb
normal rate.
The expense of keeping a wife in
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KILLS HIMSELF
BEFORE HIS WIFE
Continued from PAGE

went there to collect it, A quarrel arose
between the two men. Fowler struck
Gallfent in the face and ordered him
from his shop.
Gallfent went back to his shop and
half an hour later sneaked into the back
entrance of Fowler's shop. Fowler, was
shoeing a horse. He had the horses leg
up mailing on the shoe when Gallifent
emptied his gun in his back. Fowler was
shot five times, dying on the floor of his
shop. Gallifent was charged with MUIR
der in the first degree. The trial pended
for some time and the jury convicted him
of manslaughter. He was sentenced to
five wears in the state prison
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Wife Secures Release.

After he had served about a year his
wife started a petition to have him par
doned. She worked for months before she
was able to get anybody interested in his
case. AT last it was taken hold of by
some of the authorities and Gallifent was
pardoned From that time Gallifent be-
gan TO use drugs He worked at his occu-
patton at times, but was never the same
man. He took to drinking, which led to
family troubles. Mrs. Gallifent chung to
him as long as she could and yesterday
wept' with sorrow when she was at last
informed of his death.
Story of the Wife.
'It was all over family affairs and that
divorce case, Mrs. Gallifent said after
the shooting. Il am sorry he shot him
self. Dave i'll treated me and my chill
dren. He has bounded and logged me
almost to death, and threatened to kill
me. / didn't want it to end this way.
IF | had not got the divorce it would
never have happened. Before Dawes trou-
BILE he was a good man and a good father
1t ruined him 1t made my life unhappy,
too My children have done what they
could for me, but we've all had to work
hard.
have also helped me, and their father,
too. They knew his weakness. But now
it's done with"
Her Condition Dangerous.
Mrs Gallfent's health is poor and the
shock of yesterdays tragedy left her pros
trate She talked about her troubles in
distracted manner before she was taken
home, where she was given medical as
siStance.
Mrs Gallfent has two children, son
and daughter living with her. David M
Gallifent jr., the eldest son, is employed
at the Troy steam laundry. Mrs. CALI
fent has a married daughter living in
Salt Lake.
GalIifents body was removed to O'Don-
nelps undertaking parlors after Justice
Dana T. Smith examined the corpse. The
revolver with which he killed himself was
a 80 Smith q WeSson. Police Officers
Bush and Timmcns were OH the scene
shortly after the shooting occurred and
took charge of the body until it was
taken from the sidewalk
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IS NOW 100000 IN DEBT.
Harvard VIII Be in Bad Way If Foot
ball Is Abolished.

Cambridge, Mass, April 1O.-The
question was asked Prof. H. S. White,
chairman of the athletic committee. in
case the reformed game of football
does not meet the approval of the
Harvard authority and the sport is
abolished at Cam bridge, what would
be done with the stadium, on which
there is a debt Of $4,000 still to be
paid2 Football being the chief rev
enue. it was thought that without the
game the athletic committee would
have a hard time raising the money
Prof. White would only reply we
viii cross that bridge when we come
to it,
The stadium can be used for la
crosse, track games. hockey and as
sociation football, but these minor
sports never attract large crowds.
Baseball. next to football. is the best
paying sport, but the stadium is too
narrow for a baseball field.
This question is not considered seri-
ously at Harvard, however. for there is
a firm belief that football is going to
be played there this fall.
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initiation OF arriving here in the day
time when there would be no one to
meet him. Probably he has concluded
to come here in the night time ana
then give out to the public that the
reason there We're not thousands TO
meet him was because he arrived at
so late an hour. I wish to say now
that so far as we. the leaders of the
church are concerned, DoNie is in no
danger of bodily INJURY, but there are
many people in Zion City who have
been so shanefully deceived and have
management that it is just possible
some one might attempt to do him
some physical injury. So far as we, the
officers, are concerned If Dowie viii
quietly submit to the inevitable he will
be kindly treated and tenderly nursed-
Regarding any legal steps he may
take ne will be compelled to meet
overwhelming testimony to the fact
that the transfer of Zion from Dowie
through me to Deacon Granger, was
absolutely necessary to protect Zion
City and lions creditors as we'll. This
move has been ratified by every Zion
congregation in the country with the
exception of San Antonio and st. Louis.
IF Dowie wishes to come quietly to
Zion City and go to Shiloh house he
viii be permitted to do so and imme-
diately on his arrival he viii be pre-
sented with s carefully prepared state
ment of the charges against him and
should he express a Willingness to an
swer the charges he viii be allowed to
do so in the presense Of oVerseers.'
Overseer NoliVa's statement con-
cludes with the reiteration of Zion S
intention to negotiate million dollar
loan on a blanket mortgage to pay off
outstanding claims and give the indus
tries which are to be Incorporated a
new iroOqf1IS
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WIND CHANGES.
shower of Ashes Is Again Failing Upon
Naples.

Naples. April 1O.-2.1O p. m.-The
weather suddenly changed this after
noon. the wind blew strongly towards
Naples and ashes from Mount Vesuvius
began falling fast over the city which
consequently soon resumed its gray ap-
pearance. The high wind also made
breathing difficult
The disaster at the market this morn
ing was a great lesson to the whole city
causing the inhabitants to scramble
upon the roofs of their houses and has
tily remove the accumulation of ashes
resulting from the volcanic outbreak
This roof c ring made walking and
driving in the streets dangerous and
disagreed bic.
Cardinal Presco. archbishop of
Naples and the mayor of the city dur
ing the afternoon visited the injured
persons in the hospital
Many of the persons injured at Otta-
jano, which was completely destroyed.
have been placed in railroad cars. but
owing to the lack of locomotives they
cannot be brought here and measures
are being taken to convey the sufferers
to Somma, where the railroad is operat-
ing.
The fugitives from Tore Annunziata
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REEDER IN SADDLE
Nominated for Congress on the
First BOllOt.
Had Over 100 Out of 12s
Delegates.
NELSON IN THE CHAIR.
Agreed Upon for Permanent
Chairman.
Royce Retires as Chairman of
TELSON IN THE CHAIR.
Royce Retires as Chairman of
the Committee.

Lincoln. Kan, April 1o.-w. A. Reed
er is in absolute control of the Sixth
district congressional convention. over
100 out OF 12S delegates are instructed
for him. George H. Holland of Rus
sell, comedies Reeder's nomination, but
his name will go before the convention
He will be placed in nomination by
Harry Pestena- Holland is playing for
position in the race in 1908
The convention met at II o'clock in
the Lincoln opera house. John @
Royce. chairman of the committee. call
ed the convention to order. and w. H.
Nelson of Smith county vas elected for
permanent chairman without opposi-
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entered the building and in the cellar
found the bodies of three children.
Near them was a woman, barely alive,
who by almost superhuman efforts
lasting for hours had succeeded in
freeing herself from mass of debris.
which had fallen upon her. The sol
der picked the woman up in his arms
and carried her to a place Of safety,
where It was found that both Of her
legs were broken and that she had
been badly crushed about the body. 1t
is believed she will live although she
endured further suffering for some
time after her rescue owing to the diff
hculty experienced in finding a sur
geon to attend to her.
Bodies Reduced to Pulp.
Naples, April 1O.@10.10 a. m.-The
injured persons taken from the ruins
of Monte OliVeto market have better
chance Of recovery than the victims of
the disasters at Ottajano, as the latter
when they escaped death from falling
buildings were in many cases suffocat-
ed by ashes.
The Indignation of the people here
as a result of the market disaster in
creases as each additional body is
taken out and a disturbance approach
ing riot in Importance has already
occurred. The people loudly insist that
the authorities were aware that the
roof Of the market was unsafe and that
they were so excessively economical
that they would not appropriate the
funds necessary to repair the building.
The Identification of the bodies of a
number of those killed by the collapse
Of the market roof has been found to
be impossible owing to their being
absolutely unrecogniza BILE. in some
cases being reduced to a pulp, while
others were horribly mutilated, giving
rise to scenes which are better unde-
scribed- Among the dead are many
children who had been sent by their
parents to do the mornings marketing.
and the grief of the parents when the
bodies of their children were found
was heart rending. The market itself
is mass Of ruins. surrounded by
enormous crowds of people. who are
kept in order by cordons of police and
carbineers. The work of searching the
ruins continues in the most energetic
manner.
Swallowed Up by Lava.
New York, April 10.-A cable dis
patch to morning paper from Naples
says
several lads in Bosco Trocase who
were unharmed when the danger fol-
lowing the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius
seemed most imminent. subsequently
ventured to walk on the cooling lava.
They went too far and the crust broke
under their weight. They were swal-
lowed up before the helpless onlook-
ers.
Many school children who were
thought to have fed from their school
and to have become lost on the noun
tains are safe. They wandered about
for hours while the volcano rained red
hot stones and sand, but they escaped
unhurt
Duke of Aosta in Rescue Work.
Naples. April 10.-12:15 o. m.-The
Duke of Aosta. during the morning in
order to encourage the people. tried to
visit the villages buried or partly buried
under the ashes from the volcano, but
it was impossible to proceed in a motor
car or on foot, so he tried horseback
and by making strenuous efforts sue
ceeded in directing the work Of rescue
and saving several people who were at
the point OF death
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A stiff wind blowing from the east
at the rate of IL miles an hour keeps
the atmosphere in motion. but at that
the day seems excessively warm
though the temperature is several de-
grees lower than 1t was yesterday.
The sun has been shining all day, but
the sky above has hay appearance.
which prompts the thought that
there may be a thunder shower at
any moment which the weather de-
partment has overlooked in making
up the forecast for the day. The
hourly temperatures for the day were:
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OPERATORS OFFER.
They Submit an Arbitration Plan Of
Their Own.

New York, April ia counter
proposition was made today by the an
thracite coal operators at their meeting
with the representatives of the United
Mine Workers of America. This propo-
sition rejects the arbitration plan Of
fered by John Mitchell president OF
the United Mine Workers, and instead
suggests the following:
The anthracite coal commission OF
1902 should be requested TO recon-
vene and consider whether any circum-
stances have arisen since April 1. 1908.
which would justify a mobilization OF
its award Sf that date. in respect only
to the following subjects: First, wages;
second. as to adjustment of complains
through Cancellation board or other
wise.
Any new award of the commission
shall be binding for a period of three
years.
The joint conference adjourned after
having been IN session about half an
hour. TO meet again Thursday.
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TEWKSBURY IN JAIL.
He Is said to Have stolen $3.50, 600
From His Former Wife.

New York. April 1o.-Lewis G.
Tewksbury. charged with larceny of
100000 worth of bonds from his for
mer wife, Mrs. Mary Mills Greenhut
was committed to prison today in de-
fault of bail.
Assistant District Attorney Garvan
said today: "Tewksbury's alleged lar
cenies from Mrs. Greenhut will amount
to S15O,000"
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NEGRO RACE DYING OUT
Death Rate Exceeds the Birth Rate
in the South.

Washington, April 1o-Dr. Seal Har-
ris, professor of medicine in the Uni
Versity of Alabama, at Mobile talked
to the president today about the raw
ages of consumption among the negroes
of the south. He expressed the fear
and he added that his opinion was con-
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GETS ALL THE GOLD.
United States Outbids Others in the
London Market.

London. April 1O.-The United States
has secured all the available supplies
of gold in the London market this
competition with France. The price
was IT'S 11Nd to us 111kd, which is a
fraction above the fixed market rate,
IT'S 111bd
Buys a Million.
New York, April 10.-The National
City bank today announced that it has
ENGAGED 81. 100000 in gold for import.
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He ADMITS THE THEFT.
Wichita Stock Yards Is
$4,000 Short.
Treasurer

Wichita, kan, April 1O.=Edward
Blackburn, treasurer of the Wichita
Stock Yards company, was arrested
this afternoon on the charge of en-
bezzling $4,000 from the company
He admits the theft.
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ton. Nelson was agreed upon by the
Reeder caucus.
The Holland -Burrow faction made
no fight on him. The following chair
men of the committees were appointed:
Resolutions, Bert Walker, Osborne;
credentials, Chas Purdue, Mitchell;
rules and order of business, John c.
Greason, RaWlinss permanent organiza-
ton. John Dykes, Smith.
Mr.. Reeder is not attending the con-
vention. but he sent the following mes
sage:
district congressional convention: I
desire to extend to the delegates of the
Sixth district congressional convention
my sincere thanks for their loyal sup
port. I viii in the future as in past be
devoted to serving my constituents to
tn e best of my ability-=W. A Reeder.
The resolutions endorsed Roosevelt.
Senator Long, Governor Hoch and
about Mr.. Reeder they say; We again
endorse the action of our representative
in congress and commend his vote for
the Hepburn bill and for his stand on
the statehood proposition. We COM
mend him for his efforts ON behalf Of
the old soldiers
The statement here Is surprisingly
strong for J. L. Brijtow for senator.
Mr.. Bristow is here. He said this morn
ing: 1.-THE only place where Curtis has
been able to make any headway IS
where the railroads are strong.
TOh0 c. Royce, who mas Deen Cna1r-
man of the committee for u years,
announced that he would not be a can
didate for reelection.
There may be quite a fight for con-
troll of the congressional committee
Joel Burrow, secretary of state, IS
leading the insurgents.
Mr. Holland said today: Il realize
that Mr. Reeder will be nominated
though I have quite a sprinkling of
delegates in the convention whose in
fiuence may help me in two years
from now
Mitchell Succeeds Royce.
On the first ballot Mr.. Reeder was
renominated for congress William
Mitchell of Be1oit will succeed John Q.
Royce as chairman of the Sixth dis
trict congressional committee. He was
chairman of the committee IS years
ago and is now mayor of Beloit. He
has been chairman of the county COM
mittee Of Mitchell county for eight
years. There was a lively contest in
the Smith county delegation between
Rurrow and Cowan and Burrow won
and viii represent Smith county on
the congressional committee. Cowan
was however, elected committeeman
at large from the judicial district.
John Thomas viii succeed John @
Royce from Phillips county for that
judicial district.
The convention met at 2 o'clock
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IN SPECIAL SESSION.
Illinois Legislature Assemblies to Pass
Primary Law

nois legislature was convened in ex-
traordinary session today to enact
primary election law. In his message
to the legislature Governor Deneen
called attention to the recent decision
of the supreme court which declared
unconstitutional the law passed by the
last legislature and said great confu-
sion would ensue unless a new primary
election law were speediIy enacted.
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CURED in by the medical fraternity gen
orally in the south-that the negro race
was likely to become extinct in this
country through the ravages of disease,
especially consumption. St-tisticS
showed, he declared, that the death rate
among the members of the negro race
in America was greater than the birth
rate.
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Cambridge, Mass, April 10.-Prof.
Nathaniel s. Shaler. the eminent geol-
gist and dean OF the Lawrence scien-
tiflc school, died today from pneu-
rnoria.
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Chicago. April 10.=7 a. m temper
atures: Boston, Chicago, AZ: New
York, Philadelphia, and Washington.
z6; Cincinnati, so; St. Louis. 4S: Min
neapolis. 40.