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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-12
TRIED TO KILL
WHOLE FAMILY
Edward SorenSon, 18-year-oId
Youth, Charged With At
tempting Murder.
Especial to The Herald.)

Brigham City, June 11.-Edward Sor-
enson, aged IS years, is now under ar
rest at Brigham City. charged with hav-
ing attempted the murder Of the whole
family of his employer, Daniel B. Wood
land. at Willard, a few miles from
Brigham City. SorensOn has confessed,
and duplicates Henry Woodland, a son
Of the family.
Sorenson at 2 o'clock this morning err
tered the room occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodland through a window and
fired the contents of a dOuble-barreled
shotgun into the bed. Mrs. Woodland
arm was blown off. and she received
terrible injuries. After firing the shots
Sorenson's nerve failed him and he fled.
Sheriff Joseph JOsepbsOn Of Box Elder
county arrested the young men, and
SorensOn made his confession. He says
that Henry woodland had become IN
Censed at his parents over a land trans
action and planned their destruction.
According to SOrenson's story, Wood
land arranged with Soorenson, who was
employed at the Woodland home as a
hired man, to do the killing, and then
report the murder to the authorities as
the work of persons unknown. When
Sorenson heard the screams of the In
iUred woman his heart failed. He has
tened from the spot and gave up his
plan.
Daniel B. Woodland is an invalid. and
would have been burned to death had
the plot to burn the house been carried
out.
Drs. Rich and Browning were brought
from Ogden, and found it necessary at
once to amputate Mrs. Woodlands arm.
She still lies in a critical state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-12

The uncle Of Senator julius Caesar
Burrows of Michigan was an apostate
Mormon. 1t is said his mother was also,
but he denies this. For over three years,
from his vantage point as chairman of
the senate committee on privileges and
elections, Senator Burrows has been
leading the fight against the seating of
Reed SmOOt, a Mormon apostle, in the
senate. Mormons say that Senator Bur
rows hostility-hitherto more or less an
unexplained mysteTy-is but the carrying
out of a legacy of hate and bitterness
toward the Mormon people and the Nor
mon church. left to him by relatives
The Herald wired it's Washington cor
respondent to ask Senator Burrows if
any Of his relatives, including his
mother. had been members of the Nor
mon church To this inquiry, Senator
Burrows replied:
My mother never was member OF
the Mormon church. Her brother. nv
uncle, Sylvester Smith. Of Kirkland Ohio.
was member of the Mormon church. He
has been dead many years"
1t was in the '3O's that Senator Bur
rows uncle left the church Within A
few years-in 1897, to be more explicit
Julius G. Burrows was born. A lapse of
50 years finds the nephew of the man
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Tor. services to the Indians.
Continuing, Mr.. LaFollette said that
within the past few days he had been
told that in 1908 an assistant on the
commission to the Five Civilized Tribes
that had been given a leave of absence
and that during the absence he hsd
been employed in the firm above re-
feTred to in bTiefinE their cases for the
exclusion of Indians from the rolls. and
that he had then returned to his office
and proceeded 20 pass officially on cases
which he had bTiefed. These cases we're.
he said, the same that are covered by
the pending amendment. He added that
he lad been informed that this matter
had been brought TO the attention of
the interior department within the past
few days, but that it had not been ia
ken up. The Wisconsin senator also
said that he had been told that n broth
er-in-law of a senator who had reported
the legislation for the Indian Territory
courts had been appointed d member of
those courts.
The vOt" was then taken ul tie &C
ceptance of the report and it resulted
favorably, 80 to Is.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-12
Especial to The Herald.1

Washington, D. c., June 11.-Senator
Burrows today reported in the sen
ate the resolution adopted by a major
ity vote Of the privileges and elections
committee declaring that Reed Smoot
is not entitled to a seat in the senate.
A report on the resolution was also
presented, and Burrows asked that TO-
600 copies be printed as a senate doc
ument and that the same number of the
minority report to be offered should
also be printed, which was agreed TO.
Senator Foraker presented the minor
fly report in the Smoot case and moved
that both reports be printed in the rec
ord in addition to being issued as SEN
ate documents. Senator Burrows said
he hoped the case of Senator SmOot
could be called up at an early date and
voted upon. Senator Foraker indorsed
this proposition and said the minority
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-12

Washington, June r. When seTI-
ate today resumed consideration Of the
conference report Of The Indian appTo-
priatiou bill Senator Tillman renewed
his attack upon the provision ratifying
the acts Of a J. brown as administra-
tor for certain minor children of the
Seminole tribe of Indians in the dis
bursement of s166. O0C.
Senator Teller laid that Browns ac-
counts as administrator had been APP
proved by the COUTtS, and the Indians
being citizens of the United States,
congress was under no obligation to
take up the question especially as the
claim was made IN the Part of indi-
viduals and for the tribe as a whole.
'AH that can leo brought out in
court" Mr. TIilTa2 int 9IUupted 10 say.
Teller Got Huffy.
Il wish the senator would wait until
I get through" responded Mr.. Teller.
i am making this speech, and 1 know
more about the matter than he does.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-12

protest from certain citizens Of Utah.
ayItg Tor an investigation into the right
or Mr. SmOot to the seat to which he
GAINED TO have been elected
subsequently, and on the 18th dav of
Marcn. 1893 Mr. SmOOt took the oath of
once as senator from Utah At the same
time the attention Of the senate was. in
oehat OF the committee on privileges and
elections, called to the method of DrOcp-
ouFe IN cases Ike that Of Mr.. SmoOt It
Continued on page 5.
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REPORT OF THE MAJORITY DECLARING
SHOOT NOT ENTITLED TO HIS SEAT

The committee on privileges and cleo
tons, who were charged by the senate
with the duty Of investigating the right
and title Of Reed SmOOt to seat in the
senate as a senator from the state Of
Utah, respectfully submit the following
report:
On the 23d day of February, 1903. the
credentials OF Reed SmOOt as a senator
OF the United States from the state Of
Utah were presented TO the senate. On
the same day and at the same hour there
was also presented and placed on file a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-12
CURT JETT coNFEssEs.

Lexington, KY, June ia special
from Winchester, KY, reports that Cur
It's Jett, now in Jail awaiting his second
trial OF a charge of assassinating James
CockrelI in Jackson three years ago.
has made a full confession. telling of
the ass2ssinations Of DR.. B. n. Cox.
James COckrell and James =. Marcum.
II is believed that Jet has implicated
others not indicted in connection with
tho RTeati1itt case
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-12
LuMPEp he SWITCH.

New York. June 11.-One man was killed
and more than twenty persons were in
iured today when the locomotive and two
cars Of an Atlantic City express on the
Central railroad Of New Jersey jumped
the track at a switch at Eatontown N J
George Van Duser, a vaudeville musician
of New York City, was the man killed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-12
Special Council Called.


Joseph Smith, Jr-"
Special Council Called.
When these charges were made by svI-
vester Smith against the Prophet Joseph,
a council was called and the prophet es-
tabllshed a special high council to in
veStigate the charges against him. He
said that the church was bigger than
any man in it. and this council was es-
tabliShed so that nobody in the church
from president to layman. would be ex-
empt from justice and the laws Of God.
For days the trial went on and a rigid
investigation was conducted. After the.
investigation ended. the following reSOIu-
ton was offered and adopted by tbs
council:
Prophet is Exonerated.
Whereas a report having come to this
place tk1rtland) censuring the conduct
of President Joseph Smith. Jr.. relative
to his proceedings during his late Jour
ney to and from Missouri: and
Whereas said report was calculated 70
create an unfavOrable influence as re-
CARDS the moral character and honesty
Of our brother, 1t becomes necessary for
us to Investigate the matter and report
the same to our brethren abroad: There
fore
Resolved: That after hearing from the
mouths of some that a suspicion rested
upon their minds relative to the conduct
of our president as regards his honesty
and cody walks. We have investigated
those who accompanied him to and from
Missouri and we are happy to have ii
in our power to say to our brethren
abroad. one and all. that we are salts
fled with his conduct. having learned
from the clearest evidence that he has
acted in every respect worthy his high
and responsible station in this church
and has prudently and cautiously pre-
served the good of this society at large
and is still worthy of our esteem and fell
IOwShip and that those reports could
have originated in the minds of none eX-
cept such as either from natural mis-
understanding, OF a natural jealousy. are
easily led to conceive of evils where
none exist.
Resolved: That we say TO our bTeth-
rem that. while we are surrounded by
thousands eager to grasp at a shadow,
if they have a hope of turning il into
a falsehOOd for the injury of the gospel,
we eXhOTt them to be SteadfaSt and i'm
movable in the truth. resting assured
that while they continue to walk in the
holy covenant they have prOfeSsed to en-
brace, that nothing can in the end op-
crate against their good; and that while
wickedness abOUnds, as in the days OF
old, the characters of those seeking the
Continued on Page ?.
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who apOstatized striking as hard a blow
as he can at the people with whom his
relative affiliated, and whose doctrine he
fOrsOok in anger and disappointment
Senator Burrows uncle Sylvester
Smith, left the church in the '3JS He
left it because he had preferred charges
against the prophet. Joseph Smith,
which high council found were untrue
The high council denounced him for max
ing the charges This was in 1884 three
years before Julius Caesar Burrows was
born.
These charges of criminal conduct; the
establishment of a special high council
to try the president of the church; the
trial; the denunciatiOn of Sylvester
Smith by the special high council. which
ordered him to sigfn a statement vim
dicating the Prophet Joseph Smith and
afterward his confession of the false
charges. form an epoch in the history of
the Mormon church.
After this trial. denunciatiOn and con-
feSSiOn, Sylvester Smith. it is said. sank
from his position of prominence and left
the church Senator Burrows mother who
was at this time member of the church
according to the story told here but de-
MED by Burrows, was chagTined by her
brothers treatment and apOstatized.
Sylvester Smith was a high priest in
the Mormon church, and was influential
in the organization of lions camp at
New Portage, Ohio, in May. 1894 The
camp. composed of handful of saints
journeyed from Kirkland, Ohio, to Mis-
souri, and on its march revolt was in
cited against the Prophet Joseph Smith
by Sylvester Smith. Smith preached to
the camp several times during the exc
dus to Missouri. He influenced his hear
ers and they were greatly stirred I'D
against their prophet. To add to their
hardships cholera ragged among them and
some of them died. The camp broke uD
in Clay county, Missouri, and discomfort
filled the hearts of those who had left
their homes and relatives.
The Prophets Letter.
When the Prophet Joseph Smith went
to Missouri he was confronted by an an
cry mob. Charges were hurled at him.
Cries of False Prophet" ''tyraut
''abuser Of men, and numerous others
reached his ears. In writing to his breth-
rem he said in one letter:
Dear brother-After so long a time l
dictate a few lines to you to let YOU
know that l am in Kirkland and that /
found all well when ] arrived as per
tanning TO health; but our common ad-
versary had taken the advantage of our
Brother Sylvester Smith and others. who
gave a false coloring to almost every
transaction from the time we left Kirt-
land until we returned and thereby stir
red up a great difficulty in the church
against me.
Accordingly / was met in the face
and eyes as soon as / had got home with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-12
IDAHO WOOL SAILS

Boise, Ida, June 11.[WooI sales today
by the Idaho Wool Growers ass ociation
was attended by twenty buyers Over
half million pounds were sold; prices,
IS to 25k cents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-12

Cutting out your advertising
appropriation to save money IS
like dispensing with steam and
electricity to avoid monopo-
ies.-Rusty Mixes Diary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-12

The wise man looks at the
advertising almost as much as
he does at the news. It is news
of the best kind-buyers'
news.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
snake Hunting with Noses.

When the Australian aborigine Is
pushed and can find no other game, he
catches snakes for food. With his Won
derful brown eyes he can see the faint
est trail where snake has zigZagged
through the dry moss and leaves. At
nighttime his broad nostrls take up
the chase, and, STOPPING down among
the bushes, with tough forked stick
in his hand to support him, he follows
the track as unerringly rs n blood
hound. When he runs snake to earth,
If he cannot surprise it in the open and
kill II by n sudden blow Of his stick,
he squats over It's hole, making low
Kissing or whlstling sound with his
lips Soon the snake puts It's head out
OF the hole and peers round. In an in
slant the forked stick descends and
fixes II to the ground by the neck, and
the black fellow, seizing it behind the
head, so that it cannot bite him, drags
it ont of the hole and either twists its
head Off or pounds 1t on the ground
till its back Is broken.
In New Holland scars, made carefully
with shells, form elaborate patterns on
the ladies' faces.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03

The collection of religious relics &c
be seen in the church of the Corsica ::
village of Slsco is undoubtedly unique
The inhabitants OF this pretty little
place are exceedingly devout and very
simple, which probably accounts FOR
the possession of such a remarkable
collection. A writer in Independence
Beige gives the following list of the
principal items: The horn used by Mo
ses to call together the children of Is
rnel while in the desert, tuft Of that
red hair which was the pride OF Esau
and the despair Of Jacob, a piece of
the nail OF the little toe Of the left foot
the statement Is very precise OF
Enoch. the patriarch; the BIB worn by
the infant Jesus, the curb and crupper
Of the ass that took the holy family in
TO Egypt and several relics OF various
saints
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
Two Lnymen Have Been Popes

The canon law does not prescribe
that the pope must be n cardinal OF
even cleric. Nevertheless since the
election OF Urban VI. in 1873 the sue
cessful candidates have belonged to
the members OF the sacred college, al
though as late as 1853 a noncardinal
was voted for several times At least
two iaymen-John XIX. 102D and Ad-
rian V. Q2T6)-havc occupied the papal
throne, and there Is today nothing TO
prevent laymcn from being created
cardinals, although they are not cnti-
tied to vote in the conclaye unless they
can produce special permit from the
late nope.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03

In the garden no one item has reg
ularly paid me better than the lima
bean. For eight years | supplied the
large hotels at Saratoga Springs, N. Y
There Is n popular notion that lima
beans belong to the hot, sandy soils OF
the south. They will mature anywhere
that corn will mature. The lima bean
market Is like the egg market; there Is
always a sale for the strictly fancy
and fresh. Stale beans should be TAX
en- back and fed to the pigs. In my ex-
perience there have never been enough
OF the right sort of beans to supply the
market. | have planted as high as
fourteen acres of the bush variety as
a nurse crop In young orchards, says
Connecticut man in New England
Homestead. AS to prices, you can al
most make your own. / have received
as high as $2.25 per bushel wholesale
and very seldom as low as 81.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
POPULAR GARDENING

Do not plant beans after beans If
possible. Beets or carrots will do bet
ter, and they are always acceptable In
a young state.
As soon as the ground is In fit con-
dition make a sowing of parsley. This
should be sown in an accessible POSI-
ton. 1t Is needed daily.
The cabbage Is one Of the greatest Of
feeders, and the grower need never
worry over his soil being too rich, even
If he should use the rankest of ma
nures
Mustard makes one of the finest of
greens, and when cooked like spinach
some people consider 1t far preferable
In flavor to the latter.
The early round varieties of peas
should be sown first, suca as Daniel
O'Rourke and Motifs Excelsior. Gradus
and other wrinkled varieties do not do
so well until the ground is warmer and
should be left for second sowing.
The seed for early celery plants Is
generally Sown under glass In Febru-
ary or March, and as soon as the
plants are Of sufficient size they are re-
set This Is done several times, trim
ming the plants both at top as well as
root, and thus a stocky, well rooted
plant is secured.
For early onions plant sets as soon
as the ground can be thoroughly work
ed in the spring.
Letters In England Not Private.
You cannot regard any letter you
may send through the post as being
private. The government has legal
right to open any letter or parcel pass
ing through the post and is also en-
titled, of course, to use any informa-
ton thus obtained In furtherance of
the interests of the law. AT one time
the official and secret opening OF 'pri-
vate' letters was of such common oc-
currence that postofiice employees were
sent to France to take lessons from an
expert in the art of opening and re-
sealing letters. In 1912 the postmas-
ters of Manchester, Nottingham and
Glasgow were instructed to "open all
such letters as should appear to be Of
q suspicious nature and likely to con-
vey seditious information and SO re-
Gently as fifty years ago there was an
agitation to deprive the government
of the right to open letters passing
through the post. The agitation failed,
however; so that your letters are still
liable TO be opened, and the law would
be on the side of the official OPENER
London Answers.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
j! .@!D9BB
I'D
TRUCK Fer HAULING s1LAaE.


wheel truck is certainly the handiest,
but the man with the feeding fork
must use brains or some little cows
will get thirty to forty pounds and the
large ones perhaps only fifteen to twen-
ty. Bushel baskets are commonly
used, and when one has not too many
cows work well, as it is easy to see
that the cow gets the right amount.
They are not too heavy TO handle
easily.
For our use we have truck holding
about twenty bushels, a sketch of
which is shown here, mounted on two
larger wheels in the center and q
smaller one at each end. The center
wheels are not as large as we wish
they were, and the truck doesn't run
itself If you are building one, get
the center wheels plenty large enough.
The truck Is wider and longer at the
top than at the bottom, so that wheels
do not project over the side or end.
One of the best planned silos for
handy feeding we saw last summer on
the farm of d. Fairchild, Fairfield
county, Conn. Mr.. Fairchild feeds
silage practically the year around. Two
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
r TX n u RR

Time table in effect Nov III, lSUo
Passenger trains leave and arrive al
Butler as follows:
LEAVE FOR NORTH.
7:30 a. m, mixed for Punxsutawney,
Du Bois and intermediate stations.
1898 a. m. daily, vestibuled day eg'
press for Buffalo, connects at Ashford
week DAYS, for Rochester.
$50 D. m. local for Punx'y, Du Bois
and intermediate stations.
1f:31 p. m. night express for Buifaio
and Rochester.
ARRIVE FROM NORTH.
$40 a. IN. daily, night express from
Buffalo and Rochester.
9:30am. week days, accommodation
from Dubois.
4:5O p. M. daily. vestibuled day express
from Buffalo. Has connection at Ash
ford week days from Rochester.
8:07 pm. week days, mixed train
from Du Bois and Punxsutawney.
c Trains leave the B. g. 0. Station,
Pittsburg, for Buffalo and Rochester
at 900 a. nn. and 1000 .. m. and for local
points as far as Dubois daily at 4;2O p
m. week days.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03

The bitter trail In q wonan's life is TO
be childless. Who can tell how hard the
struggle may haye been ere she learnt to
resign herself TO her lonely lot? The F3-
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TO mutual Affection 10 common dissp-
pointment Maly. unf9rtulate cquplts
become estranged thereby. Eyer IL they
do not drift apart, one may read The whole
extent OF thels disappoiptment In the eyes
Of sdos ,Ss 6badn fhdsss y 1eSpe whfo G ssE fss ,S
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