The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-17


n5has nothing whatever to do with the
= Ehoshone Power company, or the
rIntermountain Consolidated Railroad
ihco1npany, These propositions are mer-
N1torious and will be pushed to compile
> itIon, irrespective Of the truth or falsi-
,ty of the charges made against Hope.
lBoston financIers who have looked into
n5the propositions still say that they
: will finance the companies. John A,
Bagley to The Tribune.
John A Bagley, former Attorney
EeneraI Of Idaho, now resident OF
Salt Lake, who is the western repre-
ptsentative of the Shoshone Power COM
aIpany and the Internlountain Console
.'9adated Railroad company. returned to
1.-The city Monday afternoon from Bos-
lton. where he has been on business
,connected with the big corporations
KhIch he represents.
siQ Charges Against Hope.
= In view of the fact that Mr.. Bagley
lHwas In Boston with Beresford Hope,
rfhe young Englishman, against whom
many serious charges have been re-
gently made, and that Mr.. Hope had
l&aken a prominent part In the forma-
ettIon Of the companies referred to, the
gentleman's homecoming was a more
than usually interesting event.
nS All In a Nutshell.
al When seen by representative of
w. "A.
2 .Bagley said: ''Who, or what, Beresford
duaope is has nothing TO do with the
t5hoshone Power company, or the
Consolidated Railroad
osompany. These propositions are mer-
glorious and will be pushed to compile
ntfy of the charges made against Hope.
os3oston inanciers who have looked into
he propositions still say that they will
enhance the companies"
ilu Continuing, Mr.. Bagley said that he
y seceived Salt Lake papers containing
,cs5he charges against Hope in Boston,
5 Eunday, July s. The Boston Herald
vSlso had a special from Salt Lake
Honcerning the matter, and the Bos-
on Herald representative had a talk
yith Hope, In which the young Eng
,1shnlan satisfied the paper that he
"a vas what he represented himself to
poe
III Relations Are Severed.
.,s SAt this time" Mr.. Bagley went on,
. az told Hope that in view of the
,eStharges made against him, I would
'no1ave TO sever our business relations
! 9th him and his people, as the
ghsharges. whether true or false, would
ID etard the progress OF the companies
khlch L was representing. In this
Nh Ape agreed with me, adding, how
Ar, that he could explain all the
g harges made against him.
n u "On the day following I went with
llIsdr. Hope to every Boston capitalist
seeFho Is interested with US and ex-
isG'lained that I had severed relations
~ fifth Mr.. Hope and his people, at the
oselns time showing the financiers the
harges that had been made against
Ntope. With ono exception, every man
pat talked to said that he, Or his
as representatives, had looked into our
'aHrojects, found them meritorious and
IHould stand by us. In the Same con-
nssection, I was assured that the Bos-
pron fnanciers felt exactly as I did
@,at Hopes standing cut no figure
hateYer in the matter
Simply Out OF 1t.
bed SO far as Hope is personally con-
fdsrned, he Is out OF It; that Is all:
'tosusJhether he be guilty or innocent OF
= fe charges made against him. 1 am
hipot prepared to say. But I will say
it,r him that found him absolutely
OF 1raight in all our business dealings
r sid had implicit confidence in him
nd sntil these charges were made.
left for Newport on the even
- oSSg of July ., agreeing to meet me at
'xtsde Navarro hotel in New York the
Wednesday, Wednesday
d; Forming I received telegram from.
,,Ssope. dated at Newport the preced-
,,rrJg evening. in which he said: Hal
~ cad and myself In Boston tonight
% atWspapers have defeated all my ef-
n MIR trts; We take the first steamer for
ppun pndon. See letter."
,ulo1 Letter Not Received,
Dir. Bagley added that Halstead was
secretary OF Hopes alleged Eng
,atSp company. and that the letter re-
I'M RFed to had not been received by
Jig fn
pn conclusion, Mr.. Bagley said that
"a G mad returned TO Utah TO talk mat
AZ over with the directors OF the
$hrp Dig companies and that he would
nt Boston again in about ten days,
,ricS tsu ne expects to conclude the ar
ice PIGMENTS for financing the concerns