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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-19

Federal Board Sharply Criticizes
Secretary Wilson's Elk
pert Bureau.

Washington, Jan. Secretary Will
son of the departme mt Of agriculture
was not disposed to make any state
ment regarding the report Of the Keep
commission when asked for his opin-
ion Of it today. In reply to questions,
however, the secretarW said that the
fullest opportunity had been given the
commission to investigate the methods
of the crop estimating beard in%prepar-
ing their estimates.
Regarding the reports Of the. bureau
Of statistics on crops other than cotton,
the commission says that such reports
have generally been far out sof the
way, altho the figures son the cotton
crop have been generally close, and
sometimes remarkably close.
Comparisons Made.
It is possible to compare estimates
on crops other than cotton with actual
results only once in ten years, when
the decennial agricultural census is
made Z InS 1899 the narcenta res which
the estimat ties of ssAs S$sreau OF statis-
tics bore tosthe cefsus returns on the
acreage Of such crdps were as follows:
Corn. 81; wheat, 81; oats, 80; barley,
l64; rye, 8; buckWheat, S3a;; potatoes,
1873; hay, 81. ,t
the percentage which the figures ofsthe
bureau Of statistics bore to those. OF
theScensus were: Corn, 10; wheat, 80
oats, "a; barley, 81; rye, %; buck
!: wheat, 9; potatoes, "a; hay, 90.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-19
STATEHOOD DEBATE
BEGINS WEDNESDAY,

Washington, Jan. 19.-As the result
of conference in the speakers room
after the house met today, it was de-
cided to bring up the statehood bill
in the house Wednesday of next week.
Representative Volstead today de-
paper that he is statehood insurgent.
q / voted for the bill last session and
expect to vote for the two-state bill
this session. said Mr.. Volstead.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-19

Journal Special Service.

journal Special Service.
France will blockade the Venezuelan
coast because Of the action of President
Castro in Insulting the French charge
lieved that the French government will
resort to forcible methods to induce
Castro to make amends.
There will be no action on the part
Of the United States in the quarrel be.
tween France and Venezuela, as as.
surances have already been given the
United States by the French govern.
ment that the Monroe doctrine will not
be infringed,- as it is not the intention
Of the French to attempt to seize o Ven n:
government, however, will keep in close
touch with the situation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-19
ALL SPLIT up ON
RAILROAD. ]. BILLS b.
Senate Committee Likely to Re-
port Several Rate Measures,
or a Composite.

Special to The Journal.
Chicago, Jan. 19..-Raymond, in "a
Washington special to the Chicago Trlb-
une, says .ssss. go. ID =. ssss
Railroad legislation is to be consid--.
cred by both houses Of congress res from ON
without any difficulty, but meanwhile
the senate Is proceeding along its own
lines and will discuss half a dozen diff
ferent bills. In the long run the Dolll-
yer measure which is substantially the
same as that to be passed by the house,
stands the best chance of getting thru
the senate. i,
There is lamentable lack Of disci..
pline in the senate, as matter OF
course. From present appearances it
will be impossible to get any particular
state commerce. The Dolliver bill is the
favorite, but there are several others.
- Splits in Committee.
The indications now are the commit
tee will be forced to proceeding whlc
is quite unusual in the senate. That is,
they may be obliged to report that they
have been unable to come to any ma
jority conclusion on any one bill. In
that case it would be permissible for the
committee to send a series of reports
| split up among the different measures
now before the senate. ' ..-s
The house bill would have a standing
all Of its own because Of the fact that il
had been passed by one branch of con
gress, and would be entitled under the
rules to special consideration by the
other branch -@> --~''- !. >-.e''' ~
In. formulating the house measure
Colonel Hepburn has made SO few
changes in the Dolliver bill that whel
the house measure comes to the senate
it will be easy to substitute it for tn
DoIliver bill, or vice versa. :
Elkins Has Bill.
Senator Elkins, chairman Of the com
mittee, on interstate commerce, and
persistent enemy for many years O
every attempt at railroad rate legisla
ton, has prepared a bill Of his own
It is an undeniable evasion Of the prin
ciple contended for by President Roose
welt. IF anything. the new, Elkins Bill
is a Limitation rather than an extensio
Of the existing interstate commerce law
It's passage by congress unquestionabl
would cost the republicans the contrc
= of the next house of representative
and probably would lose them the pres
dency two years later.
| There is not ghost Of chance o
it's passage. and no one knows this bet
ter than Elkins himself. When he wa
asked today how many members Of hi
committee would be lined up for his bi
he replied with a laugh, Gone; my
SELF @
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-19
Census Estimates Larger.

I In other words, the bureau estimated
the acreage in corn at nearly i, 600 900
acres less than the census found it,
while in wheat the acreage was 8,000,-
900 acres less, and in hay the bureau
fixed the acreage at 41,000,000 and the
census showed It to be 62,000,000. The
variations in production were still
greater, the underestimate in the wheat
crop being 1l2,O00,000 bushels, and in
corn 6OO,000,O00 bushels.
The bureau of statistics estimated
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-19
PEABODY FAMILY POISONED.

Canon City, Col, Jan. 19.-James H. Pea
body former governor of Colorads, and his
wife, son and daughter, who became suddenly
sick after breakfast yesterday, have entirely
recovered Their illness Is attributed to
ptcrnaine poisoning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-19
rrxAs COCOON GOES TO wAsrE

Waco, Texas, Jan, 19.-Thousands Of bales of
cotton in several northwestern Texas counties
will, it is believed, be lost for lack of pickers
In Wilbarges county half of the cotton onw
standing is being offered to. pickers to gather
the crop.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-19

| Charleston, W. va, Jan. 10 All Of the
| eighteen bodies have been recovered from the
Detroit mines on Paint Creek, the scene of
the dust explosion yesterday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-19
.REv n q. ATKINsoN DEAD.

Atlanta Ca, Jan. 19.-Rey. L. G. Anderson.
DID,. president of Cannon Methodist Episcopal
theological seminary of AtSanta, died here to-
day, aged 81 years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-19

Lima, Peru, Jan. ID. L. Fiske has bee
appointed Peruvian consul at Chicago
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Continued on I'd Page, 4th Column
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-19

The inspecting party today included
Aldermen w. E. Satterlee, W. W. Ehle,
Wilhelm Petersen, Wendell Hertig,
Platt B. Walker and M: A. Gerber.
Fire Chief Canterbury, Building In
spector J. G.. Houghton, Assistant
Building Inspector Andrew L. Und-
quist and Fire Marshall G.. w. Ringer.
The officials recommend that all the
family hotels, twenty-five office build
ings and about twenty business build
ings be visited before the committee
attempts to formulate an ordinance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17
"DORAX' SMITH
ADMITS DEFEAT
Work Is Stopped on His Lud-
low Branch to BuIIfrog-
Sand Covers Grade.
SIXTY-FIVE MILES BUILT
INTENDED BEATING SALT LAKE
ROUTE TO MINERAL BELT.

Word comes from Los Angeles that
Borax Smith has admitted defeat in his
railroad-building race against the Salt
Lake Route. So ne time ago Smith sent
his outfit to Ludlow San Bernardino
county, Cal. with the intention of build
ing a road from that point to Death val
ley and on toward the Bullfrog and other
mineral belts in Nevada. Smith at first
planned to build from connecting point
on the Salt Lake Route to his mines in
the valley, but after this proposition fell
through ne announced his intention of
beating the Salt Lake Route into the
Nevada districts. Smith had a slight lead
as the Salt Lake Route had difficulty in
securing material and labor for its Las
Vegas-Tonopah branch. Now work has
stopped on the Smith line.
The sudden cessation of work was
caused by sandstorms which have blocked
the work already done. Mountains of sand
are piled on the grade and the time and
labor needed TO complete the road will
now be devoted to clearing the right of
way of obstacles. This. alone. will take
until spring.
Meanwhile work on the Las Vegas
branch has gone ahead slowly but surely.
Nearly 100 miles have been built. while
the Ludlow road covers about half this
distance. The Salt Lake Routes branch
will be completed into Bullfrog and Rhy-
olite this fall. Nevada has awaited i'm
patiently Senator w. A. Clark's arrival
and is now jubilant because official an
nouncement has been made that the Las
Vegas branch is TO be built into Tonopah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17
Rounds Them Out

years experience a
be
OF a
headaches week and although
Breakfast appetite breakfast
We
5
This
breakfast and
pounds in weight
My husband just fond and he makes his entire
antoday
sheah
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CreekMi
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17
PETITION FOR REHEAR|NG
Former Senator Burton's Lawyers
Make Appeal to the Su-
pTeme Court.

Washington, July 16.-The petition of
former United States Senator Burton
for a rehearing by the supreme court
of the United States in the case against
him was today received by the clerk of
that court. The petition is signed by ali
of Mr. Burton's counsel, consisting of
John f. Dillon, L. w. Lehman, Harry
Hubbard, w. K. Haynes, w. P. Hack
ney and Fl. P. Waggener. They con-
tend that the court should have sus-
tanned the contention that section 1,
1872, the statute under which Burton
was prosecuted, was unconstitutional
and void, and it is urged that the opin-
ion of the court shows that many i'm
portant considerations bearing on that
statute were overlooked.
It is also urged there was no proof
TO sustain the charge of the indictment
that Burton rendered service to the
Rjalto Grain company in the proceed
ings of the United States against il;
that the offense if any was committed
only once and not continuously every
month during the term of Burton's en-
ployment as counsel by the company;
that the letters of complaint sent to
the postoffice department should not
have been read to the jury and that
much testimony was admitted that
should have been excluded lad much
excluded that should have been read
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17
Painting.

And general decorating. r. P. Keate,
80 z. 9Th South. Bell phone. 161o-Y.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17
GUS S. HOLMES
GETS DIVORCE
Hotel Man Settles Thousands
Upon His Wife as Result
of the Case.
DESERTI0N is THE CAUSE
WIFE FILES ANSWER BUT DOES
NOT CONTEST DECREE.

Gus S. Holmes, proprietor of the Knuts-
ford hotel, secured a divorce from his
wife. Charlotte Holmes, in the district
court yesterday The decree was granted
by Judge {. W. Morse Mrs Holmes,
who IS in California appeared by Attor-
ney L. Stanley Price. Mr. Holmes was
represented by Judge Andrew HOWat
The testimony was entirely formal. Mr..
Holmes and his SON. Gus S. Holmes, jr.,
testified that Mrs. Holmes had reserted
her husband and that she refuses TO live
with him. There was no cross-examina-
ZION and no testimony in rebuttal, though
an answer had been filed in Mrs. Holmes
behalf making a general denial of the
charge of desertion.
The division Of the property had been
arranged before the case was tried, and
Judge Morse signed a decree which was
satisfactory to both sides. 1t gives Mrs.
Holmes a home which Mr.. Holmes re-
Gently purchased in Los Angeles for 81
600. IT also requires Mr.. Holmes TO pay
his wife $3.50 a month alimony until Jan.
!, 1907 and 500 a month thereafter. In
addition TO this. Mrs. Holmes is to have
the income from SOS. 900 worth of real es-
tate which Mr., Holmes owns In Cali
Nfornia.
e.Provision is also made that, should Mr..
Holmes default in his payments OF all
rlony or should he die Mrs. Holmes may
(use the principal Of the $4,000 worth Of
California property at the rate OF SlOo
year. The custody Of the one minor son
of the couple is awarded TO the father.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17
Railroad Notes.

The corrugated sheet iron received last
week is being laid on the platform sheds
of the new Oregon Short Line freight
depot.
The Western Pacific is out from Salt
Lake about seven miles. The track-laying
machine is maintaining a speed of one
mile per day.
General Manager w. H. Bancroft re-
turned yesterday morning from a trip to
the coast, where he went to meet Senator
w. A. Clark.
The Salt Lake Route will post a one
way rate for round trips between all Utah
points for July q, Pioneer day. Tickets
will be sold July % and "a, and be good
until July 25.
Figures furnished by the Rio Grande's
passenger department to headquarters at
Denver show that 321 Elks left Salt Lake
and neighbOring towns for Denver In the
past few days.
The Rio Grande will bring two trains
of Jordan stake eXcurSionists into Salt
Lake today and the Salt Lake Route an
other train. All trains will be switched
to Lagoon tracks and hauled out to that
resort.
PENNSYLVANIA touring party No. ], I'M
der charge of T. L. Lipsett and number
ing 100 persons, was in Salt Lake yeSter
day The travellers are Pennsylvanians
who have just come from a trip through
Yellowstone park. They are now ON their
way home An organ recital was ar
ranged for them while here.
Tenants of houses in the neighborhood
of Fourth West and Third South streets
are vacating, in compliance with orders
issued by the Rio Grande company
month ago Another month will see the
houses on the depot site empty and then
the work of clearing the premises pre-
paratory TO commencing excavating will
be done.
Utah county Commercial clubs, includ-
ing organizations from Lehi, American
Fork, Pleasant Grove, Provo, Springville,
meet in Lehi today. Telephone service
and electric lighting of these cities will
come in for considerable discussion. A
banquet and ball will finish the days
conference The Salt Lake Route will
run special service between these cities.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17
Court Notes.

Pete Boman a miner from Bingham
was adjudsed insane by Judge Lewis yes
terday and committed to the state men
tai hospital a Provo.
Judgment for plaintiff for s72 and costs
was entered Yesterday in the case of p
w MGdsen VS.. Decatur w. zimmerman
and wife.
Judge Morse heard arguments yester-
day in the suit of Pearl May Holt against
George T. Holt, her husband for sep
arate maintenance on the ground of cruel
ty. The case was taken under advise
ment
Samuel Pullen, minor, yesterday sued
the Oregon Short Line for $4,000 dam
ages for alleged personal injuries. He
alleges that his hand was permanently
injured while he was working on the new
freight sheds of the company. April II.
this year.
Judgment quieting title in the defend
Mountain district was rendered yesterday
in the case of Giovanni Lavagnino VS.. the
St. Joe Mining company. A similar tudg-
ment affecting two claims in the same
district was rendered in the case of Par
rington McCree VS.. the ST. Joe Mining
company
L. p. Judd yesterday sued c. Il. KEN and
W T. Benson to recover $500 which he
alleges is due him. Mr.. Judd alleges that
the defendants induced him to buy sew
enty-five shares of stock in the Utah
Paper company, promising TO buy it back
from him at 500 per share any time before
July l, 1903, provided he gave sixty days
notice Of his wish that they should buy
it. He says that in April, 1903 he gave
the required notice and they refused to
carry out their agreement.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17
DOUGLAS IS NOT
IN TAFT'S LIST
Only Four Brigade Army Posts
Will Be Established During
Present Year.

Oyster Bay, n. Y, July 16.-President
Roosevelt begins this week with the
busiest day he has had at Sycamore
Hill this season. First, he will con-
clude the question of establishing bri-
gade army posts besides many other
matters with Secretary Taft, who ar
rived at Oyster Bay on che morning
train. The secretary is to go 10 Can
ada for a two months rest and this
visit to the president is for the purpose
of settling all matters requiring legjs-
latiVe action and which are possible of
conclusion at this time.
General Theodore Bingham, police
commissioner of New York, accompan-
led by P. F. Dunno (Mr. Dooley) ar
rived on the noon train. General Bing-
ham was formerly superintendent of
public buildings and grounds at Wash
ington in which position he had gen
eral supervision and his call with Mr..
Dunno is social.
F. w. Whitridge, special ambassador
for the United States TO the wedding of
King Alfonso Of Spain, was also a Wis
itor to Sycamore Hill today also. Mr..
Whitridge made report of his mission
to Madrid direct TO the president.
Secretary Taft said that as a result
of his visit to Sycamore Hill, four bri-
gade army posts will be established
this year. Although it is decided that
Seven such posts should be established
the appropriation this year is not suf-
ficient for the other three.
The four decided on are at Forts Ri
ley and Leavenworth (Kansas) and u.
A Russell. Wyoming, and Sam Hous-
ton, Texas. Between 5000, 900 and $780,
900 will be expended at each post this
year out of the current appropriation.
These posts will be put in command of
brigadier generals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17
PIONEERS ARE INVITED
Committee in Charge of July "A
Celebration Asks Them
to Report.

The committee which has charge of the
Pioneer Day celebration at Liberty park,
July "A, has extended a general invitation
TO those of this city who settled here in
1S47 and also any. Of the pioneers who
may be visiting here on that day, 10
gather at the Assembly hall at $3.50 a. N.
on that day. COnveyances will be ready
to take them to Liberty park.
The committee has made arrangements
to provide all the pioneers with shaded
seats and will serve them lunch after
the exercises.
The names of the eighty-six pioneers
of 1877 who resided in this city in July,
1905, are given If any of these have
removed, or are now dead, or if others
are residing here now, information to
that effect should be sent by postal card
to Bishop neber c. Iverson, 3l9 east
Seventh South street. The list is as fol-
Harriet A. T. Badger, Margaret O..
Best, David Blackhurst, Alexander
Brown, Sarah A. G. Burton, Angelina
L. Bush, George Crismon, Charles Girls
mon. Emily H. Cannon, Anna NJ. Cal
der, Mary L. S. Chambers, James Chip
man, Carolina ] o. Crosby Mary r
Y. Coon, Perry l. Decker, Elizabeth
Dewey, John H, Dewey, Lucinda R. S.
c. Dodge, Melissa J. L. Davis, Joseph
u. Eldridge, Frederick B. Eidridge
Samuel L. Ensign, John c. Ensign, Ly-
man A. Ensign, Rufus B. Ensign, Ell
nathan Eldredge, Josephine Z. Evans,
Mary V. -Gilmer, Mary j. ]. Hanson,
John T. Harmon, Thomas NJ W. Hol-
laday, Mary a: r. Hayes, Frederick
Adelia NJ w. Hoagland. Elizabeth NJ
Huffaker, Harriet D. l.. Hanks, Naman
B. Hawke, Lucy J. L, T. Kinney, Mary
E. A. Kimbali. Martha j. v. .Kimball
James Lawson, James Leach, Margaret
2. L. Malin, Abigail I, B. Matthews
Ellen B. McLelland, Sarah ]. r. Miller,
Harriet L. c. Mclaughlin, Maria L. D.
Nebeker, William P. Nebeker,, Elizabeth
D. Nebeker, George o. Noble, Nephi
Pratt, Harriet A. r. Preston, Edwin
Petit, Mary A. L. Pickering, Martha
V Price Susan B. Perkins, Agatha A .
Pratt, Emeine F. Russell, William W
Ritter. Annie P. Rollins. William c.. A.
Smoot, Agnes T. Schwartz, Harrison
Sperry, Claudus V. Spencer, Rosetta
N Stokes, Joshua l. Stewart, Mary E.
H Shurtliff, Hyrum C. Shurtliff. George
]. Taylor Mary o. Taylor, Annie b
Taylor, Elizabeth P. Taylor. Robert F.
TuTnbow, Eunice T. Turner Elijah NJ
Weller, Emily P. c. Weller, James j.
Woodruff, George Whitaker, Maria L.
D. Woolley. Margaret P. w. Young,
Ann Z. r. Young.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17
WORKING UNDER DIFFICULTY.
Short Line Surveyors on Snake River
Scale Steep Mountain.

E. P Warning, a member of the Oregon
Short Lines surveying crew on the Snake
that a 2.5O0-foot tunnel is to be driven a
the Ok Bow bend IN the river between
Huntington and Lewiston. This tunne
will pierce the mountains near the river
cutting out several miles Of tracks anC
reducing the grade at this point. Despite
the rOughness of the canyon the survey
being made calls for a grade of but II.
per cent, and the curves established viii
permit a speed of sixty miles per hour
The mountains in some places are almos
perpendicular, the engineers being forced
to do their work suspended in rOp,
swings.
Rats and boats MADE in the Oregon
Short Line yards here are being used Il
haul supplies and material up and down
the Snake Surveys are being made along
both sides of the river. One gang is al
work below the Iron Dyke mines and an.
other near Soda Springs, about twenty
five miles below Huntington.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17
EIks' Train Breaks Record.

eraI Passenger Agent d. E. Burley of thf
Oregon Short Line brought the informa-
ton that the Elks' train from Ogden tC
that city made the trip in eighteen hours
and thirty minutes. This breaks all rec
ords held by the Overland Limited foI
fast travelling between Ogden and Den
yer. The train left Ogden at 8 O'Clock
Sunday morning, and arrived in Denver
at $50 o'clock that evening. The train
included four standard sleepers. one diner
and a compartment observation sleeper.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17
THIRD TIME IN COURT.
Matrimonial Troubles of Moody Fam
lily to Be Aired Again.

For the third time troubles between Oil
yer Moody and Eta Moody. his wife, are
to be aired in the district court Mrs.
Moody yesterday brought suit for divorce
against her husband on the ground of
failure 10 provide and desertion.
Mrs. Moody once brought a suit against
her husband for separate maintenance.
Later he brought a suit for divorce
against her. but dismissed it. Mrs. Moody
now asks for the custody of their 3year-
old daughter and for an absolute divorce.
They were married at Fay, New, Dec 80,
80
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17
CHARGES AGAINST
ACUTE ARE QUASHED

ST. Louis, No, July 16.-The last of
St Louis noted Doodle cases, with one
exception. was disposed of today when
Circuit Attorney Sager nolle prosecuted
three charges two of bribery and one of
perjury against Charles Gutke. a former
member of the house of delegates
Mr. Sager announced that Gutke had
turned states evidence and had been used
in the prosecution of other members of
IFS alleged doodle combine. The charges
were then wiped from the docket.
This action leaves only one of the boo
die cases open, that of Robert Snyder
the Kansas City promoter and capitalist
against whom revised charges have been
filed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-17
OUTING EXCURSION
North

Via Oregon Short Line, July II. Great
ly reduced rates to northern Utah and
Idaho points, and long limits. Fishing
is now at its best in Idaho. See agents
for further particulars.