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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27
FRUITLESS SEARCH
IN DEATH VALLEY

Goldfield, New, July 26-Walter c..
Clark has returned from a fruitless search
through Death valley for his brother.
William G. Clark, and j. Peters. johnson.
prospectors who have been missing since
July Z. He stated Ii as his belief that
the men were murdered. Johnson discov-
cred gold in the Panamint range last
June
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27
Assertions of Defense.

The attorney said the defendants as
serted that the plaintiffs represent stock
brokerage firm and wanted to control the
coming election of directors.
AT every annual meeting of the COM
pany, il was said, full and correct state
ments are issued as to the financial con-
dition of the company. They also con-
tended that the charter of the corpora
ton had been obtained in Colorado and
that the court had no Jurisdiction to en-
force the inspection of books of COM
pany of another state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27
DENIED BY FAMILY.

New York. July pa published report
that the late Russell Sage bequeathed all
his estate to his widow was denied today
by Major Herbert Slocum. Mrs. Sage's
nephew. Major Slocum said also that Mr..
Sages will will not be read today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27
STOCKHOLDERS ASK THAT
THE BOOKS BE EXAMINED

an evasive statement. He asserted that
for the last five years the corporation
had been under the domination of one
man. He said the surplus was stated to
be Sl2,O00O00, when il was probably $19-
100000. and the amount of bonds was Civ
en- at 100000 when 100000 would be
no
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27
MISSING TELLER LOCATED
Charles H. EVERY of St. Louis, Who
Is Short $4,000, Seen in
Colorado Sunday.

ST. Louis. July 26-Information was re-
ceived last night that Charles H Everly,
teller of the st. Louis Union Trust com
pany. who has been missing for a week
and is charged with having defaulted for
5000. was seen at the Brown Palace hotel
in Denver and instructions were tele-
graphed to the Denver police to arrest
him on sight. AT the request of A c.
Stewart counsel for the bank, an infor-
nation was today issued against EVERY
charging him with embeZzlement of S.
600 Everly's family is Frustrated over
his departure. He was a leading church
member and considered an exemplary cit
iZen.
Denver. July 26.-Apparently free from
care and worry. Charles II. Everly, the
former teller of the ST. Louis Union Trust
Sornpany, for whom officers are looking.
spent last Sunday with Mrs. Fred Beach.
her sister Miss Mary Stewart and her
brother Ray Stewart, at Loveland. Colo.
EVERY did not intimate that he had left
st. Louis in hurry, but rather gave the
impression that he was in Colorado on a
vacation trip He left Loveland Sunday
evening. ostensibly for Denver. Nothing
further has been heard of him since that
time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27
UTAH WOOL SALES.

! Especial to The Herald) I
) Boston. Mass, July pa feature
; i'm the territorial wool marked this
) week was a sale of 100000 pounds of 4
} fire Wyoming at 2S12 cents. Big I
! sales of Utah halfblood clothing I
! have taken place at 2612 10 Il cents. :
! Considerable fine and very fine me I
! dium clothing is selling on the
! secured basis of IS to 20 cents and a 4
! volume OF transfer of small lots of 4
! straight fine have been on the basis :
\ of 20 cents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27

New York, July 26.-Dudley Evans,
president and Homer B. Parsons, secre-
tary of the Fargo Express COM
pany, were made defendants today in an
action brought in the supreme court in
Brooklyn by Robert W. Pomeroy and Al
bert Josephson, two stockholders. for a
peremptory writ OF mandamas COMPEL
ing them to submit to an examination of
the books of the corporation. The plain
tiffs said that they represented IS @er cent
of the stock of the company. After hear
ing the arguments the court reserved de-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27

AS their sole excuse for raising the tax
levy the Americans" claim that the in
crease in the water fund will be used for
starting a sinking fund to pay interest on
and redeem the $1,000000 worth of water
and sewer bonds. No excuse at all is
given for raising the contingent fund
levy from Az to mills. except that Eek
penses have increased which. consider
ing the record of the american" admin
istration in appropriating money is a true
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27
CLOUDBURST AT GOLDFIELD.

Goldfield, New. July PA cloudburst
here this afternoon did great damage.
washing out foundations and causing the
collapse of several buildings. A number
of tents on the low ground were washed
away Several children were caught in
the flood and narrowly escaped drown
ing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27
CONTEMPT CASE POSTPONED.

y Cleveland, July 26.-Mayor Tom L. \
\ Johnson. charged with contempt for !
\ disregarding an injunction to re- !
\ strain him from tearing up of GER !
\ tain street railway tracks. appeared !
\ before Judge Ford today. The court, 4
y however. decided to postpone the 4
! whole matter until July 81.
A l. ~ l. l. L l. l. L 4
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27

ALL RECORDS BROKEN.

\ Nashville, Tenn, July 26.-At y
! Kingston, i'm Williamson county, \
= this state a negress yesterday gave y
\ birth to six children. The children y
\ are well formed and all were alive =
= at last ACCOUNTS. y
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27
GOES AGAINST BORAH.
Especial to The Herald.)

IoPtCIdI 10 ne IItrdIu'1
Boise, Ida, July 26.-The Nez Perez
county convention went against Borah
strongly and passed resolutions instruct
ing the delegation to vote against the
nomination of candidate for senator.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27
ONE SMALLPOX VICTIM.

Washington. July 26-The first death
from smallpox at Colon was reported to
sthe Washington office of the isthmian ca
mai commission today by Governor Ma
ygOon-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27
Allegations of Plaintiff.

Counsel for The plaintiffs declared in his
argument that they have received inter
est of only per cent, while they had rea-
son TO believe it should be 10 per cent
Counsel also said that q committee was
recently formed to get information about
the affairs of the company. but bad only
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27
Comparison of Levies.

The following table shows a COMPARE
son of the levy made in 1905 by the Demo-
cratic city administration and the levy
agreed upon this year by the American"
administration
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27
PAN-AMERICAH RAILROAD
Plans Will Be Discussed by the Con-
gress Now in Session at
Rio Janeiro.

Rio de JaneirO July 26.-On the Invita-
ton of the United States delegates to the
Pan-American congress the permanent
commission of the Pan-American railroad
attended today session of the congress.
Manuel Delgado, one of Salvador's del
egates to the congress, has been recalled.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27

egates to the congress. has been recalled.
Washington, July 26.-The action of the
Pan-American congress at Rio in permit
ting at its session today the permanent
commission of the Pan-American railroad
is in accordance with the program which
was unanimously approved by the bureau
of American republics on April last. At
that time one of the details of the pro-
gram for discussion as adopted provided
for consideration of the report Of the per-
manent committee of the Pan-American
railroad and recommendation was to
lie presented to the different representa-
tives. with regard to and reaffirming
the interest of. all the republics in the
success of this project"
Washington, July 26.-The state depart
ment received a dispatch today from the
chairman of the American delegation to
Rio Janeiro, William /. Buchanan, an
nOuncing that on Monday the PanAmeri-
can conference, on motion of the Argen-
tine delegation, adopted resolutions eX-
pressing thanks to President Roosevelt
and President Diaz for their good offices
in restoring peace in Central America.
The president, through the state de-
partment and Mr.. Buchanan, responded
tonight with an expression of his appre-
citation of the resolutions adopted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27

Advertisers ought to select
their newspapers as they do
their friends. Get those with
character.-Jim's Junk.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27

Maud goes up the lighthouse
steps and the lighthouse man
comes down.
Sundays Funny Section.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-27
Revision of the Code.

A revision of the code accomplished by
the commission provides for the division
of all cases into two classes, civil and
criminal The civil class includes cases
having TO do with debts. houses, lands.
titles and damages. Cases that have to
do with rebellion. cOunterfeiting. murder
robbery ana swindling are included IN
the criminal class.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-26
WITH CHILD
Mrs. BIeakIey Resists Courts
Order to Restore Child
to Barclays.

Lawrence, Kans.. Jan. 26.-Following
the decision of the district court yes
terday, awarding the incubator baby
exhibited at the st. Louis fair to Mr.
and Mrs. James Barclay OF Moline, H.,
Mrs. Charlotte Bleakley, who insists
that she is the child's mother. has dis
appeared with the babe. The Barclays
adopted the child at the close of the
fair. but Mrs. Bleakley learned its
whereabouts and was given possession
after trial in the circuit court at Rock
Island. The Barclays Immediately be-
gan new suit in the district court,
which ended in the decision yesterday.
When the sheriff went for the child
last night to carry ont the order of the
court Mrs. Bleakley and the child We're
missing and no trace of them has been
found.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-26

Sterling Smith, of Brooklyn. aged 69
years. IL has not yet been decided
where the body will be inferred, but
probably in the Arlington National
cemetery. near Washington.
Wheeler was taken i'll six days ago.
He contracted a severe cold, which de
veloped into pleurisy and pneumonia.
Famous as Fighter.
Gen. Wheeler, famiiiarly known as
Little Joe Wheeler" was one of the
prominent actors in two great wars.
the war for the Union and the conflict
with Spain. In the first struggle he be-
came famous as q cavalry leader and
won the stars of 2 lieutenant general.
In the Spanish war he served as major
general of volunteers. and distinguish
ed himself at the sc of %. by climbing
a tree on the picker line, the better to
observe the movements of the enemy.
johns the ConfedcrateS.
He was IA second lieutenant of Unit
ed States cavalry when the civil war
broke out. and at once he cast his lot
with the South, accepting first lieu
tenants commission and an assign
ment to garrison duty at Pensacola
Within a few months he was made n
colonel of an Alabama infantry regi-
ment and won his first honors at the
battle of Shiloh, where he was in the
thick of the fight In rapid succession
he was promoted to the command of
brigade, of division and of an army
corps. and in 1862 he was appointed to
the command of the cavalry of the
western army. continuing in his posi-
ton to the close of the war. He had
been a member of congress and held
other civil offices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-26

of the Standard Oil company. who has
been on the stand all day, has given
us the best exposure of Standard Oil
methods of anything we have yet OBJ
tanned. | shall send copy of his tes-
timony to District Attorney Jerome, of
New York, with the request that it be
thoroughly examined, and that criminal
proceedings be brought against the
parties guilty of causing a false sigma
ture 10 be attached to articles of in
corpo; alton.
Signed False Name.
Mr.. 'Turrell has sworn that he was
induced by Standard Oil officials to
sign the name of F. A. Turrell to the
documents. when in reality his name
is Louis Fl. Turrell. His testimony
never sworn to, and the notary who
took his affidavit can, under the laws
of New York, be prosecuted for for
gerry in the first degree. 1t will be up
to ME-. Jerome to say whether the per-
sons who induced Turrell to sign his
name falsely can be included in the
prosecution"
Surprise for "the SYSTEM
Turrell's evidence came as sur
prise to the Standard Oil attorneys.
He was discharged from the Standard
Oil company's employ two years ago
For more than year Attorney Gen
erai Hadiey has been searching for
him. for Turrell was one of the three
original incorporators of the Republic
Oil company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-26
EPITOME OF DOINGS IN
CONGRESS YESTERDAY

Washington, ID. c.. Jan. 26.-Follow-
ing is brief resume taken from the
official records of yesterdays proceed
ings in both houses of congress:
SENATE-A discussion of foreign af-
fairs occupied the session of the senate.
MeSsrS. Money and Hepburn speaking.
The consular reorganization bill was
read at length, but was not acted upon.
At 4:15 p m. the senate went into eX-
until Monday.
HOUSE-The house passed the state
hood bill by Il vote OF 1914 to $50, ac-
cording to the schedule. Only 33 inSur-
gents went on record against the meas
ure. The resignation of Claude y.
Swanson. recently elected governor of
Virginia. was presented to the house.
At 35 p. adjournment was taken.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-26
ROCK RIVER out
Ice Gorge at Erie Bridge Causes
Overflow Over Large Part
Of Whiieside.
LARGE AREA UNDER WATER
Breakup Sunday, Followed by Cold
Weather, Precipitated the
Trouble.

Great damage is being done along
Rock river in Whiteside county by an
overflow caused Hv the gorging of the
ice From the Erie bridge to Dixon
the water is backed up. the stage at
Sterling being Il feet above low water
mark. A wide area has been flooded.
and the danger is growing.
lee Broke Up.
The ice above the Erie bridge broke
up Sunday and was running heavily
when the weather suddenly turned
cold. The change in temperature help
ed to cause a piling up at the lower
end of the breakup, and now the gorge
is reported to be solid. All efforts to
break it have failed. Water has spread
out in places three miles from the
river. The trouble is made worse by
the abnormally high stage of the river
which has prevailed for some weeks.
Factories Closed.
Water power at Sterling is of course
shut off and the boiler rooms of the
Dillon-Griswold wire mills are flooded,
necessitating the closing of the plant.
Other factories are in the same pre-
dicament
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-26
France and Germany En-
deavor to Relieve Al
geciras Conference.
NEGOTIATE DIRECT.
Main Body Arrives at Decision
to Keep Hands Off
Taxation.

Algeciras. Jan. 26-Count Won Tat
tenbach and NJ. Regnault. respectively
German and French specialists on Mo
rocco. today began the first of a series
of detailed private discussions with the
object of reaching an agreement out
side the Moroccan conference.
Hands on Taxation.
Algeciras. Spain. Jan. 26.-Spain, at
yesterdays session OF the Moroccan
conference. presented the draft of a
convention providing for better re-
turn of taxation in Morocco. and also
for the creation of new revenues. The
conference after some discussion ex-
pressed the opinion that nothing
should be proposed for Morocco which
may modify the basis of the present
organization of that country. or be
in contradiction with the habits of the
Moroccan people regarding land taxa
ton
The conference decided that the
work of drawing up the new rules shall
be entrusted to the same committee
which examined the question of the
control of the trade in contraband
arms. with the addition of Belgian.
Russian. and Moroccan members.
Feeling of Optimism Prevails.
Herr Won Radowitz. head of the Ger
man mission. and NJ Revolt. chief of
the French delegation to the Moroccan
conference. had for the first time
long private meeting. which was much
commented upon as a move forward in
the adjustment of the Franco-German
differences. Although the results were
not disclosed. the meeting produced
distinct feeling of optimism among the
delegates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-26
MORE OF STANDARD OIL METHODS
INTERESTING THINGS FROM
H.. FORMER SECRETARY
GROUNDS ACTION

Cleveland. Ohio. Jan. 26.-Forgery
and fraud in the inception of the Re
public Oil company is charged against
the Standard Oil company by Attorney
General Hadley, of Missouri
Testimony in support of these charg-
es was given yesterday by Louis III.
Turrell. a former secretary and treas
urer of the Republic Oil company. He
was the only witness examined on this,
the first day of the Cleveland investi-
CATION of the oil trusts affairs, but he
ripped wide open the secrets of John
ID. Rockefeller and some of his asso-
ciates.
Secured Desired Evidence.
Further. Turrell supplied the evi-
dence for which Attorney General Had
ley worked in vain to extract from
Henry Fl. Rogers and others in New
York Turrell swore that the Republic
Oil company was organized by the
Standard Oil company; that all its
stock was owned by the Standard Oil :
that the officers and directors were
Standard Oil employees, and that they
were instructed to pose as officers of
an independent company engaged in
fighting Standard Oil.
Case for Grand Jury.
Attorney General Hadley said last
evening that Turrell's evidence war.
rants criminal proceedings under the
laws of New York. He continued:
Louis H. Turrell. the accountant. of
Detroit, and for IA years an employe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-26

Committee on Territories Decides
to Report Statehood Bill
With Little Change.
PASSED BY LOWER HOUSE
Measure Carries Without Hitch and
BY Greater Majority Than
Test Showed.

Washington. Jan. 26-The senate
committee on territories has agreed 10
report favorably the statehood bill as
passed by the house. with some minor
amendments.
Would Kill EiGht-Hour Rule.
Washington. Jan. 26.-The house to-
day voted to adopt the rule reported
by the committee on rules making pro
vision for the abrogation of the eight.
hour law in the Panama canal zone ''in
order" in the urgent deficiency bill
Dilatory motions were made by the
minority TO prevent further considera'
ton of the bill:
Passes Easily.
Washington. D. c., Jan. 26.-The
house passed the statehood bin accord
ing to schedule yesterday. The repub-
lican opposition to the measure had
spent it's entire force, and no effort
was made to defeat the bill on its final
passage, but SO of the ''insurgents"
voting against the measure. The bill
passed by the vote of 1874 to $50.
Bar On Liquor and POlyGamy.
The bill as passed provides that Ok
lahoma and the Indian Territory shall
constitute one state under the name
oklahoma" and that Arizona and New
Mexico shall constitute one state un-
der the name Arizona.
Should the terms of admission be
ratified by the residents of the terrific
ries in question. their respective state
constitutions must contain clauses pro-
hibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors
ami plural marriages.
The constitution of Arizona must
prohibit the sale of liquor to Indians
forever and that of Oklahoma for 21
years. There are many other stipula-
tions governing schools. courts, and
political subdivisions of the proposed
new state.
Talks Foreign Affairs.
The foreign affairs of the United
States continued to hold the attention
of the senate the Moroccan and Domin-
Jean matters being the questions imme
diately at issue
Mr.. Money was the principal speaker,
and he talked for over two hours in
opposition to the course of the admin
istratiOn with reference 10 both Santo
Domingo and Morocco. He contended
that there was danger of becoming in
VOWED unnecessarily in the affairs of
other countries by participating in the
Algeciras conference. and that this
country was not sufficiently concerned
with the conduct of affairs in San Do
mingo to justify our course in that is
land He also took the position that
the president had transcribed his au-
thority there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-26
TWO HUNDRED HURT
IN A TRAIN WRECK
All However Escape Serious Injury
When Passenger Hits a
Freight.

Jefferson City. Mo-. Jan. 2G.-A Mis-
souri, Pacific express train westbound
crashed into a freight train standing
on the main track early today. Nearly
200 passengers were bruised. but none
seriously. The freight caught fire and
10 cars burned
Foreman. n. D.. Jan 2G.-The ditch.
ing of mixed train on the 500 line at
Curry at midnight resulted in the fatal
injury of two members of the train
crew and serious injuries to a dozen
others.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-26
CALL FOR TROOPS
Authorities at Monongahela, Pa,
Ask Aid TO Arrest Gang OF
Anarchists.
HAVE TERR0RlzED COUNTY
Officers Still BaffIed-EVidence That
Branches Exist In Other
Cities.

Monongahela, Pa, Jan. 26.- Mayor
H. J. Billock and Chief of Police Leo
Logan, of this place, appealed today
TO Capt. Groome, in command of the
state constabulary at Philadelphia,
asking him to send Troop A, consist
ing of 60 men, to this place to arrest
the members of the BLACK Hand So
ciety who have been terrorizing Wash
ington county. and who, it is believed,
are responsible for p murders in the
last year
Arrests Made.
Two members of the gang were ar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-01-26
MINERS CONFER
Body Called Together to consid-
er Refusal of Operators to
Admit Southwest.
BARRED FROM JOINT MEET
Arrive at No Conolusion-Empioy
Hold Admission Would Compi-
cate Situation.

indianapolis. Jan. 26.-The conyen.
ton of United Mine Workers of Amer
lea reconvened today for the purpose of
deciding upon the course the miners
will take following the refusal of the
operators TO admit the southwest to
the joint conference. The territory in
cludes the states of Missouri, Arkan-
sas. Indian Territory and Kansas.
Sentiment Divided.
The debate this morning showed a
division of sentiment and a recess was
taken in order that the miners of the
southwest might meet separately and
if possible, arrive at some united con-
clusion.
stand by Demand.
The miners of the southwest, in eau
Gus, decided to stand by the demand
for admission to the joint conference.
1t was decided, however, if the general
miners convention should recede from
its demand for the admission of the
southwest. then the miners and the op-
orators of that section will meet in
joint caucus and decide upon q future
course
Southwest Barred.
Indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 26.-The de-
mand of the United Mine Workers of
America that the operators and miners
of the southwestern district be admit
ted to the functions of the Joint con-
ference of the coai operators and min
ers of the central competitive district
was twice defeated during the first
session of the joint conference in Tom
linson hall yesterday afternoon.
The question provoked considerable
debate and, aside from the adoption of
the reports of the committee on rules
and order of business and credentials.
was the only business disposed of.
Why Operators Objected.
The operators opposed the admission
Of the southwestern district operators
and miners on the ground that the
present joint conference was the re-
suit of years of labor. and Z he ext sion
Of the scope of the cuHy.ention would
because of diversified local issues.
tend to- jeepardiZe the possibility of eff
fecting an agreement and perhaps dis
rupt the convention.
G. ". Traer OF Chicago was elected
permanent chairman, and Secretary
Treasurer w b. Wilson of the Mine
Workers permanent secretary. and G.
L. Scroggs assistant secretary.