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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-03
MYR|CK SENDS CHECK
County Treasurer Pays City S3,S48.65,
Amount Due Municipality from
March Taxes.
County Treasurer Myrick yesterday

County Treasurer Myrick yesterday
sent, to City Controller Whelan a
check for s3,S4S.65, he city's share of
the tax collected during the month of
March. The amount due the city is
A,276.2S, but ten per cent is retained
ech month and turned over later
At the, end of business on March 81,
sS5.414.39 had been collected in cur
rent taxes, and S4.272.S6 has been col
lected in delinquent taxes since 1.-The
first of the sear
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-03
DR.. Harold Very Sick.

DR.. Isaac S. Harold. North Tenth
street. one of the best known physi-
clans in the city. is seriously i'll at his
home and is not able to attend 10 his
practice DR.. Harold has been in
poor health for some time, but he ex-
poets soon to he sufficiently recovered
to make a trip 10 another climate, in
the hope OF DeneRtting his health.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-03
S. S. |. A. To Meet Tonight.

There will be meeting of the
South Side Improvement Association
tonight and is expectedthat import
ant business will be transacted The
first installment of the purchase mon
ey for the Boyce farm south of the
city will be voted paid and a deed will
probably be drawn up, conveying the
property to the Association.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-03
Has Gone to DanviIIe.

Roy Winger, who has been serving
as stage manager at the Phillips has
gone, with his wife, to Danville. ILL.,,
where he will take a like position in
the Bijou theatre.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-03
Makes Report of Sale.

Adam Drifmeyer, executor of the
last will and testament of Frederick
Haner. deceased, has filed report of
sale of real estate.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-03

Display of pattern hats Wednes-
day. April 4, at Lora Nolders. 50
North Eighth street. SGT.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-04-03

The Rev. K. Minteer, Of this CITY,
preached a sermon at fLynehbhrg. o..
Sunday.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
Fake Story About Sale of Street Railroad.
Utah Light Railway Company Has
Has the Ogden Street Raoad-An Fancul
Imaginative Individuals and Newspapers

TWO OF the three morning papers
published In this city today perpetrat-
ed one Of the rankest fakes on their
readers ever published locally.
They declared with q great flourish
OF trumpets and display OF circus head
line type that gigantic traction deal
had been closed aud that the Utah
Light a. Railway company and the os-
den street railway had been merged
into great combine. with a capital OF
S20,OO0.0OO which was to be known as
the Intermountain Consolidated Rail-
road company, whose purpose was to
build at once railroad from Juab
county Utah, TO Oneida county, Ida,
a distance Of 800 miles.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
names of many prominent business
men have been used in the formation
OF the new company, the transfer Of
the properties in question Is absolutely
and emphaticall denied. The officials
OF the Utah Light x Railway company
state that they have not the slightest
knowledge of any such transaction.
Said General Manager r. S. Camp
bell, when spoken to regarding the mat
ter today:
THE board of directors OF the Utah
Light & Railway company met yester-
day in the regular monthly meeting at
which were present all the executive
officers and the entire board OF direc-
tors. At no timo during the meeting
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
RESORT PRIvILEG Es.
HOT SUGAR FIGHT OPENS
ON PACIFIC COAST.

The long expected fight between the
two great sugar interests on the Pa
clhc coast. the Western Refinery COM
pany (owned by the Spreckles) on one
hand, and the California and Hawaiian
Planters ON the other, has at last
broken out, and as a consequence tho
price OF sugar has fallen heavily In
the last few days, The fight causes
no surprise in local sugar circles. as IL
had been looked for some time ago,
and II would. no doubt, have broken
out sooner had not the San Francisco
calamity temporarily arrested all
branches Of business. The drop In tho
price on the coast IL close TO 90 cents
per hundred pounds. In Utah and
Idaho 1t IS considerably less, because
the several local companies some time
ago. anticipating the reduction and de-
string TO take care OF their trade put
In a differential OF 10 cents per 100
pounds between beet and cane sugar.
The present tumble In prices. therefore,
affects the local companies less than
those on tho coast
The Utah, Idaho and Amalgamated
companies aim 10 keep on hand SUR
Client sugar to supply the !ptermountaln
trade up 10 the time the new crop
comes into the market. g bout the mid
de Of September Those best Informed
here do not expect the coast trouble
to be prolonged. Both companies have
stockholders TO satisfy. and as neither
Is in the business for the love Of it,
Il will surprise no one II the two come
together IN some amicable arrangement
before the war has lasted very long.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS
Has Pneumonia and There Is Small
Hone of Her Recovery.

New York, May 17.-Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, wife of the president OF the
Southern COnfederacy. who Is Ill at the
Hotel Gerard. has suffered a relapse
and early today her condition was said
10 be serious. During the morning
hours resort was had TO the use of
oxygen.
Mrs. Davis, who Is advanced ir.
years, has been falling recently and
about two weeks ago experienced an
attack of grip which for a time great
~ alarmed her friends. Later, how
ever. she showed marked improvement
and recently was declared to be out Of
danger,
Last night there was a decided
change for the worse, and DR.. Wylie
who was hastily summoned, remained
for sesveral hours with the patient.
AT his direction the patients respira-
ton was aided by artificial means.
Her daughter, Mrs. j. Addison Hayes,
and her grandchildren, Jefferson Hayes
Davis a student at Princeton university.
and his sister, are almost constantly
al her bedside.
Mrs Davis celebrated her elghtleth
birthday on Monday two weeks ago.
on that day she went for drive and
contracted a cold.
Dir. Robert II. Wylie, who IL attend
ing Mrs. jefferson Davis said today
that she Is now suffering from pneu-
lmonia. After a sinking spell early to-
day she revived and slept for several
hours but owing TO her advanced age,
hopes Of her recovery are faint.
Mrs. j. Addison Hayes, her daughter.
said today that her mother was more
comfortable than yesterday. but was
not out OF danger,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
TWENTY-FIVE
BILLION DOLLARS
Worlds International Commerce
For the Year 1906 viii
Amount to That.
UNITED STATES AT THE HEAD
As an Exporter But Stands In Third
Place as an Inn
porter.

Washington, May 1.-THE worlds In
fully $4,000 100000 in the year 1906,
says Il bulletin issued by the depart
ment OF commerce and labor.
By the term worlds international
commerce." explains the bulletin. Is
meant the imports plus the exports OF
all countries Of the world from which
statistical trade reports We're avail
able. The figures given indicate that
the trade between nations In 1906 will
be six times as much as In 1850. two
aud one-half times as much as In 1870,
and 70 per cent more than I'm 1900.
one interesting fact, says the bulle-
tin which an examination Of the fig
ures of average monthly trade OF the
principal countries OF the world deyel-
op Is that the United States now
stands at the head OF the worlds great
exporting nations. The average month
~ expectation from the United States
In the nine months ended with March,
1906, is shown by the bureau OF sta
tistics figures at $li1 20S97S the
monthly average from the United
Kingdom FOR the same period is SAB
4,9l2, the average from Germany dur
ing the IL months ended with Deem
Der, 1905. sllO.11TS0O, and the monthly
average from France for the ~ months
period ended with February, i72,S70,-
400.
An examination Of the import column
shows that The United States stands
third among the nations as an import
or, the monthly average Of importa-
tons into the United states for the
nine months ended with March being
SOL ,506,417.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
Has Reigned for Months in Exca.
vations for N. Y. New Grand
Central Stations.
AVERAGE TWO DEATHS A DAY.
Has Been Fcud Between Irish and
Italian Iaborers-Italy Asks
Investigation.

New York. May i7.--According to the
coroner. Peter Acritelli. lawlessness has
reigned for months in the excavation
which the ORourke Construction COM
pany is making for the new Grand
Central station, and the Italian gov
eminent has demanded an investiga-
ton. The coroner yesterday caused the
arrest of John Eldredge, general super
intendent OF the O'Rourke company.
and held him In 1900 bail on charge
of homicide, following the death of An
gelo Bemesi, and Italian workman, He
Issued subpoenaes for the president of
the corporation and all its general fore
men.
There has been an average OF two
deaths a day among the employees e"er
since i took Office" said Coroner Ac-
rielli last night. For two weeks have
been investigating at the request OF the
italian government. made through Con-
sui General Count A. Reybaudimassig-
liza,
II have pretty good evidence in my
possession that there has been a feud
between the Irish and Italian laborers.
II seems that an Italian did not know
how TO handle dynamite. Ii went III
and Killed an lrishman. Ever since
then lodges of rock have had a way OF
falling upon Italians. Most OF tho
drlllers are Irishmen. and the Italians
do the laborers' work ! don't say the
Italians are not at all to blame. That
is not the question. II Is whether at.
tempts at a proper investigation shall
be defeated"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17

was there any discussion OF a traction
deal In any shape or form. As far as
] know in my capacity OF general man
ager and secretary OF the company
there Is no deal pending with the Inter-
mountain Consolidated Railroad COM
pany, so called, and the International
Trust company, Ii may be that indl-
viduals are doing talking as stock
holders themselves but. as | tell YOU
the company knows nothing whatever
about any such combination, and GER
tainl!- It would be cognizant OF such a
deal II II were contemplated or in pro-
gress."
Mr.. Can1pbelrs statement was fully
corroborated by Mr.. Joseph :. Wells,
cashier of tho company who Is also the
tersonal representative of Mr.. Me-
Cune. Mr. Wells said: IL control for
MIR. McCune more than 45 per cent nj
the total stock OF the company, and
have never been approached regarding
II in any way whatever. ! believe IL
to be n pipe dream pure and simple.
That Is all ! care to say"
Judge LeGrand Young, general coun-
sci for the company, entered a denial
quite as emphatic.
WHAT MR.. HOPE SAYS.
II appears that a Mr. Beresford
Hope, an Englishman. purporting TO
represent strong British and American
capitalists, has been here for some
weeks, financing and organizing the
lntermountain Consolidated Railroad
company. with a capital stock of S25.-
OO0,0 900. When that gentleman was
seen by the News this afternoon. he
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
ENGLISH COTTON INDUSTRY
NEEDS NEW SOURCES.

London, May 17.--A large and inn
portant deputation interested in the
cotton industry Of Lancashire inter-
viewed Premier Campbell Bannerman
at the foreign Office today relative to
the necessity for opening new sources
of supply. The members of the depu-
tation emphasized the fact that the
cotton trade is in dangerous position
They pointed out that Great Britain
Is dependent on America for IS per cent
of her supply of raw material, and
therefore IT was absolutely necessary
TO broaden the sources of supply. The
only possible salvation. It was declared,
lay In North Nigeria, but railways were
Indispensable.
The premier was very sympathetic
but said he could not commit the gov
ernment to any promises. lie was
ready, however. to favorably consider
any scheme for railroad construction
involving reasonable governmental as
sistance.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
Senator Dubois is Too III to At.
tend Meeting OF the
Committee.
HAS PToMANIE POISONING.
So II Is Rcportcd--Bclicr Grows That
There VIII be No Final
Disposition"
tspecIaI 10 the oNeMs.rl

washington, ID, c., May I7.--There Is
TO be stu further delay in reaching
hnal decision in elections committee
on the Smoot case and there win be
no meeting tomorrow. This time the
excuse Is made that Senator Dubois is
too III TO attend session of the com
mitteo. 1t seems that Mr.. Dubois at
tended dinner given by Senator Clark
Of Montana a few days ago ana that
he has been seriously III ever since. 1t
Is reported that the senator Is suffering
from ptomaine poisoning. and that
while somewhat better this morning,
his physician refuses to permit him to
leave his house, Now it Is said the
committee will meet on Monday for the
purpose Of deciding upon its report.
Perhaps they Will. but Il Is growing
more doubtful every day that final dis
position of this most celebrated of all
election cases will be made before the
summer adjournment.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
BAILEY AGAIN
COMES TO FORE.
Writes Chandler Asking for Any
thing He Had Written to
The President.
COMPLIMENTS TO N.Y.TRIBUNE
Charged Its Washington Colrcspon.
dent With Modifying -
Its Lies.

Washington, May Senator
Bailey in the senate today, revived the
scene OF yesterday BY having read a
letter he had written to ex- Senator
Chandler asking him for anything that
he had written the president concern
ing himself and the replies from Mr..
Chandler, Including copy OF Chan
dlcrs diary giving history of his
movements on the day when a cer-
tain memorandum was sent to the
president.
Senator Bailey quoted from the New
YORK Tribune and charged the paper
IN its Washington correspondence
with modifying its lies"
He referred to the report that the
memorandum was circulated among
Democratic senator's. This he denied
bat he charged that the president yes
terday showed the memorandum TO
Republican senator and to a Repubr-
can member of the house. lie said
that the Chandler memorandum inn
puted no bad faith TO him, nor even to
the railroad senators.
Senator Bailey declared that the
president did not doubt his (Bailey'sD
good faith because three days after the
memorandum the president through
Chandler. asked him To confer with the
attorney general on the subject.
MIR. Bailey took up the reply of the
Chicago Tribune correspondent to his
denunciation yesterday, and said that
II did not meet the situation. He quoted
from it aud lntimated that the asser-
tons the correspondent made were
INT
the president or some one near him.
Mr.. Bailey said that he had been
charged with being lmpetuous. rash
and dictatorial. but no one had or
could charge him with double dealing
When such a charge was made he
would brand across the forehead of the
man making the charge the word,
Liar" in order that he might be
known and summed Of all men"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
POLICEMAN BENSON INDICATED

Chicago, May Naturalization has come
10 tho memory Of Policeman oscar Ben
son who charged Inst August with being
a thief by Matthias Manner, shot and
suicide, Manner who was a brother OF
chris MANNER clerk OF the Illinois
supreme court, and who owned jewelry
repair shop, accused Benson of stealing
three watches from hls store and de.
clared the aatrolman had been seen TAX
ing them
Yesterday Jas, Hanratty confessed to
the police that he stole the three time
pieces. thus absolutely clearing the name
or Benson from tr- cnatse uf titeft.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
DISTRICTS DECREASED
FOrty-One Instead of Fifty-Two Places
To Vote In Future.

In accordance with the recommends.
ton Of the chalrmen OF the three polltl-
cal parties Of the city made yesterday.
the county commissioners today adopt
ed resolution decreasing the number
OF voting districts in the city from 80
70 II, and describing the boundaries Of
the new districts. lt was agreed yester-
day that the number should be 40. bu.
the size OF the new area In the Water.
loo district which was recently an
neXed % the city was not fully consid
cred yesterday. hence 10 became neces-
sary To- make one more district So
the hotal number Of districts viii now
be H.
This means the purchase OF FIVE adj
ditonal voting machines for use in the
city. This expense will he divided
equally between the city and the coun-
~ county Cirrk f,idredge has not
yet prepared the resolution describing
the boundaries OF the Al districts, but il
hard at work on 1t and may have it
completed late this Tternoon. The
county surveyor u work on n
new map of the city the 0
ing districts as deciS ~
commissioners,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
STRIKERS AT CAGlIARl
GO ON WRECKlNG TOUR,

New York, May ia cable dispatch
to the Herald from Cagliarl, Sardinia,
says:
Strikers yesterday forced many OF the
inhabitants to put out flags at half
mast. They burned the octroi houses
and wrecked the railway station, GUS
tom house and slaughter house. They
took up the tramway tracks and threw
many cars into the sea. Hundreds Of
cases of merchandise at the custom
house were also thrown into the water
Bread and food are lacking. Two Of
the mob who were wounded Tuesday
died yesterday. and three others are
dying. Among the soldiers 20 more
were wounded yesterday In conflicts
with the strikers.
Disorders have broken out in other
towns on the island. Octroi and rail-
way stations have been burned. tele-
graph wires cut, and the poles destroy
ed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
MATERIAL FOR CANAL.

Panama. May 17--Chief Engineer
Stevens OF the isthman canal. who
sails for the United States today, has
conferred with his division engineers,
getting together data for the prepare
ton of the report which he will pre-
sent to the isthmian canal commission
on his arrival In the United States.
Among the material which Is being
unloaded here for the canal company
are 1877 flatcars. 35 locomotives, 1000
piles, 22,oHo cross ties, 100000 feet OF
lumber, while 100000 additional feet
of lumber are due to arrive shortly.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17

said that he regretted very keeny the
stories published by the morning
press. He said he never had claimed
at any time that the Utah Light and
Railway company had been absorbed
BY the concern which he was organic
ing. and furthermore he added ~
want To say that its officers have never
been approached, directly or Indirect
~ by me with that object In view,
The company In question however.
] hope To launch. Already II has
s2s miles OF franchises in this state aud
IN Idaho. and We do expect TO build
n railroad from Juab. Utah. TO Oneida.
Idaho. and to amalgamate all the
power plants in the west into one great
concern. But IL the newspapers are
going TO fight the proposition the en-
terprise Is going to be made the more
difficult. However our articles of in-
corporation will he filed nj Boise. Idaho
today, and We expect to go right on
with the work until 1t Is consummat-
ed and successful. The reason we
file the articles there Is that we can
organize first In that state and sell our
stock afterwards, whereas in Utah It
would be necessary under It's laws to
have a paid-up capital stock Of s., 500
900, which II ten per cent of tho COM
pany's entire capital. A copy Of these
articles viii also be filed In Utah In
due season."
The News" has a copy of these ar
tjcles and IL they are bona idely filed
they will be printed in these columns.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
LORD MAYOR ENTERTAINs.

London. May 1.-THE lord mayor and
CORPORATION today entertained the
Prince and Princess OF Wales at tina
GuIldhal and presented them with a
congratulatory address In commemora-
ton Of their Indian tour
Exactly 30 years have elapsed since
King Edward. the prince OF Wales, was
the central figure OF a similar welcome
on his return from his eastern tour
Today's reception was preceded by
the usual procession through decorated
streets. About 500 persons sat down
10 luncheon at the Guldhall including
the German burgomasters who are now
visiting London. They were the only
foreigners present, ----.-------.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
DIR. THOs. s. LATIMER DEAD.

Baltimore, May 17.-Dr Thomas s.
Latimer, widely known as physician,
as professor OF medicine al the College
of Physicians and Surgeons. and a
prominent ex-confederate soldier. died
yesterday, aged 81 years. He had for
some time been a sufferer from dis
ease Of the kidneys. He was ma
tive of Savannah, Ga. but came to
this city at the age of 49, and return
ing to Baltimore in 1866, had prac-
tlced his profession here since that
time,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17

OF lantern, read passage after pas
sage from the Bible. The terrified
men, unarmed, locked themselves in the
cabin.
John Larsen, boatswain's mate, man.
aged TO make his escape from the
yacht yesterday and telcphoned the po-
lice. Six officers later overpowered
Nielsen, who was sent 10 hospital for
observati ton
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
ELECT PROF. SHELDON.

New York, May IA contest for the
election OF president of the American
Institute OF Electrical Engineers has
closed with the choice OF Prof. Samuel
Sheldon OF the Brooklyn polytechnic
institute. other officers elected we're
Presidents--A. II. Armstrong. Schen.
ectady II. II. Humphrey, 81. Louis;
F. G.. Baum, San Francisco; Managers.
Paul Spencer, Philadelphia; Paul VI.
Lincoln, Plttsburg; John j. Carry. Now
York, and secretary, Ralph w. Pope,
New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
METHODIST BISHOPS ELECTED

Birmingham. Ala, May l7--Dr John j.
Tgert. secretary OF the general confer
euce OF the Methodist Episcopal church,
south was elected bishop on the first
ballot taken today by the conference. No
other bishop was elected on the first bal
lot.
The count az the teileIs showed the vote
on the first ballot 10 be:
] j. Tigert 100; J. G.. Kilgo, 100; Soth
Ward, s5: Collins Denny. 81; w. T. Me
Murray. a. James Atkins. 70; w. i, TIL
lett. IS; W. B. Murray a, and II. w. An
derson, o.
These were the leaders with scattering
votes for Is others. DR., Tigert at once
resigned as secretary OF the conference,
and Assistant Secretary A. r. Watkins
ton of archbishop on the second ballot.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
ANNA VALENTINES
SENTENCE COMMITTED.

Trenton. N. j.. May 1.-THE court OF
pardons today committed the sentence
of Mrs. Anna Valentino to life i'm
prisonment., Mrs. Valentino was un-
der sentence to be hanged at Hacken-
sack on May rs for the murder of Rosa
Saliva,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-17
TO INCREASE GERMAN REVENUE

Berlin, May lin the relchstag yes
terday Herr Singer, the Socialist Lead
or. discussing the budget of the minis
try Of posts and telegraphs, remarked
that one easy way to increase the rove
nues Of that department was to abolish
the ranking privilege enjoyed by menu
bers Of princely houses and govern
nent officials. which cost the govern
ment Sc, 100000 yearly.