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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
FRANK CHECKETTS IS FREE
Preliminary Hearing on Charge
of Killing His Father Ends
in His Release,

For the second time Frank Checketts.
the 1S-year-Old boy who shot and killed
his father about two weeks ago in de-
ferse of his mothers life, was set free
here yesterday. ChecKetts was exon
Grated by the coroner's jury, but later
County Attorney +. T. Hulaniski filed
charges against him for voluntary man.
slaughter and shortly before O'Clock
last evening Judge J. D. Murphy ordered
the boy released from custody
The evidence submitted at the prelim -
nary trial yesterday was in substance
the same as was introduced at the in
quest. About the only new feature, and
one that was quite sensational was
elected from Mrs CheCketts, wife of
the dead man and the boys mother. On
CrCss-exaEaination Mrs. CheCketts said
that her husband had so severely beaten
one of their children a number of years
ago that it bled from the nose, and TWO
DAYS later the child died.
Tn explaining this incident. the woman
stated that some years ago she gave birth
10 twins. one of whom girl, Is now
living While but toddling infant one
Of them angered the father, who cruelty
beat it about the face and back The
following day the child took i'll and IN
two DAYS passed away The inference
was left that the beating given the lit
tie one by the parent was the cause of
the fatal illness. after hearing all the
testimony produced by the state Judge
Murphy ordered the prisoner released and
the $50 bail bond RENTED
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
INDIAN APPROPRIATION
BILL PASSED BY HOUSE

Washington, March S--The house to-
day passed the Indian appropriation
bill and then proceeded to tangle it.
self UP over the bill to abolish the
grade of lieutenant general i'm the
army. The result was an adjournment
for lack of a quorum after members
had been locked in the hall for half
an hour and the sergeant at arms had
been scurrying to various hotels in
search of members. The vote to con-
slider the bill showed an overwhelming
sentiment in its favor and as it is the
pending business under call of COM
mittee it will probably be reached and
passed in due course.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
DEATH OF MRS. BURTON.
Cousin of President Joseph ?. Smith
Expires In Ogden.

Mrs. Ellen Fielding Burton, wife of
William W. Burton of Ogden died at II
o'clock yesterday morning at the family
residence, 1855 Monroe avenue, from an
attack Of heart disease Mrs. Burton
had been i'll since early last SepJem-
Der
She was a first cousin of President
Joseph F. Smith. She was born at
Preston, England, Feb. 9, 1871, and came
and Hannah Greenwood Fielding, in 1913.
She spent four years at NauvOO and one
year at Winter Quarters, Ia, emigrating
tn Utah with the pioneers in 1S4S Since
that time she had been a resident of
Weber county. On Nov. ., 1861, she was
married to ". w Burton. She is sur
Funeral services will be held from the
Firth ward meeting house on Sunday at
noon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
SHARPERS RUN TO EARTH
Two American Mining Swim
dIerS Who Have Been 'Do-
ing" London, Arrested.

London, March S.-Harry Samuel
Simmons and Franklin Everhart,
Americans, were arrested here today
and each remanded in $4,000 bail on
charges Of conspiracy and obtaining
large sums of money by fraud. The
prisoners are described as stock and
share brokers and are alleged to have
issued forged shares ana certificates
Cripple Creek and Manitoba mining
companies.
According to the police evidence
Everhart is vice president of the Min
ing Sureties and Investments corpora
ton" alleged to be registered at Ok
1ahoma City. The pair have been in
London a few months
Oklahoma City, Okla. March SIN
qUiry here develops the fact that the
Mining Securities & Investment COM
pany had an office here about a year
ago for a short time, but very little is
known here of either Simmons or Ever
hart and they have been gone for more
than a year.
Colorado Springs, Colo. March s.
Franklin Everhart, one of the men ar
rested in London today on a charge
of obtaining large sums of money by
fraud, is said to have been formerly
connected with the United States Ce-
real company of New York, which was
closed by the United States postal au-
thorities in 1904 on similar grounds.
The company is said to have guaTan-
teed $50 per cent on funds invested.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09

February 3D. Meyer states that Gov
eTnor GOOding, j. H. Hawley and Owen
Vanduyn, the county attorney, knew
he was not I'm Idaho on December 30,
the date of the assassination. COntin-
uing the answer alleges that Governor
GCoding, Mr.. Hawley and Mr.. Van
Cuyn cOnspiTed together and with 9TH
eT persons unknown to secure his ar
resT and removal from Colorado in
view of the examination and the stat
ute Of congress on extradition, that in
pursuance of this conspiracy, Hawley
went to Denver on February Is with
Deputy Warden Mills, for the purpose
of KIDNAPPING him from Colorado in de-
fiance of the constitution and laws.
Arrested in Secret.
There they conspired with the gov
ernOr of Colorado to cause him to be
secretly arrested, under circumstances
which would make it impossible for
him to test the validity Of the extFadi-
tiCn. They agreed that the arrest
should be made late Saturday evening,
February II. and that he be secretly
removed from the state. Meyer fur
Their alleges that this was to prevent
his friends from learning of his arrest
and be thus prevented from suing out
q writ Of habeaS corpus. when friends
heard Of the arrest they inquired of
the authorities at the jail and were in
formed no such arrests had been made.
It is charged that the proceedings were
taken in the manner set forth to pre-
vent the defendant from testing the
legality of the extradition- This is in
support of the claim that man can
not be extradited for having conspired
in another state to commit crime in
the state to which it is sought to have
him removed, that he must actually
have been in the state when the crime
was committed and become fugitive
therefrom. The proceedings since the
arrival of the accused men in Idaho
are set forth and it is again alleged
that the governor Of this state knew
that the defendant was not in the state
az the time of the commission Of the
crime. It is alleged the arrest is in
violation of the fourth, fifth and four
teenth amendments of the United
States constitution and in violation OF
sections 8, Is and II Of the constitution
Of this state, covering the personal
rights Of the Individual in such mat
tiers.
The habeas corpus case will be ar
gued in the supreme court tomorrow.
z. f. Richardson of Denver has ar
rived to appear for the defendants.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
Finneqan Goes Free.

Judge Howell yesterday ordered the re-
lease from custody Of James Z. Finne-
gan, held here for eleven days. Finnegan
last evening left for Chicago. Sheriff NJ.
J. Murphy of Lander county. Nevada,
who arrested Finnegan in Chicago, leaves
for nome this morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
Six Months for Forgery.

Judge J. A. Howell yesterday sentenced
John Howard 20 six months in the state
penitentiary for forgery to which he
pleaded guilty. Teddy Boyle charged with
grand larceny. T. B. Quincy and Charles
Miller. grand larceny and burglary in the
first degree, pleaded not guilty. Judge
Howell also granted an absolute divorce
to Margaret Blackham from Ben Black
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
COURT ADJOURNED BEFORE
THE PRISONERS ARRIVED
Continued from Page I

Meyer i'm his answer. after covering
a number of minor points, says he
was on February II a citizen and res
ident of Denver and had been for four
years. THAT he had not prior to the
acts hereinafter set forth been in the
state of Idaho, nor in any part thereof,
prior thereto since on or about the 2Sth
of October. 1908; that ON or about the
2Sth of October, 1905, your petitioner
entered Idaho from the state of Ore
gon on a railway train and remained
in car of said train until the town Of
Nampa in said state of Idaho was
reached; that thereupOn he changed
cars and was Immediately carried in
car to a point south of Nampa in the
direction of Silver City, that at the end
of the route he took a stage to Silver
City, attended a lodge meeting of the
organization of which your petitioner
is member, known as the local union
of the Western Federation of Miners;
that he remained in Silver City over
night and during the following day
he was in Silver City and attended a
similar lodge meeting held in a small
town I'm the immediate vicinity of Sill
yer City, and the next morning re-
tUrEed to Nampa, and there entered a
car of a train going east, which took
him with all due dispatch from the
state OF Idaho. That prior to said time
he had not been in the state of Idaho
for a period of more than three years"
Charges Conspiracy.
Proceeding the answer states he was
not in Caldwell at the time of the as
sassination of Frank Steunenberg. 1t
recites the issuance of the warrant on
February y for his arrest, and the is
suance of the requisitiOn papers on
George A. Graves, the eX-chief of the Og-
den fire department, claims to have in
vented an extinguisher that will even dis
tinguish the existence of all the other So
called fire extinguisherS. He expects to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
VIII Make improvements.

The board Of trustees Of the state in
dustTfal school last evening considered a
letter from the state board of examiners
relative TO creating a deficit Of $1,000 to
make improvements in the main building
The communication was referred to a
committee of three. whose duty IT will
be to see that the necessary improve
ments are made.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
NOTED ENGINEER DEAD.

Los Angeles. Cal, March s-Dennfe lie
Due. member of ar old and noted French
family and we'll known Canadian engi-
necr and builder of many railroads in
Canada is dead here after a long illness.
He leaves a large estate which will be
Inherited by a daughter. Mrs. Robert Ell
lott of Denver. His body will be taken
TO Denver for interment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
WORK TRAIN Is WRECKED.
Four italian Laborers Killed and
Many Others Injured.

Greensburg. Pa. March S.-An engine
running light on the Pennsylvania near
RadenbUrg. Pa. today crashed into
work train on which were about seventy
five Italian labOrers employed on a new
pipeline. Four of the men were killed
and thiTty-fIve others seriously injured.
several of whom will die The injured
were brought to the hospital in this city
but. being foreigners and known only by
numbers. their names could not be as
cerfained.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
FIVE MEN KILLED.

Antwerp. March S.-A school build
ing in course of construction here. col
lapsed today. killing five men and in
turing twelve.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09

Burlington, Iowa. March S.--A rear-end
collision here today between two sections
of a freight train on the Burlington rail-
way resulted in the injury Of four men.
s Heaton. of New Virginia, stock
man. was fatally injured.
The accident was caused by the first
section of the train breaking in two.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
New Fire Extinguisher.

The latest thing in the manufacturing
line for ogden was sprung on the public
here yesterday in the form Of factory
for the manufacture of fire extinguishers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
THANKLESS TASK
BEING PASSED UP
Leading French Statesmen Fighting
Shy of Premiership at the
Present Time.

Paris, March S.-President FaIlieres'
efforts to induce one or another of the
several statesmen with whom he con-
ferred today to undertake the task Of
forming a cabinet have not yet borne
result NJ. SaTrien, who declined either
the premiership or a PORTFOLIO suggest
ed NJ Bourgeois, whom NJ. Dubost.
president of the senate, and NJ DOu-
mer. president of the chamber of dep
utteS, also put forward. NJ. Bourgeois.
however, declared that he did not feel
physically strong enough to undertake
the premiership. but would consent to
accept the foreign portfolio under NJ.
Sarrien, whom he thought the best
fitted man to take the reins of power
NJ. Fallieres refused to accept the de
cisiOn of either NJ. Bourgeois or NJ. Sar-
rien as final. but both persist in de-
claring that they will not undertake
the task of the formation of a minis
try.
May Be Poincarre.
1t is understood that NJ. Poincarre
viii be called to the EIysee tomorrow,
and the indications are that ca binet
under his leadership will be acceptable
to the advanced republican groups. NJ.
Ribot's name also is mentioned. which
is due to his moderation regarding the
application Of the church and state sep
aration law. NJ. Doumer also suggest
ed NJ. Millerand
1t is expected a decision concerning
the premier will be reached tomorrow
Members of the chamber of deputies,
however, foresee a possibility of the
crisis lasting six or eight days, owing
to the difficulty Of finding a man suf-
ficiently strong to cope with the pend
ing serious internal and external prob
lens.
Reaction in Favor of Rouvier.
A strong reaction has set in in favor
of NJ Rouvier. The newspapers today
severely criticize the action Of the
chamber of deputies defeating him
when he was performing a patriotic
duty which promised to produce the
most notable diplomatic success of re-
cent years. 1t has now become quite
evident that France will waver i'm her
policy in the conference at Algeciras.
Indeed, NJ. RevoIs only instructions
are those given before the ministry
fall. to stand firm, and these cannot be
modified until the formation of the new
ministry.
NJ. ROuvier appears to think Fran
cO-German agreement is in sight. He
said today to a friend:
Like Jules Ferry. my success will
be realized after I was defeated"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
CONGRESS PARES
DOWN ESTIMATES
Various Departments Will Be Shy
Over a Million From the Fig
ures Submitted.

Washington March S.-The house COM
mittee on appropriations agreed today to
report an executive and judicial appro-
priation bill carrying appropriations ag-
e1egatinC S29.f34 Isl as against SIS, 81. 80
for 1906. The amount agreed on is re-
ductiOn of 81 135.5l3 from the estimates
submitted to the committee by the VaFi-
Gus departments.
Salaries are carried in the bill for sixty
five less persons than were provided for
in the last bill and the number Of salaries
dueed 236 by the committee Many limita-
tons on he appropriations are stipulated.
Aged Clerks Cut Down.
The most radical of these is designed
to relieve the department pay rolls of
+ high salaried aged clerks. 1t provides
that no clerk over 90 years of age Is to
receive more than 1.400 q year: no clerk
ever IS years more than 81. 200, and no
clerk over 20 more than $40 After June
g, 1913, no person in the classified SER
vice more than 20 years old is 10 be re-
tanned in any department.
Check on Favoritism.
The bill provides that hereafter clerks
shall not be transferred from one depart
ment to another until they have served at
least three years IN the department from
which they desire to De transferred. 1t
eQuiTeS that hereafter all departments
are to prepare their estimates each year
according to the order and arrangement
Of the appropriation a~+s for the year pre-
ceding. Any changes i'm such order and
arrangements and transfers of salaries
from one office to another desired by !
head Of a department, are u be subRiLs
ted in notes added to the estimates. Most
of these restrictions are designed to pre-
vent the advancement of faVOTite clerks
to the disadvantage of employees equally
competent but with less political back
ing
Accompanying the report of the commit
tee will be printed ii report of the hear
ings containing statements from all cab
iHet members. heads of bureaus and other
Officials as to the details of their esti-
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
JOINT STATEHOOD BILL
Is DOOMED TO DEFEAT

sible for the election of President
Hayes by his assurance that If Colo
RADIO should be admitted to the Union
and that at that time its electoral vote
would be cast for the Democratic can
didate, whereas il was found when the
returns were counted that the Repub-
lican voters were in the majority.
Mr.. Patterson in his speech alleged
that the idea of joint statehood had not
originated in either Arizona or New
Mexico, and asked whether the idea
was the child of the Indiana senator or
some member of the house of repre-
sentatives. He declared that such a
union. in view of the pledge to Arizona.
would be grave crime, and urged the
adoption of the Foraker amendment
for a separate vote as to the rational
solution of the problem.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09

George A. Graves, the eX-chief of the Og-
den fire department, claims to have in
vented an extinguisher that will even dis
tinguish the existence of all the other So
called fire extinguishers. He expects to
patent it end manufacture them here.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
Effort of Mr.. Beveridae.

Mr.. BeveTidge, who followed, began
his speech with a reply TO Mr. Patter-
sons observation concerning the origin
of the joint statehood idea, saying that
it was not a matter upon which the
people of the territories should be con-
suited. The people of the entire coun-
try were concerned over the creation of
states, and the senator. Contended that
congress should proceed upon that the
DRY. As going to show that Arizona
might ultimately accept union with IA
vor. Mr.. Beveridge stated that, while
originally the people of both Oklahoma
and Indian Territory were opposed to
union, they were now practically unan-
fmOus for It. He expected to see a
similar change i'm sentiment in the two
more western territories. He opposed
the Foraker amendment. arguing that
if adopted it would give to $4,000 people
in Arizona the power to thwart the
will of 100000 in the two territories
Ombiued
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-09
His Figures Refuted,


He declared that the Copper Queen
Mining company alone employed 10 600
men in Arizona. Mr.. Patterson and
Mr.. Clark of Montana united in the
declaration that the number did not
exceed $500, but Mr.. Beveridge justi-
fed his statement by quoting from the
testimony taken by the committee on
territories. Mr.. Beveridge dwelt upon
the liberal provision made for educa-
tional purposes in Arizona and New
Mexico.
Mr.. Teller made inquiry as to why so
much more ample help is proposed to
the schools than has ever before been
granted to a new state. adding that the
proprieties of the senate chamber
would prevent his stating what he be-
lieYed to be the reason for the unDrece-
dented provision.
Replying. the Indiana senator de-
clared that this was the first time in
which a voice in opposition to liberal
provision for education had been raised
in congress, and reiterated that the
only motive of the committee on terri
tories had been to advance the interests
of the people of the proposed state
Mr.. Beverage urged that while New
Mexico and Arizona were not prepared
for separate statehood, it was unjus.
to keep the two out of the Union as
one state.
Mr.. Beveridge had not concluded
when. at $50 p m, the senate took a
recess until II o'clock tomorrow.
The senate viii begin voting on the
amendments offered to the bill at o.
m. tomorrow. and the final vote viii be
taken before adjournment for the day.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-11-30
Death of q CIerqym a n.

Word has been received from Ellen
burg, WASH, of the death at that place
on the 10th of November, 1906, of the
Rev. Wallace w. Carr. Mr. Carr was
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Carr,
and was born in Middebury some 40
years ago. He attended the village
school and college here and was finally
graduated from Middlebury collegr.
Mr.. Carr became a clergyman of the
Methodist persuasion and held appoint
ments in the Troy conference, at Cohoes,
North Creek and other villages in New
York state He married Miss Matte
Rowland Piper, the adopted daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs David Piper, and
later was transferred to the Nebraska
conference and still later to Washington
conference. He was pastor of the Meth.
odist church at Ellenburg at the time of
his death, which was caused by stroke
of apoplexy. The interment was at Ell
lenburg. Ii is not known here whether
or not Mrs. Carr will return east.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-11-30
Tho m as II. Noonan.

Buffalo, N Y, newspapers mention
the fact of Thomas H. Noonan's election
to the presidency of the Lawyers club
and speak highly of him as man and in
his professional capacity as a lawyer.
Mr.. Noonan will be remembered as an
attendant of Middlebury college, from
which he graduated in 1891. He was a
graduate of Beeman academy, New
tives in this vicinity who will be pleased
to hear of his professional success and
personal popularity Mr.. Noonan worked
for MIR. Btttell during his college course
1t is an especial honor to be chosen pres
ident of IA lawyers club in city like
Buff ilO, containing a lawyers club of
over 400 members. Our informant SAYS
the club gives number of dinners dur
| ing the winter season and such dis
tinguished parsonage as Elk. Gov. Frank
Black and Counselor Jerome, of New
York, Judge Russell, of Texas, Judge
Stafford, of Washington, and Judge
Holmes of the U s. Supreme court, are
among those who will make addresses at
some of these functions Samuel Is.
Bottsford Buffalo attorney, is lead
ing member of the club. and has lots of
friends everywhere. He was foremost
promoter of the Delta Upsilon conven-
ton held here few weeks ago.