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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-17

morning being carried out almost in its
entirety. The officers for the coming
year are:
Grand Chancellor, Harold p. Johnson
Of Sandy: grand vice chancellor. w A.
Radon. Park City, grand preldte. J.
A Harrison, Helper: grand keeper Of
records and seal H. g. WOOdlCig}. Og-
den; grand master of eXchequer. W. z.
Cooper. Salt Lake; grand master At
arms, Joseph Sands, Bingham: grand
inner guard. c. +. Nicholas. salt Lake,
grand outer guard, John Strange, Eu-
reHa; grand trustee, JOhn Dean, Bing-
ham.
An ovation was given II. g Wood
leigh who was reelected grand Keeper
Of records and seal for the fifteenth
year.
The officers were installed by SU-
preme Representative J. s. CoTlew Of
Ogden, assisted by Supreme RepTesen-
tative Dr.. G. 7. Douglas Of Salt Lake
and Past Grand Chancellor II. NJ Stan
dish.
The question Of lowering the age Of
admission into the order to IS years
was defeated by an overwhelming vote.
Another matter discussed at length
was the question of a minimum fee for
admission to membership, which was
referred to the grand lodge by the su-
preme grand lodge. Tt was decided To
recommend that no fee less than the
present minimum fee of $40 be allowed
in any lodge or jurisdiction
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-17
RECEIVED BARE MAJORITY.
New Primary Election Law Adopted
by Illinois Legislature.

Springfield. Ill NAY 16--After SEN
sationaI speech by Lieutenant Governor
Sherman. the special session Of the Hi
nois legislature which was called by GOV
ernor Dineen to enact a new primary cleo
ton law, resulted today in the adoption
Of a bill framed by Speaker z. =. ShUrt-
left. The measure had a, close call, re-
ceiving only a bare majority in the house
1t is expected that Governor Dineen viii
sign the bill making a law July l. The
passage of the bill IS considered a victory
for Governor DiuCeu as an effort was
made to bring about a final adjournment
without the enactment of any sort of h
primary law. Lieutenant Governor Sher-
mans speech was made after he had an
uOunCed the vote In the senate he DE-
n0UnCed the bin as a humiliatinE failure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-17
UTAH PYTHIANS
ELECT OFFICERS
Harold P. Johnson of Sandy
Head of Grand Lodge for
Coming Year.
ORDER IS FLOURISHING
LOWERING OF AGE LIMIT is DE-
FEATED.

The Utah Knights of Pythias closed
the session of their grand lodge with
a reception and banquet at Murray last
night at which the woman friends Of
the members were present in force.
The gathering, which has lasted two
days, has been the best held yet by
showed that there are nineteen lodges
in the state with membership of 1890.
officers were elected yesterday, the
forecast of The Herald of yesterday
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of s. 400 to $3.50 All other franchise prop
ositionS were defeated
The initiative ordinance reducing water
and light rates, submitted by the NUM-
cipal Ownership league. was carried.
Mayor Speers' charter amendment TO eX-
tend the limit on public Improvement
bonds to fifty years in order to carry out
the Milford Robinson plans for beautify-
ing the city was de ed
William H. Bry5 president of the
Honest Elections leas e, was elected a
member of the board OF election commits
sioners. The other two members elected
are Republicans The three supervisors
elected are Republicans, giving the Re
publican party a majority of two in the
board. The new board of aldermen will
consist of eight Democrats, six Republi-
cans and two Municipal Ownership mem
beTs.
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MIXED RESULTS OF THE DENVER CITY ELECTION
TraWay and Gas and Electric Companies Granted Fran
chiSeS by Small MaoriteS, Which viii Be Contest
ed by the Municipal Ownership League.

Denver, May 16.-On the face of the re
turns the twenty-year franchise sought
by the Denver City Tramway and the
Denver Gas & Electric companies were
carried at the election yesterday by small
majorities. The vote on these PROPOSE
lions was as follows;
Tramway franchise-For, S,041; against,
7,76S; majority for. 273.
Gas and Electric-For, 1872; against, T.
233: majority for, 679.
The Municipal Ownership league is pre-
pairing evidence on which the franchise
will be contested, it being alleged that
hundreds of votes were cast for them by
nOn-taxpayeTs and that bogus tax re-
ceipts were furnished to voters by agents
OF the corporations.
The Northwestern Terminal OHOffat
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TOOK HIS MEDICINE.

Cheyenne. Wyo.. May 16.-W. A. Broth
ers. former federal distributing agent at
Casper WyO-. pleaded guilty in the Unit
ed States district court here today to q
charge of embezzlement and was sen
fenced by Judge RineT to three years i'm
prfsOnmeut Brothers purchased the ma
terial and supplies used in construction
OF the Pathfinder dam and was alleged
to be short about 5000 in his accounts
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RECEIVERS WILL HAVE TO GO
House viii Not Appropriate Money
for Land Officers After Pres
ent Terms Expire.
lSDeciaI to The Herald.)

washington, D. c., May 16.-The house
committee or appropriations, it is under
stood. has decided to omit from the sun
drv civil appropriations bill the provision
for paying salaries of land office receivers
after the expiration of their present terms
of office. This action if sustained in
the house and senate will drop from the
payroll forty-two land office receivers
during the coming fiscal year,
There will be a determined effort MADE
nv western members of the house and
senate to have the sundry civil bill
amended to include an appropriation Tor
those officers. but il is believed the sentl-
rnent of the east and south for reducing
EXPENSES viii prevail and the COMMITTEES
action be sustained. Among the forty
two offices affected are the following;
foot lewiston. Boise and Haley, Ida.
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AMENDMENT ADOPTED.
Especial to The HeraIdD

Washington, May 16.-The senate to-
day adopted the Warren amendment TO
the anti-pasS provision of the railroad
rate bill permitting railroads to carry
free of charge persons accompanied by
shipments of live stock to market and
returning therefrom-
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DINNER PARTY GIVEN
BY SENATOR w. A. CLARK
Especial to The Herald.D

Washington, May Ex-senator Will
liam A. Clark of Montana entertained
a number of his senatorial friends at a
dinner party last evening at his resi-
dence. 1915 Massachusetts avenue.
Those who were present were Sena-
tors Carter, Clay, Daniel, Dubois, Fos-
ter, Gallinger, Kittredge, Elkins. Bal
ley, Newlands, Foraker, Penrose. Nc
Creary, McCumber, Perkins, Simmons,
SpoOner. kean and r. G. Kerens of St
Louis and former Senator ]. NJ Thurs
ton
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Victim of Assistant Secretary PIERCE
viii BE Reinstated.

Washington, Mays 16.-Having satisfied
the state department officials that the
charges against him contained in Assis-
tant Secretary Peirce's confidential report
were without sufficient foundation and
that he was the victim of mistaken iden-
tity in some measure, Richard 7. Green
err late commercial agent at VladivostOk,
Siberia, will be given an appointment in
the consular service when a suitable open
ing is found
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-17
BODY FOUND IN CESSPOOL.
Startling Evidence of Foul Murder
at Granite City, M.

Granite City, Ill, May 16.-The head
less body of a man was found today in z
cesspool in the rear of a Madison saloon.
not far from where John Hickey, an
overland traveller to Oklahoma, was sand
bagged and killed last week. The alb
sense of the head. it is believed. indicates
that the man was murdered bv an in
Jury to the head and it was removed to
prevent identification. No other marks
Of violence were found on the body. The
body evidently had lain in the cesspool
for several months.
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CUCKOOS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE EXECUTIVE
MANSION BY MESSRS. BAILEY AND TILLMAN

tor Bailey again took the floor and said
that his attention had been called to an
other article, printed in the New York
Tribune OF today. He said 1t was of the
same character as that printed by the
Chicago Tribune and that evidently they
had been timed to bring them both to
Washington at the same time Pointing
to the press gallery he said:
81 intend to put in the record upon the
statement of more than one reputable
newspaper correspondent in that gallery
and as a rule they are as honorable as
senator's on this fIOOT-On their authority
I state that the two chief CuckOOs of this
administration are the correspondents of
the New York Tribune and the Chicago
Tribune
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GASOLINE EXPLOSION.
Blazing Liquid Scattered Far and
Wide-No Loss of Life.

New York, May ia S0.o00-baTrel tank
of gasoline belonging to the Standard Oil
company at Constable Hook. on the New
Jersey shore of New York harbOr, OK
plOded today with terrific roar. It scat
tered the blazing liquid so as to threaten
five other tanks near by and dangerous
fire was feared.
The shock broke windows mile away
but no lives were lost and the fire did not
SDread
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OF authority concerning transactions
there. ] do not know as to the truth OF
that and I do not charge that his state
ment was made with authority But 1
denounCe the publication as an unqual-
flied, deliberate and malicious lie de-
H0unce that correspondent as an I'M
qualified. deliberate and malicious liar.
[ denoUnce the man who inspired the
statement as an unqualified, deliberate
and malicious liar. whoever he may be
and however high the office he holds
TiIIman Adds Few Words.
The statement was made in a deliberate
monotone, but it was none the less i'm
pressive on that account It was received
with absolute silence and the silence con-
tinued for a few moments until. indeed,
Senator Tillman had taken the floor also
on a question Of personal privilege, be
cause the article quoted had stated that
he had been suspicious Of Mr.. Bailey. He
had read the parts of the correspondent
letter which Mr.. Bailey had omitted and
then proceeded with his statement, say
ing:
muck rake Into whose house the handle
goes or what hand holds it I will not at
tempt to say"
He said he counted eight distinct false
hoods in the article, but he desired to ad-
dress himself first to a denial that he
had ever been suspicious Of Senator Bal
lev He declared his great esteem and
admiration for the Texas senator and
that their cordial relations had always
existed.
When Senator altman concluded Sy.na-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-17
SMALLPOX IN WYOMING.
Especial to The HeraIdl

Basin. Wyo., May 16.-Four cases of
smallpox have broken out at a mining
camp near here, and the place has been
duarantined by order of DR.. A w. Bar
Der. secretary of the state board Of
health. AS none of the men have Wis
tied town for a considerable length Of
time, it is probable that the disease
will be eradicated without further
trouble.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-17
DEFENSE is INSANITY.

New York. May 16.-The jury for the
trial of Mrs Josephine TerTanovs. &C
cused of numbering her aunt, was com
pIeted today.
Her defense will be temporary insanity.
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Republican Philosophy.

This is a new philosophy of insur-
ance of which ] am glad TO hear COM
mented Mr.. De Almond after several fur
thor questions along this line. There
are some people who get SO powerful IN
the financial world that they do not fear
to go in bodily where others would not
dare to 60
"If YOU gentlemen of the house of rep
resentatives. replied Mr. BUll1eley. who
diSburse millions of the peoples money,
disburse it as honestly as money IS han
dIed bv the insurance companies of the
country. YOU need have no fear of going
before vOIJr constituents.
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HEARING POSTPONED.

Chicago. May 1.-THE hearing of VIII
! Davis. former manager. who is charged
with manslaughter in connection with the
Iroouois theater fire. has been postponed
until tomorrow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-17
WILL CORRAL
ALL THE MONEY
Prophecy of Senator Buckley
Concerning the Big lnSur-
anCe Companies.
LIGHT ON BRYAN CAMPAIGN
CONNECTICUT MANS IDEA OF
HONESTY.

Washington. May 16-United States Sen
ator BulkeIey of Connecticut was heard
by the house committee on the judiciary
today IN refutation of the statement made
yesterday before the committee by Miles
NJ Lawson of New York, to the effect
that not one of the American fire insur-
ance companies knew today whether it
would or would not be solvent when il
paid its San Francisco losses.
There was, said Senator Buckley. alb
SolUtely no foundation for such a state
ment- Mr.. Buckley is president of the
Aetna Fire Insurance company and he
said further that he knew of no American
company that did not know just where it
stood financially
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washington May 15.-The calm Of the
senate's discussion OF the railroad rate
bin was disturbed today by a personal
interruption by Senator Bailey who rose
to a question OF personal privilege to
make reply to a charge made in the Chi
cago Tribune yesterday by a Washington
correspondent to the effect that Mr. Bal
lev had been responsible for the failure
of the agreement between the president
and Senator Tillman-
Former Senator Chandler was given as
authority for the statement that T1ilman
had been suspicious of Bailey, who, it was
also stated was really opposed to rate
legislation and was also in constant con
ference with Senator Aldrich with the
purpose of defeating the rate bill
Denounced by Bailey.
After this statement had been read Mr.
Bailey took the floor and said dehber-
ately:
Il have taken no part in the question
of veracity between the president and Mr..
Chandler and I had not even given any
pubIic expression on the question of good
faith because I knew nothing about either
question. I had never conferred with the
president directly nor with Mr. Chandler
1t was therefore a matter of great sur
urise to me when a senator called my
attention to the extract which j have
had read That correspondence, It was
/ understood. was sent by correspondent
who is very close TO the White House and
is presumed to speak with some degree
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General John Macarthur.

chicago. May 16.-Generai John McAr-
thur former postmaster Of Chicago and
a major general during the civil war,
died here today, aged IL
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EMREzzLEMENT OF s51, 900.

Chicago, May 16.-Charles T. WenF
formerly agent for the Canadian Paci
Railroad company in this city. was tod
indicted on a charge of embezzling $51,0O
belonging TO the company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-17
ROBBERS BREAK JAIL.

Marshalltow1. Ia. May 16.-Six safe
blowers arrested here q few weeks ago,
broke jail last night and escaped They
pried away bricks IL a second story win
dow.
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Came From White House.

And therefore it seems to me Conclu-
sive that this Islander proceeded from the
White House. I hope. for the honor of
my country. that it does not proceed from
the president himself
But if he be a man of high sense of
honor he will see to it that senators are
not sIandered by his subOrdinates and
the miserable wretch who communicated
to these newspapers and who sought
through them to communicate to the
country a Islander on me which people
might discuss. rather than the issues that
have been raised. He is unfit for his high
office if the man who perpetrated that
infamv does not pay for il with his posi-
ton, and if the man continues to hold his
Continued on Page 2.
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THE DEATH RECORD.
Rishon of Exeter.

London May 16.-The Ri. Rev Edward
Henry Bickersteth, D. D., bishop of Exc
ter. died here today. He was born in 1875
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Thomas McGreevy.

Hamilton. O., May 16-Thomas Nc
Ceeyv. who has married 2.0OO couples dur
ing the past twenty years, died here to-
daV.
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POSSE IN PURSUIT.

Cadiz. O.. May ia posse is in pUr-
suit of q tramp who last night assaulted
Mrs William Jones.
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Statement Was Harmless.

1T should be also borne I'm mind that
the report made to Mr. Tillman Of the
presidents conversation IS compare
lively harmless and inoffenslve. Here
il is: He said that he had been much
troubled by the advocacy Of an unlim-
tied court review by some Of the law
yeTs OF the senate. naming Senators
Knox. SDOoneT and Foraker. as trying
to injure or defeat the bill by ingenious
constitutional arguments, but that he
had come to a complete disagreement
with them
What is there in the above words
that is untrue or should give grave Of
Tense to the senators named. They were
the great constitutional lawyers of the
senate. making ingenious arguments
against any Limitation of court review
and they were troublesome and likely
to be troublesome in an attempt to car
~ the Long Moody limitation through
the senate by the votes Of twenty-five
or more Democrats and twenty or less
Republican senators. What harm was
there in the president saying that he
had come to a final disa greement with
them on the day when he mad held a
White House conference with view
TO uniting Democratic and Republican
forces in carrying a limitation Of court
review then and there agreed upon?
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President Mistaken"
Proof Positive.

This SpOOHeT amendment was not
offered in the senate until May 10, but
I learn that il had been in existence
and shown to the president, whether as
early as March 81 does not appear But
this is certain, that If the president had
on that night told me that he cordially
approved Of it, and I had so reported
TO Mr.. Tillman, there would have en-
sued no conferences looking to cooper
alton: therefore, the president as TO
that amendment had in mind q CONVEX
SatiOn at some other time or with some
other person
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Unblushing Acknowledgement.

Senator Buckley, who is president of
the Aetna Fire Insurance company, frank
" admitted in answer to question by
REPRESENTATIVE De Almond, that he had
contributed 5000 of the funds OF this
company to the Mckinley campaign of
1896 He added that il might as we'll
nave been $4,000 that he would have been
justified in giving this amount. which
was not "a flea bite 10 what he gave
personally.
do YOU think that action upon your
part in contributing the trust funds of
YOUR company to a campaign committee
either justifiabIe. honest or decenJ2 que
ried Mr. De Almond
Il contend that every custodian Of funds
of this character" replied the COnneCtt-
cut senator. lis justified and within his
rights when he takes that money and ap-
niles If TO the protection of the rights of
the people | contend that the election
of MIR. Bryan would have been a calam-
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Created a Sensation.

Senator Buckley continued his discus
sion of the insurance questions confront
ing the country at the afternoon session
of the committee, and some of his re
marks and conclusions created some de-
gree of sensation to the TOOmful Of COM
mitteemen and insurance representa- tIYeS.
Discussing the Armstrong Investigation
and the irregularities brought out in that
connection, he said that they did not
arise from the internal mismanagement
of the companies or from the personal or
official dishonesty of the officers of the
companies, but wholly from tn jealousy
of finanCieTs to get control Of the vast
funds of these institutions.
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No Use of Dodging.

He could say it in or out of their
presence without giving Offense TO them.
Nor was it a very strong expression to
say that they were trying to injUre or
defeat the bill by ingenious cOnstitu-
tionaI arguments. It did not mean that
they were trying to defeat the bill If it
could be amended to meet their views.
Mr. Knox had declared it to he uncOn-
stitutiOnal unless amended. and that
was the general position of the oppO-
neuts of limited court review which led
the president on that day to conclude il
would be best to expressly grant the
Jurisdiction to review but to rigid1y
limit to the two objects named. The
only harm that I can see that has come
in the whole business was the aban-
dOnment Of any attempt to carry out
that limitation of the review, without
any previous notice to Senators Tillman
and Bailey
con the whole, perhaps, 1 ought to
consider myself fortunate. If the old
imperialist days had been fully revived
ar the White House one whom 7 con-
sidered the best of friends, Senator
Lodge. upon demand would have cut OF
my head and taken It To President
Roosevelt on a charger, and should
have spoken no more. Now, at least,
have left to me the power of speech
But I shall never use II again as a mis-
siOnary from President Roosevelt to
the Democratic party. Sincerely yours,
(Signed)
seVVTTTJANy Z CHANDLER"
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One Man Now Controls.

The investigation and the legislation
which has grown out Of il. instead Of
lettering conditions, he said, would pro-
duce a contrary effect as pronounced as
jumping from the frying pan into the fire
Instead of having several great institu-
tons as before controlled by a divided
responsibility, they had put the entire
business into the hands of one man.
"Who is that mann asked Representa-
tive De Almond.
Senator Buckley did not reply. There
was silence in the room, then general
suppressed laugh In the official record
of the hearing no answer to this question
will appear.
Twenty years from now" went on
Senator Buckley after the tension Of this
incident had passed, these great insur-
ance corporations existing today Will own
the aior portion of the investment Sc
curities OF the country. They Will con-
troll absolutely the finances of the United
States and of the world
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Plain Truth Told Concerning the
Statements Made by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Evidence Submitted Clearly Proves the
Offense Charged Against the
Chief Executive.

that / should have repeated his state
ments to Mr. Tillman? Is il possible
that I went directly that night to Sen
atOr Tillman at the Colonial hotel and
poured into his ears a deliberate and
unqualified faIsehood?
President Mistaken"
Consider next the statement which
the president says he thinks he made
instead Of the one narrated by me. Sen
atOr Foraker, he says, was not men
TONED. 1 an quite sure he is mistaken.
Senators Knox and SpOoner, he says,
were mentioned, but that all that was
said about them was as to Senator Knox
that the president did not agree with
a portion of his proposed amendment.
but that he thought ne had made 4
strong argument for asserting afIiFma-
lively the jurisdiction or authority of
the court, and as to Senator SpOOner
that his name was only mentioned by
him TO express his cordial approval Of
Senator SpooneT's amendment.
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George AIDES ''ln Pas
lures New will appear in
The Herald Next Sunday,