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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-25
HONORABLE CAREER ENDED
Death of Major General James w.
Forsyth, Who Served His Coun-
try Long and Well.

Columbus. o., Oct. 24-James W. For
syth, major general, L. S. A, retired.
died at his home here tonight of par
alysis. The funeral, which will be pri-
vate will be held Friday afternoon, and
interment will be made in GreenIawn
cemetery.
General Forsyth had a distinguished
military career. He was born in Ohio
seventy-two years ago and graduated
from West Point in 1856. He served on
McClellan's staff during the Peninsula
and Maryland campaigns of the civil war
Later he was chief of staff to General
Sheridan.
For galIantry at the battle of Chicka-
manga he was breveted a major. After
the civil war General Forsyth diStin-
guished himself in the frontier service.
As colonel of the Seventh cavalry he was
ordered against the Indians at Pine
Ridge, Dakota, in 1890, when the ghost
dance craze was started. In the con-
flict which ensued almost the entire
band of Indians was wiped out. He was
promoted to brigadier general by Presi
dent Cleveland and was appointed major
general by President Mckinley in 1897,
when he retired
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-25
UTAH'S COPPER OUTPUT.

Especial to The Herald.) l.
= Boston, Mass, Oct. PA leading 4
Boston copper authority states to- !
= day that the increase in United l.
States copper production for 1900 !
over last year will be about IL a per /
y cent Including Canada and Mexico l.
the American production will in =
crease for the year 1874 per cent 4
y Utah will produce 13.000 900 pounds 4
over last year, or 100000 pounds to- J.
y tai. Arizona will produce AZ O00. 600 .
y pounds more, or 2S7. $50 coo in all. Ida i
\ no. Nevada and Wyoming together /
y will produce 100000 pounds. or a :
y half-million pounds more than in :
y 1905. I
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Sheriff Expresses Pleasure.

New York. Oct. President Roose-
velts proposed appointment of Mr..
Strauss to a place in his cabinet is most
gratifying" said Jacob H. Schiff today.
1T is a singular and very agreeable
coincidence that the appointment comes
almost simultaneously with that of the
appointment of General Picquart, who
championed Dreyfus, TO the portfolio
of war in the new French cabinet.
Il take it that Mr.. Strauss appoint
ment is not only a well-deserved COM
pliment- TO the man and his qualifica-
lions. but at the same time desire on
the part of the president to recognize
good citizenship of the Jews of the
United States
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OBJECTIONS TO
PROBATE OF WILL
Mrs. Herman 0eIriChS and Her
Son viii Fight for Share
of Property.

New York, Oct. 24-Mrs. Herman
Oelrichs of this city today filed an OBJ
lection in court to the probate of the
will of her late husband. Herman Gel
richs. Her objection is based on the
ground that Mr.. Oelrichs was not a
resident Of New York, but of California.
Mr.. Oelrichs left the bulk of his estate
to his brother and sisters.
Mrs. Oelrichs' son. Herman OeIricbs
jr., through his guardian. Paul L. Kier,
nan, also filed an objection to probate
the viii on the same grounds.
In an affidavit filed by Mrs. Oelrichs.
she declares that at the time of her
husbands death he did not have a res
idence in New York and she has no
knowledge of information sufficient to
form belief as to whether he
DIED leaving any property in the city
or New York. Mr.. Oelrichs' residence
at the time of his death was in San
francisco, the affidavit continues. and
he had property in that state, land at
the time of decedent's decease he left
creditors in the state of California, who
are now creditors of his estate and re-
siding in that state"
The affidavit goes on to say that in
September Mrs. Oelrichs was appointed
Speclal Administrative of the estate. by
the courts of California, and the laws
or California are quoted to show that
upon the death of a husband one-haIf
of the community property should go
to the surviving wife or widow and that
the surviving widow cannot be deprived
OF such interest by testamentary dispo-
sition.
The affidavit declares that the said
Theresa Alice Oelrichs is the SURVIVING.
widow of the decedent and has had her
domicile in California for many years
and is therefore entitled to receive one
half of the property, both real and per-
SOnaI"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-25
MINNESOTA LAUNCHED.
BattIeship Exceeded the Expectations
of Her Builders

Rockland. Me-, Oct. A.-The first class
tattleship Minnesota, designed as an IS
knot craft. exceeded the expectations of
her builders. the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock company and
the government today. by averaging IS. s.
knots an hour in her standardization trial
over the Rockland course. Her best mile
with the tide was at the rate of 10 412
knots, nearly 80 points better than the
best mile made by the battleship Louisi-
ana, the only other ship of this type which
has been tried.
Tidal corrections reduced this to 1906
knots
The Minnesota went over the course
fifteen times. only one run being lower
than 10 knots. She behaved splendidlv
trial.
The battleship will have a five-hour en-
duTance run tomorrow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-25
HEARST PEOPLE
FIGHTING HARD
Murphy Predicts a Majority of
$4,000 in the BoroughS of
Greater New York.
WOODRUFF WILL NOT TALK
MAY HAVE ANNOUNCEME NT
AFTER ELECTION.
WOODRUFF WILL NOT TALK

New York Oct 2l-The first meeting
OF the newly appointed executive commit
tee of the Democratic state committee
was held at the Victoria hotel, the Demo
cratic state headquarters, today. Will
Lam r. Hearst and Lewis 5. Chanler
also were present
At the conclusion of the session Ar
thur A. Mclean, treasurer of the state
committee and an eX-OfficiO member of
the executive committee, said that the
committee met for the purpose of organ
tzng and had done so and had received
reports which were read from the varl-
Gus districts of the state. They showed,
he said. that the Hearst strength up state
was more than had been expected.
Charles L. Murphy, the Tammany lead
or, today prophesied a majority of 1900
for Hearst in Greater New York.
Republican Committee.
During the day Timothy L. Woodruff.
chairman of the Republican state COM
mittee. and State Committeeman William
Barnes jr., of Albany, talked with thirty
one of the sixty county chairmen of the
Republican party throughout the state.
The various chairmen reported the condl-
tons i'm their home counties. Asked what
the reports were, Mr.. Woodruff said:
= IL don't care to discuss them"
will you say anything about the po-
litical situation generally throughout the
, state?' Mr.. Woodruff was asked.
Yes" he replied II think about
o'clock on the night of Nov. L shall
say something"
independence League.
There was a special meeting of the
county committee Of the independence
league at the GilSey House today to take
action on the alleged mutilations of the
petitions of the league while in the pos
session OF the board of election, as
claimed by the league. After the meet
ing the announcement was made that Mr..
Hearst had offered a reward of $1,000 for
ihe arrest and conviction of the Gull
ITit.
Charles E. Hughes continues his cam
palgn today, working along the south
.ern tier of counties and closing the day
with night speech before a Republican
meeting al Cortland.
O. Mr.. Hearst remained in town today and
addressed noon meeting of the Com
mercial Travellers league.
Tonight Mr.. Hearst addressed several
large gatherings arranged by the INDIE
pendence league and the Democrats N
me interest of his candidacy for gov
ClnOr.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-25
GUILTY OF MURDER
IN FIRST DEGREE

Portland. Ore. Oct. 24.-An Oregonian
special from Prineville. Ore. says that
Fred T. Sheppard was today found guilty
Of murder in the first degree for the kill
ing of Il. f. Zell Sheppard, who was
working for Zell in the capacity of a farm
hand. went in the bedroom where Zell
and his wife were sleeping and ordered
them 20 throw up their hands. The cou-
ple escaped from the house Sheppard tax
ing a shot at them as they fled. He fol-
lowed them and shot Zell TO death as he
was entering the barn. He seized Mrs
ZeII. dragged her back to the house and
otherwise maltreated her.
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DREYFUS BRINGS SUIT.

Paris. Oct A.-Major Alfred DreyfuS
has brought suit against the Libre Pa
i'7le for refusing to correct statements
in that paper which were at variance
with the decision of the court of cassa-
tlcn, July II, annulling his condemnation
without retrial. The case will come up
for hearing a fortnight hence.
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SENATOR CLARK ARRIVES.

= New York. Oct. Painted States =
= senator Clark Of Montana arrived =
Today on the steamer Majestic from y
y Liverpool.
senator Clark said he would mot =
= seek reelection to the United States y
senate. His term will expire next 4
March. He said he felt confident =
? mat the next legislature in Montana y
y would be Democratic and that his 4
= successor in the United States SEN =
: ate would be Democrat. =
= senator Clark said that his retire y
= ment from the senate would not y
= mean mean his retirement from active po- =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-25
WARRANT CHARGING
EDITOR WITH LIBEL

San Francisco. Oct. 4.-Judge f. p
ShortalI today issued warrant charging
r. A Crothers. editor Of the Bulletin
with criminal libel The complaint was
made by Abraham Ruef. who bases his
allegation uDon an article published Oct
relating TO the action of the San Fran
cisco board of supervisors and other Of
ficials in negotiating for municipal
water supply. Judge Shortail fixed the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-25
KIDNAPPED DURING NIGHT
Mysterious Disappearance of Miss
Fannie Fennell, Aged Is, of
Birmingham, Ala.

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 24-Mrs. J. H.
Sidebottom reported to the police today
the mysterious disappearance of her
1S-year-old daughter. Miss Fannie Fen
nell, from the family home on North
Twenty-first street. Mrs. SidebottOm
believes her daughter was chloroformed
and kidnapped between midnight and )
o'clock this morning. An examination
of Miss FennelPs room today showed
that she had slept in her bed and left
her clothing undisturbed on a chair.
The mother says an odor of chloroform
pervaded the room. Mrs. Sidebottom
and daughter visited Denver Colo, last
August, and after their return Miss
Fennell, ii is said, began receiving let
tiers from an unknown man, who said
he had seen her first out west and had
followed her to Birmingham. The wri-
ter pTOfessed his love and said he would
kill her if he did not get her. The let
tiers have been turned over to the DO
lice, who are working on the case II
is said a mysterious man in hack Wis
tied the place during the night.
Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 24.-Miss Fannie
Fennel, who mysteriously disappeared
from her home last night, and who, it was
believed by the police was kidnapped, re-
appeared at her mothers home here at
midnight tonight practically dressed in
mems clothing. She does not remember
anything that has taken place during the
day. She says she recovered conscious
alone in a strange room from which she
fled She cannot locate the house and
does not know how she managed to find
her mothers home.
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MAJOR TAGGART DYING.

Columbus, O.. Oct. 24.-Major E. f.
Taggart of divorce fame, who is now
serving i'm the Philippines, is critically
i'll at a military hospital there. He lis
suffering with dysentery and his recov-
cry is said to be doubtful. Lieutenant
Gilmore of the barracks here received
word today from Manila to the above
effect.
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ENORMOUS TOTAL.

Washington. Oct. 24-''The total immi
grafton 20 the United States mry reach
1.1oeo00 people this year. said Secretary
Metcalf of the department. Of commerce
end labor. as he left tho White Hous.s
after brief talk with the president to-
day. The secretary has just returned from
New York, where he investigated con-
Citions at the Ellis Island immigration
station
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-25
TWO MINERS KILLED.

Butte. Mont. Oct 24-Two men lost
their lives in the ]. l. c. mine of the
Amalgamated Copper company through
the explosion of, a blast that went off
premature1y. They are Andrew Finn
aged 45, and Edward Fl. Darlington
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Statute in Question.

Section 4O75. Accessories Defined.-All
persons who after full knowledge that
a felony has been committed conceal it
from the magistrate; or harbOr and pro-
tect the person charged Herewith or con-
victed thereof, are accessories"
This statute was taken from the laws
of California and the wording is identi-
cal At the time this law was incorpO-
rated into the Utah statutes no supreme
court had passed uDOn it Since it has
become a law in this state. however, the
case of the People VS.. Garnet was aD-
pealed 10 the supreme court of Cali
fornia.
The prosecution in that case was made
under the statute and the supreme court
IN its syllabus made two important de-
cisionS which the attorneys for the de-
Tense in the Sheets case said were par
ucularly applicable in the case at bar
One was that an affirmative act of har-
boring or protecting the felOns must be
FroveI-, and the other was that the word
charged as used in the wording of
the statute. implied a formal charge. such
as a written complaint or an indict-
ment. and not mere verbal accusat ton
or belief.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-25

Uncle Waldorf brings home
rocking horse and Uncle Happy
tries to show the kids how to ride.
Result-Trouble. Next Sundays
funny pages.
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Chief of Police George A Sheets was
discharged and the case against him dis
missed yesterday afternoon BY Judge
Armstrong. The decision of Judge Arm
strong followed legal battle between
the attorneys for the prosecution and de-
Tense which lasted two days.
Judge Armstrong, no doubt. based his
decision on that of the supreme court of
Calfornla i'm the case of People VS.. Gar
net, as recorded in the 18th California
reports, which was the only direct an
thority on the statute under which Sheets
was prosecuted
Chief Sheets was accused of the crime
OF accessory after the fact in the Nc
Whlrter robbery in that he concealed the
felony from magistrate and sheltered
ana protected the robbers The statute
under which the prosecution was brought
is as follows
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CHIEF SHEETS
SET At LIBERTY
Judge Armstrong ''UnabIe to
Find That Crime as Charged
Has Been Committed"
SUGGESTS OTHER OFFENCE
INDICATES OPINION THAT EVIL
DENCE SHOWED A CRIME.

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The Lamar register., 1906-06-06

New Rating Machine.
There ia ON exhibition at the Of
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x. p. Lodge organizes.

On Monday night Lamar Lodge
No. 125 K. p. for Colorado was in
stalled by Grand ChsncsIioi Bennett
of Denver 1t is the largest lodge Of
the order ever installed in the state,
starting out with SO charter men,
bers. There was special tram
bringing so visitors from the Las
Animas and La Junta lodges, and
these with few other visiting men,
bers swelled the crowd IN the lodge
room to about $50. The team from
Las Animss conferred the degrees of
the order on the candidates present.
ed, and the thorough manner in
which they did the work impressed
all who had the pleasure Of being
presented to them. The social circle
of the Presbyterian church served an
elegant banquet to the guests and
members at one O'Clock in the morn
ing, which was very necessary as
we'll as enjoyable feature of the oc-
casion. The work was concluded
about five o'clock in the morning and
the visitors left on their special
train about $50.
The following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing term:
A. w. Seabury, g. c.; w. L. Pol
lard, v. c.; H. B. Manville, Prelste;
A. Friedman, NJ. Of W; q. A. Eever-
EFT, NJ. Of A.; Z. A. Bannister, X. of
r. & s.; K. II. Jones, NJ. Of E l..
W. Davies, NJ. of F.; I. j. Main, l.
g.; A. G. Grissom, o. g.; F. II.
Waller, A. v. Erikson, II. L. Cope
land, Trustees.
The installation took place in the
fine lodge room of the Masonic tenn
pie, which that order very gener-
ously donated for the occasion.
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if the principle is once established
and recognized that congress can, by
legislation, control railroad rates in
interstate commerce, the chief
bulwark Of the opposition will have
been broken down.
In this connection another highly
important advantage will be gained
by establishing this precedent in
that it will be demonstrated that the
government is not an enemy to be
feared by transportation lines, but
that it will deal justly with them and
treat them with all due and proper
consideration. The aim of the gov
ernment in respect to the regulation
of rates is to prevent not to commit
injustice, and the railroad companies
have nothing to fear. Public senti-
ment would protect them against
gross wrongs, and they have in sd-
dition the positive assurance OF
President Roosevelt that in select
ing members Of the interstate COM
mission he will refuse to appoint any
man who will not deal justly with
the great corporations as we'll as
with shippers.
A highly important provision in
the bill as it has been agr eed to is
the one prohibiting . common car
rler from transporting articles man
ufactursd, mined or produced by it
or under its authority. This is in
line with a recent decision of the su-
preme court of the United States in
relation to the transportation of coal
by one of the railroads operating in
the East 1t may not be needed as
a provision of the new law in view
of the decision just referred to, but
it will make the situation that much
clearer to both the public and the
managers tof transportation lines
The prohibition thus placed upon the
participation by common carriers in
other lines OF business will protect
independent operators and tend to
greater equality and justice both in
freight rates and in providing means
Of transportation.-Denver Republi-
can.
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younees. Man In Washington.

Speak to Joe Cannon about Can
non for president in 1908 and he
poohpoohs the notion; talks about
his antiquity, and modestly AYERS
that, whatever else he may be, he is
no fool. Or words to that effect
Such Methusslah as he think of
haying boom? Preposterous, my
boy, preposterous. Meanwhile the
inward eye of this Dsnville younker
must wink rapidly and happily.
The exuberant and almost excessive
vitality of Uncle Joe is clear to
everybody. He has no mere nerves
than a Chinsmsn. The banging of
the gavel is low music to him, and a
field day" and half riot in the house
are as gentle massage. There is
no heartier eater, laugher and story
teller in the world; and as he show
ed at his birthday party, he is a
competent handshaker.-New York
Sun.
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from 8 to 10 cents a gallon.

The first bill for densturized al
cohol was introduced in the house
by Representative Murdock Of Kan
sas, who was elected on a platform
of "Redheaded men are needed in
congress"
The advocates of denaturized al
cohol expect that it will revolution
ize heating, lighting and power gen.
Grafton. They expect it will give
the farmers a new and better market
for grains, sugar beet, cane and other
products from which alcohol can be
made. They also e1pct it to:
Supplant gasoline and nsphths in
generating power for automobiles,
launches and small engines.
supplant kerosene as an illumin-
ant, because it does not vitiate the
air, and there is less danger Of e1-
plosions.
Cheaper naphtha, gasoline and
illuminating oils.
Cheaper paints varvishes and per-
fumery.
Increase the manufacture and sale
Of alcohol lamps and chatting dishes.
Cheaper the cost of alcohol used
in the arts.
In addition to there things some
Colorado people expect to afford a
profitable use for sugar beet pulp
aud Gull potatoes, and that it will
supply a cheap source of power by
which irrigation water can be pump
ed by the waste farm products.
Certainly it WAS no mistake to pass
the bill, though it will be probably a
long time before the full benefits of
the measure are made apparent.-E1.
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Tho Importance Of Denatured Al
cohoi

What denatured alcohol is, what
are its uses, and the Importance Of
the measure recently passed by con-
gress releasing that substanbe from
the internal revenue tax is we'll and
briefly set forth in recent number
of the New York World.
Denaturized alcohol is alcohol
mixed with a sufficient quantity of
methyl or wood alcohol or other ma
terials or mixtures to destroy its use
as a beverage or basis for drinks or
medicinal purposes. 1t can be made
from any grain, the refuse of sugar
beet factories, potatoes. fruits, cane
and cssssva. Grain alcohol now
pays an internal revenve tax of $2.O7
a gallon. Denaturized alcohol will
pay no tax. Its advocates expect
that it can be manufactured and sold
as low as 81 a ton. One bushel OF
corn costing not more than 40 cents,
will make five gallons of alcohol.
Illuminating oil costs from IA to 16
cents a gallon, and densturized al
oohol can be manufactured to sell at
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A Strange Rom ance.

Old timers in Lamar, who we're
we'll acquainted with Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam r. Myer and the mystery con-
nected with SANS previous life, will
be interested to learn that his rela-
tionship has been traced out and
Mary, the orphan child of the couple,
has inherited $500 left by her
grandmother on her fathers side.
It will be remembered that short
ly after Sans death man by the
name of Rice living in New York
made inquiries in regard to him and
stated that his description answered
that of his brother, S r. Rice, who
had disappeared from his home in
Michigan years before. At the time
they were unable to trace him out to
q certainty, but about year ago
Mrs. Rice the mother, died and left
a considerable estate, $25O0 Of which
she willed to the daughter Of S. r.
Rice if living. A systematic search
for proofs was then started both by
the brother and by NJ. Strain of La
mar, and the indemnity of S. R.
Mysr a. S. r. Rice was proved suf-
foiently to satisfy the New York
courts, and the money was last week
turned over to the guardian appoint
ed for Mary Myer, whose real name
would be Mary Rice.
Sam left home while still young
man owing to some troubles, and to
hide his identity joined the army at
st. Louis, never having been a cadet
st West Point as many believed. He
was stationed at old Fort Lyon for q
while, and afterwards bad q rather
checkered career until he finally
landed in Lamar in the early 90s.
He would never tell even his own
family anything in regard to his re-
! lations, and died without giving the
least inkling. of his real name or the
whereabouts of his family.
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The Granada baseball team play
ed the Holly aggregation on the
lstter's grounds yesterday, the score
being 18 to 8 in favor of Holly.
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The senate and house conferees
having agreed on the amendments to
the railroad rate bill, that measure
in its amended form will probably
pass both houses within few days.
The fact that most of the senate
amendments have been accepted by
the members of the committee rep
resenting the house indicates de-
oided willingness on the part of the
latter body to secure legislation of
some kind on this subject. This in
fact is the most important thing, for