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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-24
SPRY WILL HAVE
EASY SAILING
Senators Dubois and Burrows Will
Not Fight His Confirma-
ton as Marshal.
UTAH MEMBERS WILL WIN
ROOSEVELT VIRTUALLY SNUBS
THE MICHIGAN SOLON.
(special to The HeraId.l

Washington, Jan. 23.-The Utah SEN
atorial delegation does not anticipate
any serious effort to prevent the con-
firmation Of William Spry to be mar
shall of Utah. Both Senators SmOot
and Sutherland had discussed the
situation very fully with the presl-
dent, and the latter understood 1t
thoroughly and was prepared to act
in conformity with the recommends
ton of the delegation whenever 1t was
formally made. For this reason there
was no delay upon the presidents part
when the recommendation was sent
him.
Senators Dubois and Burrows, who
are the recognized leaders of the OPP
position to Mormonism and to Senator
SmOot in the senate both stated today
that they did not intend opposing the
confirmation Of Spry. When asked If
he intended to oppose the confirmation
of the newly appointed marshal, Sena-
tor Burrows said:
Your question is the first intima-
ton I have had that there is to be any
opposition to Spry or his confirmation.
You may state for me that L have no
intention of preventing his cOnfirma-
ton or trying TO do so.'
Senator Dubois was equally en-
phatic in disavowing any intention of
interfering In Utah appointments. He
did not oppose the confirmation OF
Bishop Woolley when a word from
him would have prevented him from
getting the place of superintendent OF
the Boise assay office, and will not
take part in an effort should they be
made to prevent Spry from getting the
marshalship.
Notwithstanding Senator Burrows
disavowal, it is believed by Spry's
friends in Salt Lake that the Michi-
gan senator visited the president and
protested against the appointment OF
Mr.. 6pry, even before the Utah -sena-
tors made their recommendation.
President Roosevelt then informed
Mr.. Burrows that he would be guided
by the recommendation Of the two
senators directly concerned.
To emphasize his attitude, the presf-
dent did not wait a day after the rec
ommendation of Mr.. Spry by the Utah
senators was made. He sent the ap-
pointment to the senate Immediately.
The haste with which he sent it is re-
garded as being due in part to a de-
sire to free himself Of responsibility
and put the matter up to the senate,
and partly snub to Senator Burrows
for interfering with the patronage
matters of a state which he does not
represent.
The nomination Of Mr.. Spry is in
the hands Of the judiciary committee,
OF which Senator Clarence D. Clark
Of Wyoming is chairman. 1t is said
that a majority of the committee, in
Guiding the chairman, is favorable to
permitting the Utah senators to have
free hand in the disposition of pat
ronage in their state, and this attitude
may have something to do with the
decision Of the anti-Smoot leaders to
let Spry's nomination go through.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-24


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= dad, Jan. 23.-The French cruisers z
= Desaix and Juren De La Graviere, =
y sailed from here today, presum- =
= ably for I.aguaira, Venezuela.
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Paris, Jan. 23.-President Loubet
presided today at a cabinet council
held in the Elysee palace, at which
Premier Rouvier announced that he
had received a communication from
Ambassador Jusserand to the effect
that the United States did not consider
French naval demonstration against
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-24

Tell our want column your
troubles.
We beat the policeman.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09
MONON REDUCES RATES
THE LITIGATION DISMISSED
Road Lowers Its Rates on Carrying
Indiana Coal From 25 to q " Per
cent-Railroad Commission Mott
fled Of Il.

By slashing cut of from 25 to
81 1-2 per cent, in all rates on Indiana
coal. the Monon railroad has practi-
cally cleaned the boards of its many
differences with the Railroad Com
mission.
Steps have been taken recently by
representatives of the railroad to
come to some basis of settlement of
the cases that are pending in the APP
pellate Court between the Monon and
the commission, and Saturday it was
announced that the commission had
received list of revised coal rates
affecting every town on the Monon
railroad.
These rates are in harmony with
those promulgated by the commits
sion and previously contested by the
railroad so the commission ordered
the suits it had pending against the
Monon dismissed. One appeal the
railroad has against the commits
sion was not dismissed by the Mo
non. owing to the fact that this suit
brings up the constifutionality of the
Railroad Commission law. The com
mission, however, was to move for
the dismissal of this suit in the APP
peIlate Court yesterday on the
ground that the rate differences that
led to this suit have been settled.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09
WHITEWATER IS HONORED
INVITED TO INDIANAPOLIS
Deqree Team of the Local Lodge of
Odd Fellows Will Put on First De-
gree Work Before Grand Lodge
November 20.

The degree staff of Whitewater
Lodge, |. O. o. F. of this city has
been highly honored by Grand Mas
ter Hollywood, who in a letter re-
ceived yesterday by l.. A. Handley,
secretary of Whitewater lodge, for
mally and officially invites the de-
gree staff to visit Indianapolis on the
night of November 20, during the ses-
sion of the Grand Lodge, and exem-
plify the First Degree.
The invitation has been accepted
and Whitewater team will immedi-
ately set to work rehearsing for the
event On Friday night of this week
at the regular session of Whitewater
lodge the team will discuss matters
relative to the forthcoming visit.
Perhaps no other degree team in In
diana in any order has gained a great
er distinction than Whitewater, and
the fact that an invitation has been
received from the Grand Lodge to ex
emplify the ritualistic teachings of
Odd Fellowship, indicates the high
place the organization holds in the
State.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09
CAPT. Comfy GETS
BACK FAIR NAME
Court Martial Acquits Him and
Secretary of Navy Ap-
proves the Action.
TRIAL COURT UNANIMOUS
Comfy HAD BEEN CHARGED
WITH NEGLECT OF DUTY FOR
ALLOWING ALABAMA TO COL.
LIDE WITH ILLINOIS.
Publishers Pres~

Washington, Oct. S.-Ac<ing Secre-
;tary of the Navy Newberry today for
ally approved the verdict of acquittal
in the case OF Captain Samuel p Com
ly, United States Navy, who was re-
Gently tried by court martial on the
charge of neglect of duty. Captain
Comfy commanded the battleship Al
ALBANIA last July when that ship col
lided with the battleship Illinois off
Newport, r. l.. and his trial was or
dered by the secretary of the navy on
the recommendation of a court of in
quiry which Investigated the acci-
dent.
One high Official of the navy depart
ment said today that Captain Comfy
should never have been tried as it
was evident from the outset that he
was in no wise responsible for the col
lision of his ship with the Illinois. 1t
unanimous in its finding of mot
guilty"
The navy department today receiv
ed the findings of the court martial in
the case of lieutenant Alfred W. Pres
sey. who was officer of the Deck on
the Alabama at the time of the COLI
sion. II is believed that a verdict
of mot guilty was also reached in
his case.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09
EDITOR UP FOR CONTEMPT
Henry o. Eidridge Called to Answer
for Editorial Criticism-Case
at Goshen.

Goshen. Ind. October s. tSpI)--
Henry O. Eldrigee, editor of the Mid
dlebury Independent, has created a
sensation by intimating through the
columns of his newspaper, that Judge
James s. Dodge. of the Thirty-fourth
judicial district, has been influenced
in his decision by peanut politics
& bench warrant for Eldridge has
been issued by Judge Dodge. for al
legged contempt of court. and he has
been cited to appear on the 10th inst
Judge Dodge has excluded the press
from his dockets and records He has
issued orders not to allow newspaper
men inside the bar of the courtroom
nor in any of the offices under the
control of the court. Judge Dodge's
radical decisions have caused much.
comment among lawyers and many
appeals have been taken from his
court.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09
Trouble is Found in Getting a
Jury to Try the Young So
Ciety Leader.
GOOD COUNSEL EMPLOYED
HARD FIGHT WILL BE MADE TO
EXHONERATE EX-MANAGER OF
GARMENT COMPANY OF EN-
EMBEZZLEMENT.

The trial of George C. Benham,
the young society leader of Muncie,
we'll known in Richmond began yes
terday. Young Benham it is alleged
misappropriated funds while mana
ger and secretary of the Muncie Gar
ment Company. A dispatch from Nun
Gle relative to the case says:
Nearly the entire day was spent in
an effort to get a jury to try George
C.Benham. the ex manager ana ex,sec
retary of the Muncie Garment com
pany, on charges growing out OF the
wrecking of that institution and his
alleged appropriation of sums of mon
ey said to aggregate about $45, 900.
Everybody in the county, almost has
read in the newspapers the story of
Benham, society leader and respect
ed young business man. and many of
the prospective jurymen had formed
or expressed some opinion. In addi-
ton to the regular Circuit Court jury
a special venire of thirty-five names
had been drawn Late in the day, how
ever, a jury was completed and Pros
ecutor Albert E. Needham outlined
the case of the State. Benham, home
from summer spent in the north,
seems to have gained some flesh but
he shows plainly the effects of worry.
The thirty-six charges brought
against him by the officers of the
bankrupt company include forgery.
grand larceny, embezzlement and OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
Four of the charges have been COM
bined in the trial that is now in pro-
gress. For Benham's defense there
appear Henry NJ. Span, of Indianapo-
lis, and ex-State Senator Walter l..
Ball, of Muncie. Prosecutor Bert
Needham. in charge of the States in
terests has always been friend of
the accused while VIII II. Thompson
& Thompson, assisting the States at
torney, was member of the same
social clubs TO which Benham be-
longed'
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09
ROAD is NOT FOR SALE
President Bradford of Wisconsin Gen.
soIidattion With C. c. & L.

Cincinnati, Oct. S.-W. A. Brad
ford, president of the c. c. & l.. and
the new president of the Wisconsin
Central, says that the Wisconsin Cen
trail is not for sale to any person or
syndicate, and that it will not be
joined with the c. c. & L., but will
continue its connections as at pres
ent
The statement of Mr.. Bradford dis
pels the reports that the Wisconsin
Central is in the market to be pur
chased by the highest bidder. From
all indications here will be har-
mony of interests between the c. c..
& L. and the Wisconsin Central, as
soon as the former again gets an en-
trance into Chicago
The Wisconsin Central is 1000
miles long, enters Chicago, st. Paul,
Milwaukee and other Northwest CEN
ters, and is now building to Duluth.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09
Root, Cannon and Shaw will
Deliver Speeches in New
York Campaign.
TAFT BOOKED FOR WEST
ROOSEVELT is TO PLAY A THINK
ING PART AND WILL NOT, UN-
DER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
TAKE THE STUMP.

Washington. October S.-Secretary
of State Elihu Root is to make cam
paign speech in New York city on Oc-
tober %. He will speak in Carnegie
Hall This announcement was made
today by Chairman Sherman, of the
Republican congressional committee,
after conference with the President.
Mr.. Sherman also announced that
Secretary Shaw and Speaker Cannon
would take an active part in the New
York campaign.
Mr.. Sherman also said that Secre+
tary Taft would be asked to take q,
part in the campaign if he found it
convenient to do so after his return
from Cuba. If he consents the Secre-.
tary will be asked to speak in the
West
1t originally was intended to send
Secretary Taft to Wisconsin, Missou-
ri and Iowa.
Roosevelt Gives Advice.
Representative Sherman Senator
Penrose, of Pennsylvania. and Repre-
sentative Overstreet, of Indiana, had
conference with President Roose-
welt at the White House last night in
regard to campaign work.
There has been no suggestion in
any responsible quarter that the Pres
ident will make speeches in the New
York campaign said Mr.. Sherman.
1T would be unprecedented No one
in authority has even thought of ask
ing the President to speak
In discussing the situation in New
York State and elsewhere with Mr.
Sherman, the President is following
out the wishes of the party leaders
that they have the benefit of his ad-
vice in the conduct of their election
eering work.
President Aids Hughes.
In the talk that he had with
Charles f. Hughes on October /,
while the Presidents train was run
ming between Jersey City and Tren-
ton, the President made several sug-
gestions to Mr.. Hughes, and he will
not hesitate to indicate his views as
to the course the Republicans should
pursue in the State and congression
al contests. AS Mr.. Sherman declared
however, the President has not been
asked and there is no thought of ask
ing him to speak in the New York
campaign
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09
INJURED IN A RUNAWAY
Arthur Leisure is Lacerated by a
Barbed Wire Fence-Second
Accident of the Kind.

Rushville, Ind, Oct. s. (SpD-
While Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Leisure
and little child were driving TO this
city from their home, near Hender-
son, their horse ran away, upsetting
the buggy into a barbed wire fence
and demolishing it. Mrs. Leisure and
babe were thrown clear of the fence
and escaped with but few bruises.
Mr.. Leisure, however, held on to the
lines and was dragged along the
fence. His clothes were badly torn TO
shreds and his flesh was badly lacer
ated, especially about the right arm.
This is the second accident of the
kind that has occurred in Rush coun-
ty within week DR.. Cregor, of Car
thage, being injured in exactly the
same way.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09
Present Banking Room and
Store Rooms of ThoS. F.
Mcdonnell and VIM. E. Jen-
kinS to Be Used.
WILL BE 2 STORIES HIGH
AND is TO COST $4,000
Capital Stock of Institution
Will be Increased to $751;
600, Making 1t Strongest
Bank in Eastern Indiana.

f2ichmonds and Eastern Indiana s
biggest bank institution. the Second
National Bank is not only to increase
its capital stock to s250,000, but the
bank also is soon to have new home
which will be adequate to it's needs.
as well as being an architectural
thorOughfare.
For many weeks it has been known
that the Second National Bank con
templated these things, but it was not
until yesterday that formal announce
ment was made relative to the action
of the Board of Directors at the meet
ing held on Saturday.
Resources will BE $625 900.
The present capital of the Second
National bank is $150,000. the surplus
is S150,000 and the undivided profits
amount to $4,000. Additional stock
to the value of S1OO,O0O will be issued
in due course of time and will be sold
for $250.000. The money thus raised
will be divided as follows: 100000 ad-
ditional capital, making the total cap
ital of the bank s250.000 and s15O.000
will be added to the surplus fund.
This will give the Second National
bank total resources of $625, 900, max
ing it one of the strongest banking in
stitutions in the middle west, and
three times stronger than any bank
in Eastern Indiana.
Though the new stock will not be is.
sued for several weeks, options have
already been taken upon the entire
amount, the present stockholders hav-
ing been given the first opportunity to
subscribe to the new block of stock
In addition to the present stockhold-
ers. the new issue will bring into the
institution number of prominent and
very substantial business men who
Nave heretofore not been identified
with the Second National
Building to Cost SIS, 1000.
Furthermore, the enlarged Second
National Bank will in the near future
commence the construction of what
will be when completed, the finest
banking building in Indiana, not ex-
cepting Indianapolis. The new struc-
ture will be erected upon the site of
the building occupied at present by
the Second National Bank, McDon-
nell's drug store and the Jenkins Jew
'elry store. giving frontage of sixty
six feet on Main street and depth
extending from Main to the first alley
north. The cost of the structure will
be approximately $4,000, including
the furnishings.
The plans originally contemplated
called for an office building of per-
haps five or six stories in height. but
within the past week the directors
have decided that the new structure
shall be banking house exclusively,
and it is likely, therefore. that the
structure will not be over two stories
in height. The plans have not been
drawn and the material that will be
used has not been definitely decided
upon.
1t cannot be told at this time just
when work on the banks new home
will begin, though likely it will be sew
eral months. During the visit of d.
G.. Reid to Richmond, the past week.
matters concerning the building pro-
ject were discussed and the plans in
general agreed upon as above stated
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09
Executive Committee OF the
Association Made Arrange
mentS for Musical Treat at
Meeting Last Night.
TO SOLICIT GUARANTEE
FUND IN NEXT FEW DAYS
A French Cantat May be I'M
Ported by Prof. Earhart
and Sung by Big Chorus
SoIoiStS Without Peer.

At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee for the 1907 May Musical Fes-
tival, held last night at the sales.
rooms of the Starr Piano Company.
it was practically decided that the,
Theodore Thomas Orchestra should,
be engaged for next years event.
This. however, will depend largely,
upon the support that is given the
management by the people of Rich
mond as either the entire one
thousand tickets must be sold, or
guarantee fund of $4,000 be raised
before the orchestra can be booked.
The work of raising the guarantee
fund will be begun at once. and it is
thought that this can be completed
by the latter part of this week. 1t is
thought that the merchants who have
heretofore subscribed to this fund
will gladly do SO again, because of
the fact that the festival has always
been paying venture. and they
have not been called upon to pay
their share. of the guarantee fund
To import French Cantata.
One of the probable features OF
next years event will be the render
ing of a French Cantata. by thd
Richmond chorus under the direction
of Prof. Earhart. The selection which
Prof. Earhart hopes to be able TO
give will be entirely original in this
country. never having been given In
the United States. The actual work
of the rehearsing for the festival
will not begin until the larger attrac-
tions are booked.
According to the statement of Prof.
Earhart the Theodore Thomas Or
chestra will carry with it one of the
best quarters known in musical cir
cles in this country.
It is composed of Corainne-R Rider
Kelsy. soprano; Janet Spencer. con-
tralto Edward Johnson, tenor: and
Herbert Witherspoon. bass. Three of
the members of this organization
were soloists at the Cincinnati May
Musical Festival this year and re-
ceived great praise for their work.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09
BEVERIDGE BEGINS
TOUR NEXT WEEK
The Senior Senator To Speak
in Many Towns Through
out the State.
DISCUSSES THE ISSUES
BEFORE LEAVING FOR BOSTON,
MASSACHUSETTS,, POINTS OUT
SOME TARIFF SCHEDULES
WHICH SHOULD BE REVISED.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. s. (Spl.)-
night for Boston, where tonight he ad-
dressed the Republicans of Boston in
the opening of the campaign. Before
leaving the senator had some inter
esting comments to make on the pres
ent political problems.
The present campaign is more
of eulogy than anything else he
said There is universal approval
of the great laws that were passed by
the last congress. BY these l mean
the railroad rate law, the meat inspec-
tion law and the pure food law No
one is complaining about them, so
that there is nothing for us to defend
along those lines.
AS to future issues, there is gen
eral approval of railroad regulation
and absolutely none for Governme Mt
ownership of railroads. This senti
ment is found everywhere. | be-
lieve that there are some schedules
in the tariff that should be revised,
anu WHtleNcI L nave SdIu IuIS lily
speeches, there has been universal
approval. | do not mean that there
should be tariff tearup, but that
changed conditions require some re-
adjustment in some particular places.
Occupation of Cuba.
From what l can judge of the ex-
pressions of the people where l have
been it seems to be the general opin-
ion that at some time our occupation
of Cuba must become permanent. If
we establish a new government in
Cuba and then leave it to them, there
will be another breakup just as there
all the people in the tropics. There
fore, the public seems to think there
will be necessity for permanent oc-
cupation. When this will occur is
another mat er.
When Senator Beveridge returns to
Indiana he will make speeches in the
state campaign as follows: Logans-
port, October II; Richmond, October
Is; Noblesville, October 19; Dunkirk,
October 20; Hammond, October %;
Warsaw, October %; Winamac, Oc-
tober "a; Terre Haute, October 25;
Bloomington, October 26; Linton, Oc-
tober 81; Knightstown, October %
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09
DESKS LATE IN ARRIVING
1t Was Not Possible to Open the New
School in District No. II as
Contemplated.

Owing to the fact that the desks
had not arrived for the new district
School No. II. just west Of the city.
the regular winter sessions of the
school did not begin yesterday. as was
contemplated by S-pt- Jordan and
Trustee Potter.
All of the other fixtures of the
school building are completed and
ready for use. 1t is thought by the
authorities that school can be begun
next Monday and plans will be laid
to that end.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-09
Bryan to Speak at Eaton.

Dayton, o.. Oct g. (SpD-The al
legged itinerary of w. J. Bryan was
sent over the wires Saturday,, but
Chairman CARRIER declares that SO far
as it concerns Ohio it is entirely
wrong He has not yet given out the
assignments of Mr.. Bryan in this
state. Mr.. Campbell stated in mis-
Hamilton speech that Mr.. Bryan
would in each county of the Third
district, and il is expected that the
speeches will be made in Dayton.
Hamilton and Eaton.