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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07

Guiding engineers, flremen. conductors
aud brakemen) was injured. During
the same period one trainman in every
1856 was killed. Think OF it--in Il single
twelvemonth. ON the other hand, only
one passenger was Killed for every H.
SS3,706 carried, and one injured for ev-
cry 1924 The average passenger traV-
els 2,9l6,2I2 miles before he is injured
and he goes 57O72.2S3 miles before he Is
killed
Some railroads require that blocks of
wood shall be fitted into all frogs, thus
rendering them harmless. but the adop-
ton of this precautlon ought 20 be made
compulsory, The frog Is a N-shapeis
opening nj place where two rails APP
proach each other. Anybody who stepe
incautiCusly into such an opening 10
apt TO have his foot caught. so thar he
cannot extricate it-at all events not
until an approaching train has had
time to run over him
II there happens to be a mail car 90
train in smashup It Is nearly al
ways crushed to pieces About 400 mai'
clerks are thus killed or wounded every
year.
Speaking of precautions. It may be
mentioned incidentally that the So
called cowcatcher intended to serve a
useful purpose, Is today purely orna-
mental. When the locomotive striker
a man, going at the high speed OF these
modern days, It does not matter much
how he is hit II Is for this reason-
because il has no practical value TO?
throwing COWS or human beings off the
track---tnat the C0NCatCher, where re-
tanned, has preserved its primitive
form.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07

ago by announcing himself cham-
pion OF Socialism and shortly after
wards attending the Millionaire So
ciallst conference" called by j. g..
Phelps Stokes at the lattcr's villa at
Noroton Point, Conn. has again come
into the public limelight by his recent
speeches In which he described AM
drew Carnegie as "A drone" who Hives
off labor" urged the conhscstion Of
American railroads py the people, and
announced his intention OF financing
n Socialist daily newspaper
Regarding the famous ironmaster
Mr.. Patterson said.
IA pensoncr. living off the bounty
OF workmen employed in the South
Chicago steel mills and the other great
foundries Of the United States Steel
corporation. otherwise the steel trust,
f. what Andrew Carnegie has become
since he ceased to do any industrlaly
productive work. You ought to confis-
cate the property OF such drones as
this man Carnegie, and II you want TO
SO ahead and DO Il ! am with you.
am not afraid OF such a move"
In his speech announcing the forth
coming Socialist newspaper which Will
make It's first appearance I'm Chicago
within six months Mr.. Patterson had
this to say about the railroad ques-
ton:
IF we want TO take over the rail-
roads there is only one way To take
them over. and that is TO take them
over, coufiscate them"
Every year the railroads take from
the American people S525,000,0J0 In In
terests and dividends on stock OF
which three fourths Is water and the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
The Crown of Gold.

"rhe late Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
the negro poet said an editor, "once
addressed Sunday school In New
York. ! heard the address. II was
delightful. An odd incident happened,
though, at It's end-sn incident that
Dunbar laughed at as heartily as the
rest of us.
Dunbar, towards the close of his re-
marks. said
land. my little friends, II YOU do
all these things, some day YOU will wear
d gold crown
"A little chap on the front row, catch
ing The poets friendly eye. pipeG:
My father wears one now
mot said the poet.
Yes, he does--on his toof,' said the
little chap
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07

rtr modern car OF Juggernaut Is
the railway locomotive. which
every year Stays its thousands
,ov its tens of thousands--in
:, ,,tted states. During the last year
zoe persons were killed on the iron
s"ads Of this country and 55,4s6 were In
jured, "a 90. ,o..,,,,
ma and injured on the railroads OF
Ana United States in single twelve
.,or,h. In the bloody Crimean conflict
,.e british lost 900 In slain and
..onnded-hardly more than third OF
'ho number killed. manned and man
la an our railways during the last
.r Al the battle OF Sedan, when
lied the fate OF the second empire
n france, the losses on poth sues were
~ ,I, less than the killed and wounded
il'N ,he rail I'm this country last year.
" i,ineton won Waterloo and Meade
rWn,,vsburg with losses Of 23,lS5 and
o. ooS respectively and the total loss on
~ sides at Shiloh In the two days
.,,urderous fight did not reach 1900.
paIlroads In foreign countries iniilct
such wholesale slaughter they
SSye accidents, but comparatively few
S mem, and with no loss Of life AND
Mn comparable to that suffered IN
.na limited states. Why Is this so?
Wa,nly because the railways are COM
.aIled TO adopt safety contrivances and
ather precautions for the protection OF
M ssengers and employees.
For one thing, the railroads. or the
IA. hA tpl l,d
a. don't q standard cara car that Is
10 say, which Is standard IN strength,
Weight and capacity. The interstate
commerce commission Is OF the opinion
,hat this precautlon alone would save
more than half of the lives now lost by
disastrous collisions.
The fact is that ears can be made ac-
cident proof TO great extent, Indeed,
,be vehicles which We call parlor cars
correspond In measure to this descrp-
,on statistics carefully compiled prove
that of two passengers who board a
train together. he who enters palace
coach has only one chance OF getting
hurt before his journeys end. against
as chances for his fellow passenger who
takes one OF the common coaches. mus
Il would appear that the best possible
accident insurance when travelling IL
a paror car seat.
At the same time, under present
conditions, parlor cars are cause of
great loss of life and limb. In case Of
accident they smash and telescope the
lighter and weaker coaches. What.
then. is the moral? 1t Is simply that
All the cars on given train should be
of the same weight and strength. For
safety II is not necessary that they
should be very heavy; the weight Of
paror cars is largely IN their ornamen-
fatal work. And they need not cost
much more than ordinary cars,
The stories of railroad smash-ups
have a gruesome similarity. The mail
clerks are usually killed outright. The
occupants of the smoker and the first
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
"SCOTTY" IN THE TOLLS.

Walter Scott. Familiarity known as
"Scotty." the desert mystery who
flashed a big roll of grecnbacks on
HE country some months ago, is now
believed to be nothing but a cheap
desert desperate, who has used his
dream gold mine in Death Valley
New, as a means OF Turing eastern
capitalists TO the desert for robbery.
Following mis- arrest IN Portland,
Or, last week at the instigation OF
The Los Angeles authorities many cir
cumstances have developed bearing
cut the growing suspicion that Scott
Is dangerous fraud
In Los Angeles "Scotty' has long
been regarded as n fraud, and men
conyersant with the desert and Death
valley say that he has no mine there.
II is limited that the money paid the
santa Fe railroad for his spectacular
irlp east was either Santa Fe money
Tor advertising purposes or was OBJ
lained by "Scotty" In some dubious
way
There are many conflicting stories
nbout the recent fight on the way to
Death Valley, In which Warner Scott,
brother OF "Scotty," was seriously
wounded. He now lies in hospital In
Los Angeles.
II seems that the New York capital
ls's' who have been putting up money
10 prospect "Scotty's" alleged mines,
sent three mining experts to view the
properties, and while on the way
mere the party was fired upon from
ambush and Warner Scott badly hurt.
j Deing alleged that this was plot
0t 'Scotty's' to scare the experts from
me country.
Warrants are also out for other
members OF the "Scotty" outfit
scotty' Is held on a charge of as
@ult with deadly weapon, made by
member of tho last party "Scotty"
legged gold mine.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
IIilrnOrs

Come TO the surface In the spring az
w no other season. It's pity they
p9n run themselves all off that way;
put In spite OF pimples and other erup-
, IONS they mostly remain In the sys-
'em That's bad.
noods Sarsaparilla removes them
,nn cures all the painful and dishgur-
cies uouDles they cause. Nothing else
Senses the system and clears the
complexion like Hoods.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
What the Allmcnt Was.

A new England statesman was re-
forring TO the dry humor OF the late
Senator Hoar. when he was reminded
OF the following
one day Senator lioar learned that
a friend in Worcester, who had been
thought to have appendicitis. was In
reality suffering from acute lndiges-
ton.
Whercupon the senator smiled gem
tally, Really" said he that's good
news. ] rsioice for my friend that
the trouble lies In the table of con-
tents rather than in the appendix. -.
Harper's Weekly.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
4 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH
or GOOD.

II have been afflicted with kidney and
bladder trouble for years, passing gTavel
or stones with excruciating palm, says
A II. Thuncs, vol known coal opera
tor 90 Buffalo, q. III got no relief from
medicine until ! began taking Foley's
Kidney Cure then the result was surpris-
ing. A few doses started the brtck-dust-
like substance and now I have no pain
across my kidneys aud | feel like q new
man, lt has done me 1900 worth Of good
Foley's Kidney cure will cure every form
OF kidney on bladder disease. sold by r. ).
Hill Drug co.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07

workers are underpad ana forced 10
slave long hours to pay dividends on
this wutered stock"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-07
Stationery and toilet articles

GOOD QUALITY WRITING PAPER
--One quire and one pack OF envelopes
TO match; Easter 10
price, Observation-Disclosures. e.. iZc
BINDERS TAR and Antisceptic
Soap--A regular 25c value on
Easter price. cake. ........... %OC
ISABEL CASSIDY'S CREAM BF,A-
TRlCE and La Baronesse All colo
Cream; recognized SOC values; 40.
Edster price. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. N~~
East aisle-Maln store.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-24
DUNN WORKS ON
OWL CAR PLANS
INVITES COMMITTEE TO CALL
ON HIM
General Disgust Grows Over Houeh-
toms Disregard of Peope-Late
Night Car Service Fully
Assured

1--WE certainly are taking active steps
to provide late night street car serv-
Ice. The various heads of departments
are making estimates of the cost of
running cars at various times during
the night. 1 expect these figures will
be completed this week. If the special
committee waits on me early next
week 1 will probably have something
to say to it."
This was the statement made by w.
E. Dunn, personal attorney for H. e.
Huntington, to a representative of
The Herald yesterday afternoon, and 1t
is now up to the special owl car COM
mittee of the council, and especially
Doc Houghton, to get busy the first
of next week.
In saying directly that he was max
ing active preparations for an all-night
street car service, Mr.. Dunn has set at
rest the complaints of Houghton that
Dunn wouldn't do anything, anyhow,
If the committee hammered at him to
the end of time. Mr.. Dunn has taken
away every vestige of Houghton'S ex-
cuse for his dilatoriness and placed
the chairman of the special committee
in a position where he must assume
the aggressive or forever be locked
upon with the eye of suspicion.
But Houghton hasn't had any time
for owl cars lately Tuesday and
Wednesday he attended the Repub-
lican county convention at Venice, busy
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-24
CALIFORNIA C CAT CLUB Is FORMED
BEFRIEND THOMISES AND KITTIES

the fine breeds thereof: and to encour-
age and promote among all persons,
and especially the young proper ideas
relating to the care and protection of
all kinds of domestic cats" etc, ad
infinitum.
Let no unregenerate so betray his
utter wickedness as to insinuate that
a cat manufactory is Unnecessary; or
that there are already more cats prac-
ticing vocal selections during the small
hours than mans slumber can well
suffer
Let him thank the kind Fates, and
more especially the Southern California
National Cat club, that the feline's
touching strain may soon be heard in
all parts of this hitherto neglected
city.
Herculean Task
But when the Southern California
National Cat club begins It's herculean
task Of encouraging and promoting
among all persons, and especially
among the young, proper ideas relating
to the care and protection of domestic
cats"-when 1t opens its much needed
campaign for a Geological institute
let the members remember that 1t was
no child who wrote those dark, sinister
lines:
Tell me not in mournful numbers
Cats are harmless little things;
For the man is dead that slumbers
When cat at midnight sings"
While the budding innocence of
youth may receive with gladness the
glorious truth, the hardened heart of
his father will not incline so readily
to the straight and narrow way.
Let the missionary work begin with
the father, and the son will catch 1t
from his elder, and ever running
through their minds those strong
words of Billy the great: "The man
that Is not moved with concord of
sweet sounds is fit for treasons, strata
gems and spoils'' let them proceed to
the glorious work of instilling into the
rising-as well as the instrumentation
a proper regard for the dignity of
the cat
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-24
SAYS HE SAW LITTLE "RLlLLA"
SHOOT HUBBY
Crime Was Committed, He Declares,
Because She Was Embarrassed
at Being Found on Her Hus-
bands Lap

An anonymous letter, probably writ
ten by some hysterical girl, was re-
ceived yesterday by attorneys repre-
senting Ernest G. Stackpole, who, hav-
ing been convicted of the murder of
Joel Scheck, is to be sentenced to life
Imprisonment Saturday morning.
The letter is supposed to be the con-
fession of an eyewitness to the
tragedy. The writer states that he
is married man. and that he must
conceal his identity so that his wife
won't know he was intimate with
Mrs. Scheck. The letter, however, is
SO crude and fanciful that it Is thought
to be a creation of some woman's
mind, probably having been written
by one of the many infatuated fair
ones who listened eagerly to the smut
disclosed during the trial.
The epistle further states that the
writer is overburdened with the dread
full thought that a terrible wrong is
about to be done in the sentencing of
Stackpole to states prison for life.
The supposed man announces that
he sat in the court room all through
the trial, that with quivering pulse and
streaming eyes he heard the story of
Mrs. Scheck and that he knew she lied.
He then confessed in stinted form that
he had been an eyewitness to the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-24
SAN PEDRO FREIGHTERS
UNL0ADED UNDER GUARD
STRIKERS PLACES ON CATALINA
BOATS ARE FILLED
Deputies From Long Beach and Los
Angeles See That There Is No In
terruptlon of Work on Harbor
Craft

Under guard by deputy marshals
from Long Beach and deputy sheriffs
from Los Angeles, the work of un-
loading the two big freighters, Rival
Dollar and Melville Dollar, continued
yesterday at San Pedro without inter-
ruption from the strikers.
The union men, however, accused
the officers of preventing men inside
the lines from stopping work, an ac-
cusation which was denied immedi-
ately, the deputies declaring that any
strike breaker was at liberty to join
the strikers any time he wished tc
do so.
AS a general proposition there has
been no change in the situation.
Yesterday the railroads brought In
a few additional men but not more
than enough to make good the losses
by desertion to the strikers ranks.
The Wilmington Transportation
company has succeeded in filing the
places Of men who struck on the
Catalina boats and the service has
continued according to schedule with.
out interruption.
The strikers show no disposition tC
yield, though their fight at present
seems to be we'll nigh hopeless.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-24
JILTED AND BLAMEs CITY
Cabinet Maker Declares His Arrest
Caused Marriage Plans to Go
Awry and Wants $4,000
Special TO The Herald

Special TO The Herald
CHICAGO, Aug. 23.-Eric Nordstrom,
the West Side cabinetmaker who has
filed suit against the city of Chicago
for $4,000 because Mathilde Svenson
broke her engagement to marry him in
1899, spent yesterday at his home at 1927
South Oakley avenue, planning his line
of legal attack and meditating on the
wrong done him seven years ago. The
popping of firecrackers and torpedo
canes about his home only served to
increase his sense of injury.
Sure, / sued for twenty thousand" Z"
said Nordstrom, who is acting as his
own lawyer. "Mathilde was good girl
and she was all ready to marry me, and
then a policeman arrested me and it
was all off He was just trying to keep
me from marrying Mathilde and he did
It,"
Mathilde not only threw Eric over,
but married a rival and is now joint
proprietor of a candy store on Sedg-
wick street. Because of this fact the
Rev. Herman Lindskog, who performed
the ceremony is made the defendant in
a separate suit.
The police officer who fell under the
ban of Eric's displeasure is Sergt. S.
T. Cullinan, now at the East Chicago
avenue station.
"Nordstrom's dippy." said Cullinan
succinctly in explaining the situation
yesterday.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-24
WESTERN PACIFIC
BORES TUNNELS
REMARKABLE ENGINEERING IS
CALLED FOR
"The straIghtest Line With the Least
Grade" Is the order to construo-
tIon Force-eeneraI Rail-
road News

The western Pacific is perfecting
plans to enter California and when the
road is completed 1t will be one of the
greatest railroad engineering features
in modern times.
The engineers in charge have instruc-
tlons to keep one object in view the
straightest line with the least grades
To accomplish this forty-five tunnels
will be bored in eastern California be-
tween Oroville and Beckwith Pass. In
stead of going around mountains the
western Pacific is going through.
The longest Of the tunnels is that at
the head Of Spring Garden, twelve miles
east of Quincy. This is cut under the
ridge dividing the north and middle
forks of the Feather river. 1t will be
over 1000 feet in length when completed.
The next longest tunnel on the road
will be the one under Beckwith pass.
This will be over 1000 feet in length,
and it is being bored at both ends.
The third tunnel will probably be the
most difficult engineering feat of all.
as it will be cut through solid rock for
1900 feet. This will be north of Quincy
on Spanish creek.
The eastern end of the track Of the
Western Pacific has now reached a
point twenty-five miles beyond Salt
Lake. and the steel bands are now
skirting along the southern shore Of
the Great Salt Lake, heading on to the
point where they turn westward, bound
for the desert Ahead of the track
laying machine and gang the grade is
completed some eight or ten miles.
ready for the steel. From the lake
shore to the desert, a distance of some
fifty miles, the grade is in a forward
condition, but not entirely completed.
Notwithstanding the shortage of labor,
satisfactory progress is being made
with all the work. Altogether some 200
men are employed, seventy-five with
the tracklaying machine and at the
material yards, and some 125 on the
grading work.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-24

lie is accomplishing something in the
world"
This is the explanation Mr.. Steis son
gave when asked how it was that he
was in town hard at work in midsum-
mer. He is free from affectation. and
has a determined face. The only OBJ
lection to the marriage between Stetson
and his sweetheart was their youth,
and, fearing to raise the issue with
their parents, they slipped over to New
York and were married on June 22
Mr.. and Mrs. Stetson are making
their home for the present at Idro, the
country estate OF the Stetsons at Ash
bourne. Mrs. Stetson is daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Lewis of Ogcntz.
Although cnlY 1S years old, Mr. Stet-
sons bride Is an expert >equestrienne.
At the last norse show held at st.
Martins Green she and her favorite
horse, Prude, carried off the second
prize is the ladies' hunter class. Mrs.
Stetson is a beautiful girl Of the bru-
nette type.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-24
PROBE STREET CAR MIsHAPS
Committee Representing Three Busl-
ness Mems Bodies Is Finally
Amounted
Appointed

Appointments to the committee
which is to investigate the number
and cause of accidents on the severai
street railway systems of Los An
geles and vicinity have been an
nounced by the chamber OF commerce,
Municipal league and MercnantS anu
Manufa ctuers' association as follows:
]. G. Mckinney, chairman, Eugene
Germain, 1. H. Polk, Robert McGar-
vim. Burt Estes Howard, c. M. Staub
and Fielding ]. Stilson.
The committee will hold meeting In
the near future and will map out plans
for beginning its work.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-24
WARNING OVER A BAY BRIDGE
San Jose and Southern Pacific Inter-
ests Hold a Hearing

eStS Hold rearing
BY Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Aug. ga large number
of Representative citizens of the valley
and several representatives of the
Southern Pacific company appeared be-
fore the board of engineers of the war
department in the chamber of COM
merce this afternoon for the purpose
of discussing the proposition of bridg-
ing the southern end of San Francisco
bay from Dumbarton point
The board consists of Colonel W. H.
Heuer, Major c. H. McKinstry and
Captain Amos A. Fries. William Hood,
]. G. Stubbs jr., e. Shillingsberg and
T. A. K. Fassett represent the company,
and v. A. Scheller, president of the To-
cal chamber of commerce, r. r. Syers
of the Merchants association, S. G.
Tompkins and others appear for the op
position.
Colonel Heuer read the application of
the Southern Pacific company for the
previlege to build the bridge, the pro-
tests of the San Jose Real Estate Deal
ers' association, Pomona grange, the
San Jose Merchants association and
the San Jose chamber of commerce and
the report Of the district officer to the
secretary of war upon the project.
A detailed answer to the protests
was read 1y Southern Pacific officials
present, in which the point was en-
phasized that the bridge would be an
actual advantage to Santa Clara valley
rather than a detriment.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-24
ANONYMOUS FAT MAN CLAIMS
E.. G. STACKPOLE is INNOCENT

tragedy, that he, led on by clandestine
appointment, stole quietly to the home
of Mrs. Scheck, that he slipped In the
back door and went to the bedroom
to meet Rilla only to find her sitting
In her husbands lap actually in her
own husbands lap.
Surprised" cried Rilla, as she was
caught sitting in her husbands lap,
and as she was quite embarrassed"
at being caught by her midnight lover
in such a compromising position she
shot Scheck, he says. to cover her en-
barrasment. Her embarrassment was
effectually covered.
Then the writer ran from the house
and managed to reach the street just
in time to be seen as the short, heavy
set man who figured as a probable
mysterious visitor in the trial.
At that point in the letter the writer,
having no further imagination, gave
up and said that he would not have
made the startling disclosure had he
not feared Stackpole might be sem
fenced for life and thus great wrong
be done.
The mysterious fat man then an
nounces that he would tell all about
his midnight flirtations with little Rilla
only that he fears his wife and chill
dren in the east might 'get mad"
when they hear about 1t.
The attorneys for the prosecution
were almost startled when they heard
of the letter, but they will take no
action to stop sentence on Stackpole
in order to investigate the strange and
uncanny epistle, which might have
been written before the trial just as
easily as afterward, but wasn't.
Stackpole will be taken to court Sat
urday morning, when his attorneys
will ask for new trial. If the plea
is denied, which is highly probable,
Stackpole will be sentenced, and then
his attorneys will carry the fight to the