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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
AUTOPSY PROVES SUICIDE
Body of Man Found in "Hell's Hol-
low" is Unclaimed and I'm
identified.

The body found at the mouth of
'tHelPs Hollow Thursday afternoon,
has not been identified. An autopsy
was held by the county physician
yesterday afternoon. It showed that a
bullet had entered the skull just above
the right ear and fractured the skull
on the opposite side. The bullet was
extracted and corresDonded in size
with the calibre of the gun found by
his side. It is evident that the man
committed suicide.
Several persons called at the under
takers yesterday to identify the body.
On account of his face being. eaten not
a clue to his identity could be OBJ
tanned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07

young he was placed under such in
structors as Capriani, Potter, CoDE
beare HOwsOn and Best. Naturally tai
ented, he soon took high rank as an or
ganist- He had the honor to perform
Oh the organs Of St. Georges hall in
Liverpool. st. Paul's cathedral in Lon
don, ,, estminster Abbey and other noted
buildings in Great Britain. He was es-
pecially effective in OratOriO Weber.
Beethoven, Bach and Handel were his
favorite composers.
Immediately upon locating in Utah Pro-
lessor Radcliffe took rank among the
best musicians in the west His work
was not confined to Salt Lake: ne Wis
tied cities in all parts OF the country He
wds one Of the organizers of the Ameri-
can Guild of Organists and took especial
price in his membership, which he kept
up to the end
When the First Congregational church
was erected in lis city Professor Rad
cliffe superintendent the installation Of
the organ. He was not only = gifted mu-
sician but he understood every part of
the organ thoroughly, and kept it in per
feet condition from the beginning 1t
has always been considered one Of the
finest instruments in the west
In addition to being fine organist
Professor Radcliffe was a fine PIANIST
He was also a composer who would have
taken high rank had he devoted his time
to that branch of his profession In
recent local competition he carried off
prize of $3.50 over the best musicians
in the state. Dean Parker of Yale uni
versity musical faculty being the adjuti-
Gator
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
SHORT LINE GIVES MEDALS
Section Bosses Who Do Good Work
Receive Awards From Their
Superior Officers.

General Superintendent E. Buckingham
of the Oregon Short Line yesterday an
nounced the gold and silver medal award
to section bosses responsible for the good
condition Of roadbed, buildings and
bridges under their jurisdiction. The
awards. are based on tour of inspection
made last November by some twenty Of
ficiaIs of the Short Line. The awards
are as follows:
Gold Medals.
Best roadmaster's district on system of
Oregon Short Line. Utah division:
First District-JOhn McEntee.
Best section on system:
Utah Division, Section 4.-Walter Read,
foreman.
Best station on system:
Nampa, Ida.-E. P. Shaw, agent.
Silver Medals.
Best section on each district:
Idaho Division-First district, section IL;
A Larsen foreman.
second district, section 10; George Nun
roe. foreman.
Third district. section so; Fred Suffer,
Fourth district. section 60; J. Williams,
foreman.
Montana Dfvision-Seventh district, sec
ton 100; r. Plastino, foreman.
Eighth district, section 152; j. Mcintosh,
Salt Like division, Ogden district. sec
ton 81; J. RoweI foreman.
Wells district, section 46; I. Landucci,
foreman.
Carlin district, section 20; James NC
Nally, foreman.
Wadsworth district, section IS; A. Pc
razZo, foreman.
Wyoming district, U. P. R. R., section
65; G. T. Yoeman, foreman.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
AFTER DIGESTION-WHAT2

It's not enough to digest your food
and reduce it to pulp or liquid inside
you but it must also be properly alb
sorbed, carried to the proper organs,
filtered, purified and carried by your
blood to the various parts of your
body which are worn out and stand in
need of repair
This is a system of complicated ma
chinery, engineering, chemistry and
physics, before which all of mans most
wonderful achievements since the
world began pale into insignificance.
And, when you come to think of it,
next to the marvel of any complicated
piece of mechanism itself, is the man
who. when it has broken down, can re-
pair it and make it go again.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets
Really the most marvellous achieve
ment in the vast field of mans many
sided endeaVOrs.
perfect medicine, which never fails
to cure, or set in running order again,
the complicated mechanism of man'S
internal digestive arrangements.
The secret of the great success of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is simply
this, that they have been prepared
upon the firm foundation of the most
thorough research into the real origin
and cause of all disorders, due to the
improper digestion and absorption of
food
Knowing the cause, further research
led to the knowledge of how to relieve
and cure.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are the
only medicine founded upon certain
scientific rules of treatment, which
make success a certainty.
They penetrate into all the channels
Of int he
est tracery of nerve tissue, and renew,
build up, refresh and restore to health
every disorder which improper food,
poor digestion or incomplete absorp-
ton has caused in any portion of your
anatomy.
No need to consult a physician.
At the least sign of distress after
eating take Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lets.
On the least pain or discomfort, in
stomach, liver, back or bowels, take
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
For any craving for improper food,
continual hunger, continual thirst or
loss of appetite in greater or lesser
form, take Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
BY following these simple rules you
will save yourself much pain, suffering
and discomfort and will add greatly TO
your span of life.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will make
you live long and happily.
Try them.
Book on Dyspepsia free. Address +.
A. Stuart Co, Marshall, Mich.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
SAM JONES is COMING HERE
Evangelist-O Orator Will Lecture in
Salt Lake Under Auspices of
Y. M. G.. A.

Sam P. Jones. the evangelist-Orator,
will appear at the Salt Lake theatre,
Monday evening, Jan. 10, as the fifth
number of the Y. NJ. c. A. Star Enter
tainnnent Course. Sam Jones is a man
whose fame as a humorist and, orator
has placed him as a peer among the
most brilliant attractions upon the
American platform. He differs in his
style from all lecturers on the rOstrum.
1t is claimed for him that che fur
nishes in one lecture more fun than
two comedians; more philosophy than
four universities; more gospel than
a half dozen theological seminaries,
and almost as much common sense as
the mother of a big family of country
bows"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
LEHI WILL CELEBRATE.
General Rejoicing Over Locating of
Experimental Farm.
(spec1al to The Herald. }

Lehi, Utah, Jan. 6.-Lehi will cele-
brate the locating of the state expert
mental farm here with a big mass
meeting next Friday afternoon and a
banquet at night. The Lehi CONNER
cial club tonight appointed committees
to arrange tor the affair. The mass
meeting will be held in the Lehi Taber-
nacle and the banquet in the opera
house. The banquet will be dollar
dinner" The citizens of American
Fork will cooperate.
Invitations will be extended to all
state officials, all officials of munich
palities in Utah county, all commercial
bodies in the county, and all members
of the legislature. A telephone mes
sage from Provo tonight stated that the
Commercial club of that city will at
tend in a body.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
FUNERAL OF MRS. A. KATE
It Will Be Held Monday Afternoon at
Residence of Ex-Governor
Heber NJ. Wells.

The funeral OF the late Mrs. Alma
Katz will be held Monday afternoon at
1 o'clock at the residence of ex-Gov-
ernor Heber M. Wells. 81 First street.
Only the intimate friends of the family
will be present, and the interment,
which will be private, will be in the
City cemetery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07

J. M. Walker. superintendent of tele-
graph for the Rio Grande system, is in
the city from Denver He will leave on
his return tonight
Kenneth c. Kerr travelling passenger
agent for the Salt Lake Route, will leave
tomorrow night for trip through South
ern Idaho. He will also go to Butte,
Mont,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
USE Of SLANG
AND ITS ABUSE
DR.. G. Stanley Hall Presents Views on
Development of Language
in America.
SEES VIRTUE I'M PRACTICE
BUT WARNS AGAINST TOO CON.
SLANT USE.

Much of the modern slang is not only
expressive and witty in the extreme, but
it is good in the sense that it is
moral. It has a tendency to condemn
vice.
Every slang word or phrase is SO full
of meaning, that the young boy or girl
who makes a practice Of acquiring and
putting to use all the slang available
does not extend the vocabulary as = it
should be extended"
DIR. G. Stanley Hail.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
COL. RANKIN is HONORED
Ogden Man Is Appointed on Staff of
G.. A. r. COMMANDMENTS
Chief.

Joseph P Rankin of Ogden has been
appointed aide-de-camp on the staff of
the commanders n-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
During the civil war Colonel Rankin
served in the same brigade as James
Tanner, who was elected commander
in-chief of the G.. A. r. at the national
encampment held in Denver last Sep
TENDER.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
PERSONAL.

A. Mcclellan. jr., has returned from a
trip to the coast.
J. A. Greenewald left yesterday for the
east on a business trip.
Attorney A. B. Irvine was on the street
for the first time yesterday after a
siege of thirteen weeks with typhoid fe-
yer. He is confident that he Will be
ready for work in a few days.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
MRS. o'DoANE GETS DIVORCE.

Mrs. Mary O'Doane of FaIlon, New,
the legal wife of Daniel 5O'Doane, the
Utah man recently convicted at Reno
of bigamy. has secured a divorce from
her husband. O'Doane is now serving
a term in the Nevada state prison at
Carson.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
coLoNIsTs FOR MEXICO.
They Will Leave Salt Lake for Sugar
Beet Fields Shortly.

Ex-Mayor W. NJ. Roylance of Provo.
who was a caller at the Rio Grande
Western offices yesterday, said that the
Mexican Sugar company expects to
take from 40 to 80 coIOnists to Mexico
during the time that the special rate VIII
prevail for the golf tournament at the
CITY of Mexico. The colonists are going
to Mexico tC raise sugar beets in con-
junction with the cOmpany's plan to es-
a beet sugar factory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07

ming, etc. At least one report on ex-
periments must be made annually, and
5000 copies of it will be distributed free
Of charge TO interested citizens of the
state.
The experiments will be conducted
under the direction of DIR. Yoder.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07

These views on the use of slang, voiced
by the president of Clark university, were
made in the course of a statement to
The Herald in response to a request for
a more extended expression on the sub
Ject following DIR. Halls reference to
slang in his third lecture in Salt Lake.
DR.. Hall says:
II should like, first of all, to point
out the danger which threatens from the
constant or unlimited use of slang. There
have been, perhaps, half q dozen censuses
taken in the past ten years in an effort
to stop the extensive use of it among
our young people, and the results have
shown that there has been steady de-
generation in the language of young peo-
pie due to the too constant use of slang
Its worst fault is that it kills a good
free tdiomatic use of the mother tongue.
Every slang word or phrase is so full of
meaning that the young boy or girl who
makes a practice of acquiring and put
ting to use ali the slang available does
not extend the vocabulary as it should be
extended. This is a period when the en-
larging of the vocabulary is an import
ant one, and hence this is a great dan
ger. The danger so often cited that the
use of slang will cause real degeneracy
is greatly exaggerated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
cHRIsTENSEN'S DANCING ACAD-
ENVY, UNITY HALL.

A new term of dancing lessons will
commence Monday, Jan. s. Children at
4, adult beginners 1880, and adults ad-
vanced at $3.50 D. m.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
HOT AIR
is ALL RIGHT

To heat your houses with this cold
Weather, but. for perfect telephone
vice people are installing
The Phone That Talks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07

Powers and Marioneaux, attorneys
at-law. Rooms 202. 203, 204, 205 and
2O6 new Herald Building, Salt Lake
City, Utah. Bell phone 1850.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
Virtues of Practice.

Despite this fact much of the modern
slang is not only expressive and witty
in the extreme, but it is good. 1 mean
good in the sense that it is moral 1t
has a tendency TO condemn vice. Ere
quently the single word expresses the ut
most contempt for cowardice, for senti-
mentality, for stinginess and kindred
vices in a manner most effective to the
growing mind. From this standpoint,
then, it is literally good in it's effect oh
young people. You will readily call to
mind many slang words of the character
to which I refer.
''But it has another line in which it is
good as well. Many Of the words which
We today think are new slang words are
really of the best and highest origin.
Whole dictionaries have been compiled
of words which have been slang words
and have served sort of probationary
period, as it were, in the language, and
found their places among the elect. On
this subject She1e de We're has written an
admirable book called 'Americanisms and
still another fine book on slang which
has died, is called Lost Beauties of the
English language
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
Witnesses on Three Sides.


This evidence practically blocks the es-
cape of a murderer without being SEEN
There was but one way for the thug TO
eScape and that was through McAlliS-
ter's yard. The night the body was found
Police officer James Taylor searched up
and down through the block in the rear
of the McAllister home for tracks that
might lead to some substantial clue Inc
search resulted in naught, for no tracks
were to be found. The ground immedi-
ately around the body showed no marks
of a struggle There were no footprints
in the snow behind the trees that would
indicate that a man had concealed him
self there in wait for his victim. The
wound was in the back of the head,
peculiar place for a man to be shot by
a hOld-up, except in a struggle. The the
Orv advanced was that Sheets had been
accOsted by two men who had come down
the street. When he was commanded to
hold up his hand by one man while the
other attempted to go through his pock-
cts, he pulled his gun The man behlno
him might have grabbed his arm and in
the struggle the gun be taken from him
and he be shot Then, according to this
theory, the men went through his pock-
cts. leaving them inside out.
The first men on the scene were John
Foote and T. w. Winberg. Thelr de-
scription of the way the body lay on
the ground did not suggest a struggle or
hoId-up except that the mans pockets
were turned out.
Reasons for Suicide Theory.
The suicide theory has been Stunned
by the police and county officials until
the last The evidence introduced so far
has not been conclusive. but many Things
point to this theory. 1t was Illustrated
the day after Sheets body was found
that he could have inflicted the wound
and by lowering his head the bullets
could have taken the same course
through the head. The gun was found
eight feet from the body and it seemed
almost impossible for him to throw the
gun that far after shooting into his
brain. Testimony will be introduced TO-
morrow, however, to prove that Such
things have occurred in suicide cases. II
would have been an easy matter for
Sheets to turn his pockets out before he
killed himself in order to make it appear
that it was a hOld-up. By doing this he
to receive the sc, 500 insurance. He had
left his watch at home and had sent
what money he had home by his daugh-
ter four hours before he was found dead
He had hold-ups on his mind, for he car
ried a revolver to protect himself and
had conversations with his friends about
the recent number of rObberies.
If he committed suicide, the place was
well chosen. 1t was in front of his
brother-in-law residence and his BODY
would most likely be found by his rela-
.tives His friends say, however, that he
was not in financial distress and that
there was no motive whatever for taking
his own life. He was man, they say,
that would have resisted any attempt TO
hold him up and they are inclined to
believe the murder theory.
The inquest will be resumed ar z
time the members of the family will tes-
tify before the jury. After they are ex-
amined It is said, the evidence Will be
submitted to the jury.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
FORECAST OF
SHEETS VERDICT
Opinion Is Coroner's Jury Will Not
Say Whether It Is Murder
or Suicide.
FOLLOW THREE THEORIES
EVIDENCE is ADVANCED ALONG
EACH LINE.

Little more evidence is to be submitted
to the coroner's jury in the mysterious
case of Nephi NJ. Sheets and the verdict
is expected Tuesday afternoon. From the
evidence already introduced it is only a
matter Of speculation as to what the YER
dict will be. The belief of those who
have followed the case closely is that
the jury will return a verdict that Sheets
came to his death from a gunshOt wound
inflicted by some unknown hand, leaving
both the murder and suicide theory open.
Evidence has been introduced in an at
tempt to throw light ON three theories;
First, that the murder was committed
by someone who knew Sheets and did 1t
for revenge or on account of some dis
pute.
Second, that an attempt was made to
hold Sheets up and in resisting he was
killed
Third, that he committed suicide with
the intention of obtaining his insurance
money for his family.
Facts as to Each Theory.
The first theory was discarded early
in the investigation There was abso-
lutely no motive for such a crime.
Sheets business affairs were, found to
be straight and his personal relations
pleasant. The Sheets estate, for which
he was one of the executors. had been
handled in a manner satisfactory to all
concerned. His other business affairs
were not in shape to warrant such
crime. His family relations were found
to be pleasant and he had no enemies.
The second theory was advanced be-
cause so many hOld-ups had occurred re-
Gently The vicinity where Sheets body
was found had been the scene of several
rObberies at the point of gun. EXhaus-
tive evidence was taken on this theory,
but not a clue could be uncovered. When
the evidence of the witnesses was taken
it was found they were so located in the
vicinity as to make it next to impossible
for the murderer to escape without being
seen. n. w. Sonnedecker stood at Sec
a block from where Sheets body was
found, when the shot was fired. He
marked the time at exactly 1913 p. m.
by the city and county building clock.
He saw nobody running from the vicini-
ty. He stood there fully han minute
looking up the street in the direction of
the shooting.
]. W. Decker was half block east of
where Sheets body was found, on the
opposite side of the street. When he
heard the shot he stopped and looked
down the street. He saw nobody escape.
Mrs. H. NJ. GoodSpeed was not more than
a block east of where Sheets was found
when the fatal shot was fired. She saw
nobody until she met John FOote, VINO
first found the body, and remembers only
indistinctly of hearing the shot.
James Durand, a teamster, left the NC
Allister residence, where he had del1V-
cred some coal to John B. Mckee just
four or five minutes before the shot was
fired. He saw a man standing right al
McAllisters double gates who answered
perfectly the description of Sheets. In
but he hesitated to testify TO 1T on the
witness stand because he did not know
Sheets personally. Durand saw nobody
else in the vicinity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07

There are some things about
which every prudent man
wishes to be ABSOLUTELY
sure. For instance, the invest
ment of surplus funds during
his lifetime, and afterward the
settlement of his estate, and
the conservation of his business
when he is no longer present to
protect the interests of his
family. The Trust Company
does this.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19

nothing to show where the farms divide.
Hedges take up too much room and fence
material is too expensive. Htllsides that
are too steep for farming are planted to
trees. and cultivated like cabbages or tur-
nips, because every stick OF timber has a
value here. The waste of an American saw
mill would be worth fortune In Belgium.
Apparently the women folks do most of tbs
farming You scarcely ever see man in
the fields as the train hurrfes by. This is
due to the fact that the men can get bet
ter wages in the mines and mills than they
can earn on the farms.
One Of Europe's Celebrated Trains.
We are riding in what they call q train
s.de luxe" II is one Of the great trains Of
Europe, as famous as the Twentieth Gem
tury Express ON the Lake Shore or the
Pennsylvania Limited. Our compartments
are very comfortable and the .screw IN
charge OF the train are delight The con
iuctor locks m Il he bad made M Tor
comic opera. He wears . unif0ER -
oorEsous - matoe 6ensSd wcqd esOr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-19

woman harnessed in with them. which Is a
little hard ON the woman. but very compli-
mentary to the dog. and it helps hind haul
the load. / never saw a cat at work. but
doubtless the ingenious peasants Of Belgium
find something for their idle claws to do.
Nor did ever see sheep do anything but
Craze in the narrow fields. but wool is
growing ON their backs all the time, while
they eat and while they sleep. and they are
kept busy converting grass into mutton.
Mines, factories. toy gardens. beautiful
villas, immense railway stations and long
blocks of brick houses are mixed up Hike
the objects In a Kaleidoscope an the train
rushes through busy Belgium. There Is al
ways town In sight-.ong. narrow streets
inclosed by high brick tenements. ave ana
six stories high. with steep roofs covered
with slate: and between them are little
farms, Hike those that you see In Japan.
patches OF wheat. rye or barley no bigger
than the straw beds in an American gar
den. with little strips OF potatoes or 0ther
vegetables planted between. Every inch Of
the soil g cultivated. even up to thu Bal
lasting on the railroad tracks, xharo =