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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS Scent GRAFT IN BILL
FOR FUNDING DEBT Of BIG COLORADO STRIKE

supporters of the measure had offered to
compromise with their opponents on a
bond issue of 100000. In opposing the
bill in tho senate TO-DAY a number of Dem
Ocratic members favored unheSitatingiy
the payment Of ali legitimate indebted
ness contracted during the reign of the
military in several mining camps three
years ago and declared they were willing
to support a measure that contained no
graft Senator Tully Scott of Cripple
Creek gave IL as his opinion that the pres
ent measure provided for the payment OF
al least s16l 600 worth of bills that could
not be traced to any legitimate source
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
BLOW AT GREAT INDUSTRY.
New Law Makes Gambling a Felony
in Texas.

Austin. Tex, March Ex-Governor Camp
bell today signed the bill making gam
bling a felony in Texas. The bill pro-
vided a penitentiary sentence for any
person convicted of gambling a Jail pen
atty for the owner of building in which
gambling devices are kept, and impris-
onment for thirty days for any person
found guilty of playing cards in a private
house for a prize
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
CALLS HIM DEMOCRAT.
Tammany Hall Man Declares Soose
welt All RIGHT.

{. Washington. March 29-"He's &.
o all right He's about as good a 4.
9 Democrat as there is" 9
{. This remark wallis made of the +.
o president by James Watson &C. (.
8, rard. the chairman of the Tam 8.
81 many Hall Democratic campaign &.
. committee. as he came from the (.
(. White House today after a brief (.
% call on Mr. Roosevelt. Mr.. &C. i.
O rard's visit was personal one. 9
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
Thomas Common.

Joplin Mo- March Estate Senator
Thomas Connor the wealthy lead-zinc
mine owner. died at q sanitsrium in San
Antonio Tex. today. aged 81 years He
leaves an estate of several million dollars.
The Joplin hotel, under construction.
which Will have cost 100000 when
equipped was a favOrite enterprise of
Senator Conner
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
SYDNEY SALISBURY DIES.
Dependency Given as Reason :oi
Killing Himself.

San Francisco, March 29.-Sydney
Salisbury, son of Monroe Salisbury.
the we'll known horseman, and a former
society leader III this city, died this
morning. having committed suicide By
gas asphyxiation. He was found un-
conscious late last night with a tube
connecting with an open gas jet in his
mouth. at bathing house in this city.
Every effort was made to revive him,
but in vain. Dependency is assigned
as the cause of his act.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
Professor 3. sadtIer.

Il PasO. March 29-Professor b. Sadt-
Ter, formerly professor of mining in the
Colorado State School of Mines. author
of Economic Mineralogy." which is re-
garded as one of the standard works of
the day. died suddenly here today of
heart disease Professor SadtIer was one
of the highest authorities on mines and
mining in the world. His home was in
Denver
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
THE DEATH RECORD.
Cardinal LUIGI Maeehl.

Rome, March 29.-Cardinal Luigi
Macchi. secretary of apostolic briefs. died
today, after a sickness of only twelve
hours of apOpleXy. He celebrated mass
yesterday morning The cardinal was
born in Brazil in 1882 and was elevated
to the sacred college in 1889.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
DR.. John M. Banister.

Huntsville. Ala. March a9-Dr. John
NJ Bsnister. for fOrty-seven years rector
Of the Protestant Episcopal church Of
Huntsville. died today aged 50 year. He
was the father of Colonel John NJ Ban
lister and Major VIM. b. Banister, Of the
United States army.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
Entrance to Gray. Hsrbor.

= Seattle March 2S.-The Oregon & Wash
ingtdn. a Hartman road. has taken OYER
control of the Gray's Harbor & Puget
Sound railroad. a corporation formed 10
secure an entrance to the Gray's Harb0r
cities and right of way from ChehaIis
to Aberdeen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
Nine. casimir-Perier.

Paris, March 29-Mme. Casimir- Perier.
mother of the late Ex-Premier Cssimir-
PerieT, is dead. She was the widow or
Auguste Casimir-P erier. minister of the
interior under President Theirs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
Edward c. Nichols,

Chicago, Maj CHI 29.-Edward C. Nichols.
- years Old vice president and general
manager of the South Side Elevated Rail-
read company, died last night of pneu-
mOnia. He had been i'll two weeks
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
Engineers Statement.

Engineer WOrmingtCn, sho was in
charge Of the wrecked train, today made
the following statement as he lay on a
cot at the Sisters hospital:
4 do not remember much that happen
ed along the road as we approached the
switch he whispered. Il did not see tho
fagman. and don't know whether there
was anything to stop me. All / remem-
Der about the wreck is that we jumped
into the open switch. Then | must have
become unconscious. / don't remember
throwing or the emergency brakes or re-
versing the engine. All that must have
been an unconscious act on my part. 1t
was not my fault. We were not running
faster than thirty-five miles an hour
Superintendent r. V Plat, in a state
ment made today. placed the blame on
the switching crew.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
CRISIS EXPECTED
TO CONE TODAY
Question of General Railroad
Strike Hangs on Meeting
at Chicago.
COMMISSIONERS ON WAY
BOTH SIDES DECLARE THEY
WILL NOT YIELD GROUND.

Chicago March 29-Whcther OF not
there is 10 be a strike Of the employees in
the train service Of the western railroads
depeuds ou "a meeting to be held here to-
morrow morning of two government Of
dcials and the representatives of the
union and the railroads. The meeting
was brought about by the general man
ayers Of the railroads, who appealed to
Washington for a settlement Of the diff
Guilty under the terms provided in the
Erdmanu act. The government will be
represented by Martin A. Knapp, chair
man of the interstate commerce commits
sion. and Charles j. Neill, commissioner
Of labor while c. r. Brown. chairman Of
the board OF managers. will be the spokes-
man for the railroads. and Grand Chief
j. II. MoTissey of the Railway Train
mems union and Chief Conductor A. B.
GdTTets0u of the conductors organization
will ioOk after the interests of the men,
Before leaving Washington today for
Chicago on their mission to bring about
the adjustment of the trouble by cOncilia-
ton. Mcssrs. Knapp and Neil had the
assurance of both opposing interests that
everything possible would be done to pre-
vent a strike.
Both Sides Firm.
The same stumbling block that prevent
ed the railroads and the men from reach
ing peaceable settlement stilI remains
however The railroads tonight declare
that they have conceded everything they
possibly can and the union Representatives
are Just as emphatic in their deClara tons
that further concessions will have to be
made by them or tomorrow's meeting will
he % tdi'ur, So iar as preventing a strike
j. concerned
Hoth sides held separate meetings to-
Gay but nothing new developed, as it was
The general sentiment among the repre-
Seniduves of the men that nothing should
be done until the government represent
atives bad AN opportunity to try to settle
the trouble by mediation
The brotherhood of Locomotive F'iremen
and me railroads are stil trying 10 settle
their differences
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
viii Shoot Ruef First.

The sensational statement that every
person openly Identified with the prose
cution OF the alleged grafters and bTib-
eTs is carrying a revolver concealed about
him, that several of the more prominent
are employing each a body guard. and
that an attempt to rescue Abe Ruef by
force is not unlocked for. was made today
by one of the chief investigators. He
also said. and it was subsequently con-
firmed. that Elisor Riggy has given orders
to Ruefs seven guards to shoot Ruef
first the others afterWard" il an at
tempt to rescue the indicted man by
armed force is made.
The owners of the Fillmore street house
to which Ruef has been removed from
the ST. Francis hotel, threaten a civil
suit against the lessee of the dwelling on
the ground that he has allowed it to be
turned into a prison. The district attOr-
ney's office has advised Ellison Buggy to
stand pat
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30

The man who does not advertise
because he tried il and failed. should
throw away his cigar because the
light went out.
The man who does not advertise
because he doesn't know himself.
ought to stop eating because he can't
cook.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
ANOTHER ATTACK
ON BIG SYSTEMS
Suit Filed to EniOin Payment of
Dividends by Southern
Pacific.

Chicago, March 29-AtAtornev Henry
Crawford of this city announced today
that a bill in equity in behalf of the
Croker Estate company of San Fran
cisco and Thomas II. Hubbard of New
York has been filed in the circuit court at
Austin, Tex, asking that the Southern
Pacific Railroad company be restrained
from paying dividends upon its common
stocks amounting to 100000.
The court is asked to decree that the
Union Pacific railroads controls and op-
crates a system of railroad which is in
constant and natural competition with the
Southern Pacific between San Francisco
and New Orleans. contrary to public
policy and in violation of the laws of the
United States and the laws of Texas"
The bill asks that the court enjOin the
Union Pacific company and its officers
and agents from hereafter voting on anv
stock of the Southern Pacific Railroad
company. or exercising any direction or
control over the Southern Pacific railroad
or over its finances. including the CAL
weston, Harrisburg * San Antonio COM
pany.
- Ask Court to Take Charge.
1t is said by the complaints that in or
der fully to protect the liens and PRIOR
tiles of the second mortgage west divi-
sion bonds. the court must either an
point a receiver for the western division
or direct the mortgage trustees to enter
into possession and operate the lines I'M
Ger the direction of the court.
The cOmplainants say they hold more
than 100000 of the total of S. 354. 900 of
second mortgage bonds of the Galveston.
Harrisburg & San Antonio company and
aver that the interest and sinking fund
installments past due amount to $500 600
They claim that inasmuch the Southern
Pacific assumed and agreed to pay the
interest and sinking fund installments.
the bondholders have the right to en-
force their claims against the Southern
Pacific. 1t is alleged in the bill that the
railroad paid interest on bonds and de-
cared dividends when it should have paid
the interest on the mortgage bonds. anu
the court is asked to decree accordingly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
Bridegroom Killed.

One of the most pitiful instances of the
disaster was the death of Foreman Wal
tiers, of Sacramento, who was returning
home as a passenger. He was uncon-
scious when he was taken from the mass
of debris &c the Cotton hospital In A
dozen places he was crushed. cut and
torn. Walters had been married only a
month.
About thirty persons in all were treat
ed at the Cotton hospital. All We're able
to leave except eight. In the hurry no
names or records were kept. Many were
carried away on stretchers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30

Had it not been for the mag
uifeent machinery of publicity
supplied to me by the publishers,
our business would be a very
small affair.-C. w. Post.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
inexperienced Men.

Responsibility for the accident will not
be officially determined until tomorrow
evening when the coroner's inquest
which was begun today, will be conciud-
ed The adjournment was taken so that
the dispositions of the injured engineer
and fireman of the Overland might be Sc
cured. A half-dozen witnesses were ex-
amined. including the switching crew that
has been blamed for the accident The
testimony deemed of most Importance was
that relating to the experience of the men
who composed the crew. 1t was admitted
that one had been at work but two days;
that the service Of a second had been but
of two weeks duration. and that the
third had been employed in the yards
three weeks. One the fireman of the
switch engine, had never read the rules
of the yard.
T. Z. Alvord foreman Of the crew, tes-
titled that he had been notified at )
O'Clock that the Overland was eight hours
late and that he had received no subse-
quent notification of its whereabouts.
The other members of the crew had re-
ceived the information concerning the
Overland through Alvord. A switchman
testified that up to the moment of it's
appearance they believed the Overland
had gone through.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
Money for Prosecution.

Rudolph Spreckles. financial guarantor
of the prosecution. today gave out a state
ment respecting the fund of 100000 which
ne has guaranteed. 1t was upon this
guarantee that the bribery graft investi-
cation was commenced. Mr.. Spreckels
said that thus far less than half as much
as has been expended has been cOntribut-
ed bv the citizens of San Francisco He
added that the prosecution will never be
hampered by lack of funds however.
Mr.. Spreckels said the prosecution with
out reservation expects to send all of the
chief bribe givers. high public service
corporation officials and others, to the
penitentiary for the crimes charged
against them. He thought the investiga-
tions and prosecutions will extend
throughout the present year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
To Save Franchises.

a sensational statement was given out
today by Special Agent William J. Burns
and other members of the prosecution. 20
the effect that Mayor Schmitz is desper-
ately trying to force the resignation of
five of the supervisors. so as to defeat an
alleged intention of the supervisory board
to revoke certain of the public service
franchises which the prosecution claims
were secured by bribing the board.
The board of supervisors is composed IF
eighteen men. sixteen of whom (as the
personnel now stands are in the list of
alleged confessors. One of these, Sander
son, is absent for an indefinite time. He
is mortaiy i'll. Two others, Tveitmoc
and O'Neill. were appointed long after the
dubious franchises were granted This
situation leaves fifteen supervisors
aligned. or one more than necessary to
override any veto by the mayor. The
statement of the prosecution is that four
teen of these are prepared to revoke the
certain franchises alluded TO, and that the
mayor, backed by the corporations which
are formally accused of wholesale brib
cry began suddenly today a campaign to
induce five of them to resign in order
that he may appoint five "dependables
in their places and so destroy the power
of the board to do that which the public
service corporations fear, or to override
the veto which. the prosecution claims, he
would place upon any revocation act. The
mayor refused today to be interviewed
on this or any other subject.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
EFFORTS MADE
TO FIX BLAME
Inquest at Cotton Develops
That Switching Crew Had
Little Experience.
TWENTY-FIVE KNOWN DEAD
ONE OF VICTIMS WAS NOT ON
WRECKED TRAIN.

Cotton. CAL March 29.-The list of those
who met death in the wreck of the Sun
set express, which was wrecked yester-
day afternoon in the Southern Pacific
yards, was completed tonight, and tho
search for additional bodies supposed TO
he buried under the debris of the denol-
iShed cars was abandoned as useless. Inc
corrected list of dead, including two men
who have died since last night is twenty
two. Eighteen Of these were Italians.
nearly all Of whom were immigrants on
their way TO San Francisco. The others
were:
Albert W. SHE. mail clerk. Los Angeles.
George L, Sharpe, Muncie, Ind,
II. /. Walters. Sacramento, Cal
Patrick Egan Southern Pacific section
foreman. residence believed to be Cotton.
Death of Witness.
Egan. who died this morning. is not be-
lieved TO have been aboard the wrecked
Overland He was found unconscious neag
the scene Of the disaster and taken to Los
Angeles. His death is believed to have
been due to an epileptic fit, induced by
witnessing the accident.
Fully half a dozen of the injured are to-
night reported in condition so precarious
that death is but at matter of hours. With
but four exceptions all the injured nave
been removed to Los Angeles, or have
Proceeded on their journeys. Many OF
those who We're slightly injured left Col
ton on the relief trains and were able to
proceed to hotels after reaching Los An
geles.
The investigation which is to fix the
blame for the disaster will probably be
completed tomorrow night when the in
quest commenced this afternoon by COro-
ner Van VIE is finished. The trainmen
who testified this afternoon. one after an
other disclaimed actual responsibility
each affirming that some rule of the COM
panv violated by another caused the
wreck.
One of The dangerously injured is Miss
Nina Beman. a nurse. Of FL Paso. Texas
who was on her way to MaTysville. Cal.
TO see her brother. who was reported TO
be dying of typhoid fever. Miss Beman
was severely crushed.
a large quantity Of mail is believed %
have been destroyed in the wreck One
sack containing registered matter was
rescued intact during the day. but the
greater part of the mail carried will prob
ably be lost.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-30
.SCHMITz MOVES
TO AID FRIENDS
Burns Says Mayor Seeks to
Save Franchises by Fore
ing designations.
GUNS AND B0DYGUARDS
RUFF TO BE SHOT FIRST If VIo-
LENcE COMES.

san Francisco. March 25.-No meeting
OF the grand jury being held TODAY. a
pause was given in the bribery-graft in
Vestigations as far as official action was
concerned. Tomorrow the grand Jury ex-
poets TO conclude, at least temporarily. its
Investigations into the alleged bribery Of
eighteen supervisors by the Pacific States
and Home Telephone companies to which.
according to the prosecution. seventeen of
the eighteen have already confessed be
fore the InquiSitOrial body. The inveSti-
cation of this subject has resulted in the
indictment Of various corporation off
Gals and several members of the municip-
al administration. it is the understand
ing that no more indictments will be re-
turned this week
The grand jury expects TO resume its in
vestigation of the alleged bribery Of su-
pervisors in the granting of trolley fran
chises to the United railroads Monday.
and the trial of Abraham Ruef on the
French restaurant eXtOrtiOn cases is
scheduled for resumption Tuesday. Should
Assistant District Attorney Heney desire
TO go ahead with the bribery investiga-
tiOns instead of with the trial Of Ruef
the latter may be again postponed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-17
WILL MEET IN MEXICO
INTERNATIONAL SANITARY CON-
VENTIoN ANNOUNCED.

The bureau Of American republics today
issued call for the third international
sanitary convention of the nations of this
hemisphere, excluding European posses
sions. to be held in the City Of Mexico
early in December. DR.. Liceaga. president
of the superior board of health of Mexico,
has been chosen chairman.
These conventions are held under author
ity Of the conferences Of the American re-
publics the last of which met at Rio de
Janero last year.
Both previous conventions were held In
Washington. the chairman being Surgeon
General Walter Wyman Of the marine hos
pital service. The first met December to
4. 1902. and the second October to A.
1905. at which a treaty was formulated pro-
viding for uniform quarantine laws against
cholera. bubonic plague and yellow fever
This treaty has been ratified by nearly all
the nations represented including the
United States
AS requested in letter OF June Is. 1907
addressed by Dr. Walter Wyman. the chair
man Of the International sanitary bureau
to Mr.. John Barrett. director OF the bureau
OF American republics, Mr. Barrett ad-
dressed to the diplomatic representatives
OF each or the states composing the inter-
national union Of the American republics
a communication in which he says:
Il have the honor to inclose copies re-
SpectVeiy. OF a letter addressed to me as
director OF the International bureau of the
American republics by DIR. Walter Wyman,
chairman of the international sanitary bu-
reau and of CALL signed by Dr. Wyman.
Tor the third international sanitary con-
Vention of the American republics, to be
held in the City OF Mexico, December 20.
1901. and to request that you will be good
enough to forward this call to your govern
ment. and make such recommendations as
you deem fit for its worthy representation
at this convention
II may add as a result of a conference
with Chairman Wyrnan. that every effort
is being made by the Mexican government
to insure the success OF TINS gathering. and
il Is hope1 in view of the Importance of
the work before it, that each American re-
nublic NAV decide to appoint delegates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-17
and her daughters found their way in some
manner from Rutland to New

and her daughters found their way in some
mysterious manner from Rutland to New
York. where Betsy, who had developed ex-
traordinary beauty and destinations. at
tracted the attention of Stephen Jumel a
French-American merchant of large at
fairs. He married her and took her to
Paris. where she was educated in the social
arts and modes and acquired the accom-
plishments of fashion. She spent most
of her early married life there. and re-
turned to New York in her maturity to
become the most conspicuous and admired
band built her the famous mansion which
still stands on Washington Heights just
beyond Grants tomb, and every summer
set up for her large establishment at
Saratoga. When he died in 1880 he left
her the richest woman In America. and
two years later she married Aaron Burr.
He was seventy-six and she was fifty-fve.
and social traditions make them the most
brilliant couple of their generation. Eut
there was too much talent in the fam ~.
They quarreled and were divorced. and he
died soon after. but she lived to be eighty
five years old and was reigning queen the
rest of her days.
Madame Jumel took good care Of the
family Of her sister Polly, who married q
who employed Charles O'COnnor. the leader
of the American bar. to fight the madame 8
will. He also came to Rutland to obtain
evidence to show that Polly and Betsy
Bowen were sisters. and thus their early
history was disclosed. The will was set
aside and the estate was distributed among
the heirs.
I found another long pastorate here. A
tablet in the old Congregational Church
informs whom 1t may concern that Joseph
Buckminster occupied its pulpit from 1I42
to l793-fifty-one years.