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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
Starving men
GROW RIOTOU{
liOnS of Cinnamon Suffer
pangS of Hunger and Many
Are Destined to Perish.
CANINE GROWING INTENSE
PARENTS OFFER CHILDREN FOR
SALE.
FAMINE GROWING INTENSE

washington. Jan. 2S.-Mail reports from
,-,srican consular officers in China.
.s,,b reached the state department today
.,sr5ing the famine and resulting condi-
..ns further confirm the stories OF suf-
,..,v and hardship. Consul Haynes, at
v,rking. says that the famine is ten
s-,es worse than anything known in that
-, Of the empire for the past forty
cars The Chinese officials. he says,
80, information given him by the vice
W. admit their inability to cope with
.he situation The government is trying
=, held the starving people to keep their
cattle and 10 this end Is taking their oxen
.r5 brffalOes in pawn for two taels each
teenirg them thus until next spring. when
= Mn return them. Consul Haynes de-
csres that whatever aid may be extended
nv this government in the present crisis
viu certainly do much to dispel the i'll
feeling recently aroused by the boycott
Inc exclusion act. etc.
Millions of Lives in Danger.
Consul General Rodgers. at Shanghai.
ADVISES the department that the reports
as % the conditions appearing in the
rewspapers, both foreign and Chinese, are
'or the most part sustained by the in
vasfigations made by American naval Of
fcers He says an inquiry which he has
made gives the general conclusion that
ne famine by March ! will be regarded
q severe and perhaps more so than that
isS. by which it IS thought 100000
Us we're lost.
he report OF Mr.. Rodgers is accom-
rnied by r statement by DR.. Henry NJ
Woods of the Southern Presbyterian mis-
son at Hwai Ain FNu. who estimates that
100000 people are affected by the fam
ne. 100000 OF whom are starving. He
Hys there are at present more than 500.
n refugees at Using Kiang Pu, huddled
81 mat sheds. and that the pitiful sight
daily Witnessed of parents offering their
Children FOR sale at from s. to 81 each
Brigandage and robbery. he adds, are ev-
uywhere rife.
Starving People RIotous.
Mr.. Rodgers declares that the influence
az the famine conditions upon current ar
fairs can now be plainly seen IN the un-
rest and discomfort OF the people. From
many places. he says. comes news OF
riots or greater or less degree. while IN
Kiangsi a state bordering on acoutl re-
iellion is on. and so serious has the sit.
nation become that a goOdly portion o
he available military force Of the LANG
tiang yamen is now I'm the field.
MY deliberate opinion" ne concludes.
- that Che next few months will see the
development OF dangerous things I'm this
part OF China. and that such conditions
and circumstances will have n great ef-
fsct upon foreign interests, political as
well as commercial
Chinese New Year. which luckily falls
this year in the second week Of February
IS watched with no small degree of I'm
tasiness.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
THREE MINERS lose LIVES
Willow Mine No. 5, Near Van Hous-
ten, N. NJ, Fre-Flames
Are Beyond Control.

y Pueblo. Colo. Jan. ga special \
\ to the Chieftain from Trinadad, \
y Colo. says:
= WILLOW mine No. OF the st. 4
y Louis. Rocky Mountain & Pacific 4
! company near Van Houston. n. =
y NJ. caught fire this morning from =
\ misplaced shot and is still burn =
= ing.
= All of the miners except three :
. escaned. and il is believed they \
J. have been suffocated. All attempts =
= at rescue thus far have been flu =
h tile. The flames have resisted all =
y efforts 10 extinguish them.
AS there is no direct communica- =
= ton with the property, further de- :
! tails are not obtainable tonight.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
lsnecial 10 The Herald.)

Washington, d. c., Jan Ex-senator
Clark OF Montana has been requested
by many ara lovers in Washington to
bring here for exhibition five master
pieces recently purchased by him at
tit Henry sale under the auspices Of
the American Art association. New
York city. If suitable arrangements
can be made at the Corcoran art gal
lery for properly exhibiting the pic
lures. Senator Clark may bring them
here.
The pictures purchased are pro
nounced among the rarest examples OF
the Barbizon school, and include two
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
VAN WYK CONVICTED.

Sterling, Colo, Jan. 2S.-Gerret Van
Wyk, rancher. was found guilty by a
jury today of numbering his sister-in-
law. Gerretje Hast. who was shot and
killed a year ago last month i'm a cabin
where she lived alone. Mrs. Van Wyk,
Who was charged with murde.. jointly
with her husband, was acquitted. On a
former trial botn husband and wife
were convicted. The alleged motive for
the murder was to collect life insur-
qnCC
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
WAR ON HITCHCOCK.
Senator Carter Expected to Fire the
First Gun Today.

sWsshington. Jan. 2S.-Much interest is
taken i'm the prospective speech to be de-
livered in the senate tomorrow by Sena-
tor Carter. of Montana. in which it is ex-
nected p vigorous attack will be made on
Secretary Hitchcock and his admInistra-
flor, Of land matters. The opposition of
western senators to Secretary Hitchcock
is bringing from him reprisaiS in the
shane Of stringent Investigations of local
land Officers and in the event of dis
covery of violations of the law or regula-
ffons either technically or In spirit, dis
missal OF such officials viii follow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
FIRST TALKED TO TAFT,

= Especial to The HeraId-) :
l. washington. d. c., Jan. Is \
a senator Snleot today received a =
! memorial from Salt Lake City re :
= nuesting congress TO grant a right =
= OF way through the Fort Douglas =
! military reservation for a pro- =
4 posed boulevard. Smoot took tine =
> matter up with the secretary cf \
) war with q view TO obtaining his =
: approved Of the proposition prior =
= 10 introducing bill to grant the
y desired right CT way.
4
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
SMITHS jos cINcHED.

Especial TO The Herald)
Washington, Jan. 2S.-The senate to-
day confirmed the nomination of Ad
olson T. Smith as register of the Unit
ed States land office at Boise, Ida.
r. J. Henderson of Blackfoot, Ida,
has been appointed messenger at Mare
Island navy yard. San Francisco.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
eALLlNeER CONFIRMED.

Washington. Jan. 2S.-The senate to-
day confirmed the nomination of Rich
ard A. Ballinger of Seattle TO be COM
rljssicSaer of the general land Office.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
RECESS OF THREE WEEKS.

Washington. Jan 2S.-Chief Justice
Fuller today announced that the ST.
IRENE court Of the United States would
hke a three weeks recess from Mon
2y next for the purpose or consulta-
Ton over cases.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
NEARLY ZOO DEAD
IN GERMAN MINE
Explosion of Fire Damp in Low
er Levels Near Saarbruck
Causes Terrible Disaster.

Saarbruek, Jan. pa firedamp explo-
sion occurred this morning in the Reden
coal mine at St John-on-Saar, opposite
Saarbruck. and caused the loss of from
$50 to geo lives. The mine is owned by
the Prussian government.
Up to o'clock this evening seventy
seven bodies had been brought out and
fifty-six corpses were known TO be under
ground. Only fifty. live men have been
brought out. and of these the doctors
say at least twirty-five will die. as they
are frightfuliy injured through having
been hurled against the walls of the gal
leries by the force of the explosion.
An official report given out this even
ing says the number of dead cannot eX-
coed $50.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
ATTACK upon
SHIP SUBSIDY
Redhot Report of the Minority
in Lower House of Congress
on the Littauer Bill.
HARTMAN AND HILL GET 1T
DEMOCRATS EXPRESS THEM
SELVES FORCIBLY.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-J ]. Hill, e
II. Hartman and the Republican pol
Icy of protection are assailed i'm the
minority adverse report on the Littauer
compromise ship subsidy bill, which
was filed in the house today by Repre-
sentative Spight Of Mississippi The
report is signed by Mr.. Spight and the
other Democratic members of the
house committee on merchant marine
and tisheries-Messrs. Goulden, Sherley
and Patterson.
After reviewing the proposed subsidy
To South America and Oriental lines,
the report says:
Merely a Gratulty.
1T is not pretended that the proposed
appropriations are intended merely 10
compensate for services rendered, but
admittedly the larger part is pure
gratuity. This objection is fundamen-
tai, and no amount of sophistry or vol
ume of statistics can obscure il. Were
it limited to payments for new mail
routes. il might be acceptable for that
purpose, though not as a real aid to
merchant marine"
The report discusses the two proposed
/ lines which the bill proposes to subsi-
/ die between the Pacific coast and the
Orient saying: But when it is re-
called that at Seattle, north of Cape
MendicinO. is the existing steamship
/ line owned by j ]. Hill, the Pacific
| Mail. we may begin to suspect that
there is a niger in the woodpile.'
Hill and Hartman.
'Who are j. j. Hill and f. II. Harri-
man? The former is the great rail
road magnate of Northern Securities
notoriety, who tried to merge vast in
terests in violation of the law and was
only prevented by proceedings il
court Hartman is another leader OF
corporate wealth, who controls moro
railway trackage than any other mar
in the world. 1t is hard to guess whC
under this bill would pocket 81, OO'
Of the peoples money!?
II is then stated by the report tina
the proposed line from the Pacific cOaS
TO Chile would be mere extension o.
the Hartman line to Panama, and th'
general principle of governmental sub
sidy is attacked. The report declares
that governmental aid of this sort cal
never result in a great merchant ma
rine. and urges the repeal of Legislation
which binders such ship building i'm thi
country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29

Immediately after the explosion rescue
workers were hurried from all the adja-
cent mines and boldly entered the Reden
shaft in great numbers The work of res
cue has been greatly hampered by the
poisonous gases resulting from the eXplo-
sion and by a fierce fire that broke out
Immediately afterward. This caused ef-
forts at rescue to be suspended, and the
workers had to be ordered out OF the
mine.
After all the rescuers had reached day
light according to one version, a second
terrific defamation was heard under
ground. But according to another report
many of the reScuers were still below
when the second explosion occurred, and
it is estimated that the casualty list from
two explosions reaches a total of 300 men.
Lower Levels Wrecked.
1t is regarded as certain that the lowest
levels of the mines are completely
wrecked, and the inspectors are deliber-
ating upon further measures to get con-
troll of the fire. The managers are dis
GUESSING the advisability of flooding these
levels as the only means of eXtinguishing
the flames. 1t is believed that all the men
who were i'm the lower levels assuredly
are dead. IT will take full week to en-
ter and explore the mine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
old FIGGERS"
WAS INDIGNANT
GroSvenor Has Controversy
With Witness at House
Committee Hearing.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-"You are the
most insulting and contemplate witness
I ever saw before a committee" was
the retort Representative Grosvenor
made to Professor w. Elliott OF cleSe-
land, at a meeting of the house ways
and means committee held today TO
consider the Southland measure for reg
ulating sealing in Alaskan waters.
You can't shut me up. All this evil
dence is coming. 1t will go upon the
door of the house." Mr.. Elliott shouted.
General Grosvenor will interfere
whenever he wants TO. Take it into
the house as soon as you WISH" Repre-
sentative Grosvenor replied.
Determined to Be Heard.
The controversy arose through Pro-
lessor Elliott's attempt to read to the
committee much testimony concerning
the case of the J. Hamilton Lewis seal
ing vessel which was finally settled be-
fore The Hague tribunal
General Grosvenor, Chairman Payne
and other members of the committee
ATTEMPTED TO explain to Professor FL
lott that the documents were of no
value in the hearing, but he resented
their Interruptions and attacked the
members OF the committee.
Mr.. Elliott devoted practically the en-
tire morning TO citing the Lewis case as
proof of his claim that the North
American Commercial company. which
holds a concession from the United
States to take seals in Alaskan waters
obtained the concession fraudulently
and should not be permitted to con-
tinue. ..a
At the conclusion OF Elliotts state
ment the hearing was declared closed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
GREAT DEMAND
FOR RED METAL
No Truth in the StoryIhat Cop
per Is Being Stored and
the Price Raised.
OUTPUT is SOLD FAR AHEAD
SITUATION SAID TO BE A NATU-
RAJ ONE.

New York Jan 2S.-Representatives of
some of the largest copper producing com
panies having offices i'm this city. de-
clared today that there was no truth in
the allegation made to Attorney General
Bonaparte by the Northeastern Metal
Dealers association to the effect that
copper is being withheld from the mar
ket by a combination of producers They
denied that there was any such combina-
ton and declared the situation is nat
ural one. due TO the enormous increase
in the demand for copper and the inabil-
ity TO meet the demand.
Sold Months Ahead.
Some of the copper men said they ex-
perience great difficulty in keeping
enough copper on hand to meet possible
emergencies, such as bloclSadeS on the
railroads or the going astray of the cars
One said that every pound OF copper his
mines could produce was sold for months
ahead and that he doubted that car
load of copper could be obtained today
for immediate delivery. Other producers
said that they had considerable copper
i'm process of refinement but this occu-
pied several months and as soon as re-
fined IL was shipped TO customers who
had long been awaiting It,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29

When the real dull time comes
in your business ]. Angus Mac
Donald says the physiological
moment to advertise has arrived.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29

u the regular course of bust
.sS, YOU often find something
a. would be of interest to your
..-o,nective customers. That's
Exercising news.-Jim's Junk.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-29
0IscrImInation Claimed.

RS RS claimed that this tax was a
1ion against the commerce
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
ALL OFFICERS Reelected
Extension Of Iron Fence At GIenwood
Cemetery: Lots Advanced.

At the annual meeting of the Manka
to Cemetery association, held late yes
terday afternoon, A. Nj. Smith, Thomas
Hughes and j. n. Hall were reelected
trustees for three years. The trustees
subsequently held meeting and re-
elected all of the old officers, as follows:
H. B. Perrin, president; c. E. Wise,
treasurer; c. A. Chapman, secretary; w.
f. Jewson, actuary and superintendent.
The former supervising committee was
reelected, consisting of General j. FL.
Baker, John n Hall and c. a. Chapman.
General Baker was reelected mem
Der of the board of managers of the
perpetual care fund for three years.
The superintendent was authorized to
purchase $50 feet more of iron fence
and extend the present iron fence east
erly that much, which will be very
noticeable improvement from the front.
The lots have heretofore been held at
$50 and $75, but it was voted to ad-
vance the price of all lots to SIS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
Tobacco Combine Now In
Uncle Sans Pan.
SUIT TO DISSOLVE OUTFIT
Government Files Petition Against a
job Lot of Concerns That Are
Banded Together.
Especial Telegram.1

New York, July lO.-The government
today filed in the United States circuit
court in this city a petition against the
American Tobacco company, the I'm
periaI Tobacco company, British Ameri
can Tobacco company, American Snuff
company. American Cigar company,
United Cigar Stores company, the Amer
lean Stogie company, MacAndrews &
Forbes company, Conley Foil company
and fifty-siX other corporations and
twenty individuals connected with
the above named companies. These cor
porations and individuals constitute
what is generally known as the tobacco
trust and the petition directed against
them sets forth the purpose of the gov
eminent to dissolve the trust by break
ing up the agreements under which the
consolidated concerns are working. In
showing the growth of the trust since
its organization in 1890, the conclusion
is reached that at an early day unless
prevented, the trust will completely
monopolize the entire tobacco industry.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
MUST STICK TO CHARTER
Judge OIsen's Decision Relative To
Issuing Liquor Licenses.

st. Peter, July lO-According to a
ruling made by Judge |. NJ. Olsen the
provision of the general statutes cover
ing the issuance of licenses to sell
Intoxicating liquors does not apply in
cities which have special charters.
The decision was handed down in
the case of George l.. Evans against
the city of Redwood Falls. The same
question has arisen in many other
towns throughout the state.
Redwood Falls operates under a
special charter. a section of which
provides that all liquor licenses shall
be issued on Jan. 20 of each year.
Ignoring this the common council voted
a license to Escer Bailey to date from
but one of the aldermen, George l..
Evans, applied for a temporary in
junction restraining the Redwood Falls
officials from issuing the permit.
Arguments in the case were made
fore Judge Olsen and he sustained the
injunction, holding that under its
charter, the city has no right to issue
license on any other date than that
specifically named i'll the charter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
JOSEPH DOBlE'S WILL
Disposes Of An Estate Estimated At
Twenty Thousand Dollars.

The will of the late Joseph Dobie was
filed for probate today. 1t was made in
1887, and the heirs are the widow, seven
daughters and four sons. The estate
comprises $4,000 personal and $4,000
real property. The will provides that
the widow during her life time and the
minor children during their minority
were to have the entire estate for their
support, but upon the death of the wild
ow and the reaching of their majority
by the children, the entire real estate
is to 90 to the son, Horace g., upon
his paying 800 to each of the other
sons and daughters, and all of the per-
sonal estate is to be divided among the
children, all to have one share, except
the daughters, Sarah A. and Flora Nc
Donald Dobie, who are each to receive
two shares. The children have all long
since reached their majority.
The son, j. H. Dobie, is named as ex-
ecutor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
NEWS SURPRISED THEM
ST. Charities Had To Go Away From
Home To Learn Something.

Fred Schostag and daughter and
Gotlieb Schostag and daughter, and E.
g. Kolloss of st. Clair have returned
from La Crosse where they were visit
ing relatives. They attended the gold
en- wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bruschke.
While in La Crosse the Messrs. Schos-
tag were shown the following which was
published in Lacrosse newspaper two
years ago under st. Clair date line:
ga gigantic bull moose stalked mejes-
tically into town yesterday and after
shifting for moment about the door
step of William Frantz's saloon, walked
through the open door, went up to the
bar and examined himself critically in
the great looking glass behind it.
"Bystanders were for moment. too
thunderstruck to move. Then Asa An
drews rushed for his gun and before
the animal had left the place sent a
bullet through his heart"
Naturally the st. Charities were very
much surprised to read such story
concerning their home town, and they
explained that Mr.. Franz had mounted
moose head and adorned the wall of
his place of business with it, Mighty
few moose fool around st. Clair.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
Head of the Miners Union
On the Stand.
TELLS STORY OF STRIKES
Declared That He Had Never Possessed
Any Personal Hostility For
Gov. Steunenberg.
Especial TeIegram.J

Boise, July lO.-Charles II. Meyer,
president of the Western Federation of
Miners and follow defendant of William
d. Haywood in the indictment charging
them with the murder of Frank Steu.
nenberg, took the stand today as a wit
ness in behalf of his comrade. He SEEM
ed quite self-possessed as he walked to
the stand, but displayed some nervous.
ness as his examination began. Within
a few minutes, however, he was going
along very steady in the recital of his
connection with the Western Federation
of Miners.
During the review of Occur d'Alene
strike of 1899, the witness said he was
in sympathy with the strikers in their
struggle and he never had any personal
hostility for Frank Steunenberg. In de-
scribing his duties, Meyer declared that
they required him to be absent from
Denver, the plotting ground of the con-
spiracy alleged by the state, more than
half of the time. Shortly before noon
the witness entered upon lengthy ex-
animation as to the Cripple Creek strike
of 1904.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
STOLTZ WON FIRST PLACE.
Winner in the Butter Contest at St.
Paul This Week.

st. Paul. July 5.-The second of a
series of six butter and cheese scoring
contests, held by the state dairy and
food department, closed with w. f,
Stoltz of Pratt winner in the butter
contest and j. T. mccarthy of West
Concord winner in the cheese contest
The high score in each contest was 81
per cent.
The prize winners in the butter scor-
ing contest were as follows: w. f.
Stoltz of Pratt. 81, first prize; X. d.
Radtke, of Hamburg, 96ih, second
prize; c.. Johnson, Howard Lake, &c.
third prize. In the cheese contest
the first prize was awarded to ). L.
McClearv of West Concord, with a
score of 81; the second went to Il. i.
Strombeck of Battle Lake, with a
score of 90, and two of the contest
ants were tied for third prize, Fred
Miller of Manterville and James Wick
berg of Canon Falls, each having a
score of 95R.
That the general grade of the but
teri entries was high is shown by the
fact that of the 252 entries all but
| fifteen scored 90 or better There were
nineteen entries in the cheese contst
and of tbs sven scored 30 or better
eleven between 90 and 95, and the low
| est score was 81.
In Judging the contests each judge
acted separately, their scores being
averaged for the final score. When the
other four contests have been held the
prizes will be awarded to the three
| having the highest average for the
six contests in both the butter and
cheese classes.
The first and second prizes in each
case will be trips to the annual conven'
ton in each of the branches of the
dairy business which will be held next
| winter.