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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
RUNYAR STILL
BLAAES WOMAN
Had Been in Laura Carriers
Company but Twelve Hours
When He Gave Her $4,000.

New York, Aug. 29.-Chester B. Run
yam, the defaulting teller of the Windsor
Trust company, had known Laura NJ.
Carter only two weeks, and had been in
her company less than twelve hours alto
gether when he gave her $4,000, according
to his testimony at the trial today. Mrs
Carter is charged with having received
money which she knew to have been
stolen. Runyan was the principal witness
against her. Asked if he did not think he
was inviting disaster when he showed the
$4,000 which he had taken from the bank
to the woman on the street, he replied
Il don't know. 1 don't think that it
ever occurred to me-
He said that up to the time he offered
Mrs Carter 5000 to keep him out of the
way of the police for two or three months
he did not have a dollar. When he left
the bank with the suit case stuffed with
bank notes he had no idea how much
money il contained. The packages of bills
had been picked up at random and thrown
into the suit case. The first time he knew
the exact amount of his fichings was
when he counted the money in the pres
ence of Mrs. Carter in the flat which she
had engaged as a refuge for him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
Especial to The Herald.)

Evanston, Wyo., Aug. 29.-The regular
fall term OF the district court will begin
its session in this city on Tuesday next.
On the criminal docket there is a murder
trial that will attract considerable inter
est. Mrs. Annie z. Bruce and her daugh-
ter, Miss Annie Bruce, the latter a young
woman Of Is or 10 years. are now IN
the county Jail charged with the murder
of the husband and father, James L.
Bruce. All the parties to the affair were
formerly Well-knOWn residents of Almy.
a coal mining camp near this city. For
several years past they have resided
at Smoot, in Star valley, in this county,
where Mr. Bruce, in company with Mr.
MOffett. kept a small store in the firm
name of Bruce & Moffett- Mr.. Bruce also
had a small ranch about one and a half
miles from the store and home in SmoOt.
Pie Was Poisoned.
On the morning of March q. of the
present year, Mr.. Bruce and two of his
boys went to the ranch to do some work
The two Toys ate their breakfast before
starting out; but Mr.. Bruces breakfast
was carried along il a basket, he prefer
ring 10 eat later on. A pie, which his
wife and daughter had baked on the pre-
viOus day, comprised a part of the lunch
Out in the field when Mr.. Bruce began
eating this pie. he noticed a peculiar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
BORAH, ADAMS
AND PETTIBOHE
Three Criminal Trials Coming
Up in Idaho Which Will
Conflict in Date.
RICHARDSON DROPS OUT
BARROW CHIEF COUNSEL FOR
THE MINERS.

Boise. Aug. 9.-The state of Idaho will
ask for change of venue in the case of
Steve Adams, charged with the murdac Of
Fred Tyler, in Shoshone county The case
will be called for trial Sept. 3 at Wallace,
when a motion will be made Oh the
ground that it is impossible to secure a
fair trial at Wallace, where the popula-
ton is largely composed Of miners. 1t is
believed if a change of venue is granted
the case will be sent to Moscow for trial
1t was definitely announced today that
r. T. Richardson. of Denver, will not ap-
pear in the trial Of Adams or of Petit
bone. barrow being in complete charge
Senator Borah has telegraphei James
H. Hawley, chief counsel for the prosecu-
ton in the Adams and PettibOae cases.
to return to Boise at once. TIawley has
been retained as counsel for Borah in the
land fraud case pending in the United
States district court, which rorvenes On
Sept 3. Borah has made demand on the
government that he be served with d COPY
of the Indictment and be given an imme-
date trial. 1t is evident that either the
BOrah or Adams trials will have to go
over until after Oct. l, which is the date
set for the trial of Pettibone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
SOUL MARRIAGE
LASTS FOREVER
Brooklyn Lumber Merchant
Declares His Second Wife
Only a Companion.

New York, Aug.-Edward Vanderbilt
the elderly Brooklyn lumber merchant
who married Mrs. Mary Ann ScannelI
Pepper, the spiritualistic leader of Brook
Ign. was examined by a sherifFs jury
and insanity commission in the county
court. Mrs. Pepper Vanderbilt was not
in court.
Early in his testimony Mr.. Vanderbilt
declared that he married the woman
bishop of spiritualism merely for COM
panionship. as the spirit of his dead wife
was still with him, and would always
remain with him Theirs had been a
soul marriage that would exist for all
time. Mrs. Pepper was his companion.
Asked about his first wife. he said.
Il worShiped her and still worship her
in spirit. She died in my arms | was
overwhelmed with grief at the departure
of her body, but knew that her soul was
still with me It is with me yet Two
souls constitute a marriage and there
should be only one such marriage Her
soul is with me perpetually."
can you define the spiritual?''
Il will try. Many people differ in
their descriptions of the spiritual. / look
upon the body as the knower and doer
When you die the doer goes on to the
other side. the knOWer had no life and is
gone. often while your body is here your
thoughts viii be way off"
DO you believe in a later life?''
mo. Life is perpetual. We are con-
stantly changing. We always remain here
Take your own case"-waving his hand
at the lawycr-"when you were 10 years
have completely changed. The only SINH
larity between you of then and you of
now is the name you bear. Your body
and mind have completely changed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
POLICE WERE PRESENT
TO PRESERVE THE PEACE

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 2s.-Ricardo
Flores, president of the Mexican revoIu-
uOndTy society and Antonio Villareal ana
Librado Rivera. appeared in the superior
court for the third time this afternoon to
fight for their liberty on habeas corpus
proceedings. 1t was found impossible tn
end the case yesterday, SO long were the
proceedings drawn in the contest waged
by the array of attorneys on each side.
Judge Wilbur decided to give counsel on
each side a half hour in which to make
closing arguments today.
To provide against any unusual demon
stratiOn, a dozen policemen were detail
ed to escort the prisoners to the court
house, where they remained in the corri-
doris to preserve order during the hear
ing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
M00RS ATTACK BUT
MEET WITH REPULSE

Paris. Aug. ga dispatch from Moroc-
co, dated Aug. q, says Muai Hafig made
several changes in his ministry before de-
parting for the east and also released all
the prisoners inearcerated at Morocco
City during the reign of Abdul Azaz A
dispatch resolved during the afternoon
announced that the MOOrs assaulted the
allies camp at Casablanca but were re-
pulsed.
to be peaceable Carrying out its policy
of taking active measures in Morocco the
French government today ordered the ar
mOred cruiser Desaix to proceed to Tan
gier from Toulon with instructions to pro-
tect the European population of the part.
A torpedo boat destroyer has been order
&c to sail for Morocco.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
BREWERS MEET IN SECRET
Spread of the Local Option Idea, Es,
pecially in the South, to Be
Vigorously Opposed.

Chicago, Aug. 29.-United action by lead
ing brewers of the United States agaif.st
the spread of the local option idea was
begun in z secret meeting m this city yes
terday, news of which developed today.
1t IS proposed to adopt a definite plan 10
stop the spread Of. local option. especially
in the south. This was the prime beet
of the meeting. There was no formal can
issued and no publicity Of the fact that
there was 20 be a meeting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
PLAGUE At SAN FRANCISCO
So Far. Nine Cases Have Been Re-
ported and Six of the Vic
tins Have Died

y Washington, Aug. 2e-Advices re- \
4 ceived by the surgeon general of the :
y public health and marine hospital =
y service at Washington show that ;
3 from August u up to today there =
= have been nine cases of plague at =
4 San Francisco and six deaths. Two =
= OF the cases were sailors from coast y
= ing vessels. The other cases have !
+ occurred i'm the county and, navy hos ;
4 pital and in other parts of the city =
y Instructions have been sent to all +
4 quarantine officers on the Pacific =
+ coast to carefully inspect vessels 4
= from San Francisco and at the larger =
+ stations to fUmigate. =
<%%%A%%4+~&-&A =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
ONLY SALVATION is
THE TELEPHONE LINE
Especial to The Herald. }

Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 29.-The telegraph
companies say the strike is not affecting
them materially and that business is be-
ing handled. but it is a well-known fact
that northern Wyoming is cut off from
the southern part of the state so far as
Geographic communication is concerned.
kilograms sent to Sheridan week ago
are still on the hooks of the Omaha relay
office or have been forwarded by mail.
and kilograms started from Sheridan sew
eral days ago were beaten by letters that
followed. But for the Bell telephone
lines there would be no wire communica-
ton between the two sections of the state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
SCAFFOLD FALLS FIFTY FEET
Two Men Killed and Two Injured.
One Fatally, While Work
ing at York, Pa.

York, Pa, Aug. 29.-Two men were kill
ed and two injured, one probably fatally,
by the falling of a scaffold today at the
York county jail, which is being rebuilt.
The scaffold was wrecked by an So0-poun /
piece Of granite falling on il and the men
were prccipitated to the ground, a dis
tance of fifty feet.
The dead: Edward A Cook, assistant
foreman; William Frey.
Injured; T r Cunningham, stone
mason, York, skull probably fractured
and internal injuries; Emery Potteroff
stonemason, York, leg broken and contu-
sions on body.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
TAFT'S IDEA OF TRUSTS

in
Republicans
Yellowstone
liam J.
be
tnued and the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30

A grand jury is to be called to inves-
tigate the abnormal and excessive cost
of living in Salt Lake City.
Three affidavits have already been
secured from grocers and butchers
here who, as independent dealers and
as members of the Butchers & Grocers'
association, have felt the heavy hand
of the combination existing between
the retailers and wholesalers, when
then attempted through cut prices to
give their customers the benefits of
large purchases at low prices.
Breeder Hapd at Work.
The decision to ask the district court
for a grand jury to investigate living
conditions here was reached late yes
terday afternoon.
The proper person to request the
calling of the jury is the attorney
general of the state, NJ. A. Breeder.
Pressed last night for a statement as
to when the request would be made.
Attorney General Breeder said: Il
have the matter in hand and am col
lecting evidence. One man came to
me today with evidence of a combina-
ton, but wanted to find out before di-
vulging it, where he would stand as to
protection and remuneration.
Il have the matter of calling a grand
jury well in hand, but 1 prefer not to
make an announcement until later"
1t is understood that the three aft
davits obtained yesterday afternoon
will be laid before the attorney gen.
eral this morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
TRANSFERRED BACK TO
THEILLIN0IS CENTRAL

Belleville, H., Aug. ga deed was filed
for record here yesterday, transferring all
property held by Stuyvesant Fish in East
st. Louis to the Illinois Central Railroad
company. The property consists of a val
liable tract of land situated west of Ca
hokia creek and adjoining the Illinois
sissippi river The consideration named
is 81 1t is stated by railroad men that
the property was transferred TO Mr. Fish
when he was president of the company
for an extension of the yards of the com
pany. Now that he is no longer president
it is transferred back to the company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
ATTACKED BY Unknown MAN
Mrs. Hewlett, Bell Telephone Opera
tor, Victim of Labor Trouble
at Bridger. Mont.
(SDecial to INC HeraldO

topeClaI 10 The HeTaId.) ,
Bridger. Mont, Aug. 29.-Because =
I she persisted in working for the ;
= Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone com !
+ pany. which had been declared a )
= "scab'' concern by the labor unions, I
+ Mrs. Hewlett, the local operator, i
y was fiercely assaulted by an I'M =
y known man last night. Frightened by 4
( the language of the man demanding =
= that she quit work, the young wOm- 3
4 ar fled to a back room and locked i
= the door, Her asSailant lay in wait. 4
y however and when she re-entered =
4 the room attacked her rending her !
= clothes and tearing down her hair :
4 Her screams finally frightened the =
y man away. :
f%V%< -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
GET GOVERNMENT JOBS.
FiIipInos Educated in United States
Arrive at Manila.

Washington. Aug. 29-Twenty-two of
~the young FilioiDos who were educated in
the United States have arrived in Manila
to undertake a period OF service fer the
government equal to the time spent in
this country acquiring an education at
government expense. Those having been
graduated from the normal, engineering
and agricultural courses will be given en-
ployment under the Philippine board of
education and the other graduates will be
given other employment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
RAN INTO OPEN SWITCH.

Oklahoma City, Aug. 29.-Fast Frisco
tain No 400. known as the Meteor.
which left St. Louis at 2;30 yesterday aft
ernoon and which was due to arrive here
at noon. ran into an open switch near
Tulsa. L t, at an early hour this morn
ing and was wrecked. One mail clerk and
two passengers were seriously injured
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
SIXTY THOUSAND
PEOPLE HOMELESS

Yokohama. Aug 2s-Advices received
from the American consulate at Hakodate
place the loss caused by the confiagra-
ton there at SO. 10000. About 1900
houses, varying in value. were burned and
$1,000 people were rendered homeless For
mer estimates are regarded as having
been too low.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
TERRIBLE BRIDGE DISASTER.

Montreal, Aug. pa
Reports
but
here and a tan S made
S15
of
a half
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
DECORATED BY JAPAN.

Paris, Aug. 29.-The japanese amhasss-
dor, NJ Kurino, today in behalf of the
japanese emperor formally bestowed the
Order of the Chrysanthemum on Presi-
dents Fallierss. who came to Paris from
Rambouillet especially for the occasion.
The ambassador also handed the presi-
dent an autograph letter from the
empress,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
KILLED HIS SISTER
AND SHOT HIMSELF

Pottsville, Va, Aug. 29.-Thomas La
velle a prominent hotel keeper of Girard-
vile, near here, shot and instantly killed
his sister, Mary, while she was sleeping
early today, and then sent 4 bullet into
his own head which will cause death 1t
is believed that Lavelle was temporarily
insane
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
TEN YEARS FOR MURDER.

st. Joseph, Mo, Aug. 29.-Wesley Chris
TOPPER, a youth who killed Charley L.
Stanley, a commercial traveller March 30
last. was sentenced to ten years in the
penitentiary by jury today. Christopher
assaulted a woman IN an alley and wheP
Stanley went to her rescue the boy shot
him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
PRICES NINE MILES AWAY
Holiday is about ten miles south of Salt Lake

Holiday about ten miles south Of Salt Lake.
The groc butchers of Holiday their stocks of local whole
salers and haul them by wagon to Holiday
Wednesday Salt purchased fresh eggs Holiday for 20
dozen; class butter for 80 cents pound sliced breakfast
bacon 7 pound and of Canaon 10
a
The Salt Lake retail prices the goods Eggs 80 cents
butter So cents pound bacon 22 25 pound and
Carnation cream 10 cents two for Is cents
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
EXACT TERMS UNKNOWN.

st. Petersburg. Aug. cit is expected
that a formal announcement of the sig
nature of the Anglo-Russian convention
will soon be made by the two govern
ments, but the exact terms of the agree
ment will not be published for the present
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
SENSATIONAL MURDER CASE ON
DOCKET At EVANSTON. WYO.
Mrs. Annie E. Bruce and Her Daughter Annie Bruce Charged
With Poisoning James B. Bruce

taste. After eating part Of it he was
seized with pains and commissions and
died in less than an hour. Before he be-
came unccnsci )us he told Bishop Craney
and some other neighbors who had been
called to his assistance, that he had been
poisoned with strychnine in the pie. Be
fore he died he told his Oldest boy to
save the remainder of the pie for ex-
animation by the authorities. The boy
took the pie home and, it is said, told
his mother about saving 1t, when she
took the pie and threw it into the creek.
At the cOrOners inquest which followed
an autopsy was held and the stomach and
other Internal organs were sent. under
seal, to the state chemist, at the Laramie
university, TO- analysis.
Analysis Showed Strychnine.
The analysis showed a large quantity
of strychnine It is said that some fric-
ton existed in the Bruce family, begin
ming at d time several years ago. when
Mr.. Bruce was away east on a mission
for the Latter-day Saints church. These
differences were. however. patched I'D to
a certain extent, but rUmor places a
younger man in the case, who still re-
sides in that part of the country. All
available facts Will probably be brought
out in the trial next week Mrs. Bruce,
the accused wife, was raised In Almy,
near this city and her maiden name
was Clark
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
GRAND JURY THREATENS
SALT LAKE FOOD COMBINE
Affidavits Are Being Secured as Basis for Pro-
ceedings Against Butchers and Gro
cers---PubIic Is Aroused.

Developments indicate Existence of Oppressive Trust Among
Local Wholesalers Organizations Work Together.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
Wholesalers involved.

The wholesale butchers and gTOCers
are getting as deep in the mud as tie
retail butchers and grOceTs are IN the
mire- Conclusive evidence was Sc
cured yesterday by The Herald that a
thorough understanding and working
agreement exists between the whole
sale and retail dealers for the regula-
ton of prices, sitting of competition
and for the bOycOtting of all retailers
who refuse to sell goods at "associa-
ton" prices.
A. Levy, proprietor Of the California
fish market here, said yesterday that
when he was owner Of the Independent
Grocery company in Salt Lake, he at
times sold goods cheaper than other
retailers about town.
AT one time I went to Hewlett
Bros. and put down cash on their
counter for a bill of goods They told
me they would like to see me fix up
my trouble with the Butchers & Gro
GERS association before selling me the
goods. The next day I was notified to
come to Hewlett's office. There l
found Mr.. Hewlett, Lorenzo Jensen,
secretary of the Butchers & Grocers.
and a walking delegate of the Butch
ers & Grocers. They told me if /
would sell at association prices, stop
advertising in the newspapers and
stop putting signs of my prices in
front Of the store, they would see if /
couldn't get the goods 1 wanted /
agreed and got nv gOOdSf'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
Hewlett Admits Boycott Threat.

OTsOn Hewlett, of Hewlett Bros, and
president of the Merchants and Manufac-
tturers' association, late yesterday after
noon at his office admitted that his firm
had refused TO sell goods to Levy.
Had We done so we would have been
boycOtted by every retail grocer and
butcher in this city" emphatically de-
claIsd President Hewlett
1t would be difficult to find more con
elusive proof Of a combination or under
standing between the wholesale and re-
tail dealers than this instance and half 4
dozen others which were brought to light
by strenuous investigation and search
yesterday. The majority of the grocers
who gave evidence declared they were
afraid to have their names used as the
Butchers and GroceTs' association was
powerful enough to harm if not ruin
them.
Developments have come thick and fast
in the past tWentv-four hours in the
campaign public indignation has aroused
for a lower cost of living. The decision
to ask for a grand jury is the most i'm
portant. Then comes the positive state
ment from one grocer and a prominent
restaurant man that an ironclad agree
ment as to prices exists among the whole
SalerS. The grocer who made the state
ment refused to let his name be used for
the present, being member of the Butch
ers and Grocers' association and fearing
their wrath.
I'VE are not entirely to blame for the
present high prices. though our assOcia-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
Chicago Prices Lower.

From every quarter of the city and
from the surrounding towns are comm g
letters and reports Of prices in various
outside towns as compared with local
prices. and the local condition is given
some hard jOlts.
Quoted above are the prices prevailing
at Halliday. south of Salt Lake, "A town
whose merchants are compelled TO come
TO Salt Lake by team, buy their goods
and haul them home again. Yet they can
Continued on Page 8.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30

A good advertisement sells goods
today and makes a good reputa-
ton for tomorrow.-Seth Brown.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-30
Corporations Crippled.

Taking up the committees assertion
that no railroad. smeiter, sugar factory or
was likely to suffer. from a coal shortage
Mr.. Bancroft states that last winter the
Short Line had on hand on several occn-
sions less than twenty-four hours SUD-
ply-a highly dangerous situation for the
railroad and for the people IL served
SHELTERS. sugar factories and similar in
situations had suffered because Of fuel
Continued on Page 2.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-05
LAND DISTRICTS ENLARGED.
Important Changes Made in Reoraan.
ization of General Land Office,

Important Changes Made in Reorgan.
ization of General Land Office.
Washington.-In accordance with
orders issued by the president and the
secretary of the interior, the commits
sioner of the general land office has
taken up the work of recognizing the
field and office force under his control,
In order to secure greater efficiency in
the field work of the special agents
the commissioner has found it advis.
able to redistrict the public land terri.
tory, changing the lines so that for
the most part the field divisions have
been enlarged, thus giving greater ter.
ritory to the several chiefs. The chiefs
of divisions have been invested with
more authority and greater super.
visory powers than heretofore. The
special agents will be detailed to the
several chiefs from time to time and
placed directly under the Jurisdiction
of the chiefs of the several divisions
in the field, each chief being held re.
sponsible for the efficient performance
of all work in his division.