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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23

COMPANY'S STATEMENT,
Skeags Is Charged With fragrant
Refusal to Obey Orders.

The following statement was issued
from the general offices of the Denver &
at Denver:
The following facts are given concern
ing the dismissal from the service of this
company of r. H. Skeggs. wire chief and
operator at Grand Junction:
''On Sept q, 1891 Superintendent of
Telegraph j. NJ. Walker directed that a
break in commercial telegraph wire No
LOG. extending on and along the right of
west of Grand Junction, be located and
made good, which Instructions Wire
Chief Skeggs positively and in terms re-
fused to carry out.
1.-The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
company and the Rio Grande Western
Railway company. under their contract
with the Western Union Telegraph com
pany, made in 1883. among other obli-
cations. agreed to exercise the same
care and diligence in the maintenance
and repair of the wire or wires that the
telegraph company has, or may have
along said railroads that the railway
companies do in the maintenance and re-
pair of the wire or wires used exclusive
ly by themselves
There are on the telegraph poles on
and along the right of way of this COM
pany wires devoted to the exclusive use
of the railway company and wires de-
pany, with q right in the railway COM
pany, in case of necessity, to use any
of the wires. Line repair men are en-
ployed by the railroad company and, I'M
der the direction of the wire chiefs. who
are located at the principal division ter
minals. are required to keep in repair and
operation all of the telegraph wires men,
toned. The telegraph wires under the
charge of Mr.. Skeggs. as wire chief COW
cred the territory extending from New
Castle Colo, to Helper Utah.
"All wire chiefs make daily reports 20
the superintendent of telegraph on the
condition at o'clock a. m, of all wires
in the territory under their supervision !;
and where Interruptions existed, such
reports include the result of tests made
fixing the character and locality of such
time to time, as required, to make tests
of wires in their jurisdiction, to correct
Interruptions that may occur. If such cor
rectior can be made in the wire chief s
office or If the services of linemen are
required to direct linemen to proceed to
such point of trouble and make necessary
repairs The daily reports of wire chiefs
are on file in the company's office. They
were made regularly by Mr.. Skeggs in
comply with the order to locate and cor
rect trouble with commercial wire No 106,
which failed after the morning report.
instructions from the superintendent of
telerraph similar to those of Sept 81
which Mr.. Skeggs disobeyed, had from
time to time prior to that date been is
sued and were by Mr.. Skeggs carried
ont and as late as Sept II an order al
most the same in phraseology, and in
81 relating to trouble with the same
commercial wire No. 106. was sent to Mr.
Continued on page 8.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23

Chicago, Oct 22.-The officials of the
banks Of this city are a unit in declar-
ing that never in the history OF the city
have its financial institutions been on
as sound a basis as they are at present.
Following the failure of the Chicago
National bank, two years ago, the Chi
cago Clearing House association, dissat-
isfied with the state and national inspec-
ton of banks. appointed inspectors of its
own, at a saldr! double that paid by the
government for similar work.
The inspectors bureau has the power
to audit banks at any time, and as a
consequence all Of the banks know ex-
actly every day the condition of the
other banks. When a bank demurs to
the work of the auditor it is promptly
denied clearing house facilities. The re
suit has been IN the last two years that
number of weak institutions have been
compelled to liquidate. and that the
banks of this city are stronger today
than they have ever been.
Cashier B. Nj. Chattell of the Illinois
Trust e. Savings bank declared today
that there are no weak spots in the banks
of Chicago. There is not only money
here in sufficient quantity, he said, for
the ordinary demands of business but
for the moving of all the grain crops in
the west. Money is as plentiful here as
it ever is at this time of the year.
President FOrgaE of the First National
bank SAID
The Chicago banks are absolutely
sound. They are not in the habit of
handling undigested or undigestible Sc
curities. We can use all of our money I'm
| legitimate enterprises. The disturbance
| in New York cannot disturb us in the
/ slightest degree"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23
POWER COMPANIES GET
TOGETHER IN IDAHO
Especial to The HeraId.)

Pocatello, Ida, Oct. 22.-The Idaho
Consolidated Power company, with a.
capital of 100000, has absorbed the
American Falls Power, Light & Water
company. the Pocatello Electric Light
& Power company and the Blackfoot
Power & Water company. Formal
transfer of these holdings of James II
Brady of this city will be made in a
few days Mr.. Brady retains the pres
idency of the consolidation. The plans
include development of the consolida-
tons ownership of $4,000 horsepower
at American Falls and transmission of
electrical energy to surrounding towns.
Twenty-Five hundred horsepower arc
now being generated at America n
Fails, and an addition of 1000 can be
placed on the wires inside of sixtv
days
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23
FARM ERS' CONGRESS.
Colonel Benham Cameron of North
Carolina Elected President.

Oklahoma City, Oct. 22.-With the Sc
lection of the next meeting place and the
election of officers this afternoon, what
is considered one of the most successful
meetings of the Farmers national con-
eress came to a close
F. H. Webster, chief of the dairy di-
vision of the department of agriculture,
smoke at the morning session. He urged
the Importance of dairy farming to ev-
cry community.
The afternoon session opened with a
call of states and three-minute responses.
THE following officers were elected for
the coming year:
President-Colonel Benham Cameron,
StagviIle, n. {.
First Vice observation-disclosures Strange,
Marion, Ind. Co.
Second Vice Presidential L. Strayer'
Illinois. D,.,.., I1,osh-
~ T r l.. Ames. Oregon. Wis
Executive Committee. w. Wiekey'
ocean Springs. Miss, Qong term); l.. v
Morrison. Greenville. Pa, tshort term.
II was decided to leave the selection
of the next meeting place to the executive
committee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23
No Promises Made,
PLAGUE AT SEATTLE

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Sydney Fisher to leave for the and
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23
TAFT AT MANILA.
Secretary Has Conference With Pres.
ident of the Assembly.

Manila, Oct. 22-Secretary Taft endad
a day of hard work in the transaction Of
official business with an important con
ference with President Osnlena of the
Philippine assembly. They discussed the
attitude of the assembly which the seco
rotary said was satisfactory, expressin,
his qualification that its tendency is nn3
radical. During the day the secretarv
attended session of the Philippine com
missioners, the governor general he:n1
present. at which A hearing was given
TO representatives of railroad Contractors
who are dissatisfied with the strict audit
ing of their accounts.
Tomorrow night Secretary Taft will go
to Subig bay on an inspection tour re-
turning here on Thursday. The heat is
intense.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23
SAM GEB0 NOT AFRAID
OF FEDERAL GRAND JURY

Helena. Mont. Oct. PA special from
PED Lodge SAYS that Sam Gebo, the mil
iionaire coal and land operator, whom
nnr.ain newspapers have pictured as a
SJctim of the federal grand jury which
viii meet in Cheyenne next month on the
alleged ground that he had. with otehrs,
secured vast areas of government lands
in wyoming and Montana through dunn
nv entrymen, denies absolutely any col
msion. He asserts that. the entrymen
are bona fide, and adds that the govern
ment would not advertise its purpose In
this manner if indictments were expect
ed. He says an investigation lasting for
several months was made last year, but
that no indictments were returned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23
Portland Banks Sound.

Portland Ore, Oct. 22.-J. l.. Hartman,
president of the Portland Clearing House
association. made the following state4
ment to the Associated Press regarding
banking conditions in Portland:
The financial situation in Portland is
remarkably good. The banks Of Port
land have more money on hand than at
any time in their history. There is scarce
'ly a bank in this territory that is not
prepared for any emergency. Very few
big loans are beirg made except on wheat
and wool. The banks of Portland are
careful and conservative and operate on
an individual basis. Portland is out OF
debt and is a lOaner and not a borrower.
The wisdom Of Portlands sO-called ultra
conservatism could not be better demon
strated than at this time"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23
Real Estate Reaction.

Seattle. Wash, Oct 22-C B. Yandeu,
secretary of the Seattle chamber of COM
mOrce. says:
There Is only one depressing element
in the local financial situation as its ex-
lists today. That is the tendency toward
reaction as a result of too much specula-
ton in realty during the past eighteen
months. Otherwise business is Just as
brisk as it has been for the past five
years.
Bank deposits have increased since
Jan. from s60.000000 TO s72.O COO There
is more money to loan today than ever
before in fact there is such an excess
that large amounts are being sent east
for call loans.
THE volume of trade with Alaska gen
orally is on the increase and the same is
true with oriental commerce.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23

Nashville, Tenn, Oct 22.-President
Roosevelt in his address at the Auditor
ium said today:
There has been trouble in the stock
market in the high financial world dur
ing the past few months. The statement
has frequently been made that the. pol
ces for which Il stand. legislative and
executive, are resbonsible for that trou-
BILE. Now, these policies of mine can be
summed up in one brief sentence. They
represent the effort TO punish successful
dishonesty. / doubt if these policies have
had any material effect in bringing about
the present trouble, but if they have il
will not alter in the slightest degree my
determination that for the remaining six
teen months of my term these policies
shall be persevered in unswervingly.
Merely Turned on the Light.
eff to arouse that type of civic man.
hood in our nation it were necessary to
suffer any temporary commercial depres-
sion l should consider the cost but small
All we have done has been to unearth the
was unearthed that did the damage. All
| did was to turn on the light. / am
responsible for turning on the light, but
l am not responsible for what the light
showed. 1t Is impossible to cut out
cancer without making the patient feel
for a few days rather scker than he felt
before. No material wellbeinss can save
this nation if it lcses the lit towards
higher things. | will permit neither the
demagogue upon one side nor the reac-
tiOnary on the other to drive me away
from the course or policy which / regard
most vital for the wellbelng of this ma
ton
and the thing most important to re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23

San Francisco, Oct. 22-Banking and
financial conditions in this city are re
ported as excellent. No failure has oc-
CURED on change. and none is antici-
pated. The movement of crops is in ac-
tive progress, and as consequence the
volume of money in circulation has been
increased by Withdrawals from the banks
during the last thirty days. The short
age of cars has delayed deliveries and
the return of money to the banks, there
fore. will be slow. However. the supply
of money is ample for all purposes.
No Unusual Condition.
l. w Holman, president of the Wells
Fargo-Nevada National bank and of the
Union Trust company. discussing the fin
ancial situation this morning. said:
There is abundant capital here in the
commercial banks for legitimate purposes
and we are accommodating our regular
clients as though nothing had happened;
making the usual advances for the NOV
ing and forwarding of crops and food
stuffs of which large shipments are in
motion now. l do not think anything is
to be feared on account of any Of the
San Francisco commercial. savings and
trust banks. They are in the hands or
conservative bankers, not spectators
and all are doing a legitimate banking
business in the various branches. My
own banks are not interested in eastern
stocks"
East Owes the West.
Mr.. Holman did not look upon the
strained situation in New York as fore
running a general banking depression
throughout the country. and he thought
that least of all would the west be at
fected; an industrial slackening in the
east and middle west might. perhaps. be
anticipated. but not as result OF wan
street troubles. It was his judgment that
the majority of the San Francisco banks
are not involved in business with the
speculative banks of New York.
THE western country banks" he said
ARE creditors Of the New York banks,
and when they make calls on tAem ii Is
for their own money That is a truth
have argued fifty times to the New York
bankers. but they fail to recognize II
Mr. Holman foresaw no period of COM
mercial distress within san francisco or
account of hank conservatism. for plenty
of capital was available for legitimate
commercial purposes. 1t would not sur
prise him, however. to see the rapid pace
of building operations temporarily slack
ened.
No Cause for Alarm.
..Building investments" ne said. ARE
not within the sphere of properly con
Quoted commercial and trust banks They
are the province of savings banks ano
CAPITALISTS; and no one would deny thai
the vast destruction of property here has
nut a strain on the resources of savings
institutions here and wherever else there
are clients wanting money for that class
of reconstruction investment. But gen.
erallv there is no cause for San Fran
cisco to fear"
SfocIxs at the San Francisco stock and
exchange hoard broke badly on the omen.
ing hut at the close of the informal ses
sion. little firmer tone prevailed. Their
was a very little business transacted n
the morning. session. Goldfield ConsoIi
dated. which closed Yesterday Afternoon
at s515Ik, opened this morning at 81.
ard sold down to s4S7%. The rest OF tn.
market was in a steady condition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23
Prosperity at Spokane.

Spokane. Wash, Oct. 22--Spokane bank
ers say the volume Of business in all
lines is from % to . per cent greater at
nresent than at the same time last year.
collections are good and there are NJ
indications whatever of a Tightening of
the money market. The bank clearings are
decidedly larger than at any time in the
history of the city. The deposits at the
present time will aggregate close to ST.
oO0, 900. while the savings deposits are un-
usually large.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23

Many good artists and advertisement
constructors have had to suffer be-
cause of the eye-tiredness eff their en-
ployers. They have had their work
well received and commented upon,
leisurely surveyed and critically exam
med, and finally turned down for no
other reason than that the work has
grown too familiar TO the eye and had
become a back number in conse-
quence.-tame.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23
No Panic at Omaha.

Omaha. Oct 22-The financial troubles
of the past few days have had no effect
on Omaha and Nebraska banks. accord
ing to prominent financiers of this city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23
OPERATORS GIVE IT UP

"A a ocalte phersun in
Of
n and the
in the OF
and ssentto the a
of of
big relay S o
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strike
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23
No STRIKE IN
The Rio GRANDE
SkeggS Would Not Go Back If
Offered a PoSitIon-State-
ment Of Company.



+ Denver, Colo. Oct. 22.-There will =
4 be no strike of telegraph operators !
= on the Denver & Rio Grande rail- !
y road on account of the discharge of ;
= Wire Chief r. H. Skeggs OF Grand =
Junction. !
4 Especial to The HeraldD
Denver, Colo, Oct 22-Skeggs. in :
letter to the o. r. T., SAYS that !
y he has another position, and that if :
y even he were reinstated he would >
y not go back to work. He SAYS he !
= does not want to work any hard 4
y ship on the men by being the cause :
\ of a strike and. therefore, withdraws !
y from the controversy. !
= Skeggs' action deprives the o. r. !
4 T. of grounds for refusing to settle !
the strike. The o. r. + men and 4
\ the striking telegraphers are indig- 4
y nant at SkegSs action. 4
L Il 4 q 4 4 :. 4 = ! 4 4 4 l. IL L
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23
Much Money at Tacoma.

) Tacoma Wash. Oct. 22-Tacomas fl
nanciai condition has not been so substan-
tial in years as at the present time Heads
of the banking institutions are unanimous
Continued on Page 2.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-23

Men are not so ungrateful as they
are said to be. If they are often COM
planned of, it generally happens that
the benefactor claims more than he
has given
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-01
WILMINGTON, N. c., MARCH l, 1907

Mr.. Manning, of Durham, after intro
ducing a substitute, spoke on the COM
! mittee bill. He said he was no defend
/. er of trusts, but in answer TO the
charge that the bill was directed at the
| American Tobacco Company, he called
attention TO the great wealth aud de-
velopment OF the city of Durham. He
| asserted that most of this great wealth
| had grown from the tobacco industry.
You cannot destroy or injure the Amer
lean Tobacco Company. You can TEn
it out of North Carolina with this bill
and destroy the prosperity OF my city
beggar thousands there. happily and
| well employed and compel the farmers
OF that section, who are large deposit
ors in banks and stockholders, to have
to return to the old days of pinching
economy What will become of :he
thriving wealthy cities of Winston,
Kinston. Wilson, Rocky Mount, Green
vile, if you run the American Tobacco
Company ont of this state by making
every one of its officers. agents or buy
ers a criminal. Virginia's markets
will be open and the farmers OF the
state will be compelled to go there.
even to market their tobacco. lie plead
ed earnestly to kill the committee bill,
which would kill the tobacco maui
featuring and farming industries OF the
state and adopt his substitute. Stevens
of Union, in advocating the committee
BILL said he would support the Grant
amendment, but he favored the conf
mittee bill because he would take half
a loaf rather than get no bread. He
said the democratic platform demanded
the suppression of trusts and monopo-
lies and it was too late for any man TO
stand on this floor and defend trusts,
for what was called radicalism on this
subject in 1896 had become conserv-
atism in 1907.
At the conclusion of this speech. IN
motion of Galloway. of Greene, the
Manning substitute was ordered print
ed and further consideration pos noned
until Thursday night
Among the bills of public importance
to pass final reading were: REQUIRING
proper weight of flour to be stamped
on sacks or barrels and D~cteCt -ur-
chasers from fraud Authorizing New
Hanover and Pender to construct ht-h-
way and erect bridge. AmendGg
charters of LincOlntOn, Cho~rNFll'o.
HillsbCTO. CrcsUeN Belmont and JoH"S
bore. Allowing bond isGn in Maal-
son. Harnett, Lincoln, Robson, Mont
geanesy and Beaufort>Cogg s.zass4l .oy'
Lincolnton to sell town lots Allowing
Reidsville to issue sewerage bonds. Al
lowing special tax levics IN Anson,
Craven. Madison. Yadkin and Surry
counties
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-01
WILL BEAR CLOSEST SCRUTINY
Fish Defends Himself AGAINST he
cusati0ns of Hartman.
WON'T WR-ANGLE WITH HIM
lad Sustained Close Relations With
Hartman for Many 1carS-Parted
Company When Hartman Wanted
To Make Illinois Central Part of
Union Pacific System.

New York, February 27.-StuyVesanE
Fish was asked by the Associated Press
today what answer, if any. he cared
10 make TO the accusations which 9.
H. Hartman preferred yesterday be
fore the interstate commerce comuis-
sion.
II have little to say" he replied. i
shall not be drawn into d wTangIe with
that gentleman. He and I sustained
close relations for many years and
were Jointly Interested in many large
affairs. All those transactions, as IL
deed, all transactions in which I have
ever engaged, will bear the closest
scrutiny It was at my instance !hat
Mr.. Hartman was made director Of
the Illinois Central company, and we
got along quite well until he became
ambitious 10 make the Illinois Central
a part Of the Union Pacific system.
did not believe this would be in the
interest of the stockholders Of the
Illinois Central for whom | held a
trust, and then and there Mr.. Ha.ri-
man and | parted company. He is
quite right in saying that I borrowed
funds from the Illinois Central but he
should have added that the loan was
made at a time when we were most
anxious to put out some of the surplus
That I hunted from bank to bank 10
| loan our money that this particular
| loan was made on collateral which was
unquestionably ample and marketable;
= T. ~tI,
| rowed from the company in the same
| way; and finally Mr.. Hartman HIM
self, while q director had borrowed
| from the company in precisely the
same manner frequently and in sums
aggregating several millions Of dollars.
AS a matter of business L.did not then
regard it as improper, nor do | nov.
| When in the fall of 1908, l desired to
repay the debt, T. proposed to negotiate
| new loan from Kuhn, Loeb and Com
Danv. Mr.. Hartman asked me not TO
| do so. and volunteered to lend me the
sum himself and I accepted his offer.
Respecting the deposits with the
| trust company Of the republic, it should
be said that this institution was one
of the many New York trust companies
with which we carried accounts; that
| the sums on deposit fluctuated with the
| general conditions of our very large
business and that there was no 'padd-
| ing of accounts by me. The deposit
was never in danger. | was trustee
of the trust company OF the repuohc
but never an officer.
Concerning the acquisition of the
indianapolis Southern railway, it. IS
only necessary to refer to the records
of the Illinois Central railroad com
pany, which will show that my action
was fully and formally approved By the
directors'
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-01
TRUCK INSPECTION BILL
Committee From +. c. i. and L. &.
Association, VIII Meet in Raleigh
Today.

The committee recently appointed
by the directors Of the East Caro-
lima Fruit and Truck Growers asso-
citation to draw up a bill for the pro-
lection of that industry in the state,
will meet in Raleigh today, and will
have the measure they have agreed
On introduced in the legislature. The
bill provides for an inspection of
fruits and vegetables and also outlines
a method for the collection of reve-
nue. for the association It is not
known that there is any opposition to
the bill. it being generally regarded
as a wise and almost necessary piece
of legislation.
The committee who will meet In
Raleigh and present the measure to
the legislature is composed OF the fol-
lowing gentlemen: Messrs ]. 4
Brown. Of Chadbourn. H. j. Faisor
and DR.. J. n Faison OF Faison. ant
2. W. Whitehead Of Wilmington