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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-25
TAKES CHARGE OF
BLOCK SIGNALS
{. w. NeWcomb Heads New
Department Installed by
Oregon Short Line.
AN IMPORTANT INNOVATION
HARTMAN LINES WELL EQUIP
PED WITH NEW SYSTEM.

A signal department has been created
In connection with the operation and
maintenance OF the block system in use
by the Oregon Short Line.
According TO the terms OF the circular
issued. r. w. Newcomb Is appointed sig
mai engineer, with headquarters at ogden.
ana Is TO have charge OF all matters per-
tanning 10 the department., reporting TO
the chief engineer on new construction
and to the general superintendent on
maintenance and opera ton.
Ever since the advent of the block sys-
tenn in modern railroading. the Oregon
short Line has been one of the foremost
opponents OF the advantages arising from
i. The greater part Of the company's
lines are now equipped with Il and fur
ther additions are being made 1t has
been conclusively proved that the use
or the block system tends materially to-
wards safety coupled with dispatch in the
operation Of trains, and In railroad circles
II is generally felt that IL is only ques-
ton of time when practically all lines will
be equipped with the device.
The creation of a separate department
having exclusive control OF the system
and directly responsible for it's proper OPP
Grafton indicates the Importance of the
new arrangement.
Unprecedented Specials
on our entire stock OF Furs
Mehesy, the Furrier. Knutsford.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-25
Ogden Briefs.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Peery returned
last evening from a two weeks trip to
New York City.
In the district court yesterday Juliet
Stone filed an application for divorce
from William Stone in which non-SuppOrt
is alleged. The Stones were married Aug
20. 1888, and have two minor children.
The funeral of the late Mrs Elizabeth
Thornley, was held at II o'clock yesterday
morning at the Kaysville meeting house.
Counsellor William Nader presided at the
services. Interment was in the kaysville
cemetery.
a petition for letters OF administration
of the estate of Joseph =. Lynch. who
died Dec is, 1906. The estate consists of
real and personal property of a probable
value of $500 The appointment of Ma
rion A Lynch, a son, as administrator
is asked for.
Sheriff Farrell of Reno. New, went west
yesterday with Thomas Collins and Har-
Old st. John in charge. These are the
men arrested here on suspicion a short
to rObbing the PARROT store at Reno of
about 500 worth of guns and knives.
After passing through the unpleasant
experience of being detained at the police
station on suspicion Of defrauding several
people out of amounts which he owed
Hyrum Mosher, a lineman. was married
TO Rose Smith by Judge j. A. Howell last
evening. MOsher settled all his debts prior
to the ceremony.
John HunsuCker, who halls from Los
Angeles. died at the county Jail last even
Ing, where he was taken about ten DAYS
ago to be treated for the cocaine habit
Two patients who had undergone the
treatment prior TO his arrival were COM
pletely cured but HunsUcker was too far
gone 10 respond to the medical treatment
The county physician gave the cause of
death as being the absorption of poison
from assesses on his body.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-25
DIVERT COAL TO OGDEN.
Short Line Officials Struggling to
End Shortage.

General Superintendent T. Buckingham.
his assistant. j. NJ. Davis. Superintendent
w. y. Costello and Superintendent OF
Motive Power J. F. Dunn of the Oregon
Short Line were in Ogden yesterday i'm
connection with railroad affairs in gen.
eral and incidentally TO see what more
could be done for the local coal shortage.
The company has shown that il means to
do the right thing by the people OF this
city. On Wednesday three cars of coal
were diverted 10 local dealers and yester-
day the trick was repeated. In addition
to this il is said that the officials of the
Hartman lines are doing ali in their
power to hurry an additional supply
along.
The railroads are running decidedly
close themselves and have but one days
supply on hand. So far as can he learned
there have been no cases of actual suffer-
ing recently in this city. True, the street
cars had to close down and the city
council were forced TO postpone a meet
ing on account of the lack OF coal, but
the careful distribution OF fuel by the
local dealers has done much to relieve
the needy cases
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-25
BRING COAL FROM EAST.
Reno to Have TrainIosd from IIIi-
nols.

The people of Reno have adopted a new
system of relieving the coal shortage and
have made arrangements whereby q
twenty-five or thirty car coal train will
be run direct from Chicago 10 Reno. The
train will be run over the Illinois Central.
the Union Pacific and the Southern Pa
cific. The coal Will be from the coal
mines Of Illinois.
DIT. J. A Stubs. president of the Uni
versity of Nevada. was delegated by a
committee OF citizens to purchase a guam
tity of bituminoUs coal. His first point
was Ogden. bat he ran up against SINH
lar conditions prevailing here and con-
tinued east. in Chicago he found that
the dealers OF that city were taking adj
vantage of the shortage there and had
raised prices out of sight He then got
into communication with a number of
mine owners i'm Illinois and il is with
them that he old business direct. Similar
action on the part Of few other cities
in this part of the country Just now
would probably ward off any further
trouble on account Of q coal famine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-25
Burial of Thomas Etherineton.

The funeral of Thomas Etherington was
held at the Ogden tabernacle at ! o'clock
yesterday afternoon. There was a large
attendance and many floral designs were
laid upon the casket. Bishop Robert Nc
Farland presided over the services. The
West Weber choir rendered several Sc
Title Hancock, Orson Griffin and Mrs.
Mary Farley The speakers who eulo-
gized the life Of the deceased We're w. w.
Burton. George Stranger. A Mcfarland,
r. McQuarrie, l.. r. Hammond and Bish-
op Mcfarland. Interment was in the
Ogden City cemetery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-25
RICE FINED $40.
Court InfIicts Light Punishment for
Killing Deer.

Two deer were killed In the mountains
near North Ogden by J. J.. Rice few
DAYS ago and yesterday he was taken be-
fore Judge J. ID. Murphy for sentence
after having pleaded guilty. The court
imposed a fine OF $40
Rice pleaded that his family was in
INDECENT circumstances. making il neces-
sary that he kill the deer or see his chill
dren starve. The Officers assert thst his
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-25
DIVlNEs HIS NEED.
Rochester Herald.)

Once. when Chauncey Olcott was in
Ireland. he visited the Wishing well at
Killarney with two plain. elderly spin
sters Beside the well sat an old Irish
woman. who looked up into Mr.. Olcott's
handsome face and asked:
"Phwat are you wishiu' for?'
what do you think L wish for?'' he
gOod-naturedly inquired
"Och, thin. for q beautiful young
swateheart. Of course" she said
He pointed TO the two spinsets who
stood at a little distance, and said:
Don't you see J have two with me?''
'Ah. then. it's the grace o. God you're
wishin' for, replied the sympathetic old
woman.
Pleasing and Inviting Effects in Furs
Lend a charm To the appearance that
nothing else can
Mehesy. the Furrier. Knutsford.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-25
DELEGATION ON
HAND FROM UTAH
'TranS-M Mississippi Dry Farming
Congress Being Organ
lied at Denver.
WELCOME BY GOVERNOR
SEVERAL ADDRESSES OF scIEN-
TIFIc NATURE.

Denver Jan. 24--Sixteen states west
OF the Missouri river are represented in
the Trans Mississippi Dry Farming
congress. which convened here today.
Colorado, Kansas and Utah sent the
largest delegations. Several hundred
persons were assembled IN the con-
vention hall Of the Albany hotel when
Jesse T. Mcdonald, former governor Of
Colorado. by whom the can for the
congress was issued, raped for order
The purpose Of the congress. as stated
IN the cal-. Is. first to form perma-
neut educational interstate organiza-
ton somewhat on the line Of the Ma
tional Irrigation congress. and. second.
10 afford a full and free discussion of
the principles Of scientific soil culture
and OF the DEVELOPMENT OF the west.
Morning Session.
The program Of the morning session
was as follows:
Address OF welcome for the state Of
Colorado, Governor Buchtel.
Address Of welcome for the city Of
Denver A. J. SDengel.
Address. The Aims and Objects Of
the Congress, John w. Springer Of
Denver
Address. DRY Land Agriculture in
The Great Plains Area" by f.. g Chill
colt. United States expert in charge OF
dry land agriculture.
Address. Problems 10 be Solved" by
W. NJ Jardine. Utah experiment sta
ton.
Wheat Grown Near Denver.
NO man can predict what the value
Of the lands between Denver and Kan
Sas CITY viii be within the next gen.
Grafton" Mr.. Springer said I'm the
course of his address. There are hun
dreds OF acres of land near Denver on
which I have seen twenty bushels of
wheat per acre for years A few years
ago the financiers Of the east laughed
at us. but row they are crying for
more mortgages on lands than we want
TO give them"
Secretary A. Williams read num-
her OF letters from prominent persons
who were unable to attend the meet
ing Among those sending their re-
grets was James Wilson, secretary of
the department of agriculture.
Permanent Organization.
J. L. Donahue Of Denver introduced
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a committee on permanent or
S"iitNatioh' W bc OoHlboStu vi one uei-
egate from each state. to act with the
local executive committee.
9. w. R0eding OF the bureau of irri-
cation and drainage Investigations.
United States department. OF agricul-
ture. delivered an address this after
noon on Relation Of Irrigation to
Semi-arid Farming
The program included besides. adj
dresses by Professor w. +. Carlyle. Ar
thur Briggs. J. l.. Donahue. John Field.
J. VI. Carey. Professor l.. g. Carnen-
TER. Professor W. II. DIN. Robert Gauss
and Mark A. Carleton
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-25

family may be in INDECENT circumstances,
but the fact remains. however, that he
owns several head of stock and a large
number of chickens.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-25
Graft Charge.

Another charge against Bailey is speci-
fled as follows:
That in the spring Of 1899, r. b. Stuart
of Gainesville. Tex, former law part
ner of said Joseph w. Bailey. was ap-
pointed judge of the United States court
for the Indian Territory and appointed J.
W. Phillips of Gainesville, Tex. 10 whom
Bailey owed considerable sums of money,
as clerk of said court. That the cOmpen-
sation of said Phillips as clerk was on a
salary basis under the law as il then ex-
lsted; sail J. w. Bailey at said time be-
ing a member of the judiciary commit
tee OF the house of representatives of the
United states congress. procured the pas
sage OF an act that was approved Nov. 3,
1893 Omitted States statutes at large vol
ume 80. which put said clerkship on a
Zee basis and increased the compensation
OF the office Of the clerk to the sum of
about S25.W0 per annum and thereafter
during the life time OF Phillips, now de-
ceased, and during the incumbency of the
office, Bailey procured large sums OF
money from time to time from Phillips
as compensation. 4"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-25
GENERAL ALGER
DIES SUDDENLY
Continued from Page


General Alger, obtained in Detroit
March 4. 1900. giving inside facts re-
garding his resignation from McKin-
ley's cabinet General Alger exacted q
promise that the interview would not
be published until after his death.
General Alger said that owing to the
severe criticism against him during the
Spanish-American war he three times
offered to resign from the cabinet. but
that each time President Mckinley
said he would quit the presidency be-
fore he would allow it.
Presidents Word Worth Little.
General Alger said that the sequel
showed how much McKinleys words
were worth. I'm that later slis resignation
was accepted because the president was
embarrassed" and annoyed because of
Ayers alleged alliance with Governor
PiDgree in q plan to elect Alger to the
United States senate over Mcmillan
after the latter had promised to give
way to General Alger after his term
was up. General Alger said that Nc
hinley lacked backbone.
Interview With Mckinley.
He related how he had finally learned
through Vice President Hobart that
Mckinley claimed he had embarrassed
him and how he went to the president
and asked if he had really embarrassed
lin
Yes" he said, you have embar-
raised me, and ] am annoyed"
Il told him that i could readily re-
lieve his embarrassment by resignins
from the cabinet
l have not asked you to resign, he
said. I shall never ask you to resign
But wrote out my resignation and
sent it to the president. had decided.
in order to prevent a fight among the
Republicans of Michigan, TO withdraw
as q candidate for the United States
senate But 1 did not tell the president
this The option he meant to give me,
you see, was to abandon the fight
against Mcmillan i'm order TO save my
place in the cabinet. A few days after
this I received from the president his
written acceptance OF my resignation.
Then I went to the president and told
him that when I accepted a place in
his cabinet / had not surrendered my
citizenship"
Mckinley Lacked Backbone.
General Alger said he told the presi-
dent some things about Mcmillan which
he alleged were not favorable 10 Nc
KinIey.
Asked for an estimate OF McKinley's
character, General Alger replied:
II cannot give that to you. He has
many lovable qualities, but he lacks
backbone, and nothing can make up for
the lack OF backbone
General Alger would not tell the Jour-
nal the inside of the facts OF his relations
with President Mckinley until a pledge
or secrecy had been made
Il viii tell you" he said. but you
must Promise me not TO publish while /
am alive a word of what / say. II is
something not published. even in my
book"
The promise was given and kept
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-25

G These little things we announce
II through this space and place in our
windows, each represents some
good bargain for you. They are
things selected from our stock which
we find ought to be sold The
price they are sold at is usually
below cost.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-25
Mckinley Lacked Backbone.


In furs going on at Mehesys to move
our enormous stock.
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Indian Territory Deals.

The additional charges preferred against
Senator Bailey by Representative Cooke
corning alleged deals in Indian Terri
tory lands. charge that i'm 1901 Senator
Bailey represented 3. b. Burnett of Fort
Worth, Tex, relative to the leasing OF
certain lands i'm the kiowa and Conan
che reservations from the department OF
the interior; also that in 1900 Senator Bal
ley represented the firm Of Sugg Broth
ers. before the department of the inte-
l1or m reference 10 the approval Of leases
OF kiowa and COmanche lands which the
firm was trying to lease and that large
sums OF money were paid Senator Bailey.
The charges also declare that Bailey Sc
cured q loan from Judge J. NJ. Lindsay
OF Gainesville, Tex, in 1892. while procur-
ing from congress right of way through
Allester * ST. Louis railway company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-25
GRAFT CHARGES
ARE PREFERRED
Fight on Senator Bailey of Tex
as More Intense Since
His Election.
TWO SPECIAL COMMITTEES
POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF FED.
ERAL STATUTES.

Austin. Tex, Jan. 24.-The special COM
mttee appointed by the two branches OF
the state legislature to investigate charges
preferred against United States Senator
Joseph w. Bailey, met IN secret session
today. Because Of the grave character Of
the charges. involving a possible violation
OF federal statute, the committee has
decided TO limit the range of the inquiry
cured.
The committee after a long debate to-
day decided that Senator Bailey would
not be required to appear until all the
evidence was submitted. inasmuch as he
was on the defensive.
Senator Bailey has announced that he
will not leave Austin until after the in
vesugatiOn is concluded
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Ogden News
Office, 24s4 Washington Ave.

Ogden, Friday, Jan. 25.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-23

In England 5000 people live on canal
boats.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-23
ARSON TO COVER TWO MURDERS.
Women Killed While a Barn Was
Burning.

Philadelphia.-While the attention
of Edward Horner, a farmer between
Collingswood and Merchantville, near
Camden, was diverted by a fire start
ed in his barn at 4 o'clock a. m, an
assassin entered his house and with
an axe murdered Mrs. Horner and
the hired girl, an Italian named Wit
toria Natoli. Mrs. Horner was sixty.
three years old.
The Italian woman, Vittoria, was
working on the farm with her hus.
band, Tomaso, to whom she had been
married a year ago. The detectives
suspected a negro farmland who haC
been discharged by Horner two weeks
before. His name is Charles Gibson,
and he is now in custody in Camden
charged with the murder.
1t was found that the fiend who
killed the women had also robbed the
Horner home, carrying away two re-
volvers, some money and two gold
watches. When Gibson was arrested
one of the revolvers was in his basket
and so were two pawn tickets, each
for a gold watch. The tickets were
taken to the pawnbroker, Joseph
Rieder, of 12S Market street, Phila-
delphia, and the watches were recov-
cred.
Rieder was taken to Camden,
where he picked Gibson out of a long
line of prisoners and identified him
positively as the person who had
pledged the watches. When Gibson's
pockets were searched $14 was found
in them.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-23
AUTO CRASH KILLS THREE
Charles J. Root, of Bristol, Conn. a
Millionaire Manufacturer, Dead.
Young Niece Falls Heir to a Fortune
Miss Root Fatally
Injured.

Great harrington, Mass.-The au-
tomobile tragedy near Ashley Falls,
In which Charles J. Root, the Bristol
millionaire, his mother and aunt were
instantly killed and his sister fatally
hurt, has made an heiress of Miss
Katherine Root the millionsire's
fourteen-year-old niece. Mr.. Root
was greatly attached to his niece. His
wife died years ago and the niece
lived with her uncle.
A few days before the accident
Mr.. Root made his will, giving all but
$4,000 of his estate to Miss Kath-
crime. 1t is estimated that her share
will be considerable more than ST.
100000. 1t is a singular fact that
the young girl who thus comes into
this large inheritance is the only one
of the automobile party who will sur
vive. The accident wipes out the en-
tire family, with the exception of the
niece. Miss Mary B. Root, sister of
the millionaire, is fatally injured.
Katherine Root, fully recovered
from the effects of the accident. re-
turned to her home in Bristol. She
said she did not believe her uncle was
racing with the New York, New
Haven and Hartford express that the
automobile hit. Her uncle, she de-
clared, was running a little ahead of
the train, and she does not think he
saw it. Being deaf, he could Lot hear
the noise. His niece said the whirr
of the automobile prevented her hear
ing the trains approach.
Her uncle steered the machine to
cross the railroad track, she said, not
knowing that the express was directly
upon him. Miss Root tainted from
fright and recalls nothing of the ac.
cident. When she recovered her
senses she was being taken from the
side Of the track.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-23
New Law OH Trading Horses

The last Indiana Legislature passed
a law on horse-trading which con-
tains the following feature:
Whoever shall sell or offer to sell
or exchange any horse or mule,
knowing the same to be afflicted with
'glanders' " any infectious or con.
tagious disease, or knowing it to be
afflicted with the 'heaves' or to be
broken winded' or a 'cribber' and
shall conceal the existence of such
disease from the person to whom he
is offering the animal, shall be fined
not more than $500, to which may be
added Imprisonment in the Jail. or
workhouse not longer than six
months"
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-08-23
U. S. MAIL ROBBED OF $3.50, 900
Registered Pouches Missed From
Burlington Train.

burlington lFllH.
Omaha, Neb.-The biggest robbery
in the history of the United States
mails took place between Denver and
Omaha last Thursday night, when
three through registered pouches
which contained $250,000 were stolen
from the Burlington fast mail train
that runs between Denver and Chi.
cago.
The robbery took place on Thurs,
day night, but the news of it did not
come out for several days, although
postal inspectors of Salt Lake City.
Denver, Kansas City, Omaha, St.
Louis and Chicago have been at work
since the robbery.
Every postal inspector and Secret
Service mar in the West is working
on the case.
On Thursday night seven through
registered pouches were sent from
the Denver postoffice to the depot for
the Burlington fast mail train.
These were receipted for by the
mail clerk. When the train reached
McCook, Neb., it was found that
three of the pouches were missing.
One of the missing pouches was
destined for Omaha, another for Chi.
cago and the third was an empty for
Lincoln. Although the Omaha pouch
was valuable, that to Chicago con.
tanned a heavy shipment of cash from
a Denver bank to one in Chicago.
The shipment is said to aggregate
more than $250,000.
AS soon as the loss was discovered
the inspectors were notified and a
| search begun. At first it was thought
the missing pouches had been sent to
a wrong train, but it is now known
they were stolen.