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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
President Considers Prosecution
 for Violation Sherman Law
INVESTIGATE ALTON DEAL
Interstate Commerce Commissioners Have Conference With the Presi- dent and Announce Institution
 of Legal Proceedings.

Washington. June s.-The question as to whether the government will enter crim- final prosecution against E, II. Hartman for the violation of the Sherman antitrust law was considered at conference be- tween President Roosevelt and Franklin K. Lane, interstate commerce eommis- sioner, at the White House tonight
 MT Lane was with the President for more than an hour and upon leaving the White House announced that before July legal proceedings would be instituted lo compel MT. Hartman to answer ques- tions propounded to him by members Of the commission In the recent hearing Tn New York when the Alton deal was under investigation.
 Previous to his conference with the President, Commissioner Lane had con ferred with F. B. Kellogg, special agent for the government in the Hartman in- vestigatlon. Mr Kellogg it is understood. will have a conference with the President some time this week and will later go to New York to institute suits against Mi Hartman to compel him to answer the questions. All of the members of the com mission will be present and 1t will be definitely decided what position the gov ernment Is to take in regard to the erim- nal prosecution of MT. Hartman White no date has hene set for this conference 1t will probably be held on Thursday or Saturday of this week. When seen tn- night Commissioner Lane declined to dis cuss what took place at the conference. All that he would admit was that the matter was referred to- while he was discussing the general railroad situation with the President.
 The proceedings to compel NIr Harrl- man to answer the questions referred to | will be brought in the courts of the
 southern district of New York; Whether the prosecution or the defense should win | the decision, the case is expected to be | appealed to higher courts and ultimately | to the supreme court of the United States
 According to opinions already expressed l by members of the interstate commerce | commission, 1t may be year or eVel. more before final decision can be reached on these efforts to compel answers to the questions 10 which MT Hartman declined to respond. For these reasons it was an- nounced several weeks ago that the com mission did not intend to await the re- suits of these proceedings beforetaking &C., ton on the general subject of the investi- gation of the Hartman lines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
3 KILLED WHEN CAR
 GASOLINE BLOWS UP
Watch Freight Train Burn From Hot Box-Bodies Blown to
 Atoms.

Reddick, H., June 4.-Three persons were killed here tonight by an explosion of a car loaded with gasoline. One of the men killed was Fred Hutting, barber of Reddick. The names of the other two men are unknown, as they were strangers, having come to Reddick on a freight train earlier in the afternoon. The three men, together with several persons, were watching the freight cars burn that be- came ignited from a hot box on one of the trucks as the train neared the june ton of the Chicago, Indiana and South ern railroad and the Wabash railroad, the car with the hot box was derailed, two others loaded with oil were also dragged into the ditch and all caught fire. Right next to these cars was another loaded with gasoline, which caught fire. A fear full explosion followed. which broke ail the windows in the village and demolish- ed chimneys of houses for miles around The three men killed who were standing close to the gasoline car, were blown to atoms and the fragments of their bodies scattered for hundred yards about. No one else was injured, as the trainmen who knew the contents of the car had fled to a safe distance. The other cars compos- ing the train were burned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
DEFEAT WILLIAMS
 IN SEABOARD CO
CHAIRMAN OF S. A. L. COMMISSION SAYS DIRECTORS OF FINANCING CONCERN ARE DUMMlEs-REso LUTON FOR DISSOLUTION.

New York, June 1.-The annual meet ing of the stockholders of the seaboard company, the holding company of the Seaboard Air Line railway, was held at Jersey City today, and resolution of- fered by John Skelton Williams for the dissolution of the concern because, as he declared, the directors were simply dunn mics, was defeated.
 In making public details of the meet ing Mir Williams, who Is voting trustee of the seaboard Air Line railway, and the chairman of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Protective commission, said he offered resolution calling for Il liquida- ton of the holding company and the dis trlbutlon of it's assets among stockhold- CTS. He said that the alleged purposes of the Seaboard company was to assist financially the Seaboard Air Line rail- way and he declared that, as the re- sources of the Seaboard holding company would no longer permit 1t to be of any assistance financially to the Seaboard Air Line Railway company, the holding company should now be dissolved and its assets distributed among its shareholders. He told the stockholders that the Scar board holding company had q total capi- tai stock of $50 900, GOO, and was being oper- ated by a set or dummy directors and officers whose combined holding in the stock of the Seaboard company aggre- gates only ten shares. worth at today s market prices about $500. The resolution as offorpd by MT. Williams, however, was defeated.
 The following directors of the Seaboard holding company were reelected for the ensuing year:
 Thomas Achenboch, Solon Chester, kel- ly Douglas, Cranston Porteus, Milar Vel nant, C. C. Hand, r. T. Sherman, Jr, J. T. Person, M w. Benton and John C. Ouimby
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
YoAkUM HEADS ST. L. B. 6 M.
The Great Fight Expected Fails to
 Materialie.

Corpus Christi, Tex, June 4.-At the annual meeting of the shareholders and directors of the St. Louis, Browns vile and Mexico railway, held at Kingsville today, only routine business was transacted, and the great fight it was rumored was on failed to material ice. Colonel Fordyce was present. The directors elected were B. F. Yoakum, s. W. Fordyce. Thomas West, J. N. Miller, R. J. Kleborg. J. F. Shepley, J. e. Kennedy, F. Y. Turria and J. B. Armstrong.
 officers elected were: B. F. Yoakum, president: J. N. Miller, vice president and general manager; B. J. Kleborg, vice president; s. B. Adams. secretary; John D. Finnegan, treasurer and assist ant secretary; E. D. Elliott, general counsel; J. B. Wells, general solicitor; Duval West. general attorney,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
FAIRBANKS SPEAKS
 AT CHAT TANOOCA
EuIogizS Mckinley at Grant University Commencement
INCARNATION OF JUSTICE
Coveted None of the Glory of Spanish War-Name In History Like Wash ngton's and LincoIn's-A
 Peace-Loving Nation.

Chattanooga, Tenn, June At the au- ditorium tonight Vice President Fair banks delivered an oration at the com mencement exercises of U. S. Grant uni versity. The large hall was packed and the patriotic words of MT Fairbanks were loudly applauded. In concluding his address after congratulating the officials of the university on their great success. MT. Fairbanks referred to President Me Kinley and the Spanish American war as follows:
 The name of William Mckinley is iden- tifed with the Spanish American war as the name of George Washington was as- sociated with the revolu tionary struggle and Lincoln with the civil war. 1t was the hope of President Mckinley that the questions in Cuba might be settled with out an infraction of the information peace. He sought with all power at his command to effect an adjustment of the differences without invoking the sword. He knew what war meant of the treas. ure that would be wasted; of the lives which must be lost; of the widows and orphans that must be made He knew full well the glory that would attach to
 
 should conduct 1t to a successful issue. yet he coveted none of this glory He prayed only that peace, honorable peace. might abide with us, and that cruel de- vastating war might be honorably averted
 There never has been presented in all history a sublimer figure than was pre- sented by him in this national exigency. He was the very incarnatio of justice well poised. serene in the midst of con- tending factions. holding back the too impetuous, and invoking all of the agen- ces which wisdom and honor and patriot ism could command to avert a conflict the full significance of which God AImighty alone could measure"
 Y In conclusion, the vice president said:
 The war with Spain Is now a part of history, part of the story of the march of human liberty. A great nation. loving peace. not war: a nation dedicated to lb- erty by God Almighty. drew the sword in freedoms name and planted the stand ard of the union upon foreign soil amons, an alien people. who knew not the fuii. significance of the word liberty
 Eighty million people rejoice in the liberation of ten millions of Spanish sub jects and wish them advancement in the enjoyment of all of the blessings of free government.
 'If ever the hand of Providence was manifested in the affairs of men, 1t has been witnessed in the history of the great republic The United States has never drawn the sword to enslave, and 1t never will We love liberty and would that all of the children of men might be free
 eve stand at the morning of great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
TO ENDORSE KNOX
 FOR PRESIDENCY
Formal Action of Pennsylvania Delega. ton Will Be Taken
 Thursday.

Harrisburg Pa, June f.--United States Senator Knox will formally be endorsed for President and pledged the support of the Pennsylvania delegation to the next republican national convention, by the republican state convention which will be held in thls city on Thursday, for the nomination of a candidate for state treasurer Senator Knoxs interests are in charge of Congressman James Francis Burke, who came here from Pittsburg today and opened headquarters.
 Senator Penrose, who is in hearty ac- cord with the movement for the en- dorsement of his colleague by the state convention, arrived from Philadelphia this afternoon and will remain until after the convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
Death of Noted Missionary An-
 nounced by Cable
WAS NATIVE OF GEORGIA
Had Been In China Forty Years and Wrote 100 Books-Some In Chinese Widely
 Read.

Atlanta, June 4.-Bishop W. A. candler of the Methodist Episcopal church. re- celyed eablegram today from Shanghai announcing the death of Dr, Young J. Allen, forty years missionary to China No particulars were contained in the cablegram, beside the announcement of the death.
 Dr. Allen was Georgian by birth. He was P years old and was educated at Emory college, graduating In 1s5S Sur vlving him are Mrs. Allen. two sons and four daughters, all of whom excepting one married, Mrs Mary Turner, resid- Ing in New York city, live In China. Dr.. Allen was the author of nearly 100 books, some of which published in the Chinese language are widely read In that coun- try.
 During visit to this country last year, Dr. Allen was invited to conference by President Roosevelt, regarding the sltua- ton in the Far East, particularly re- garding the massacres, of which he had made @ special study.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
COnfederates Win Flags
 Are Barred From CabitOI
u,ne 4-One hundred |

Washington, June 4.-One hundred armed Confederate veterans from Ten nessee carrying the Stars and Bars, were today denied admission to the United States capitol until after they had low cred their flag and disarmed. The old soldiers came to Washington from the Richmond reurion and after visiting the White House. marched down Pennsyl- vanla avenue to the capitol. The capitol police informed them that they would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
Lindsay Is Captured.

Danville. Va, June 4. 4.--George Lind say of Lynchburg, Va, who yesterday afternoon shot and instantly killed Joseph P. Coleman, a young man or one of the most prominent families of the state, was arrested today near this city, while attempting to make his escape on foot. The fight occurred when young Coleman interfered in a quarrel between Lindsay and a woman. Coleman is a grand nephew of Gen. w. l.. Cabell of Dallas Tex, who is commander of the trans-Mississippi de- partment of the United Confederate Veterans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
Old Directors Reelected.

Pittsburg. June 4.-At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, held here today. the old directors were re- elected. The report for 1906 showed gross earnings of s46,O36,S06 and op- erating expenses s32, ,SS9 ,12S The net earnings were $13, ,677, an increase as compared with 195 of $2,226, ,429. The tonnage increased 15.3S per cent. and the number of passengers carried increased 10.62 per cent. It was voted to increase the age limit for persons entering the employ of the company from 35 to 45 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05

be allowed admission to the capitol, only as private citizens and not as an organ ized body Congressman John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee, who accompanied the veterans entered a protest
 The police insisted, however, that the veterans must break ranks and disarm was done. and the old soldiegS were shown through the capitol.
 The delegation was composed of Com pan A of Memphis and Company B and Cavalry Troop of Nashville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
7O,5. IS CONDITION
 OF COTTON CROP 14.1 Under Last Year and Low
 est on Record ACREAGE ABOUT THE SAME a2 ,oeo,ooo Acres Planted This Year Against s2,o4s,ooo (Revlsed Fig
 ures) Last Year-Glven
 By States.
ACREAGE ABOUT THE SAME.

Washington June 1.-The crop reporting board of the bureau of statistics or the department of agriculture, after careful consideration of replies to supplementary inqulries, reports from special investiga- tions of the correspondents and agents or the bureau of statistics and the report or the bureau of census of cotton production in 19o6 finds that the estimate maoe on June 4, 1906, of the acreage planted 10 cot- ton in 1906 was too low, and In oroer 10 bring the figures as near as posslpie '" the actual facts, the board, after con sIdering all the evidence on the subject has made certain adjustments and revi- sions in the report of June 4, l9o6 which show that the area planted In lsOo' was about 32, ,049, 900 acres.
 From reports of the correspondents ana agents. the crop reporting board finds the total area planted and to be planted to cotton in the United States this year deoO to be about the same as the area nIanted last year Q906) that is, 32,o60,ocO acres planted or to be planted this year deo7 as compared with 32,04s,0Oo acres which was found to have been planted last year.
 The average condition of the growing cron on May 25 was 70.5 as compared with S4.6 per cent and TIP per cent at the corresponding dates In 1906 and lso. re- spectively, and a ten-year average of sS.6 per cent.
 The following table shows by states and for the United States the revised figures of the area planted in 1906, in acres the area planted and to be planted In 1907 as compared with that planted In 1906, Tn per cent; the area planted and to be nlanted in 1907 in acres and the condition
 4ha crnn nn May 25 in per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
Mrs MckInIey's Sister Administrator.

Canton, June 4-Mrs. M. c. Barber, sis ter of Mrs. Mckinley, sole heir, was this afternoon pronounced administratrix of Mrs. William McKinleys estate. The es- tate Is valued at $1S5000 in personal prop erty and s65,ooo realty This is exclusive of the estate of the President, which by will goes to his direct heirs. Mrs. Dun can and Miss Helen Mckinley of Cleve- land. and Mrs. Hermanus Baer (Mabel McKinleYl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
CIemenceau LII.

Paris, June 4.--Premier Clemenecau suffered slight attack of enteritis in the chamber of deputies this after noon. He at once went home. where he recovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05
Air Motor Burns; Kills Two.

WllkeSDdTTe, fd., June l. l ne DuTll- ing of an air motor at No. IA colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal company, at Port Blanchard, late today, killed two men, fatally injured two others and caused minor injuries to eight others. --~-o-~~N-~-~-~-~-~-~
 century with boundless opportunity be- fore; weghty responsibilities are upon us. We face them all with hope and con- fidence and with measureless gratitude to the all-wlse Ruler that while He has put upon us heavy responsibilities, he has given us q heart and conscience and d capacity to meet them.
 Permit me to wish those who go forth today with the commission of their alma mater that rich harvest of success which comes from exalted purpose and hard, in- telllgent work. May the victories you will be the victories of peace and may they make for your happiness and con- tentment and for the good order. the strength and the glory of the common wealth"
 Tomorrow Mir. Fairbanks will be enter tained with an elaborate luncheon by the society of Chattanooga, after which an excursion wuI be had on the Tennessee river >,,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-05

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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-01-09
Shakespeare Coming Soon

Somebody other than THE REPUB.
LICAN got their dates little mixed
and as a result our last issue incorrect.
ly proclaimed that the John Gritiith
Richard the Third" engagement had
been cancelled Mr.. Grihith comes to
the opera house tomorrow night,
Thursday, January 10, and will come
in all the gorgeous splendor Of the
conquering hero he is proclaimed to
be. His management promises an ex-
cellcnt company, complete scenic and
electrical equipment and all else that
is needful TO insure performance
that will delight the lovers Of classical
plays, Mr.. Grihith's portrayals are
said to be strenuous and intellectual.
He has lungs, physique and discretion
and many critics are very enthusiastic
over him. He draws big audiences, in
teresting them very much and COM
Polling admiration by his vigorous
and sincere work. He is proclaimed
the best of our living, native born
tragedians, an enthusiast In his pro,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-01-09
The City Water System.

In presenting Watermelon Peter.
sons report to the city council, THE
REPUBLICAN made him say that the
city now has 1898 feet of water
mains. This was wrong and very mis-.
leading, for the 1888 feet of mains
represents only the water mains ex.
tension for the year 1906. The city
has splendid system of water works
reaching to all sections of the city, is
making additions yearly, and Mr.. Pc.
tersons report merely covered the ex.
tensions for the year just gone. This
makes things look decidedly better
and more creditable to the city and
the water works department.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-01-09
Benson Is Kicking for Coal
Thinks Dealers Discriminate Against the
Small Towns. News Notes.

The coal famine is here in reality.
Logan and Smithfed coal dealers
should feel little more charitable
towards the farmers living in outside
districts. We have to travel seven
and nine miles over very bad roads III
we may call them roads, for the sake
of getting two or three hundred weight
of coal, and as rule have to beg for
that much, while the city people In
general have good supply for months.
This is not a square deal" Farmers
deserve better treatment. Your cor
respondent has about fifty pounds of
coal dust now with good prospect OF
a severe cold spell.
Agents of the Faust Creamery com
pany and the Richmond Condensed
MIX company were busily engaged
among the producers Of milk here the
last few days, each claiming to pay
the highest price for milk and treating
their patrons fairly. The agitation
has caused a number of farmers tC
send their milk to Richmond.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-01-09
The Tribune Leads.

The Salt Lake Tribune is the ac-
knowledged leader In the newspaper
field Of the interior west. AS a news
paper, and In standing, influence and
popularity, II has no equal between
Denver and the Pacific coast. Itgives
all the news all the time, In clean ana
readable shape and without fear or
favor.
To keep in close touch with the
progress Of the west, and at the same
time fully informed as to the news OF
the country and The world, you will
find 1t important that you read The
Tribune. The price Of the Daily lin.
Guiding Sunday Is 81 per month, Of
the Sunday only 50 per year, and OF
the Semi Weekly $3.50 per year.
Sample copy fee. Address The Tri
bune, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-01-09

fession, and deserving the excellent
position he has attained.
In speaking of the Richard the III Il
engagement, the advance man for
Mr.. Griffith insisted very earnestly
that "the performance in its entirety
will be the most important event In
the seasons theatrical history" In
speaking OF this coming tragedian, the
advance man says; "Mr. Grifitl is
personally most interesting charact-
er, combination of the mental and
physical In appearance he suggests
the peerless Edwin Forrest and has
the frame and strength of the cham
pion pugilist. James Jeffries, while
mentally he is one OF the greatest stu
dents Of the day OF classic literature
and is fairly crank on the works Of
the divine bard, Shakespeare"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-01-09
J. Wright On "Ear|y Days.

location of these tiers Of blocks. Mr..
Blanchard constructed the first log
cabin in Logan, according to Mr.
Wright.
Before going to Logan Mr.. Wright
had been living at Sandy, Salt Lake
count, and Blanchard and the Others
went into Cache Valley from Farming.
ton, lie thinks. He says that the first
year they raised forty bushels Of wheat
to the acre, although the seasons,
which have since become much modi.
fed from their former severity, were
early in the fall as a rule. In fact,
Mr. Wright says that when he Graded
his last wheat in 1859 he left his tracks
in the snow.
ut is one Of Mr.. Wright's fond de-
sires to meet with the survivors of
that pioneer movement and to talk
over and record their recollections
while yet they are alive and able to
recall circumstances and dates. lie
says that in some respects the dates
and facts which he gives do not quite
agree with written history, but mas.
much as he was among the pioneers
he considers them to be correct"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-01-09
Lecture at College.

Thursday afternoon at the Agricult
ural College, the eminent tragedian
Mr.. JOHN Griliith, will deliver specia
lecture on VIM. Shakespeare and hi
plays. Mr. Griliith and his company
produce liking Richard the Third" al
the opera house on Thursday night ant
as a compliment to the college he has
kindly consented to give the students
this special lecture.
The students seldom have the op
portunity of hearing so noted an actol
and student of Shakespeare, and arr
eagerly looking forward to Mr.. Grit
ilth's coming to this city.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-01-09
Usefulness OF the Bachelor.

The bachelor is "a useful person In
this world. A woman who has rea
soned the whole thing out concludes
that he contributes indirectly to the
happiness OF her sex. Her view OF
1t is this; Il don't know why ones
husbands bachelor chums should as
rule, be so deadly dull, but they
usually are, and. as a matter of fact
1t was probably their dullness which
originally drove him INTO matrimony
only he has not the sense to see it,
There would be fewer married II II
weren't for the bachelors.