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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-02

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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-02

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The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06

LOTTERY MEN SENTENCED.
r'na' W'ndup of the Governments Atter.2t to StrsngIe Louisiana
 State Lottery Company.

Mobile, Ala, June 5.-Thirty-two men who pleaded guilty in the United states court Monday to an indictment charging conspiracy to cause the in terstate carriage of lottery adver- tisements were sentenced Tuesday py Judge Toulmin to pay fines amounting to s2S40O0
 The defendants also agreed to sur. render for destruction all lottery books, plates and other parapher. nalia and to immediately dispose of the printing establishment belong. Ing to the Honduras National Lot tery company, located in Whining. ton, Del, and operated under the name of the John M Rogers Press. where the lottery tickets have been printed for many years.
 With these pleas of guilty and the surrender of all lottery material, the Honduras National Lottery company. which is the successor of the old Louisiana State Lottery company. passed out of existence, after long endeavor of the federal authorities to end it.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
THEIR MERGER ILLEGAL,
n American Reserve Bond Company cass.

Kansas City, Mo, June 2.-Judge Walter Littlefield special master in chancery appointed to take evidence, is ready to make report of his find. lngs in the investigation into the merger of the American Bond Reserve Company
 ''I find that the merging of the sev- eral companies was fraudulent transaction Judge Iittlefield said 1ard that the proceeds of the fund deposited with the state treasurer of Missouri should be distributed pro rata among the creditors of the sev. efal companies. no preference being given to creditors in this state"
 The state treasurer holds Sl ,Gf2,540 of the defunct company's bonds. The Mississippi Valley Trust Company of St Louis is the receiver
 Judge Littlefield said he believed 10 attempt would .e made in the final ceounting to compute interest on de
 Iosits. It has been estimated, he said that it would require five eypert ac countants 25 years to set le the af airs of the company by this methot | md therefore 1t is inn racticable.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
NO PROOF IF MARRIAGES
United States District Attorney En- bry Makes Startling Discov-
 cry in Oklahoma.
NO CERTIFICATES FILED AS REQUIRED
Law Passed by Congress in 1887 to Compel Mormons in Utah to File Marriage Certificates Has Not Been Observed in oklahoma-May Cause Litigation.

E Guthrie. Ok, June 2.-That, under the federal statutes, which govern directly in Oklahoma and all other territories of the United States, no legal proof exists of any marriage ceremony heretofore performed in this territory, is the statement made by Judge John Embry, United States attorney, who, in searching the stat utes for other matters, discovered the fact that the congressional act passed in 1887, for the purpose of com polling the Mormons in Utah to file marriage certificates, applies also to all territories, including Oklahoma and that citizens here, in marrying, are just as liable under that act as were the Mormons.
 In fact, every man and woman married in Oklahoma uring the past eighteen years, with possibly no ex- captions, and the person who perform ed the ceremony, no matter what his calling, are liable to serve two years term in the federal peniten tiary or to pay a fine of sl 000 or both, for violations of this act. It was made strict in order to prevent polygamy as practiced among the Mormons.
 The statute provides that, follow ing marriage ceremony, ceriifi- cate must be prepared by the person officiating, and that this person, as we'll as the contracting parties. must sign such certificate. which must le immediately filed with the probate court for record. and that nothing else is accepted under the statute as prima facie evidence that any mar riage ceremony was performed.
 Judge Embry states that the inn portance of this statute would arise in court when suits were in progress regarding the legitimacy of children, he inheritance of property and in proving up homestead titles. In fact, while it might be farfetched, yet, un- der this statute, any deed to land held by persons married in Oklahoma might be attacked in the courts on the grounds that nothing exists 10 prove the marriage of the parties. When the noncompliance of the stat ite in Oklahoma does not annul marriages it removes any proof of such marriages
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
REMEMBER THEIR LEADER
Monument to Jefferson Davis Un- yelled at Richmond, Va., by
 Confederate Veterans.
WAS CR5WAING FEATURE OF REUNION
Daughter and Two Grandsons of the Confederate President Pulled the Cord Which Exposed the Statue to Public Gaze-Mr. and Hrs. Bryan Receive Ovation.

Richmond, Va, June 4.--A lasting memorial of Jefferson Davis, who was the chosen leader of The lost cause and the first and only presi- dent of the confederate states of Amer ica, was unveiled here Monday as the crowning feature of the reunion of the confederate veterans. The cere- mony was made the occasion of a grand military pageant in which every veteran in gray who was physically able and many one who was not, participated
 Mrs ]. A. Hayes. of Colorado Springs. Col, daughter of Mir. Davis. pulled the cord that held the canvas shroud which covered the bronze statue. Her two young sons, the grandsons of the confederate presi- dent, caught the two cords used to complete the nnveiling.
 The monument to Jefferson Davis is the crowDing feature of Rich mond's great monument avenue. The memorial consists of semi-circular colonnade terminating at each end in square pier. with a large column or shaft rising from the inclosed space. The semi-circle is about 50 feet across, with depth of 80 feet and stands 67 feet in total height. The monument typifies the vindica- tion of MT. Davis and the cause of the confederacy for which he stood be. fore the world, the leading inscription being "Deo Vindice. God Will Yin Gicate)
 William Jennings Bryan and Mrs. Bryan attended the ceremonies as the guests of the United Confederate Veterans. They rode in the parade iD the carriage of Gov. and Mrs. Swan son and were given continuous ova' tion en route. As they approached the monument itself the carriages were swallowed up by the multitudes and the distinguished visitors were momentarily lost, but the crowd re- newed the demonstration as MT. Bry- an was again seen on the platform. He had no official part in the pro gramme but the reception accorded him showed that he holds war;. place in the esteem of the veterans Tn gray.
 A beautiful young woman in white, Miss Roberta Caldwell, attracted ad- miration at the head of Troop A. or Nashville, Tenn, comprising 40 gray uniformed old men with sabers. Mss Caldwell carried Confederate bat tleflag. There were many other in- teresting features of the parade out side the appearance of the veteran bodies. Among these were the spon- sors from the various Confederate states. attended by scores or maids of honor. These attractive young women in white. wearing sashes or red rode in carriages and lent a charming addition to the long line ot gray.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
WAS HEAVILY INSURED.
Lueius Il. Perkins Accidentally Killed at Lawrence, Kan. Car
 ried S50o,ooo Life insurance.

Lawrence. Kan, June 3--Lucius H. Perkins, secretary of state board of bar examiners and former presi. dent of the Kansas Bar Association. who died US the result of fall from the roof of his sso,o0o home, Upton court" Sunday night carried more than half million dollars worth Of life insurance, and was one of the heaviest policy holders in Kansas.
 Of this amount 1t Is undertood the New York Life wrote policies for $300,000, and the Northwestern Mu- tual $100,000, the remaining s100,00o being in smaller policies of several companies.
 Mr. Perkins was always an advo- cate of life insurance as an invest ment, and 1t Is understood much of the amount written was taken out within the past year or two as the best place to put the proceeds of for tunate business deals.
 Mir Perkins is a graduate of Beloit, Wis. university, He came to Law renee from Wisconsin about 1877 lis principal business for the past ten years has been the conduct, associa- ted with his brother, Frank M. Per kins, of the Atlas Building and Loan association, Kansas corporation with state wide connections, in which they are prominent and influential.
 It is believed MT. Perkins will Le found to have been one of the wealth ist citizens Of this section of Kansas. It is not publicly known here where the bulk of his property is located, but he is reputed to own immense tracts of wheat land in Canada and Western Kansas
 That he had large outside invest ments is indicated by the sale about year ago when Upton Court" was built, of Chicago traction bonds.
 Mir Perkins leaves a widow and three sons, Rollin. Clement and Lu. cius, Jr., all living in Lawrence. Flu, neral arrangements will not be per fected until a sister in California is heard from.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
Weston to Walk Again.

New York. June 4.-On the ami yersary of his famous walk from Portland, Me. to Chicago, ILL, ac- complished just 40 years ago, Edward Paison Weston. the 70-year-old pedes- trian will undertake the duplication of that long journey that first brought him before the public eye. He will start on the same day of the year, October 29 and will endeavor to finish ahead of his record made in 1867. He then covered the 1,255 miles in 30 days. finishing at Chicago on November 2S.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
KANSAS JAW ATTACKEDI
The Missouri Pacific Declares the Statute Creating the Railroad
 Commission is Void.
BAIlIE WAGGENER FILES LONG BRIEF
Declares the Law Is Unconstitutional Because it Attempts to Deprive Railroad Companies of Their Prop. erty-Power of the Board too Au tocratic.

Topeka, June 5-"The railroad commission law of Kansas is void, because it attempts to deprive rail- road companies of the beneficial use of their property, transfers the entire management thereof to a po- litical agency, denies them the equal protection of the law. and de priyes them of their property with out due process of law. That rail road corporations are quasi-pubic will be conceded That the state has the right of qualified control and regulation will not be denied. The right of the state. however, under any guise or pretense, to assume entire control and management, as is attempted by the legislation in this state. is challenged and denied.
 With this aggressive summary as the ground upon which it stands in making its fight, the Missouri Pacific Railway company, through Bailie F. Waggener, its attorney, attacks the constitutionality of the state law creating the Kansas board of rail road commissioners in a 14O-page brief in the Madison branch case filed with the supreme court.
 The state is trying to make the Missouri Pacific run passenger trains daily over the Madison branch from Madison to the state line. T. r. Carver, as referee, after finding facts which satisfy him that daily train would not pay, and that be cause the terminals of this branch are one in Missouri and pne in Kan sas. making this matter of inter state commerce control, recommends that the supreme court give yer dict in favor of the Missouri Pacific,
 Waggener asks in this brief that the referees finding be engrossed in it's decision. but that if this is not done the whole order be dismissed because the board of railroad com missieners has no oQnsaitutional rights of existence.
 s. s. Ashbaugh. attorney for the board of railroad commissioners, suggested the substitution of this case In the place now occupied by the Hargrave case in July, in which both he and Waggener were inter ested, and the court set the day of hearing after consultation.
 Attorney General Jackson, s. s. Ashbaugh, attorney for the commis- sion, and Carr Taylor, his prede- cessor, but still associated with Jackson in the case. say that Wag- gener's contention won't hold water" and Taylor explosively adds, Its buncombe'
 The ingenuity of man can scarce ly conceive of any function and pow CT of railroad company which has not been taken away and vested in the board of railroad commission CTS" says Waggener in the brief. If the state of Kansas owned every mile of railroad in the state, by in disputable title, it could not delegate to or vest in it's own managers greater power than it has attempted to vest in the board of railroad com. missioners under the laws referred to-"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
Service by Publication on Brewers.

Topeka. Kan, June 5.-The Kansas state supreme court will Tuesday se- cure service by publication on three of the brewery companies which were recently made defendants in custer suits. This move was made neces- sary by the failure of the officers to locate the proper agents of the com panies for the purpose of serving the papers in the suits upon them.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
mlnht VIII Accept

Wa-hiagton, June 4.-Pearl Wight oe New Orleans. the republican na- .ional committeeman of Louisiana las accepted the post of commission CT of internal revenue to become ef' fectivc on December l. MT Wight has nrmber of important business matters which he wants to adjust and se,.le prior to taking up the duties or inc office. Pending his assumption of ,he work of commissioner ad ln- .e.ir will De appointed by the presl- dent i,e already has been seiec'eu bet lis name has not yet been an rcincaa
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
nuteh Cruiser at Jamestown.

Norfolk, Va, June 1.-The Dutch cruiser Guilderland, representing the navy of Holland at the Jamestown Exposition, dropped anchor off the exposition grounds Saturday The vessel will be one of the international fleet. whose presence will be a fen. ture on June 10. Georgia day at the exposition. when President Roose- welt will again be here, and June l2. Virginia Day
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
EVIDENCE IF 4 COMBINE
Prosecution of Bituminous Coal Car rying Railroads Only Awaits
 Presidents Signal.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS READY
Report of Special Attorneys Who Went Over Evidence Secured by interstate Commerce Commission is Completed and in the Hands of the Attorney General.

Washington, June 5.-Prosecution of the railroads carrying bituminous coal in Pennsylvania. Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia awaits only the signal from the president
 rhe case against the roads has been justice and the interstate commerce commission, but questions of policy and those relating to the character of the proceedings to be brought have to be determined by the nresi- dent and the attorney general.
 Since the evidence against the diff ferent railroads was first obtained through the interstate commerce commissions investigation year ago, special attorneys have been ex- amining 1t carefully for such proof of violations of the law by the rail- roads as would in their opinion re- suit in convictions. The report of these special attorneys has been com. pleted and submitted to the attorney general.
 The latter with his assistants and members of the interstate commerce commission have gone through the document and are satisfied that prosecutions may be started at once with every prospect of success. The attorney general is to take the mat ter up with the president within the next day or two and while no defi- nite announcement has been made, it Is the present understanding at the department of justice that pro- oeedings against the railroads will begin within the next ten days. The railroads involved are the Pennsyl- vania, the Philadelphia & Reading, the Seaboard Air Line, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Chesapeake & Ohio. the Beach Creek railroad, the Nor folk & Western, and the Baltimore & Ohio.
 The charges against the roads will include illegal combinations in re straint of trade, in violation of the sherman antitrust law, and discrim- ination against independent coal pro ducers, in violation of the interstate commerce law. In the opinion of the special attorneys, MT. Food and MT. Simpson, and the attorney general and his chief assistant. Mir. Purdy. there is no doubt that ample evi- dence is now in the possession of the government to prove these charges in many instances.
 Whether E. H. Hartman will be prosecuted criminally by the gov ernment or proceedings will be in stituted only to dissolve the Harri man railroad merger probably will be decided this week. It is one of the important questions with which the president expects to deal before leaving for O ster Bay, and con ference Is to be held at which the members of the interstate commerce commission, Kellogg and Severance the special attorneys to the commis- sion, and the attorney general will be present to discuss with the presi- dent the various phases of the case as they were revealed in the in vestigation of the Hartman system by the interstate commerce commis- sion.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
Fire to Hide Robbery.

Newport News, Va, June 5.--A man was arrested Monday who con fessed to starting a S50,000 fire to conceal a s60 robbery Charged with arson and embedding the funds of his employers, the United States Elk press company, George P Decker, 2l years old. was arrested at Old Point Comfort Monday. Decker confesses that he set fire to the Federal wharf at Old Point Comfort after robbing the safe of the express company of sG0.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
An Attempt to Wreck Train.

San Jose, Cal, June 5.--An attempt to wreck the early morning Southern Pacific train between this city and San Francisco was thwarted Monday by the discovery of large pile of ties on the track near Santa Clara. Two tramps have been arrested on
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
Accident on the X. c. s.

Neosho, Mo, Jane 4.-The Kansas City Southern passenger train No. l., due here at 6:59 D. m, was wrecked n half mile from the depot Sunday evening. Fireman Pepper of Patts burg Kan, and Frank Film, baggage checker of Joplin, Mo, were killed several passengers were slightly in- iured. The engine jumped the track It and the baggage car were oysltaFp' .ed
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
Dynamite Under Street Car.

San Francisco, June 5.-Dynamite was exploded under the first car rent out over the McAllister street line Tuesday. The forward truck of the car was raised from the track and the passengers were badly frightened but no serious damage was done. The explosion occurred when the car was half way between Polk street and Van Ness avenue.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
American Arrested in Paris.

Paris, June 5.--G. w. Cannon of Sacramento, Gal, has been taken into custody in this city charged with the alleged misappropriation of S2OO,000 of the subscribed capital of a concern called the American Ex- ploration company He has been re- leased on bail in the sum of $l0OoO The company had headquarters in Paris.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
K u. Medical Students Dine.

Kansas City. Mo. June 5.--An ini- tiation ceremony and banquent was given at the Coates house Monday night for the 20 members of the grad uating class of the University of Kan. sas. About S5 students and members of the university faculty attended
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
WILL PUT FORTH
 GREATER EFFORTS
Real Estate Men and Banks to Ask for Subscriptions From Non-Resident Property Owners for Hospital
 Fund Fair Dropped.

The meeting called Tuesday night to discuss ways and means of secur- ing the balance of the Hospital bonus was well attended and steps were taken to accelerate the work.
 President Hal l.. Norwood of the Commercial club made brief state ment as to purpose of meeting and the need of increased effort in order to have the money ready when called for, and then requested F. N. Han COCK to preside at the meeting.
 Statements were made showing the amount of money already in the banks. It was also announced that the hospital board and contractors had decided to expend $45, ,000 for the building instead of $40, ,000, as at first announced, making total ex- penditure of $56. .000 for the building and equipment.
 Additional subscriptions were asked for and the following were n, ada.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
Worms interfere With Traffic.

Hickman, Ky, June ,. r. Army worms are SO numerous between Campbell, Mo. and Nemons, Ark, that traffic on the St. Louis, Ken neth and Southeastern railway have been interrupted. When the car wheels smash them, the track is put m Q worse condition than if t had Neea thoroughly spapsd
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
Mjstook a Hat For a Bird.

New York. June 5.-Mistahng his companions hat for a bird, while they were on shooting trip on the Palisades, Mortimer Seaman, IS years old, shot and killed Martin L. Winter, 16 years old. A bullet from rifle went through the boys skull
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
cen. Bell to inspect Army Posts.

Washington. June 5.-Mai Gen J. Franklin Bell. chief of staff Of the army. has arranged to make thor ough personal inspection of the prin. cipal army posts in the west with a view to increasing the efficiency ot the service
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
Government cotton suIletin.

Washington. June 5.-Ayerage con. dition growing cotton crop May v was 7o.5 per cent as compared wi'n 2t6 and TIP per cent In 1906 ana eos respectis ely, ten years aVeFass sss, Acreage S2,o6o,oool
The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
Tied Trxlna to Save a poa.

Shawnee, Ok, June 5.-While try ing to save puppy from small pond into which it had fallen Will liam Watson. the 3-year-old son of Mir. and Mrs. w. J. Watson. was drowned Monday.