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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-23
WHEAT ROSE FOUR CENTS.

Toronto, Aug. 22-Wheat rose four cents
as a result of reports of frosts in north
western Canada. The damage, however
is regarded as light
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-23
AMERICANS BANoUETEp.

Hamburg, Aug 22-The American
yachtsmen who participated in the Kiel
regatta were banquetted this evening by
the North German Regatta veTein.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-23
MADMEH TRY TO
ESCAPE PRISON
Desperate Attempt of Insane
Prisoners at Dannemorra,
N. Y, to Break Out.
ONE PATIENT SHOT DEAD
WILD SCENES ENACTED DURING
STRUGGLE.

Plattsburg, n. Y, Aug. 22.-For two
hours last night a mob of patients at
the state hospital for the criminal in
sane in Dammemora stood off their
guard while others made a desperate
attempt to force an exit from the build
ing. Not until one of the madmen had
been shot and killed and the guards re-
inforced by less violent inmates and
villagers, was the outbreak suppressed
and the patients again locked in their
rooms. The large dOrmitories were
wrecked windows smashed, iron graf
ings bent and walls damaged. where an
effort to wrench their bars from fasten-
ings had been made. The dead man was
Isaac Dubois, who had been at the hos
pital only a short time Convicted of
larceny in the second degree, he was
subsequently ordered TO the state hos
pital.
cunningIy Planned.
The outbreak was planned with great
cunning and carried out with reckless
boldness. All had been quiet among
the 320 men in the institution. when, at
exactly 9 o'clock, and without any no
ticeable signal having been given, al
most all of the inmates. who been
of the big dormitOries and slammed
the doors in the faces of the surprised
guards who rushed after them. The
madfnen barricaded the doors with beds
and other furniture and began a fierce
assault on the heavily barred windows,
evidently hoping to force all at once
and thus obtain easy avenues of escape.
A number of the less violently insane
offered their assistance to the keepers
and were enlisted.
Doors Could Not Be Forced.
1t was impossible to force the doors,
and guards were stationed at all the
outside windows and ordered to shoot
arms and hands appearing through the
windows, but not to kill save in case
of absolute necessity. All the fire hose
was then connected and heavy streams
of water directed at the windows where
the patients could be seen. But the in
sane rioters put mattresses in the win
dows and continued to hammer at the
stuuework in awhich-ths-bar are fixed,
all the while shouting and shrieking.
Finally Compelled to Shoot.
Above the tumult, however, could be
heard the furious pounding of the iron
bedposts welded by the inmates, who
also had a heavy Chisel and sledge
hammer. Several shots were fired by
the guards, but it was impossible to tell
whether they were effective. When the
riot was quoted it was discovered that
Isaac Dubois had been shot and killed,
probably instantly. TownspeOple and
guards from the prison were attracted
by the terrific noise and assisted mate
rally when, at IL o'clock, the wardens
made a series of assaults and finally
forced the doors and oveTpOwered the
rioters. This Is the first and only out
break of any sort since the opening of
the hospital in 1900.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-23
KILLING LOOKS
LIKE MURDER
Deputy Sheriff C. L. Emerson
of Atwood, New, Arrested
for Shooting of Lafleur.
STORY FOUND TO BE FALSE
WOMAN OF HAsF-WORLD IN THE
CASE.
STORY FOUND TO BE FALSE

Tonopah. New. Aug. 22.-Deputy Sheriff
c. l. Emerson of Atwood shot and killed
Joe Lafleur on last Sunday morning. He
arrested at the same time a man named
A. c. Barras. On Sunday afternoon a
coroner's jury exonerated the officer, and
the story that came out at Atwood was
all in favor of Emerson, and much
colored. 1t was EmersOn's own story
Emerson was arrested tonight at Nina
on a charge of murder The warrant was
issued by Assistant District Attorney
Cleve Baker of this place, and Sheriff
Owens telegraphed TO Nina to arrest the
deputy and bring him here. Three of the
coroner's jury who exonerated the officer
signed a petition for the Tehearing of the
case To this petition are added the
names of sixty-five- other prominent men
of Atwood and Goldyke, who declare that
new evidence has been discovered that
warrants the trial of Emerson for the
murder of LafleuT.
Story of the Killing.
1t is now claimed that the evidence of
Emerson himself given before the cor
Oner'S jury Is sufficient TO convict him of
COld-blOOdeG murder. If he had not left
GOldyke ii is possible that summary JUS
tice would have been meted out to him
Lafleur, according to the testimony of the
deputy sheriff, would not hold out his
hands 10 be handcuffed, but kept them
in his pockets. The deputy sheriff then
hit him on the head with a billy, forcing
him to his knees and struck him again
as he arose. The men scuffled. and the
officer who is large and powerful man.
threw him quite a distance away to the
wall. While Lafleur was crouching and
partly supporting himself against the
wall, Emerson fired and killed him.
Arrest of Barras a Farce.
In the melee. Barras, who had also been
arrested BY Emerson. tried to drag the
officer from his victim. and was knocked
under the table. AS the shot was fired
he made a getaway through the rear en-
trance of the saloon and knew nothing of
the killing until the next morning. Four
men came into TOnOpah from Atwood this
morning to lay the whole matter before
the district attorney, and they all speak
highly of Lafleur. They say also that
il was farce to arrest Barras. than
whom no one stands any higher in the
community.
Had Row With Woman.
Emerson had brought woman named
Phyllis into the camp about month ago.
and she constituted the population Of the
red light district. Emerson had a row
with the woman. who left him. and she
was one of those arrested for disturbing
the peace. Whether she was on friendly
terms with Lafleur is not known, but it
is said that she will testify that La
fleur had his hands in the air when
- Emerson shot him. In the saloon at the
time of the shooting We're two deputy
sheriffs. who had been sworn in by
Emerson and the justice of the peace,
Joseph Urquhart. who afterwards sat on
the case as coroner. All the witnesses
will be brought in here tomorrow by au-
tOmobile.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-23
SHUMAKER WILL NOT PEACH
Rumor That One of the Pennsyl.
vania Republican Rascals Had
Weakened Not True.

Philadelphia. Aug. 22.-James NJ. Shut
maker, former superintendent of the CAPT
toll at Harrisburg. who pleaded illness AMI
remained secluded in his home at Johns
town during the investigation Of the can't
toll building scandals. now declares he will
tell everything he knows. ShunIaker al
leges that the manipulation of funds was
engineered by high state officials for the
purpose of covering up Il shortage I'm the
treasury and save the name of former
United States senator of Pennsylvania
now deceased.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-23

In a conversation oveA a phone Shu-
make declared the report that he had
threatened to disclose the secrets of the
capitol scandal were false. He added that
he had nothing to conceal and was ready
TO explain in court his part in the trans
actions
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-23

A fight that will be one of the Bit
terest and most important ever waged
by western arid land owners against
the reclamation policy of the govern
ment as it is now executed and has
been for several years, promises to be
the feature of the great irrigation con-
gress to be held at Sacramento Sept. 2
to 3.
From advices which reached salt
Lake yesterday, it is evident that
Chief United States Forester Pinchots
fight with the western livestock men
assembled in convention here several
months ago over the administration Of
the governments forest reserve policy,
will be Overshadowed tenfOld by the
trouble between the men behind the big
private irrigation projects of the west
ern states, particularly Arizona and
California, and F. H. Newell, director
of the United States reclamation serv-
ice, and his chief advisers at the COM
ing irrigation congress at Sacramento.
The nucleus of the trouble is this
the private irrigation men claim the
government is encroaching on their
rights and causing them to lose hun
dreds of thousands of dollars annually
through the unfair manner in which
the governments reclamation policy is
being executed. Mr.. Newell is openly
charged with being autocratic and IN
So
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-23

A man who does not know how
to learn from his own mistakes
turns the best sohoolmaster out
of his life.-Beecher.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-23
Crisis Has Been Reached.

Crisis Has Been Reached
The fight between the reclamation
agents and the private irrigation men
has been growing steadily in intensity
for five years past until ii is at white
heat.
Back of Newell stands Roosevelt
just as back of Pinchot stands RoOse-
welt, declare the arid land men of the
west. 1t is the presidents policy these
men are carrying out. They are viz
tualIy in control of the situation. be-
cause Notwithstanding all their wrath
and anger, the only club the irrigation
men can hold over the president and
Newell is that of public opinion and
the demand for a square deal. That is
why the coming irrigation congress
promises to be a mighty lively affair.
About 5000 delegates will attend the
convention. Many of these will be duly
accredited agents of the United States
reclamation service, appointed to the
congress as delegates by friendly gov
ernors, mayors or commercial institu-
lions throughout the west.
The only thing the congress can do
to express it's displeasure at the way
in which the government reclamation
service is being conducted, is by pass
ing resolutions to that effect that will
create a public sentiment in their IA
vor.
If the agents of the reclamation
service, who are delegates, can swing
enough influence they will defeat all
resolutions that come UP at the Sac
ramentO meeting, cOndemning or crit
Ching the administration of the fed
eraI reclamation policy. This is what
the private irrigation men are guard
ing against. And to this end call has
been issued for as many anti-federal
policy irrigation men as possible to
reach Sacramento two days before the
convention, when a caucus will be held
calculated to pack" the congress and
secure the passage of the resolutions
condemning the governments execu-
ton of the reclamation laws.
Will Fight for Control.
From the information that has
leaked through to local men interested
in the congress, it is apparent that
crisis has been reached in the fight be-
tween the private irrigatOrs and the
government agents headed by Newell.
The private irrigatOrs claim they will
control this years congress without
trouble, and that some singing criti-
cisms will be made of the work of the
reclamation agents the past year.
D. H. Anderson, editor of the Irriga
ton age OF chicago, anu WHO 10 sec
rotary of the congress which meets
next month at Sacramento, arrived in
Salt Lake yesterday on his way to the
convention.
A practical irrigation man, able,
capable and a strong writer, Secretary
Anderson is one of the biggest men of
the day in the irrigation world. In
the last few onths he has been from
coast to coast working up interest in
the forthcoming congress, having called
on seventeen governors and secured
their cooperation in the congress.
eve will have fully 1900 delegates,
and the congress, 1 believe, will be the
biggest and most memorable ever
held" said Secretary Anderson last
night at the KnutsfOrd.
What do you think about the fight
that is expected to occur between the
governments reclamation agents and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-05

by Mr.. Jerome. He finally replied
that he did not
A woRpY CLASH.
This line of questioning soon led to a
wordy clash between the attorney and
witness IN which Mr.. Jerome interrupt
ed the witness replies with q loudly
exclaimed did j ask you that? Did
l? Answer me-
Upon what in the Hypothetical
question did you base your conclusion
as to Insanity"
by the fact that the man, sitting
with party, suddenly arose without
provocatiOn d."
rs there anything in the question
about provocation?" Jerome interposed.
No" DR.. Wiley replied with a
show CT feeling. ut was the manner OF
the man, and the fact that he raised
his hand in peculiar way"
Stop" shouted Jerome angrily. Is
there anything i'm the question about
| peculiar?n
The witness admitted there. was not.
The remark to his wife L have prob
ably saved Your life, was. ,apothe rea-
son for the conclusion said DIR, Wiley.
did 1t occur TO You after firing three
bullets into the body of his victim. the
man held his revolver aloft to indicate
that his deed was done. that there was
to be no further killing and that he
wanted TO avert pantc?' M
That entered into the calculation"
Did motive have no bearing"
Yes, / read in the papers and I
decided ----''
THE QUESTION OF MOTIVE.
stop. Did the question of motive
make so light an Impression on your
mind that when you came here to
testify as scientific man, you want
to. import into the case what you read
in the newspapers"
The witness was silent.
Didn't this man raise his hand and
his revolver to indicate there was to
be no further killing"
Possibly. but as | was saying -"
will you refrain from volunteering
information for which ] don't ask? Ans
swer my question and nothing else. /
have had 10 ask this many times and
don't want to have to do 1t again. When
did you get here?" added Mr.. jerome.
"Wednesday"
"And you talked with counsel?"
Yes, about the case
About the hypothetical question:
mo"
The witness fairly shouted the an
swer He also flushed angrily.
rs not jealous rage the dominant
element in the mind of every man who
kills from jealousy" asked Mr.. Je-
rome.
There may be other elements
STOP VOLUNTEERING"
stop that volunteering. Answer my
question"
TEL us some more of your conclu
(cnntiniad' on paue twOo
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-05

AS a results of the run of Indictment
weather. Utah railroads are now hav
Ing no end Of trouble, which has
swooped down upon them In the shape
of snow-slides washouts and land
slides The Rio Grande Western is
completely tied up between Provo and
Hober and between Salt Lake and Park
city. a second slide has occurred in
Provo canyon between Provo and He
Der and tho railroad company CON
fesses that II Is more than up against
"a A snow slide occurred ~ Provo
canyon several days ago. missing a
passenger traln narrowly. Just as the
tracks were almost cleared second ana
worse slide came down last night, tear
inR away thr tracks, damaging humes.
damming the river and iooding this
valley, IL VIII be week at the very
lsast before II. q. w trains are run
ming through tho canyon, As the WA
ters have mol subsidized yet Il Ii dinieut
10 obtain any kind VI an estimate on
the probable damage,
LAST NIGHTS SLIDE
The snowsllde which occurred las.
night WAS one OF tine biggest that has
ever played haNoc " iilAt picturesque
locality. with a rush and roar the
big slide was dlssorged down Lost
Greek canyon at IL p. IN. near the Tellu-
ride Power dam. The slide when II
eventually spread out proved "a be
over half mile In width and OF an
average depth OF 80 feet. The slide
spread out towards the west beyond
the power plant snowsheds and tore
out several hundred feet OF flume
thereby ptlttlnR Provo sn darlnoss aud
shutting on all power. Today Provo In
getting its electricity from Logan.
Demons resort al the fails lust es-
capped. although the slide carried tho
dancing pavilion across the river and
jammed II against the foothills while
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-05
Eight Persons Killed, Fourteen
Injured, Two of Whom Win
Probably Die.
IT CAME WITHOUT WARNING.
People Of Monarch Heard Deep
Rambling Noise and Then Came
The Avalanche.

Salida, Colo. Feb. Eight per-
sons wore killed and IA injured, two
Of whom are expected to die IN the
arch mountain. in Monarch a mining
camp Is miles west OF Salida at $3.50
last night The slide wrecked three
buildings and partly demolished n
fourth.
At 9 o'clock today the dead bodies
of the following had been recovered
from beneath masses of snow and
broken timbers;
Frederic Mason, owner Of boarding
house.
Mrs. Frederick Mason and baby.
Joseph Boyle. miner Denver
John Emerson, miner, Denver.
John Gillett, miner.
Stephen skinner saloonkeeper.
Monarch.
One miner whose name has not
been learned is missing.
The injured:
James Smith miner, back broken,
will die
William Schroeder, aged / 8. terribly
injured about head, not expected 10
live.
Florence Mason, aged IL. badly
hurt about body. will recover
The summit Of Monarch mountain
is fully 1000 feet above the town of
Monarch, The slide started near the
Madonna mine, two-thirds OF the way
TO the top, and gained speed rapidly
as il descended. The only warming
the people had Of the impending dis
aster was deep rumbling noise, and
In another minute the mass of snow
was upon the town. crushing Fred
Mason's clearinghouse, Skinncr's sa-
loon and William Schrader's dwelling,
and caving in the front Of the Farrell
hotel
Rescue parties worked all night in
a blizzard digging the entonbed men,
women and children out of the mass
OF snow and wreckage under which
they were buried. In response to n
call for assistance 100 men We're sent
TO Monarch from Salida to help in
the work of rescue
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-05

the edge fthe slide came up TO the
summer kitchen,
DAMNED UP RIVER.
The damage did not end here. how
ever. for The avalanche effectually
damned Provo river for five hours.
Then the waters broke through and
went surgiug down the canyon, carry
ing everything before them. BY way OF
a start the floors OF the DOnnan resi-
dence We're washed a foot deep In ley
water ana then the railroad grade was
attacked Hundreds OF feet of this
grade are said 10 have been washed
OUT. The food struck the little town"
OF Olmsted which Is made up of sub
stantlal residences and buildings OF the
Telluride Power company. While no
buildings were carried away everything
was awnsh early this morning ana
there was considerable excitement.
WATERS DO DAMAGE.
ReloN this polnt the waters spread
out and cnt burrows through Farms.
carried on haystakcs ana otherwise did
considerable damage. II was feared
thai the county bridge would 10 out
under the strain but II withstood the
assault
Telephone communication with Provo
this afternoon was unsatisfactory as
no estimate Of the damage done could
be learned,
the rio Grnnde, but Il broke down and
another WIS forwarded from Salt Lake
10 assist IN the work of clearing up
The wrrckagc. The railroad company
ana HE Telluride Power people have
about 100 men al work, but as soon az
Tie engine arrives this force VIII DO
doubled,
l.tt. rapxon 81 The hunlx pf ih.t
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-05
Awful Sweep of Snowslides in Wasatch Range
ParkC
BY Snow,T The in Midnight Avalanche and
TracsBu Buried by Great Drifts

also showed under. 4 long stretch OF
tracks in the neighborhood of Barclay
are covered with tons Of snow which
became loosened from the mountain
edges. The tracks here are not thought
10 be damaged but Il is not believed
they can be cleared Toy day or SO,
Persons extremely anxious 10 reach
Salt Lake today from the camp offered
TO hire a rig from II livery stable, but
The proprietor would not let his team
start out upon the trip through the cali-
yon towards this city, though offered
$50 a day for an outfit,
PARK CITY CUT OFF,
There II absolutely no communication
by rail between Salt Lake and Park
city ana HELPER. With Parlcy's canyon
as good rs blockaded' Provo canyon
filed with water and snow and Weber
canyon in bad shape railroad move
mont is domOrallzed and Is likely TO
remain In this condition for some time.
The Union Pacific has not succeeded
IN putting its tracks through Weber
canyon In shape yet. An avalanche OF
snow, dirt and debris tore down upon
the tracks. tearing them away, The
culyetts Wcr TANNED ana az the Weber
rose n climbed over the roadbed and
completed the work Of destruction, Al
though this happened sunday a large
gang OF workmon have not been able 10
omen the line up yet. The exceptionally
heavy fan %, snow followed by heavy
rain has made -he snow extremely dan
gerous Its own Weight tears IL loose
ana before NJ has slid many feet Il Is
moYlng faster than any train ana Il.
gathering weight and gaining IN speed
with every instant Luckily no rams
have been caught by the slides
"The slide at Barclay ON the PARK
city line occurred about 1880 this morn
ing. The regular train which left TINS
CITY for the camp at sl5 o'clock re-
turned 90 this city. II IL reported max
the tracks are covered for 200 feet pe,
snow and debris.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-05
STATUS OF HAWAII.
{. = Supreme Court Did Not Decide
What II Was in April. 1900.

Washington. Feb. Sit was expected
foreign territory IN April. 1900, would
be- decided I'm the case OF w. II. Cross
man and brother of New York versus
George n. BirdWoll. collector of GUS
toms. which was dismissed by the SUI
irene coprt OF the United states.
However as the dismissal was az the
instance OF Crossmdn. the court was
not required to make any inyestiga
tlon and therefore announced no ind
ing IA the case The controversy arose
In connection with the importation
from Honolulu 81 liquors by the Cross
mans. who contended that as Hawaii
had been annexed 20 the United states
the oXacton OF duty was unconstltu-
tional
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-05
REV. S. A. BAKER DEAD.
Last Years OF Life Saddened by I'm
successful Search for Son.

Kansas City. Feb. 5.-The last years
of the life of Rev. S. A. Baker, one
party, who died yesterday at his home
here. We're saddened by an unsuccess-
full search for his Oldest son, s. A.
Baker, Jr. DR.. Baker sent descrip-
lions to the police in Colorado. New
Mexico and other western states. but
was unable to find his son.
Ten years ago young Baker was q
school teacher In Albuquerque, y. NJ.
He wrote TO his father telling him
that he was about to be married, and
that he and his bride would pass
through Kansas City on their way TO
Colorado. The letter did not reach
the father until several days after
the time the son was TO have passed
through. Since that time nothing has
been heard of the son.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-05
MAIN. S. ANTHoNY pEAp.

Rochester y. y. Feb. 5.--Mary s.
Anthony. sister of and lifelong CO.
worker With susan Il. Anthony. died
at her homo In this city today MISS
Anthony would have been 50 years
old in April She had never been
well since tho death Of her sister, II
mnnlhE ago.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-05
A nan nrsslAN n1sIIornIc

st. Petersburg, Feb. 5.--rhe Russian
Orthodox church. according TO the
Noyoe Vremya. has decided 10 create
a new blshopric IN the United states.
II will be located IN Chicago. Antonin.
now vikaryln OF 81. Petersburg, will be
tho new bishop.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-05
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
John Asrnus and Zara Moon for That
OF Robert b. Mcdowell. Rancher.

Fort Morgan, Colo. Feb, 5.-John
Asmus and cara Moon, ranchmen. We're
arrested last night on the charge OF
numbering Robert b. Mcdowell. another
ranchman. The arrest Of the two men
was the result of an inquest held by
the corouers jury over human
skeleton found buried near here about
10 DAYS ago, The men under arrest dis
posed Of McDowells stock at the time
OF his disappearance, explaining that
he had left the country and instructed
them TO dispose OF his properly.