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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-12
MAIDEN EFFORT
OF JEFF DAVIS
Arkansas Senator Delivers His
Attack Upon the Trusts in
Vigorous Manner.
GALLERIES WELL FILLED
SENSATIONAL DECLARATIONS IN
THE SPEECH.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Passionate
orato.y marked the proceedings of the
senate today. Senator Jefferson Davis OF
Arkansas. who. when elected, declared
that lie would attack the trusts I'M
mcdiately after taking his seat, full
filled his promise, although he was a
few days late in doing so. The speech
was flied with sensational declarations
and was given with that Vigor Tor
which the Arkansas senator is famous
i'm his own state. Quaint phraslng,
pointed denunciatiOns and evidences OF
intense emotion characterized his re-
marks. He was given a careful near
ing by senator's, and the galleries were
well filled throughout the time he held
the floor. Beginning shortly before l
O'Clock, he spoke for little more than
an hour
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be able to entertain the convention in
good style.
The distance of Denver from the
center of population was the principal
objection to that city, and this will
probably OveTbalance the inducement
which the big sum constitutes.
The outlook tonight is therefore ia
YCrable to Louisville, if that city gives
sufficient assurance % the committee
tomorrow that it can take care of the
convention and will pay all the ex
penses.
Finding that the committeeman had
come here with no apparent concert of
opinion regarding the place where the
convention should be held. Mayor Tom
Johnson tonight got in touch by long
distance telephone with some of the
leading men OF Cleveland and il is un-
dcrstood as a result that Cleveland
Will be prepared to make a bid for the
honor of the convention and that its
proposition Will Be worth considering.
Mr.. AntremOnt, VINO will represent
Minnesota in the committee meeting.
will vote for St. Paul, but as no or
sanized effort has been made to Sc
cure the convention for that city he
has no hope of success.
1t is almost definitely settled that the
convention will be held after the Re
publican convention. beginning the
second or third week of June.
There is no talk of any candidate
except Mr.. Bryan. Some members of
the committee think it is too early to
say any one man is certain of the
nomination, but they admit that the
point to the Nebraskan.
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Boise. Ida. Dec. n.-For four hours
today, in the trial of George A Petit
bone for the murder of former Gov
ernor Steunenberg. Harry Orchard was
on the witness stand, and when court
adjourned this afternoon his story was
only half told. Under the guidance of
James H. Hawley, chief counsel for
the prosecution; Orchard told of the
Blowing up of the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mine in the Occur dAlenes,
the killing of Charles Mccormack and
Mel Beck in the indicator mine, in
the Cripple Greek district of Colorado;
the murder of Lyle Gregory in DEN
yer; the blowing up of the Independ-
ence depot and the attempts made on
the life of Governor Peabody of Colo
RADIO. Orchard spoke in a clear and
even tone, except when mentioning
the names of those men whom he had
sent to eternity, when he invariably
spoke so low he could hardly be heard.
He said he was confined in the peni-
tertiary awaiting trial for murder. and
when Hawley asked for the murder
Of whom" he said in an almost in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-12
LOUISVILLE LEADS IN STRUGGLE FOR
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
Plenty of Denver Money in Sight, but the Town Too Far Away
From the Center poIe-Bryan'S Nomination Conceded

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE situation
with reference to the selection of q
place for holding the next Democratic
national convention had 50 Simplified
itself tonight that practically all can
didates for the honor had been elimi-
mated except Chicago, Louisville and
Denver. Chicago holds favorite place
liz the estimation of great army Of
the committeeman who are now in
Washington, but the frank statement
OF Roger Sullivan. who represents I'LL
nois on the national committee, that it
would be difficult TO raise enough
money TO pay the expenses of the con-
Vention had a dampening effect.
The Denver delegation was mixing
freely with the committee men and inn
pressed upon everyone with whom they
came in contact the fact of that city's
readiness and willingnts IS to pay $780,
600 to secure the convention.
Louisville also was represented by
strong delegation, headed by Senator
McCreary and Representative Shirley,
and at late hour indications were ia
vorable To that city.
LouisViIIe's Bid.
The delegates named no final sum,
but said they were prepared 10 offer
The best convention hall i'm the country
and expected 20 pay ali the expenses
OF the convention if t should go to
their city. one objection to Louisville
was in the score of hotel accommoda-
lions, but the delegates protested that
they had been very much improved IN
recent years AMI that there could be
no doubt the people of that city would
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-12
BRAKEMAN FATALLY HURT
Henry Michaels, an Employe of Salt
Lake Road, Has Desperate
Fight With Tramp.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. IA dis
patch from San BernardinO tells Of
desperate fight on top of a rapidly
moving freight train between Henry
Michaels. a brakeman on the Salt Lake
road, and an unknown tramp, which
resulted in probably fatal injuries to
the brakeman. The tramp struck the
brakeman over the head with a coup
ling pin and the two men grappled and
fell from the train. The tramp land
ed on top and beat Michaels into in
with the latter's lantern,
after which he made his escape. The
injured brakeman was found by the
train crew of another train and taken
to a hospital at Las Vegas, New,
where his recovery was regarded as
doubtful
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REFUSED TO STAND THE CUT
All of the Employees of the Nevada
California Power Company at
Goldfeld on Strike.

GOldfield, Dec. 11.-At s o'clock to-
night all of the men employed in this
city by the Nevada-C California Power
company decided to walk out. The men
were notified at the close of work to-
day that their wages had been cut
from s. to s. per day. They are prin-
cipally maintenance men and linemen.
The strike will not affect the bringing
in of power from Bishop, Cal, fifty
miles away, unless a break occurs on
the line, in which event there will oe
nobody to repair it. The plant is in
operation tonight almost without men
and practically running itself.
General Manager Hobbs and Presi-
dent Chappelle of the company have
gone ont over the line in an automo-
bile and the action of the men was ia
ken after their departure from this
city.
There is a large force of men en-
ployed in patrolling the line, and these
men have not been notified of the cut
in wages as yet, nor of the decision
of the men in Goldfield to walk out
It is probable that they will all go out
as soon as notified of the reduction,
and the power company, upon which
GOldfield depends for all of its power
and lights, as also do the mines, may
have 10 go out of business. The ser
iOusness of the situation is recognized
by The mine owners. The WalkOut has
nothing to do with the trouble between
the Western Federation of Miners and
the Mine Owners association, as far as
appears, as the electrical workers are
affiliated with the American Fedora
ton of Labor. An attempt was made
to induce them to go out in sympathy
with the miners, but they remained
at work until the reduction in wages
came tonight.
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HIGH GRADERS CAUGHT LOADED
WITH RICH ORE IN GOLDF|ELD MINE
Capture Made 800 Feet Below the SuraCe-Buns Maxwell
of Carbon County Fame, One of the AreStng Party

Florence or the Rogers syndicate lease,
or both. 1t is the picture ore. the Sc
lected quartz which is segregated in
mining and shipped ssrsaras from the
ordinary $500 ere OF thes leaees-
Considered a Daring Job.
The looting of the rich underground
workings OF the Little Florence lease
was one of the most daring jobs ever
pulled off in GOldfield, and the men who
made the arrests were placed in posi-
ton. which required cool nerve and bra
very of the highest order. For eight
hours they waited for their prey, hid
den away in the underground recesses
of dark, dank mine, certain they had
to deal with men who held human life
but cheaply. Until a few minutes be-
fore the men appeared there were but
two of the officers the third man return
ing just in time to assist at the crit
ical moment. The high-graders were
taken one at a time as they emerged
from the shaft onto the 3OG-fOOt level.
and so quietly was the work done that
the second and third men knew not the
fate of the man ahead of them until
confronted with the muzzle of a gun.
Trapped in Cross-cut.
Entrance was gained through the
Rosebud shaft, which was the only one
From there the men pro-
ceeded along the 300-foOt level to the
Rogers syndicate shaft down which
they climbed to the 400-foot level,
which connects with the Little Flor
ence. The officers stationed themselves
in a crOss-cut near the shaft where
the marauders would be obliged to
pass under the rays of an electric light.
1t is known that this is not the first trip
the men have made into the lease, and
II is believed that they have taken ore
70 the value of several thousand dol
lars. which they have secreted.
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HARRY ORCHARD REPEATS STORY
OF WHOLESALE MURDER AND CRIME
Some New Features by Which the Prosecution Hopes to Prove
Conspiracy Against George PettbOne.

audible voice, Governor SteunenbeFg."
When after he had told Of the blowing
up with dynamite the depot at Inde-
pendence. he was asked how many
were killed, he dropped his head and
murmured fourteen"
Some Additions TO Story.
In the main the testimony was the
same as given at the Haywood trial.
but the questions emphasized Petit
bones alleged conspiracy. An entirely
rev feature of the evidence was the
statement by Orchard that Pettibone
had told him in 1904 that he pur-
chased 100 rifles from hardware COM
pany In Denver and shipped them to
the Occur d'Alenes for use in the riots
of 1895. The witness said Pettibone
told him he paid S1.500 of Western
Federation money for the rifles. An
other portion of the testimony which
the state regards as important was the
statement that PettibOne visited Or
Chard's house at Cripple Greek and
showed him how to Use "PettibOne
dope" 1t is claimed by prosecution
that corroborative evidence viii be in
troduced on these points.
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went east on business in connection
with the San Francisco Bond & Mort
gage company. The first l knew of
any weakness in connection with the
bank was the receipt of Geographic
information from San Francisco that
the bank had closed its doors During
the few days Immediately preceding
this information / received letters
from Mr.. Brown to the effect that the
business of the bank and it's branches
that in spite of the financial crisis the
institution was doing well.
Il know nothing whatever regarding
the Cotton securities. | have never
seen the securities, nor have 1 ever had
possession of them in any form.
Not a Debtor to the Bank.
Il am not a debtor to the bank i'm
the sum Of s750O0O or in any other
amount. On the contrary, at the time
when the bank closed / was a creditor
of the bank in the sum of about $40
and Mrs Walker was also Il creditor
! am ready at all times in event de-
positors and stockholders can bring
about the reorganization of the bank,
to aid i'm SO far as. / am able.
Il have seen tho attorneys for the
Cotton estate this morning and have
told them fully and frankly everything
that I know in connection with the
securities of that estate, and | am
ready at any time to extend to them
and to everyone such aid as | can in
full information regarding
the affairs of the bank"
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OPERATION NECESSARY.

Washington, Dec. 1.-Mrs.
, Nicholas LOngwOrth, wife of Rep
resentative LongwOrth of Ohio, a {
; daughter of President Roosevelt, g
, is i'll at the White House, suffer- G
; ing from appendicitis. 1t was stat &
, ed tonight DR.. Finney of Johns {
, Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, will {
, perform an operation. probably to-
; morrow morning. "
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Challenged Contradiction.

After declaring that his bill, rigor-
Ously enforced, would kill the trusts,
with dramatic effect he challenged any
senator to step forward and contest the
issue with him. a domestic corpora
tion found fixing the price of any aru-
Gle would, by his bill, he said, have its
charter forfeited, and a foreign corpo-
ration guilty of such an act would not
be allowed to do business in the Unit
ed States. He spoke of the Sherman
antitrust law. Has it proven effec-
tual?" ne asked. Has it destroyed u
single trust? Under its operation nave
they not grown stronger, defiant and
arrogant? Almost for seventeen years
the Sherman antitrust law has been
upon our statute books, more than four
times as long as il took the north to
wear out the south upon the bloody
fields of battle. Nearly seven years OF
Mr.. Ruusevelt's strenuous term has
passed. with all the machinery of the
government at his back, with the great
power of the chief executive in his
hands, yet | ask, will some Republican
senator upon this floor tell me one
trust that ever has been tanned, much
less destroyed
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Not a Debtor to the Bank.
PAYABLE IN STOCK.

= New York. De-. 1.-THE direc- :
= tors OF the Western Union Tele- .
= graph company today declared :
I: quarterly dividend of IL per cent, Z:
:. payable i'm stock of the company. I:
: The company has $2,620.00O of I'M ::
= sold stock and the dividend viii be ::
= paid by issuance of this stock to :.
{. the amount required. !.
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"RoY" SHIELDS DIES.

Park City. Dec John Geiger Shields,
known as Boy Shields. the 11-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs Charles Shields, died
at 10 o'clock this evening of spinal menin-
gifts after an illness of one week No ar
rangements for the funeral have been
made.
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WILL TRY TO
LEARN EXACT
CONDITIONS
Roosevelt Sending a Commits
sion to GOIdfield to InveSti-
gate and Report to Him.
GENERAL FUNSTON ALSO
EN- ROUTE TO THE SCENE
EFFORT TO INDUCE COLONEL
REYNOLDS TO DECLARE MAR
TlAL LAW FAILED.

g . .. s. . g =, :. :. 6. q . q 6. s. :. .. e. q.
9 Goldfield. Dec. n.-By direction .
@ of the secretary Of war, Adjutant {:
9 General AinswOrth has directed {:
q" Colonel Alfred Reynolds. i'm COM &:
mand of the federal troops at {.
Goldneld, To cause to be publicly .
% posted here an order from the war {.
@ department to the effect that he {:
9 is to take no sides in the trouble q.
g IN Goldfield and to interfere with :,
g, no person in any way unless such 6.
g a course becomes necessary to i.
% protect life after violence has g
6: been committed The notices are (:
{: posted in conspicuous places on 1:
g Main street, and groups of miners :
90 and citizens surround the bulletin .
@ boards. %
@ &. 9 . g . 4. o o . o 9 . . o o o.. .
Goldfeld, Dec. 11.-3y direction of
the secretary of war, Adjutant General
Aiasworth has directed Colonel Alfred
Reynolds, in command of the federal
troops at Goldfeld, to cause to be pub
licly posted here an order from the
war department to the effect that he is
To take no sides in the trouble i'm Gold
field and to interfere with no person
in any way unless such a course be-
comes necessary to protect life after
violence has been committed. The no
tees are posted in conspicuous places
on Main street, and groups of miners
and citizens surround the bulletin
boards.
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Quoted HaVemeyer.

Senator Davis recalled Mr. Have
meyers statement before the industrial
commission that the tariff is the
mother of trusts"
Under the operation of this sys-
tenn" he said, ''hfty-one men in the
United States multi-millionaires, if you
please. have amassed total fortunes of
SO, 295. OO0. OOO OF this John Rockefeller,
the oil king of the world, leads with
$500, zoe 600. Andrew Carnegie, the steel
king OF the world, follows with half
this amount.
The secretary of commerce and labor
has calculated he said. that all the
property owned by S9.000.000 American
citizens is worth s1O7. OOO, 100000, so that
these tfty-One citizens own One-thirty-
fifth OF the entire wealth of the nation.
What an alarming concentration of
wealth; what an alarming cOncentra-
ton OF power" he declared.
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Use simple language. Simplicity
of structure and simplicity of Ian
guage is essential to good adver-
tising.-Proftable Advertising.
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FISH-HARRIMAN
FIGHT ON AGAIN
Arrival of the Former in Chi
cag0 to Hold Up His End
of the Battle.
CONSTRUCTION OF ORDER
ATTORNEYS APPEAR BEFORE
JUDGE HALL.

Chicago, Dec. 11.-Attorneys for
Stuyvesant Fish appeared today be-
fore Judge Ball in the superior court
and asked for construction of an or
der granted Oct Is on the prayer of
Mr. Fish. restraining 2S1, 231 shares OF
Illinois Central railroad stock from be-
ing counted at the annual election in
any vote where they would prove de-
cisive throughout the meeting.
Attorney Lehman, counsel for Mr..
Fish, asked that the order be construed
for the benefit of all concerned. He
intimated that this action was neces-
sary because of an alleged erroneous
belief on the part of the defendants of
the Hartman faction that the cleo
ton on Dec. Is no longer hangs on
the injunctiOnal proceedings.
Desired Ample Time.
Mr.. Lehman said that he desired to
give the defendants ample time TO
bring before the court the question Of
their right to vote all stock standing
in their names.
In his request, as filed in court,
counsel for Mr.. Fish declares that up
TO the present time neither of the main
defendants, the Union Pacific Railroad
company, the Railroad Securities COM
pany, nor any of the alleged substi-
tute persons in whose names, it is
charged, the stock now owned by these
companies stands. have made any mo-
ton TO dissolve the courts order, or
taken any steps which put at issue
their right to vote the stock.
Claims of Defendants.
1t is held that the defendants are
claiming that the court order of Oct.
% is still operative, over the meeting
of Dec Is, and must be applied to the
proceedings of that meeting, so that
the defendants are entitled, at such
meeting, Professionally to vote the en-
Joined stock, and if such provisional
voting of such stock gives d majority
for any motion or resolution, shall not
be of avail. and the meeting must be
adjourned
Mr.. Fish and. his attorneys claim
that the modifying order does not ap-
ply to the meeting of Dec IS. and that
the cnjoined stock cannot be voted uH-
less the court dissOives the injunction.
The Informal hearing on the injunction
Will begin tomorrow.
Stuyvesant Fish arrived to-day to
oversee the fight over the Injunction
which viii begin tomorrow before
Judge Ball.
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Especial to The Herald.)

GOldfield. New. Dec. 11.-Five men.
members of the Western Federation of
Miners. were arrested on the SO0-foot
level of the Rogers syndicate last night
and taken to the county Jail. Three of
them were loaded down with 100 pounds
of the choicest specimen ore ever taken
from a mine in GOldfeId The ore is
valued at $40 per pound, a total value
of s., COO. The men arrested were John
Riley, J. Johnson. F. O'DOnnell, VIII
liam Mackay and James Thompson.
Mackay and Thompson were taken as
they entered the mine, and had no ore
in their possession. The three other
men were permitted by the officers to
enter the mine and proceed on their
way. Eight hours later, as they
climbed onto the 100-fOOt level from the
Rogers syndicate shaft, they were TAX
en- into custody by Thomas Ramsey,
the well-known mining man, Burns
Maxwell and Curley Lowell.
Given No Chance to Shoot.
Each was heavily armed but none of
the trio had a chance to use a gun.
at first refused to throw up
his hands, as ordered, and Ramsey
jumped in front of him, pressed bob
tall shotgun against his abdomen and
said. Throw up your hands, or 1 will
kill you"
The Swede complied and was ranged
alongside his companions, his hands
clasping the air pipe which runs along
the drift.
OF the men arrested, Johnson, Mackay
and O'Donnell had been employed in the
Little Florence lease, Riley was an ex-
of the Rogers syndicate and
formerly a deputy constable,
had been engaged in contracting. The
stolen ore came from either the Little
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One Way Out.

changed? How shall this government
be saved? One way, and one way
only: that is to kill. destroy, annihilate
the source of all this evil-the trusts.
What is needed today by the trust
magnates of this Union in order to
make them respect the law and obey
its solemn mandates, is that they be
treated like ordinary felons, that the
strong arm of the law be laid against
them just as it would be against a
horse thief or anyone else charged with
crime Land them in the penitentiary;
place the felons stripes, the doXology
of misspent life upon them, and you
will see the trusts are busted and the
people viii get relief"
our president, and l speak of him
Continued on Page 2.
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Few men are much worth low
ing in whom there is not some
thing we'll worth laughing at
John Hair.
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Washington, Dec 1.-Assistant Sec
rotary Murray of the department of
commerce and labor. Commissioner
Charles P. Neil and Herbert Smith.
commissioner of corporations, left
Washington at o'clock this afternoon
for GOldheld. New. to make thor
ouSh ivestiga ton Of the trouble be-
tween the miners and mine operators
at that place. Secretary Murray and
commissioner Smith made this an
nOuncement after a conference with
President Roosevelt today.
RooseVelt's instructions.
President Roosevelt is anxious TO as
certain the exact conditions at Gold
field. He has given to the commission
letter of instructions. broad in its
character, that viii enable the ccmmi5-
sion to make any such investigation
into affairs at GoldfieId as it may de-
termine. The letter is brief. simply di-
rectinS the commission to proceed TO
Goldfeld Immediately and TO make an
inquiry into affairs as they exist there,
and report to him personally. The let
ter also directs all civil and military
authorities 10 furnish the commission
with any information they may have
Members of the commission left this
afternoon at $40 O'clock They nave
no idea at present how long they may
be engaged i'm the making of the in
quiry, but regard it as improbable that
they will return to Washington much
under two weeks. While the president
discussed the matter informally with
the members of the commission. he
gave them no concrete Instructions he
yond those contained in his letter.
leaving the method of the inquiry to
their discretion.
Order to Colonel Reynolds.
The following instruction was sent To
the commanding officer of the trooDs at
Continued on Page ?.
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Effort to Save His Wife.

DIR. Beers was doing business here then
as The Boy Phenomenal He continued
to telephone Mrs. Walker. eXeTting his
influence He continued to write to her
Walker sent his wife and mother to Los
Angeles on Sept. 10 TO get her out Of
Continued on Page 8.