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GAS COMPANY HEARING
Testimony Upon Application to
Increase Capital.
ESTIMATE OF PLANTS VALUE
Benjamin Woodruff Makes Statement
Regarding Sales Of Stock.
LOCATION A FAVORABLE ONE
Witness Believes Company's Territory
Might Be Probably Increased.
Capacity Of the Concern.
LOCATION A FAVORABLE ONE

The hearing of the case Of the George.
town Gas Company upon its application to
increase its capital stock was continued
before Auditor Payne. sitting in Justice
Gould's court, today.
Several new estimates Of the value OF
the plant and special statements OF the
particular availability of the site for its
purpose were secured, one estimate plac-
ing the valuation at 1925,
At the opening of the second days session
of the hearing counsel for the gas company
called Benjamin Woodruff, secretary of the
Washington Stock Exchange. to the wit
ness stand and Intercepted him regarding
the sales Of stock Of the company and the
various prices realized for 1t.
Mr.. Woodruff stated he had examined the
records Of the stock exchange from July 1,
1902 to July /. 1907, and in that time
total Of 878 shares changed hands. He
scheduled the various sales as follows:
In July. 1902. at $78 per share: October,
1902 at $40; December, 1902 at $50; Janu-
airy, 1905 at SO; January. 1904. at S7b
Fsbruary $ So March. SEQ :ss r fe s9s 4
August, 1905, at $6S; December, S6S; March.
1907. at $62; May. $50; June, $s3, $s7 and
$50.
Witness stated that the par value of the
stock Is $25.
Consulting Engineers Statement.
William B. Upton, consulting engineer
Of seventeen years experience in Washing
ton, was examined by Attorney r. H.
Goldsborough with particular reference to
the value of the site of the gas plant be-
cause Of its situation. He said he consid-
cred the spot ideal for its purposes.
What is the value of the docking facili-
ties at the plant?" asked Assistant District
Attorney Mcnamara.
Mr. Upton answered, in effect, that the
docking Is worth to the company the diff
ference between the cost of water and rail
transportation, with the item Of hauling also
considered
Still higher valuation of the plant of the
Georgetown company than was entered In
the record yesterday was made by Alden s.
Miller. vice president and general manager
of the Consolidated Cas- Electric Light and
Power Company of Baltimore, who estimat-
ed the property, gas holders, manufacturing
plant, mains in the street etc, to be worth
1925 COO He presented tabulated state
ment to show how he reached that conclu-
sion.
Upon what do you base the difference be-
tween the estimate of the valuation of the
physical plant. $519, 200. and the $62o,oC
which is the total you have stated?' quried
Attorney Mcnamara in cross-examination.
Largely upon the fact that the territory
is capable Of much larger development
and the business should increase rapidly,
Mr.. Miller replied.
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BERLIN, July 30.-Exchange on London.
20 marks 461a pfennigs for checks.
Discount rates-Short bills for settle
menp, 51a per cent; three months bills, IA
per cent.
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Bank Of England.

LONDON, July 30.-Bullon amounting
to GS5.OO0 was taken into the Bank of
England on balance today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-30

BERLIN, July 3O.-Theodore w. Rich
ards, professor Of chemistry at Harvard
University, who is one of the exchange
professors with the University of Berlin
closed his lectures here yesterday. He
leaves for home tomorrow.
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The World of
Finance and Trade
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by W. 3. EIibbs & CO.. bankers
and brokers. 1919 street. members New
York stock exchange. Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board Of trade.
IYl-.l> 4 o..
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CURB QUOTATIONS.

Furnished by E. r. Chapman & Co. &C. B. Chip.
man, manager). members New York Stock Ex-
change. 1901 st. NV
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II you want work read The want columns
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BERLIN. July 3O.-The report received
here from New York that Carl BuenZ, the
German consul general at New York prob
ably would receive diplomatic appoint
ment is incorrect. Herr Buenz is to take
a long leave of absence, after which he
probably will return to New York There
is possibility, however, that he may be
retired at his own wish.
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Bar silver, steady, 81 10 It'd. per ounce.
Money, 2laa3 per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market for short
bills is 3Aa3as per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market for three
months bills Is 3 9-1Ga3Ss per cent
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AUBURN, N. Y. July 30.-Fire de-
stroyed three business blocks in the vii
lage Of Morav:a early today, entailing a
loss of $4,000 The cause of the fire is I'M
known An appeal for aid was made to the
Auburn and Locke fire departments. Loss
partially covered by insurance.
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CHICAGO, July 30-The first annual re-
port of the executors under the will of
Marshall Field was approved yesterday by
Judge Cutting in the probate court
The report showed that $19, S44, $40 was
collected and all of that sum, except $780,
121, had been distributed.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3O-William
Shepard an ex-soldier shot and MORALLY
wounded Corporal William l.. Shulmen of
Company X, 22d Infantry, at Angel Island
last evening and ended his own life with
a bullet from the same revolver.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
CHARGED WITH REBAT|AG
Former Employees of the Alton Rail
road Testify Against Stand
ard Oil Company.

Chicago. March 11.-Several former en-
ployes of the Alton railroad testified in
the Standard Oil trial today and identified
papers showing that the company shipped
oil from Whiting, Ind, to St. Louis dur
ing the time covered by the indictments.
Considerable difficulty was experienced
in obtaining evidence from the employees
of the Standard Oil company, Judge Ian
dis finally inteTfered in the case of one
witness whose answers he considered un-
necessarily brief and said if the witness
was able to answer the questions he must
do 50, but if he did not know he must
say so.
The attorneys for the prosecution
brought into court during the afternoon
a large quantity of way-bills of the Chi
cago & Alton Railway company which
indicated a charge of Is cents per 1O0
pounds upon oil shipments from Chap
pell. ILL.,. TO East st. Louis. The way
bills covered the shipments routed in
the shipping orders identified by clerks
of the oil company and which directed
that some of the shipments were to be
sent over the Chicago & Alton railway
and the Virgins Ferry, some having the
Eads bridge at St Louis as a destina-
ton.
The greater portion of the afternoon
was taken up with identifying these or
ders. Several of the employees of the oil
company were called to the stand to tes-
tify regarding the details of preparation
OF route and shipping cards.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
FEDERAL GRAND
JURY At BOISE
Some New Sensations in the
Idaho Land Fraud Cases
Are Imminent.
Especial to The Herald.)

Boise. Ida, March 11.-What prom
ises to be a sensational sitting of the
United States grand jury began today.
Tips are given out on every hand that
the disclosures are TO be of the highest
Importance, but nothing definite has
developed respecting the particular
matter that is of such eminent in<
terest- 1t is settled, however. that land
fraud cases are involved and that OPP
erations in and about Lewiston are to
be investigated. In examining the
grand jurors. District Attorney Ruick
asked each whether he had ever taken
up timber and stone claim. Nothing
else was indicated by the line of ex-
animation. Judge Beatty, in charge of
the jury, was very earnest, stating they
were called upon to discharge a very
important duty He added that their
Investigations would extend beyond
this district. Though cases would have
TO be tried in districts where they orig
mated, the grand jury here could in
vestigate them. Three witnesses are
already here from Lewiston. They are
J. NJ. MallOy. former chief clerk in the
and Mrs. Frances A. Justes. Others
are being summoned, but how many is
not known.
1t is the opinion of some that the in
vestigation is to be made into some
branch of the cases from Lewiston i'm
which indictments were found last
year. but others think the scope of the
investigation is to be much broader.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
JAPAN is sMARTING.
Government May Refuse to Issue
Passports With Limitations.

Toxic. March ia question has arisen
regarding the last clause of article ,
of the treaty between Japan and the
United States. which has been cited by
the government at Washington as au-
thority for the statement that the jap
anese have been issuing passports lir0-
iting the destination of emigrants. The
passports simply certify to the nation
atty of heir holders and the placing Of
a restriction on them by an administTa-
tive measure is declared here to be IN
authorized by law and an infringement
OF the personal right to travel guaran-
teed by the constitution.
Ii view. however. of the attitude Of
the American government in not cali
ing for the enforcement Of the clause
mentioned. il is thought that the iimi-
tation so placed will be left unquestioncd.
Even then japanese jurists believe that
the action of the American government
in restricting the destination C. hoIdrs
of passports will not be upheld before
a court
Administrative action and litigation
since the San Francisco school trouble
have brought the clause into prominence.
and Japan has be gun to smart under the
alleged humiliation IL would be no sur
prise should pressure be brought on the
government to have il abstain from is
suing passports limiting the destination
of their bearers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
some SOULS HAVE WEIGHT
Interesting Experiments Conducted
by Party of Noted Physicians
in Massachusetts,.

New York. March 11.-Dr. Duncan
MacDougaII of HaverhnI. Mass. who is
at the head of research society and
has had four other physicions associ-
ated with him in a series of expert
ments covering six years. believes that
the human soul has a definite weight
which can be determined when it
passes from the body at death, accord
ing to a Boston dispatch to the Times
Dr. MacDougall began by seeking to
learn if the departure of the soul from
the body is attended by any manifesto
tons capable of being recorded by any
physical means. The method finally
resorted to was to place dying patient
in bed upon one of the platforms of a
pair Of very delicate scales made ex-
pTessly for the experiment. and then
to balance this weight with an equal
weight on the opposite platform. The
scales were sensitive to a weight of less
than a tenth of an ounce. In every case
after death the platform opposite the
one In which lay the body of the SUBJ
ject of the test fell suddenly. DR.. Mac
Dougall says, and the figures on the
dial index indicated a diminution of
weight.
The first experiment was with a
man dying of tuberculosis. He expired,
watched by five physicians. The in
slant life ceased. the opposite scale fell
with startling suddenness.
Immediately all the usual deductions
were made for the physical loss of
weight. and II was discovered that
there was yet full ounce unaccount-
ed for. The next subject was also a
victim of tuberculosis and practically
the same phenomena occurred.
Each of the five physicians made his
own computation and these separate
computations were compared. They
showed an uDaccountable loss in weight
comparing the patients corpse with
the body when he was alive. Four other
cases were carefully observed and in
each it was found that a weight of
from one-hslf TO a full ounce departed
from the body at the moment Of disso-
luton.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
HIBERNIANS AROUSED.
csricatures of the irish on Postal
Cards Under the Ban.

Chicago. March 1I.-Postal cards carl
caturing the Irish are TO he tabooed by
members of the Celtic race. and Post
master General Meyer is to be requested
to bar from the mails the Objectionable
pictures
Resolutions to that effect were adopted
at meeting of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians held here last night.
John T. Heating. former member of
the board of education and one of the
leading members of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians, stirred those present to en-
thusiasn by his vigorous protest against
The cards which he characterized as an
ssinsuit to every Irishman and woman .
~ maintain. he said. that my an
cesfors and yours were as comedy as any
race of people under the sun. and the
irish women of today are noted for their
facial charms These postcards that car
feature the Irish as piug-uglies are libeIs
OF the grossest nature.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
SECRETARY GARFIELD
WILL RESTORE LANDS
(sneciaI to The HeraIdD

Washington. March n.-One of the first
matters which Secretary Garfield of the
interior department will endeavor to ad-
just is that of the wholesale withdra wal
of western lands supposed to be under
laid with coal.
During the administration OF Garfield s
predecessor over 100000 acres of re-
ported coal lands We're Withdrawn from
public entry. practically putting stop
TO, the development of western coal fields.
1t has been realized that the large area
OF lands thus withdrawn were coal lands
in theory only and do not contain mar
ketable coal
The secretary of the interior. through
the geological survey. Will endeavOr to
obtain the accurate acreage of lands
bearing marketable veins of coal and
win restore other lands which have been
withdrawn under the blanket order to
entry and settlement under the general
Ia
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT
Governor of California Urged to
Apply the Brake to the
State Legislature.
JAPS FEEL INUNDATED
STATE LAW WOULD COMPlI-
CATE MATTERS.

Sacramento, March 1.-Governor Gil
lett sent the following message to the
assembly this morning:
ITO the Assembly of the State of Cali
fornia: I herewith transmit to you for
you most earnest consideration the fol-
lowing telegram Just received from the
president of the United States, which is
as follows:
White House. Washington. d. c.,
March n.-Hon- James n. Gillett. Gov
ernor of California, Sacramento, Cal:
Action of legislature reported in this
mornings papers most unfortunate in ef-
feet upon my efforts to secure exclusion
of japanese laborers by friendly agree
ment and if continued will probably rem
Ger recent legislation OF congress for that
purpose ineffective. Please secure suS-
pension of further action until receipt
i" THEODORE ROOSEVELT
at seems from the foregoing message
no action be taken at this time which
will prevent our government from enter
ing into friendly relations with the jap
aDese government tending to the cXclu-
sion of laborers from that country
IT hope that the assembly will give
this matter a very careful consider2-
ton. that no mistake at this time he
made J. y. GlLLETT.
Governor of the State of California.
The action referred to by the president
was the passage of the bill limiting the
age of children when first entering pr
mary school to 10 years, the measure
prepared by the Japan-Korean Exclusion
league. submitting the question of Ash
attic exclusion TO a vote of the people
and SanfOrd'S resolution protesting
against JaDanese naturalization
The message created something OF a
sensation in the lower house
Grove r. Johnson arose, expressed his
confidence in the governor and president
believed the matter should be left to
them. and moved that Il be the sense If
the assembly that no action be taken
on the japanese question at this Sos
sion.
The motion was carried.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
SUICIDE OF BOMB THROWER
Russian Terrorist Killed Himself to
Avoid Capture After Attempt
ing Murder.

Yalta, Crimea, March 11.-Colonel
Dumbadze, commandant of the garri-
son here. was slightly wounded and his
coachman and adjutant were seriously
injured today by bomb thrown at the
oOloners carriage from an upper win
dow in a house on a street through
which he was driving. The man who
threw the bomb committed suicide in
order to avoid capture. The lives of
both Colonel Dumbadze and his broth
er. the colonel commanding the Brest
regiment at Sevastopol, have several
times been attempted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
Use
Reason
Cure Piles Privately at Home With
out Pain or Operation.
TRIAL PACKAGE MAILED FREE.


The result of an irritated membrane
cannot be cured with a knife. but by re-
moving the cause of the irritation.
What is a more natural cure than a
strong and yet healing balm which will
bring life back to the deadened tissues
This is the action of the Pyramid Pile
Cure. The little suppOsitories melt away
into the feverish membrane. heal the ul-
GERS remove the inflammation and swell
ing and bring back the rectum to its nor
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This result is effected painlessiy and
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your daily duties The treatment is ap-
Piled at home IN the privacy of your own
room. The remedy is our own prepare
ton and our name is the guarantee of its
genuineness.
lowing might be cited to prove aur
claims.
Il tried the sample of your cure YOU
sent to me. l used it and then bought
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/ had been to a dozen of the best doctors
and paid much money to them with no
results whatever. | had this affliction for
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time, ard 1 left it physically brok-
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piles we want to cure you. If You will
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All druggists sell the Pyramid Pile
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
SIOUX DO NOT WANT
THE UTES WITH THEM
fspeeial to Ne Herald.l

Washington. March IA delegation of
Cheyenne Sioux Indians with their agent
called upon President Roosevelt today
and entered a protest against having the
Ute Indians, who left their reservation
in Utah last year, to take up their resi-
dence within the Sioux reservation
Chief White Beaver of the Sioux dele
cation said: 1.-The Ute Indians no good:
bad men; too lazy; no work. Don't want
EN-
up with the army officers, who have had
charge of the Utes since their surrender
last fall. and try to reach a conclusion
as TO what TO do with them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
ASSASS|N'S AIM WAS TRUE
M. Petkoff, Premier OF Bulgaria, As
sassinated at Sofa-Another
Minister Wounded.

Sofa, Bulgaria, March I'm. Pet
koff. the premier and minister of the
interior. was asSasSinated here today.
NJ. Petkoff, with other ministers, was
walking in the Boris garden Wnen at
tackled by an unknown man, who fired
at him with revolver. The premier
was wounded by three bullets and died
Immediately.
NJ. Geumadieff the minister of COM
merce and agriculture. who was one of
the ministers accompanying the IRE
inier, was also wounded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
NO ARMY MANEUVERS
THE PRESENT YEAR

Washington, March 11.-Governors of
states have been notified by the war
department that there will be no army
,naneuvers this year This is due to
the absence from the country of 5000
troops in Cuba at the usual maneuver
period. and a large number of troops
exchanging stations between the Phil
ippines and the United States. Where
state militia .encampnents are held the
war department will detail small bodies
Of regular troops to attend.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
HAeEAs CORPUS ASKED.

Cincinnati. March 1t.-CIaiming Peng
Sho Yen. a Chinaman. is being restrained
of his liberty by the federal authorities
who have kept him in jail in Detroit
Hemner appeared before United States
Circuit Judge LurtOn today with an ap-
piicatiOn for a writ of habeas corpus
Remner says Peng Sho Yin was born in
San Francisco in October 1878 and has
been in China for education prior to his
q rrest in Detroit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
MAN AND MONEY MISSING.

New York, March 11-That William
o. Gillespie. a messenger ard collector
of the National Park bank has been
missing with about 100000 of the
banks funds since last Tuesday. was
officially stated today. A party of two
young men and two young women an
swering the description of Gillespie and
his friends, last Tuesday boarded a
train for Buffalo
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
pAkoTA law HOLDS.

Washington, March 1.-THE supreme
court of the United States today sus-
tanned the state law of South Dakota
requiring a license of 5000 a year Cor
retailing liquor in any of the counties
of that state. The decision was in the
case of one Delamateer. prosecuted for
selling whisky in South Dakota as an
agent for a Minnesota house, He was
found guilty and attacked the verdict
on the ground that the law being an
interference with interstate commerce.
was unconstitutional
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
DISMISSED FOR CAUSE.

Washington, March 1.-THE secre-
tary of the interior today dismissed
from the service Edward A. Schricker.
receiver of the land Office at Camden.
Ark. charged with violating the law
which prohibits the buying and selling
of military bounty land warrants. Dis
missai is the only penalty provided.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
OFFICIALS DENY 1T.
Reported Abandonment of Los An
oeles Limited a Canard.

Officials of the San Pedro, Los An
geIes & Salt Lake railway yesterday
issued a vigorous denial of the story
emanating from Omaha to the effect
that the Los Angeles Limited train.
running over the Union Pacific and
Clark road between Chicago and this
city, would be permanently discontin-
ued. The officials stated most emphat-
ically that there was no foundation Cor
the report
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12
OVER FuLToN's HEAD.

Washington March 1.-THE president to-
day signed tie appointment Of W. G.
Bristol TO be United States district at
torney for the district Of Oregon. Mr..
Bristol was nominated for this office at
the last session of the senate. but because
of the opposition OF Senator Fulton he
was not confirmed There are number
of land fraud cases in Oregon still Ia
be tried and because OF Mr.. BristoTs fam
iliarity with the cases it is desired thai
he shall haYe charge of the prosecution
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12

The Salt Lake Route is operating
train daily, leaving at 9 p. M, for Mil
ford, Lund. MOdena, Newhouse, Utah,
and Acoma, New Stage connections
for all southern Utah points.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-12

Grand annual ball of the Brotherhood
of Railway Carmen Will be given at l.
O. o. F. hall. west of postoffice, Tues
day evening, March -. Extra large or
chestra Refreshments served free