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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-05

A tin-horn sport often dresses ex-
pensively; fake proposition may
be expressed in the best of Eng
hsh; but both sport and adv lack
character.-Rusty Mikes Diary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-05
= State Stands a Show.

According to Senator BenneX Y. Smith
the state will have fair chance of Sc
curing a favorable decision. 1t is the
intention 10 bring the matter to the
courts attention by asking 10 intervene
in the suit instituted by the federal gov
eminent against Arthur Sweet for a l6O-
acre tract which was originally pur-
chased from the state by George IT. Bad
ger. II the United States attorneys de-
eide that they will not allow the state TO
become a part TO the action in this man
ner the state will aid in the defense Of
Sweet which will practically be the same
in effect as intervention.
The Sweet case is a test case the gov
eminent cOntending that he has no title
10 the land because at the time the state
selected il as a part of its apportionment
1T was well known that il contained coal
deposits which made il more valuable for
mining than for agricultural purposes. In
order to make ii coal land the government
must prove that the outcroppings of coal
appearing on one of the quarter section
tracts run through the whole property. II
is upon this point that expert testimony
Will be utilized as the state and Sweet
Will endeaVor to establish by engineers
and biologists that the government s de-
auctions do not necessarily follow from
the premises and that it must be proved
absolutely that there is coal on every
quarter section in order TO establish that
the title does not lie in Sweet
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-05
WASHINGTON VISITORS.

Especial TO The Herald.)
washington. Feb. david Keith
and wife and Judge r. n. Baskin Of
Salt Lake are visiting Washington.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-05
LEASING PLAN
NOT POPULAR
House Committee /. on Public
Lands Against Scheme Ad-
vanced by the President.
Special to The Herald.l

Washington. Feb. 4-Senator Hev-
burn of Idaho, in supporting his bill in
the senate today for the creation of
land courts where questions involved in
the Interpretation of public land laws
may be adjudicated, took occasion to
again assail the policy of the interior
department and of the administration
relative to wholesale Withdrawals of
lands for inclusion in forest reserves.
He also criticized severely the promo
sition advanced by President Roose-
welt in his message to congress for dis
posing of government coal lands by
leasing.
House Also Adverse.
The question of coal land disposal was
also discussed today in the house public
lands committee, where a vote on the
that the committee is against a general
leasing system. BY a vote of five to
four it was shown that the committee
favors the retention of the present sales
system. but desires some modification
of the coal land law. which will remove
the necessity tc evade the technicaIities
of the present law in order to acquire
lands in sufficient quantity 10 ensure
their development.
The committee favors a plan of ex-
perimenting with the leasing system,
applying it to small areas so that the
PRACTICAL workings of such a system
may he determined before ralical
changes in the laws are made. 1t was
also determined that in future patents
issued for lands under all forms of land
entry excepting under coal land laws
shall reserve to the government the
coal living underneath. Further meet
ings to discuss coal land questions viii
be held this week and at the conclu-
hodvineT the committees views.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-05
Jerome's Plan.

The state having put the case so sim
ply no TO the defense TO prove its jus
tifcation. bears out the theory that Mr.
Jerome is saving his real efforts for the
rebuttal
David II. CarvalhO. handwriting eX-
pert, was in court today, sitting beside
the prisoner. 1t is said he viii be called
to identify certain letters ALLEGED to
have been written by Stanford White
and now i'm the hands of the defense.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-05
The Real Question.

1t must also be shown that the coal
discovered Is commercial coal. that is
suitable for domestic use. The real ques-
ton. therefore, will be as Senator Smith
put it before the committee;
What is sufficient evidence Of coal be-
ing on a quarter section unless ii is eX-
posed and if it does appear is it CONNER
cial coal?'
If il can be demonstrated TO the salts
faction of the court that the government
has not sufficient evidence to prove that
coal exists in every quarter section of a
merchantable quality then the state will
win and will secure unquestioned title to
thousands OF acres of coal lands which
are now claimed for school use. If the
government wins the state will be COM
PEELED to surrender much OF this land Sc
cured under the land grant acts and the
holders of the property sold. even though
they be innocent purchasers from the
state or from third parties. will be COM
PEELED to give up their holdings.
The matter Is of great Importance TO
the state as the school fund would be
seriously crippled if the government
should establish its right to the land
In Name of the State.
The committees decision to employ a
special counsel TO take charge of the
litigation is along the line OF precedent
established in other similar cases. The at
torney general, il is thought, is too
pressed with work to give the matter the
undlNlQeQ attention necessary, although
the appearance will be made by him as
the states representative. In explaining
his attitude in the matter Senator Wes-
ley X. Walton said: This suit might
decide every other school land case In
the state and il is because we wish ia
determine the exact question OF law and
fact involvd that 1 am in favor of max
ing any special fight.
Representative Nephi United States Cen
tennial Jensen, who is the chairman OF
the committee, had some difficulty in un-
derstanding the Exposition of the prob
lens involved made by Senators Benner
X. Smith. Hulaniski and Walton When
Senator Smith suggested that the state
intervene Mr.. Jensen looked worried.
Intervene, intervene, intervene. inter
vene-you mean interpiead, don't you?''
was the extent Of the talk he was able
to make. He was ignored by the sena-
torial trio, who calmly went about their
business without even looking at the
chairman.
With the watch dog Of the treasury
idea in his head he asked why il would
be necessary to employ expert witnesses
at salaries ranging from s25 to 800 a dav.
1T seems to me that this could be dis
pensed with" he suggested Yes. we
could get along without them If we were
not going TO fight this case at all. re-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-05

r.. uOssible to be on the road to
~. .ucesss and be headed in the
.'rong direction-this comes very
'asv # YOU are mususing your adj
v vsrtising appropriation. = Rusty
Mixes Diary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-05

At Chouteau five inches OF snow fell in
ten hours, and fuel Is so scarce that coal
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20
BURNS $4,000; THEN HE DIES.
Wealthy Farmer of Ohio Grows Child
ish in Eiehty-fifth Year-Dead
From Heart Disease.

Marion, Ohio, Dec. 1S.-John Cor
don. a wealthy farmer of this county,
burned $4,000 In bills Sunday, a short
time before he died. The charred
remnants of the bills were found by
members of his family, but as they
were mostly ashes no attempt will be
made to have them replaced.
Gordon was S5 years old and in the
last few weeks had grown childish.
He had steadfastly refused to put the
$4,000, his savings for years, into a
bank. but kept 1t under his pillow
This morning he amused himself by
setting fire to them and watching them
burn. Shortly before noon, when one
OF his sons entered the room, the re-
mains of the bills were found and Cor
don was lying dead on the bed. He
mad succumbed to heart disease.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20
Fastest Steamship.

The palm for the largest and fastest
steamship has been awarded again.
Now the Mauretania, sister ship to the
Lusitania, is the proud possessor.
While the Lusitania still holds the rec
ord for the best voyage time, the
Mauritania has won the honors for
the greatest distance covered in a
DAVIS steaming, having Travelled SOO
knots on her trial trip at the rate
of 81 &c knots or 311a miles an hour.
One of the most disastrous OF early
winter storms in history swept the
Mississippi valley and Atlantic coastal
nlain from Texas to Nova Scotia dur
ing Saturday.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Secretary Cortelyou, in signed
statement given ont, pronounces nm
uualifiedly false the current rumors of
undue political activity Of his friend
sin forwarding a movement in his IN
terest. The secretary declares that
neither he nor his friends have used
their influence in behalf of any candi-
date for the presidency and that he has
not been candidate for anything but
the confidence ST the people. He adds
that if he should hereafter decide to re
candidate for any office, he will say
50 frankly.
Admiral Rojestvensky, who during
the Russo-J japanese war led the ILL
starred Russian feet around Africa TO
ultimate defeat at the hands of the
Japanese in the sea of Japan, is keenly
interested in the cruise of the Amerl-
can battleship squadron now on its way
from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean.
Goldfeld, New, is greatly alarmed
over the fact that the feed wires OF the
Nevada California company are down
and that the company has been unable
TO find the break or determine thu
cause of it.
Thomas Tierney, who is said to hav'
been lit years old, died recently at thu
home of William Caldwell, five mile
below Culdesac, Idaho.
French papers continue to devot
much space to the departure OF tn
American fleet, publishing detaile
data of the ships, with illustrate
maps of the proposed voyage. They al
I agree that it rivals if it does not ssui
> pass Admiral Rojestvensky' feat. Tn
papers are principally interested in II
= political significance and Speculate
e covers the widest field. The article
}, generally are temperate, but the sens'
n tional Intransigeant announces this
the departure of the American fleet
an implied declaration Of war.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20
Mine Horrors of Half Century.

Johnstown, Pa, July II, 1902, 11S
dead.
Auderlues, Belgium, March IL, 1892.
200 dead.
Nanaimo, Vancouver, May 4, 1887,
ITO dead.
Lund, England. Feb. 10, 1867. 1Ss
dead.
Dour, Belgium, No. 10, 1888. 121
dead
Berlin, Germany. Aug. 10, 1898, 81
dead.
Rhondda Valley, Wales. Feb. 10,
1887, 80 dead.
Mems, Belgium, March s, 1885, 81
dead.
Braznell mine, near Brownsville,
Pa, Dec "A, 1889, 80 dead.
Ebbw Valley. Wales, May "a. 1901,
80 dead.
Harwick. Pa. Jan. rs. 1904. 1ss
dead.
Hanna, wyo., June 80. 1903. 200
dead.
Pas de Calais, France. March 10,
1906, over 1000 dead
Cananea. Mex, June l, 1905. 100
dead.
Naomi mine, Belle Vernon, Pa, Dec.
1, 1907. "a dead.
Pocahontas mine, Virginia, 1884, So7
dead
Newburg, w. Va, 1886, SO dead.
Red Ash, w. Va, March 6, 1900, 46
dead.
Berryburg mine, Harbor county, w.
Va. Nav. Q, 1900, Is dead.
Monongah mine, Monongah, W. Va,
Dec. 6, 1907, 400 dead.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20
Rlorlous TIMES IN BUTTE.
Non-Union Telephone Workmen Es-
corted out of City.

At Butte last Tuesday the injunction
orders of the United Sttaes court, made
by Judge Hunt in October last, were
openly set at defiance by the men who
kidnapped six nonunion llnemen in the
employ of the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company. In each case, the
men were way laid while at work and
compelled to submit to an enforced
march out side the city limits. They
were warned il they ever returned to
the city they would be hanged from
telephone poles. In each of the two
kidnapping cases, between 40 and 30
men participated and they boldly
marched through the streets with the
linemen, some of whom they kicked as
they hurled epirhets at them as they
proceeded 10 the point where they were
told 10 keep going.
The men were overtaken by the au
thorities and brought back and another
attempt will be made to resume worf
under protection OF the officers
While no arrests were made pending
word from Federal Judge Hunt, il
Helena, several are likely to occur a
ANY time. as many of the leaders il
both cases were fully recognize by citi
zens as they passed along the streets.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20
eLAMEs SPARKS FROM WIRES
Fire Explosion at the Naomi Mines
in Pennsylvania.

Bellevernon, Pa.-The coroner's jury
investigation of the explosion at
Naomi mines, near this city, some days
ago. which resulted in the death Of "a
miners. returned a verdict that the
men came to their deaths as a result
of an explosion of gas and dust.
The gas seems to have accumu-
lated from insufficient ventilation, and
was. we believe, ignited from sparks
of the electric wires or an open light,
at some point not definitely located"
The verdict condemns the use OF
electric wires on return air currents
and the use of open lights in all gas
eous mines. 1t recommends that the
mine commission appointed by the
state recommend such amendments
to the mining laws that human life
will be better protected and that the
present laws be more rigidly en-
| forced"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20
Democrats Feel Good.

Members of the democratic national
committee were among the most in
terested of the readers Of the an
nouncement that President Roosevelt
had reiterated his determination not to
accept another nomination for the
presidency, and while most Of them
were reserved in their comment, 1t
was evident that they saw in it a
favorable omen for their party.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20
RALLINGER'
,AND Commissioner MAKES
HIS ANNUAL REPORT.
,,,orkioo Hard to Restrain Frauds in
Public Land states-2,ooo'ooo Acres
e..tored to Entry and 1o,oco,ooo Re-
leased From NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Msaclv Ten Million Dollars

erha report Of the commissioner gen
a1 ~ the land Office, r. S. Balnnger,
sa,' Tho fiscal year ended June 30, 1907
is made public. 1t shows that supse-
ouent to March more than z,ooe'ooo
ocrs Of public lands, previously neid
der blanket orders of suspension,
,~ore restored to entry. Nearly lO,eoo'-
ooe acres were released from with
drowal in the same period Of time.
..Tbe most strenuous effort says
Aha commissioner general, lis being
made with the force at my command
20 restrain unlawful and fraudulent
nractices in the public land states, ana
70 eaoure evidence to prosecute those
,,iltv of violation Of the land laws.
Tha Geld force is totally inadequate In
number to report all such offenders;
hence the gross offenders are more
particularly sought for
The report condemns as obsolete and
ohsurd some of the existing land laws,
in narticular the act of March 3, 1898,
GOVERNING the patenting Of coal lands.
"Title having passed, the government
nossesses no guaranty that as public
ntilitv the coal can be made available
IN supply the market; on the contrary,
rhese lands have almost uniformly
uassed into the hands of spectators
or large combinations controlling the
output or the transportation, SO that
the consumer is at the mercy OF both
in the greater portion of the west,
said the report THE inducements fol
much of the crime and fraud commit
ted under the present system can be
prevented by separation OF the righ
to mine from the title to the soil.
The report shows the total cash re
ceipts for the year from the disposition
Of public lands to have been 50, SAT ,273
Miscellaneous receipts, including sale
OF Indian lands, were $2,005,904;
grand total of $11, $50, lit. representing
an increase of $3,967.654 in the tota
receipts over the preceding year, o
52.3 per cent.
The total area of the land dispose
of during the year was 20, 997 .566 acres
an increase over 1906 of 1,556,37
acres.
There are now 159 national forest
formerly called forest reserves) CIR
ated by presidential proclamations. en-
bracing $50, S31 SOS acres. The total Il
crease in the area Of the national TO
ests since the last annual report is Al
S32,242 acres.
The report concludes with this dai
Of future opening of Indian lands
settlement, already provided for
congress: Colville reservation, Was
ington, about 100000 acres will
opened in year or two; Flathead re
ervation, Montana, about 10000
acres will be opened in 1908; Yakin
reservation, Washington, about LA
900 acres, time for opening not y
liked; Blackfoot reservation, Montan
about 100000 acres, may be opened
1908; Occur d'Alene reservation, Id
no, 10000 acres, probably be open
in the fall of 1908; Rosebud reserN
ton. South Dakota, about $3.50
acres. will be opened in 1908; Lem
reservation, Idaho, about $4,000 acr'
will be opened in 1908.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20
TIE CHICAGO AMERICAN SAYS
NOMINATION Is SURE.
A Large Number of States Have Al
ready Declared for Hlm--Has 900
Votes Out of 4ss to Nomlnats--Tag
cart Thinks It Will be Falrbanks-
Day Names Hughes OF New York.
The Chicago Examiner says:

The Chicago Examiner says;
Secretary William II. Taft can al
most read his title clear to the repub-
lican nomination for president, If the
forecasts of the political leaders are
reliable. Dispatches to the Examiner
from the leaders of II states and one
territory have declared for Taft
The states that have declared for
the presidents political executor are
Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North
and South Carolina, Texas, Virginia,
Massachusetts, Arizona, Maryland,
Alabama and Florida OF course, the
declarations have only been by COM
mitteemen and other leaders, and
there is many a slip between the
prophecy and the fulhlment.
The prophecies, however, give Secre-
tary Taft 256 votes in convention
that will take 4S9 to nominate. Grant
ing that he will also get the 46 votes
of his own state, Ohio, he will have
3O2, and further granting that now
that he has killed the Cortelyou boom
the president can carry the other
southern states of Georgia, Tennessee
and Mississippi-with 70 votes-for
his favorite, when, then Mr.. Taft will
, have 372, or only 1T less than he
needs.
Taqqart Picks Fairbanks
Thomas Taggart, chairman Of the
democratic national committee, de-
. cleares the belief that Charles w.
Fairbanks will be the choice of the
Chicago convention for presidential
;, nominee on the republican ticket
|. Chancellor Day for Hughes.
4 Declaring that calm, statesmanlike
a men" were wanted in the White
n House, Chancellor James r. Day o.
Ie Syracuse university, the guest o
lie honor Saturday night at the seventh
annual dinner of the New York chap
70 ter of the American Institute of Bank
10 ing. came out for Governor Hughes 70
es president. The declaration OF Mr.. Da
was greeted with rounds of applause
tie In his speech Chancellor Day dis
ne cussed and deplored attacks mad
30 upon corporate interests and upo
30 banks. He said that committees ha
"a usurped the place of the constitutio
= of the United States and that the
10 10 were in effect nothing more tina
~, star chamber sessions.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20

New York. Dec. 16.-Charles Cory,
VINO pleaded guilty of burglary. may
escape a life sentence in the state
prison because Judge Rosalsky de-
clares unfair the law which makes
sentence for life obligatory in the case
OF fourth conviction Of felony.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20
Kansas City Bank Reopens.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 1.-THE
Union Avenue Bank of Commerce,
which was obliged to close by the sus-
pension of the National Bank OF Com
meree, has reopened for business. All
the small banks carried down By the
failure of the National Bank Of Com
merce have been rehabilitated.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20
KIDNAPERs ARE NAseE0.

Abductors Of Little Wulff Girl Are
Under Arrest.
Kankakee, ILL.,, Dec. 16.-Little Lii
liam Wulff, who was kidnapped in Chi
cago recently, was recovered nVe
miles south OF Momence, 10 miles east
of here. A man and woman who were
her captors, were arrested.
N. s. Birmingham, who, with his
wife, kidnapped year old Lillian
Wulff, has confessed that he was mar
ried in Kansas City in 1901 and that
in that year they kidnapped Ella Hates
in Kansas City. and that the girl is
now in a retreat in Dubuque, Iowa.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20
Innnlemsnt Works Start.

Racine, Wis.-As evidence that the
financial situation here has improved
the Case Pillow company has resumed
work at its plant. employing 400 men
and running 10 hours day. Inc
Mitchell-Lewis Wagon company wiz
also start its plant employing 1900
men.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20

The Rev. A. @. Jeffries, father of
James Jeffries, the champion heavy
weight fighter of the country, while on
a visit in the east the other day said
emphaticaIly that his son would never
enter the ring again
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-12-20
Pacific Boats Hit Storms.

san Francisco, Dec. 1.-THE storm
which has prevailed along the coast
lor the last few days is, according to
mariners, one Of the most severe ex-
perieneed in many years.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1907-03-24
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