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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-30
CROWDED. COACH
OFF EMBANKMENT
Passengers in Observation Car
Fatally or Seriously Injured
in Peculiar Accident.
ESCAPES ARE MIRACULOUS
WONDER is THAT MANY LIVES
ARE NOT LOST.

Connellsvile, Pa, May 29.-Twenty pas
sengers were seriously injured. three Of
them probably fatally, shortly before
noon today when the observation parlor
car on the Royal Blue flyer train on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad. bound from
Chicago to New York, left the rails two
miles from Garrett Pa. east of here, and
plunged down an embankment. That none
was killed is considered miraculous. Ii
was emphatically stated by the railroad
officials that there were no fatalities.
The injured were placed aboard a spe-
cial train and hurried To Cumberland.
No, where hospital accommodations had
been prepared
The train. which is one of the most inn
pOrtant on the system. left Pittsburg this
morning at S o'clock. Owing to the warm
weather conditions prevailing the Observ-
alton parlOr car was taken advantage OF
by as many passengers as could secure
accommodations.
When the train reached point two
miles east Of Garrett. and while rounding
a sharp curve, the observation car swung
from the tracks.
The train was running on schedule time,
and, like the crack Of a whip, the coup
ling snapped and the observation car was
thrown down an embankment. The pas
sengers were scattered peIl nell. A num-
Der who were seated on the platform
under an awning were pitched far into
the air. alighting clear of the wreck. but
fell among stones and cinders, causing
painful injuries to all. Others We're thrown
into a heap TO the floor and shOWered
with broken glass.
Immediately calls for physicians were
sent TO Connellsville, Cumberland, Md;
lockwood and other surrounding places.
\ special train was started from here
within a few minutes after word of the
accident was received.
The injured We're given hasty medical
attention and placed aboard the special
train. The exact cause of the accident
has not been determined.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-30
MURDERER ONLY
10 YEARS OF AGE
David Jacobson of Chicago
ConfeSSeS Share in Killing
of Holmes.

p Chicago. May 29.-DaVid Jacobson. ~
years old, who was arrested yesterday
en- suspicion of having knowledge of
the murder Of Robert c. P. Holmes
purchasing agent of the Edison Com
monwealth company, who was found
dead in an alley on the morning of
May y, today confessed to the police
that he was present at the killing of
Holmes, although he denies having
taken part in the actual murder.
Jacobson, in his confession, impli-
Gates three other men, who are also
in custody. These are Samuel Nc
Even tcolored), Charles Lewis and
George Miller. Their ages range from
10 to "A. Jacobson told the police that
McEWen attacked Holmes and
knocked him down, and that Lewis
struck Holmes on the head with
hammer.
jacobson said that he, McEwen
Lewis and Miller had been employed
at the Randolph street station of the
Illinois Central until midnight. They
came up the street together, and near
Adams street saw a large man, who
they determined to rob. McEWen, ia
cobSon. declared, struck Holmes,
knocking him down, and Lewis beat
him on the head with a hammer,
which he drew from his pocket. They
then dragged Holmes into the alley
where his body was found and robbed
him.
The arrests of the other three men
was promptly made, and all of them
deny having been connected with the
murder in any way. They admit hav-
ing been with Jacobson on the night Of
May p, but all told a good story of
their whereabouts. and their state
ments are now being investigated.
Jacobson was taken to the scene of
the murder. after which he changed
his story in some particulars, and
after being confronted by the three
men whom he accuses. he made still
further conflicting statements.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-30
BROUGHT FANCY PRICES.
Auction Sale of Personal Effects of
Mrs. Belle Guinness.

LapOrte, Ind. May 29.7sThe auction sale
of the personal proptrey left by Mrs. Belle
Guinness today was attended by between
4 900 and 5000 persons. Many of the arti-
cles brought five and ten times their cost
price 1t is estimated that the total re
ceipts were more than three times more
than they would have been at an Ordi-
nary sale. The postal card vendors and
takers and TefTeshment and lunch stand
owners did a thriving business At one
time during the day more than 800 rigs
were tied about the farm. The greatest
interest centered in the sale of the horse
driven by Mrs. Guinness before the fire.
the pony and cart driven by the Guinness
children and a shepherd watchdog. All
of these were secured by Total people and
all brought fancy prices, the dog alone
selling for $107.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-30
DITcHED THE Dominic.

Butte Mont, May 29.-The c. a. r
definitely decided today mot to permit
the Rev. DR.. Lewis J. Duncan TO de-
liver the address here tomorrow at the
Decoration day services Mr.. Duncan
who had been invited to speak, but
was requested to retire, after it be-
came known that he had invited
Emma Goldman. the anarchist lectur-
er, to come TO Butte and speak in his
pulpit has issued a statement defend
ing his course. Nevertheless the G. A.
r. committee today definitely rejected
Duncan and asked the Hon. Charles
r. Leonard. a prominent attorney, TO
deliver the address.
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WYOMING SHERIFF
KILLED BY ROBBER

(: Laramie Wyo., May 29.-Sher- 9
g of Alfred Bath of this city was g,
g killed this afternoon thirty miles g
3: west of town by q man named &.
. Summers, from Walden, Colo. g
9 Summers is still at large. Sum- 9
g mers had held up and robbed his i.
(: employer at Walden, taking his 6,
&. pistol and beating him over the g,
q head with it. officers from Wal +.
o den started after Summers. noti- g
q flying Sheriff Bath, who left here {.
9 in an automobile. o
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Mr.. TELLER OBJECTED.


washington. May 29-An error was
made in these dispatches yesterday in
stating that Senator Clay of Georgia
Dreyented consideration of the bill which
had passed the house and was before
the senate for action, providing for the
creation OF a bureau of mines I'm the de
Dartment of the interior. Objection to
consideration OF the bin was made by
senator Teller Of Colorado. who is OPP
posed to the creation of additional bu-
reaus I'm government departments or to
enlargement of the powers of bureaus or
departments Friends Of the measure Go
not expect they can secure the passage
Of the bill in the senate this session.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-30
SMALLPOX ABROAD
A BIG BATTLESHlP

Seattle, May 29.-At Bremerton navy
yard the yellow flag floats from the
mast of the battleship Kentucky. one
Of the Atlantic fleet. as a result of
smallpox having developed aboard.
One sailor is confined with the dis
ease. and several others. il is said.
show signs of it. The Kentucky will
be fumigated thoroughly, Should the
disease become epidemic among the
crew it may delay the battleship's re-
turn to San Francisco to join the At
lantic fleet next month TO complete the
cruise around the world.
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DENIED BY eUGeENHElM.

Especial 10 The Herald.)
Boston. Mass. May pa cable from
London reports S. r. Guggenheim as say
ing there is no truth in the report that
he and his brOtheriaare trying to sell their
Utah Copper, Nevada Consolidated AMI
Cumberland Ely to the Amalgamated a.
don't know who started the report" said
Mr.. Guggenheim, nor what object he
had in view, but it was a bad guess. The
Amalgamated people have not approached
us, and | am sure we have not approached
them"
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Price Made $4,000.

Price according 10 the indictments,
made $4,000 out OF the advance infOrma-
ton on the report for December, 1904.
paving out Of THIS S1z5O00 to Haas. Tho
indictments do not say how much Holmes
received as his share of the profits, but do
charge that for the information on the
June report of 1903 he was paid $1,000 by
Haas.
Price figured prominently in the testi-
mony in the trial OF the cotton conspiracy
case in the criminal court here last June
Edwin S. Holmes. jr., former assistant
statistician of the department Of agricul-
ture and Frederick A. Peckham and Moses
Haas. the two last named being from
New York were indicted and tried Ola the
charge Of conspiracy TO defraud and IN
connection with the alleged misconduct
IN the office Of Holmes. The jury agreed
after q urOtracted trial
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INDICTED IN WASHINGTON.
Grand Jury of District Of Columbia
Charges Conspiracy.

Moses Haas and Frederick a. Peckham,
all of New York. and Edwin S. Holmes.
il. former assistant statistician of tho
department of agriculture. were today IN
dicted bv the grand jury Of the supreme
court of the District Of Columbia on the
charge Of conspiracy growing out OF the
cotton scandal of 1905.
The indictments charge Price with con-
spring with the other three men TO Iur-
nish advance Information concerning cot
ton reports The three New York men are
also charged with conspiracy 10 bride
Holmes to shape the reports 70 suit their
own interests
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FOUR BODIES RECOVERED.

Durant, Okla, May 2s.-From Red
river today were recovered the bodies
of J. b. Hollis. his wife. his child and
his mother. who were drowned yester-
day just above Denison. The child
was locked in its mothers arms.
j. L. Baer. his wife. and two children
are four of the number who We're
drowned by the submerging of an
island in Red river. Seven working
men are known to have persisted also.
Their names may never be known.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-30
SOMEWHAT DOUBTFUL.

New York. May 29.-Former Judge
Alton b. Parker Will be chairman of
the committee on resolutions for the
Democratic national convention this
year. according to a statement made
today at Tammany Hail. 1t was stated
also that Mr.. Parker has been request
ed TO write a platform to be submitted
to the convention. William j. Bryan is
said TO have given his consent to the
choice of Mr.. Parker as chairman of
the resolutions committee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-30
UNION MEN JAILED.

Chicago May 29.-Judge Carpenter to-
day ordered three members of the local
district of the Carpenters and JOineTs OF
America sent to jail for thirty days for
violation of a boycott injunction issued
by the court The men are John j. Brit
tain. who is also treasurer of the Chi
cago Federation of Labor; Charles Cras-
SELF and George II. Lakey.
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UNABLE TO AGREE.

Les Angeles. Cal, May 29.-The jury
in the case of W. p. McComas, the
mining man who shot and killed Mrs
Charlotte L. Noyes of Boston in her
apartments in the Westlake Park dis
trict. on the night of Feb. IS was dis
charged shortly before II o'clock to-
night. after less than twelve hours Of
elaboration. having failed to reach
verdict.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-30
NEW PosTPAsTERs.

Especial 10 The HefaId.)
Washington. May Z9.-Postmasters APP
pointed-Utah: Viggo R. Madison. Golden.
Box Elder county vice o. Hardy. re-
signed.
IdahO-Alma II. Howe. Abbey. Twin
Falls county, vice Charles w. Arthur, re-
signed.
Wyoming-Cadr M. Wintersteen. Fax
ton Laramie county, vice Fred w. Fax
ton. resigned; Hamilton. Johnson county,
Matte Blaney, vice Albert w Long, re
signed Labarge, Uinta county, Anderson
McGinnis. vice w j. McGinnis, resigned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-30
NOT FAVORABLE TO
THE CURRENCY BILL
Especial to The Herald)

Washington, May 29.-The Idaho SEN
ators are not favorable to the passage of
the pending currency bill. Senator Hey
burn said today he expected TO make
brief speech in opposition, though he does
not intend to filibuster.
Senator Hepburn today accepted an in
vitatiOn from the committee on arrange
ments to deliver the Fourth of July ora
ton at Boise. Hepburn will leave for
Chicago on June to attend meetings of
the Republican national committee and
will remain to attend the convention,
though not as a delegate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-30
GROVER GETTING BETTER.

Princeton, n. J.. May 29-Mrs. Gro
yer Cleveland. her children and her
mother, Mrs. Perrine. left here today
for West Ossipee. n. II. 1t is said that
Mr.. Cleveland will join his family there
shortly. Arrangements have been
made to remain at West Ossipee until
AL reports from Lakewood
regarding Mr.~Cleveland's health are
of an encouraging nature.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-30
WILL BE BEST IN THE TOWN

The best paper Salt Lake WILL usual be The Her
aid Some Of the special features it will contain
Annie Keenans Hit short story by Gilbert P. Coleman
Tuning Up Hero the Shorty ncCabe series by Sewe
Ford
THE Hotel Clerk Vacations by Irwin S. Cobb.
IAN American Crime" by Ladbroke Black.
"A Maker of History Phillips 0ppenhems splendid serial
Franklin Fyles the plays of New York.
The best comic section Obtainabe
Sports, society and all the
IF IT HAPPENS rs IN THE HERALD.
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Notable Career.

While Mr. Prices career has lacked the
sensational features which marked Mr..
SulV's brief tenure of the cotton throne
he has been generally considered the most
prominent 0aeT0-oF in the New Yorb r0t-
ton market since the. days ot John fnmau-
He first attracted international attention
as a member Of the firm of Price Ma
COrmiCk q Co. which failed Dee q, 1901
The firm failed for about Sl300J,01 but
Mr.. Price al once set about rehabilitat-
ing his fortunes and succeeded so well
that during the past three or four years
ne has paid off his individual portion of
the firms remaining indebtedness,
amounting 10 over 100000. regardless Of
the fact that the CLAIMS had been through
bankruptcy. and. moreover. had been out
Iawed. il is said that no one i'm the cotton
business has ever spent so mucn time and
money in securing information from the
south concerning the progress of the crops
during the growing season and the att
tude of interior holders. During his ca-
reer he has conducted many successful
"a poDaieDs in cotton and ~ times ne has
been credited with very large winnings.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-30
DEATHS FROM HEAT.

9 Pittsburg. Pa, May 29.-Owing .
4. to the excessive heat ten persons o
.have died here since midnight. o.
+: Many are Frustrated. The mer- .,
Z" curry registered IS. Q
= g 8 g g 9 g g 8 @ 8 @ @ O 8 8 (. q o
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Death Threatened.

Death TO the priest and the lawyer
was threatened, il is believed, in con-
sequence of their efforts TO obtain a
pardon for Herman Billek, under SEN
tence to hang on June u in the Cook
county Jail on a charge of numbering
by poison six members of the Vzral
family.
A chemical analysis proved that the
red fluid in which the letter was writ
ten was blood and not red ink.
Father O'Callaghan declared last
night that he would lay the letter be
fore Governor Deneen in the hope that
il would induce the governor 10 pardon
Billek.
Father OCallaghan and Mr.. Hinck-
ley drew a confession from jerry NzraI
a few months ago that he had given
perjured testimony against Billek at
the trial. BY this means they sue
ceeded in bringing Billek's essse bstor6
the pardon board.
The board sat with Governor Deneen
in extraordinary session in States At
torney Haley's Office and examined the
evidence. The evidence led the gov
ernor 10 Teprieve Billek and TO advance
the date of his execution to June L.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-30
THREE MARKED
FOR THE GRAVE
Editor, Priest and Lawyer Re-
Ceive MiSSiveS Threaten
ing Death.
FIRST IN SAN FRANCISCO
OTHERS PROMINENT RESIDENTS
OF CHICAGO.

Z: San Francisco, May 29.-The ::
= Evening Bulletin, which has been ::
= active in support of the prosecu- ::
= ton of the graft cases. today pub ::
:: lished a facsimile of a letter re- ::
= ceived by Fremont Older, editor ::
= Of the Bulletin, threatening the ::
= newspaper and its editor with de- :
= structiOn by dynamite unless the :.
= offer of $1,000 for information Te- :
y garding the dynamiters of the ::
- houses of j. L. Gallagher in Oak ::
= land is Immediately withdrawn. :
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Helena, Mont, May 29.-There are
three Edward Smiths enumerated in
the Helena directory. while a fourth re-
sides near here All. however. are ac-
counted for. Edward Smith, second
vice president of the Wesleyan Univer-
sity in this city. is a resident of Butte
but it is improbable that he paid poll
taxes here. The county officials are
unable to throw any light on the sub
ject further than that the collection
was made by an employee of the treas
urer's Office. He does not recall the
mans identity
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Chicago. May 29-Father Peter ].
O'Callaghan, head of the Paulist Order
Hinckley have been informed through
an anonymous letter written in blood
and wrapped in crepe, that they have
been marked for death by mysterious
enemies. and St. Marys church, Wa
bash avenue and Hubbard court. has
been doomed to be blown up with dy-
Mantle.
The threatening letter had been
dropped by an unknown hand into the
poor box at St. Mary's church, of which
Father O'Callaghan is pastor. 1t was
unsigned and unaddressed. On one side
was a crudely drawn picture of skull
and CTOsSbOneS
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FOUND With THROAT CUT
Mysterious Murder of a Man at
Butte, Mont.-Name of Vic
tim Ed Smith.

Butte. Mont, May ellis throat cut
from ear to ear and the corpse and
room stripped of almost every clue TO
his identity. a man was found in a To-
cal lodging house here this morning.
He is about 80 years Of age. A letter
from a sister. no name given, and adj
dressed to Ed Smith was found in his
things. dated Castleton-nO state given.
The envelope was missing. The de-
ceased also had a card as q lumberman
from the Western Federation of Min
ers. issued by THE Potomac Lodge. ="
A receipt for pOlltax, paid i'm Helena,
Mont, last year. was also found. There
is no clue to the murderer, nor was
any weapon found.
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Statement by Price.

Mr.. Theodore Price said that while an
Indictment was OF course an exceedingly
disagreeable experience to undergo, IL was
an accusation and not a proof and he ~
aware that the government has COnsid-
cred il necessary to take this action before
the matter became outlawed on June 2
or therea bouts He feels no doubt what
ever of the issue
The original cotton leak charges made
some three years ago. were based on the
statement of Van Ripper. the bucket shop
operator and self-cOnfessed participant
and beneficiary with others of the al
legged cotton leak and who conducted his
accounts with Messrs. Hubbard Brothers
& Co. and not with Mr.. Price.
Mr.. Price saws that when the cotton
leak case first became public he en-
phaticalIy asserted his innocence of the
charges made I'm the indictment OF of Kn-
dred Offense and he now repeats his state
ment which he trusts his friends VIII ac-
cept pending a decision of the issue.
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UNCLE SAM MAY
HAVE SOME SAY
Proposed Alliance of France,
Russia, Great Britain
and Japan.

Paris May 23-The splendid recep-
ton accorded President Fallieres in
England has created intense satisfac-
ton in official circles in France and
it is regarded as the GROWING proof
of the wisdom of the policy inaugural
ed when France and Great Britain
liquiidated their difficulties and shook
hands in 1904 Nevertheless, no official
encouragement is given to the talk
of supplementing the existing entente
between the two countries with for
NAL alliance. The foreign office takes
the position that it is useless to at
tempt to discount the future.
An alliance in spirit. if not in let
ter, already exists" an official of the
foreign office said today. land we are
content for the moment TO allow the
entente to develop along natural lines
unhdmpered by formal phrases or con-
Gitions."
Russia to Be Taken In.
At the same time the apparent pos
sibility of closer relations. not only
between Great Britain and France, hut
between France, Great Britain and
Russia, is distinctly envisaged. The
forthcoming visits of King Edward
and President Fallieres TO Emperor
Nicholas in st. Petersburg are expect
ed to clinch the bonds between the
three countries and perhaps lead to the
formation of new triple alliance for
the preservation of the peace of Eu-
rope"
A movement for such a combination
f,
sides of the channel, its partisans
claiming that il would completely
checkmate Germany and. in conjunc-
ton with the AnglO-Japanese alliance,
be made the political arbitrator of
both hemispheres.
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Il think a man must have met
one or two devils and cowed them
before he can know what is in
himself OF how to dominate 9TH
ers. Incorporation.
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CONSPIRACY THE
CRIME CHARGED
Theodore H. Price, Cotton
Broker, Indicted in New
York and Washington.
RELEASED ON $1,000 BAIL
GROW OUT OF
SCANDAL or 1905.

New York, May 29.-Theodore II. Price.
at one time known as the cotton king
because of his tremendous trades in tho
staple. and more recently president OF the
Eagle Fire Insurance company, was in
dicted today by the federal grand jury.
after a long investigation of a startling
leak Of cotton crop statistics contained
IN government report which had not
been made public. The grand jury found
two indictments against Price. one charg
ing conspiracy to commit an Offense
against the United States, anc the other
bribery OF government official Three
other persons are indicted with Price. ana
warrants have been issued for their ar
rest. as they are out of the jurisdiction
Of the federal court of this district
With the handing down of the indict-
ments Mr.. Price. who had apparently an
ucipated the action taken against him,
appeared al the federal building and SUI
rendered himself He was arraigned be
fore Judge HOugh and pleaded not guilty
Bail was fixed at 1900, which was fur
nished. and MIR. Price was released after
the court had set June IS as the date for
the preliminary hearing.
Mr.. Price. in a statement made public
after his arraignment, asserted that ne
was entirely innocent Of the charges. The
statement follows:
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Fix up your yard and send in
an entry to the Yard Contest Ed
itOr at The Herald. 5000 in prizes.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-02

.Ex interest. is5F.
BANK EXCHANGES; SALES RECORDED.
The bank exchanges OF the New York Clearing
House and the stocks sold on the New York Stock
Exchange last week and in the week Of the
preceding two years compare follows.
0s Nov 2 O7 Nov. J. FO8
557 s5I I7G 81 s64 s14 81 973
&e. soil. 2764. AZ 262J.es7 3 100 5eS
New-York tribune., 1908-11-02
GOVERNMENT BONDS.

Government bond quotations compare as follow
with those Of q week ago: