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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-31
A[BRlCH BILL NOT WANTED
Merchants Associations From the
Atlantic to the Pacific Fight
In, Obnoxious Measure.

San Francisco. March 30.ZThe board Of
directors of the Merchants association
has adopted a resolution opposing the
passage of the Aldrich currency bill pend
ing before congress. on the ground that
II IS wrong in principle nor is it caIcu-
lated TO afford the desired relief.
Messages were wired to Senators Per-
Hlns and Flint and to Congressman HAYES
and Kahn, urging them to oppose fbc
passage of the bill with all their strength
New York. March 30-A number of i'm
portant commercial organizations through
out me country have communicated with
the Merchants association of New York
approVlpg~the action of that orga pizafion
IN the stand it has taken i'm opposiner tba
passage of The Aldrich currency bill, ac
ecordlng toN statement given out by the
Merchants Association today. Among rho
organizations (which have declared in ia
FOr or the Fowler bill, which is in direct
9ntagonlsm to the Aldrich bill is fbe
chamber of Commerce of Spokane. Wash
me statement says that the letters re.
celVed from merchants and manufacturers
lndlcate that strong pressure is being
brought to bear on members of congress-
especially upon Speaker Cannon. to have
the Aldrich bill defeated or radieallv
amended
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-31
GILLETTE MEETS
DEATH GAMELY
ConfeSSeS to Spiritual AdviS-
erS That No Mistake
Was Made.

Auburn. \. Y. March Chichester E.
Gillette today paid the full penalty for
the brutal murder of Grace Brown He
went to his death in the electric chair at
Auburn prison without sign of weak
ness, and with the same lack of emo
ton which has characterized him from
the day he was arrested charged with the
crime
Gillette appeared to have been fully rec
onciled to his fate. and in a statement Civ
en- out by his spiritual advisers immedi-
ately after the execution it is indicated
that he had made a confession of his
guilt. This statement was signed by the
Rev. Henry McIravy of Little Falls and
the Rev. Cordello Herrick, the prison
chaplain, who had attended Gillette since
he had been in the death cell at the pris-
on 1t was as follows:
Because our relationship with Chester
Gillette was privileged we do not deem
it wise to make a detailed statement.
and simply wish to say that no legal mis-
take was made in his electrocution :"
Gillette himself. so far as the publi,,
was concerned, never admitted his crir,e.
His last words, in the form of a state
ment which he had prepared with pains
taxing care. was made public after he
had been put to death this morning. In
this statement Gillette implored Young
men TO lead Christian lives.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-31
DEMOCRATS ELECT MAYOR
Capital of Rock-Ribbed Republican
State of Iowa Shows How
It's Sentiments Run.

Des MOines. Iowa, March 30.-Des
MOines held its first municipal election
under the commission form of govern
ment and elected A. J. Mathis Demo
craft mayor. The result was an over
Whelming defeat for the candidates
who had been nominated in the pr
maries by the friends of the new COM
mission form of government Mathis.
who was formerly police Judge, was
one of the vigorous opponents of the
new plan at the time of its adoption
and his majority over the commission
plan candidate will exceed 5000.
The union labor vote was large
factor in the opposition victory. With
the exception of John MacVicar. who
is former mayor, the men elected
are all offieeholders at this time, The
defeated candidates are the men who
worked for and secured the adoption
of the plan
The plan provides for nonpartisan
commission consisting of mayor and
four commissioners who have entire
charge of municipal affairs and an
point all other munacipal officers. The
commissioners hold office for two
years. The plan also provides for the
initiative and referendum and does
away with police and fire commission
library trustees and park commission
erS
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came known. 1t was found to reflect
upon the integrity OF the presiding off
Ger OF the senate and upon members of
the senate and house and other govern
ment officials
Passing over thirty years of the soffi-
cial records Professor. Elliott dealt with
the work OF the Anglo American high
commission in connection with the seal
ing question and told of an argument
MADE by Mr.. Fairbanks in opposition to a
sealing bill before the senate committee
on foreign relations in 1902-I903. when he
was member of the committee. This
paragraph is taken from the bill i'm the
house; But on Feb. II. in the senate for
eign relations committee Senator Fair
banks deliberately tells the committee
that this bill is not needed: that the fur
seal question has been agreed to nv the
joint committee and only awaits the for
NAL publication when the commission as
sembles; he assured the committee that
the reconventiOn of the commission is to
take place soon after March 4. 1907
The statement of Senator Fairbanks
was an untruth in every respect-a square
and wholesale fabrication ON his part. to
defeat the pending bill. Under Ybe cir
cumstances his colleagues could not dis
pute his false report; therefore they took
no action on this bill. at his request
The official record refers in dispar-
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aging manner to the part taken bv the
late Secretary of State John Hav in re-
sard 10 the sealing question, and charges
tnat legislation was bitterly opposed 'sbv
the land and sea butchers of the fur seal
herd, who had suborned certain senator's
congressman and, Cdepartment officials .
IL refers also TO the extended Trim of
Inspection over Alaska made nv SeDa-
tors Dnlingham. Nelson, Burnham and
patterson. and mentions the fact that no
legislation was accomplished. FAINT Is
FOUND also with the fact that Secretary
Root and Assistant Secretary Bacon haS
done absolutely nothing" although fIIIIv
informed that plan of mutual concession
and joint control of United States ana
canada could be successfully negotiafad
IN SIX weeks time The long record
closes as follows:
Why should this Infamous work of the
land and sea butchers Of our fur seal herd
go thus unchecked? And that too when
the Canadian government asks us IN ,,nits
with lt on proper plan to suppress #
no qulbbling or nonsense about the neees-
sltN OF seeing or sounding .Janan or
Russia viii bear the light of honest dis.
cusslon. These governments have hotb
been ready at any hour since 1897 10 unite
with us on any plan to suppress neIaoic
FUR scaling which we could first get rsn-
ada to assent to-"
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STRIKE LIKELY TO SPREAD
Shops of All the Gould Lines West
Of Missouri River Involved
in Present Struggle.

70 Denver. March SO.-Unless it is Officially
announced today that union labor will he
recognized in the shops of the Denver &
Rio Grande railway, the strike of the ma
enlnlStS' O0llermakers and blacksmIths.
which has been in force since Marcb ~
will spread to the shops of all the Other
lines in the Gould system west of the
Missouri river. according 10 a statement
made today by j. j. MOckler. second vice
president of the International Brother
hood OF Blacksmiths. He said a strike
vote was taken in the shops of the Mis-
sour Paelfic, the Wabash west of the
Missouri river the Iron Mountain and fbs
Texas & Pacific, before the shopmen on
the Rio Grande walked out, and it was
only by continuous efforts on the part
OF me union OFFICERS that the men had
been restrained until now from going an
strike.
The engineers, firemen and trainmep
on the Denver & Rio Grande also have
the question of a sympathetic strike I'M
der consideration.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-31
SENATOR FORAKER W|THDRAHS A SENSATIONAL
DOCUMENT REFLECT|NG ON THE VICE PRESIDENT

Washington, March Ex-senator Fora
ker obtained leave to withdraw from the
senate files a paper introduced by him
on Wednesday last and printed as a pub
lie document. and the order carried with
it the suppression of all the printed
copies of the paper. His introduction of
the paper last week and the withdrawal
today contained no intimation of the SEN
sational character of the document, which
still would be unknown had it not been
for the fact that several copies had been
given out before it was suppressed.
The paper was prepared by Henry w.
Elliott of Lakewood. o., and purported
to be 1.-THE official record of the loot and
ruin of the fur seal herd of Alaska" IL
was written in chronological order, begin
ming about 1868. and continuing to the
present time 1t was written in long
hand, closely written and difficult to
read. Professor Elliott had submitted
records of pelagic sealing several times,
and they had always been printed as pub
lie documents. Therefore when Senator
Foraker was asked to have the alleged
official record" printed. he made the re-
quest in the usual form. and did not take
the trouble TO read il. Today he made
apologies to Vice President Fairbanks
and several senator's.
Ii was not until the paper came out in
printed form today that its character be-
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Really a Lockout.

Technically the miners will go out on
strike. but in reality they stop work be-
cause the operators. except in Indiana and
Illinois, show no real intention of meet
ing and treating with them. though no
question of wages or principle is at
stake.
John Mitchell returned TODAY and is pre-
pairing to step out of office Congress
man w. B. Nelson is back from central
pennsylvania. where he scored the first
pig success IN the present situation bv
gettlng the central Pennsylvania opera
LOTS ana miners into an agreement That
district VIII continue to work
Vice President T. l.. Lewis who will
succeed President Mitchell on Wednes-
DAY. VIII announce his appointments when
ne takes office 1t is understood that
samuel Sexton. editor OF tie United Mine
WORKERS Journal. is to be retired ann
mat possibly Chris Evans. the official
statistlcian, may be succeeded bv a new
given out any information concerninS
these changes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-31
BILL REFERRED TO
FOWLER COMMITTEE

Washington. March 3G-The AIdrich
financial bill reached the house TODAY
After lying on the table for a few min.
utes. the speaker referred it to the com.
mlttee on banking and currency Soon az
Fowler of the committee on banking and
currency. he said that he had called a
meeting for Wednesday, and" said M
Fowler, the bill win be treated with ali
ing from so great and distinguished a
legislative body as the United States sem
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-31
SECOND DESERT ENTRIES.
Especial to The Herald)

Washington. March 30.-The commits
sioner of the general land office TODAY is
sued instructions to registers and rece;1,
ers of land offices relative to the recently
enacted law providing for making second
desert land entries. The law permits any
persop who has lost. forfeited or aban-
doned a prior desert land entry to make
a second entry as though the former en-
try had not been made. Instructions 10
local land offices provide that affidayits
prescribed for use in making applications
for second homestead entries may be used
with necessary changes i'm support of an
plicatiOns for second desert entries.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-31
SAMUEL NEWHOUSE
INVESTS IN BEGOL E
Especial to The Herald

Boston. Mass, March 3O-The directors
OF the Begole Mines syndicate have inst
issued here statement of the condition
of the syndicate as of date Feb as
follows: Resources. equipment. sunnlies
and buildings. s27, 1853: cash. S7.las: cash
due for ore, sZS. 1884; ore on dump. $50 or.
reai estate, shafts. other mine and prop
Samuel Newhouse has bought the hal
ance OF the treasury stock of the Meade
lease No. shaft on the Begole properly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-31
NOTED AssAYER DEAD.

Reno. New. March ga. G. Valentine.
one of the best known assayers on The
Pacific coast and formerly chief assaver
of the Western Ore Purchasing works
here. died in this city this afternoon Of
pneumonia Besides a wife here he has
a mother, sister and brother in Den
yer. sad coincidence lies in the fact
that the brother - Denver was 10 have
been married in that city tomorrow,
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cies which ought to appeal to Republicans
as well as to traditional Democrats was
the Keynote of his speech and showed the
important significance he and his follow
ers attached to the meeting tonight
A feature of Mr.. Bryan's speech was
MS approval of Senator La Toilette as the
Republican candidate for present
He said:
IF the president had picked out Sena-
Tor La Toilette. real refOrmer; if the
Republican party had rallied to Senator
La Follettes support. it could have com
PEELED the confidence of reform Repub-
hcans. Senator La Toilette has a rec
ORD as a reformer; he has fought cor
porate domination in his own state for a
decade @
The speaker said that. without the sun
port OF the administration Secretary Taft
would scarcely have state in the con-
Vention. and with the presidents support
he is having an uphill fight.
Taft's Only recommendation.
Mr.. Bryan said that Mr.. Tart NAV he
the pest man the president could find
among his cabinet officers, but that Sec
rotary Tafts superiority over his col
leagues is due not to his positive views
put 10 the fact that none of the rest of
lhem has any reform tendencies whatever
MT Bryan said that the Roosevelt senti-
ment is strong in the Mississippi and Mis-
souri, valleys and argued that the Demo
cratic ticket is entitled to the suDDOT.f
of this sentiment in the coming csn,t
paign.
Mr.. Harmon was greeted with tremen
oous applause when he arose to speak
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-31
COAL MINERS TO
GO ON STRIKE
April lSt the Date Set for Be-
ginning of Desperate
Struggle.
AFFECTS OVER $4,000 MEN
UNABLE TO REACH AGREEMENT
ON NEW CONTRACT.

indianapolis. Ind. March S0-The union
miners in most of the coal fields of the
country will lay down their picks and
shovels tomorrow night, Almost 100000
of them will stop work i'm Ohio, western
pennsylvania, Missouri. Iowa. Kansas.
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and probably
In Indiana, Illinois, Michigan. West Vir-
ginia and Kentucky.
The mining contracts under which. they
are now working expire at midnight to-
morrow night, and except in central Penn
sylvania and in the Indiana block dis
tfIct no contracts have been mace nor
nave the miners and operators entered in
TO district agreements providing for the
operation of the mines after April l. pend-
ing agreement This is a possibility in
the Indiana bituminOus coal district in
Illinois Michigan and West Virginia The
Indiana bituminOus coal district. western
pennsylvania and Illinois miners and oD-
orators are in joint session at Terre Hautc
Plttsburg and Springfield
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-31

Great Enthusiasm Manifested in Convention Hall at Kansas
City for the Distinguished Guests

Kansas City, March 30.-Democrats from
all parts 0f Missouri to the number OF
1000 attended a banquet in Convention
hall in this city tonight under the aus
pices of the Young Mems Democratic
club of Missouri, at which William j.
Bryan and Judson Harmon were the
guests of honor and principal speakers
and the recipients of repeated Ovations
from the 15.000 persons who thronged the
great hall.
Each bangueter paid 81 for the privi-
lege of Attending even the distinguished
guests insisting upon the democratic pre-
rogative of paying for their plates, and
the affair was probably the most elabo-
rate political feast ever attempted in the
state
Democratic clubs in St Louis, ST Jo-
seph and other cities of the state sent
Among the guests We're four ex-governors
of Missouri. T. Crittenden. David r
Francis, Senator William j. Stone and
Alexander NJ Dockery. together with the
present governor, Joseph w. Folk All
of the candidates for state offices We're
present.
Intense Enthusiasm.
The meeting was essentially a BRYAN af-
fair. spontaneous enthusiasm marking et-
cry mention of his candidacy for the
presidency.
The reception accorded Mr.. Harmon was
no less cordial. and suggestions promising
him high honors from his party were en-
received.
Mr.. Bryan'S opening statement that I'VE
have met to begin the campaign of 19eS
and to present those principles and poll
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-31

My family" said the self-con-
tessed black sheep in the Baltimore
American, lis famous for its having
descended from famous ancestry.
And l flatter myself that I have
descended faster than any of the
rest"
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Bodies Viewed by Coroner.

Coroner Bennett has viewed the three
bodies recovered before. the second ex-
plosion and the two blown out by the
second explosion He will begin an in
quest when it is known whether or not
the remaining bodies can be recovered
and will attempt to get at the cause OF
the explosion. Men who came from the
mine a few minutes before the first ex-
plosiOn say there was much gas pres
emit
The second explosion undoubtedly was
caused by gas.
The condition of the bodies recovered
preclndes the possibility that any of the
men in the mine survived the second ex-
plosion.
An official list of the known victims OF
the disaster given out today by the I'm
ion Pacific Coal company contains sixty
two names, and it is believed that eight
OF ten others also met death in the mine
A carload of collins shipped from Den
Yer arrived this afternoon
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Suits for DAMAGES,

Many suits for damages will be brought
at once against the coal company BY rel
atives Of the victims. and it is estimat-
ed that this double disaster will cost the
operators not less than 500, 600 The holo-
81 10000
1t is announced now that this mine will
be abandoned and sealed as soon as the
bodies are recovered.
There is talk of petitioning the govern
OF TO appoint a commission of experts to
probe this disaster. and if the rumors
aflOat as to the unsafe condition of the
colliery are verified. their efforts will be
made TO close it through process of law
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-31

Adv writer's who write funny po-
etry and musicians who play the
piano with their feet have places in
the world, but their fellow workers
are not crazy over them.-Rusty
Mixes Diary.
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Entrances of Mine Scaled.
other Mines to Be Opened.

This morning the task of restoring some
semblance of organization to the perma-
nent and temporary populations of the
camp were undertaken and arrangements
are in progress for the opening of the No.
mine. long die, and for working No 2
which produces a quality of coal infa-
riOr to that from the wrecked No. 1. With
the fate OF their comrades so fresh in
their minds, the employees of No. are
somewhat reluctant to return 10 their per
ilous occupation. and it is probable that
the mines will not be producing steadily
before the end of the week. Meanwhile
the production of the camp will be cGF-
tailed about 1000 tons weekly
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President Denounced.

The explanation was not satisfactor,,
TO Mr.. Mondell. who charged that il had
been the rule for the forestry bureau TO
secure rather extraordinary opinions"
from the attorney general He insisted
that if the president had authority 10
create a reserve he had authority 10 d.
vide one.
Mr. smith (CaL) again got the floor
ana, speaking OF The recommendation of
The president that water rights should he
taxed, denounced him for it,
The federal government" he declared
ought to be ashamed of itself if il nm
dertakes to extort tax BY way of q riSht
4f way over piece of land that is nor
Aarth one dollar an acre "
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Pinchot Again Attacked.

More criticism of Mr. Pinchot was In
dulged in when Mr. Monden Offered an
amendment providing that the money fo-
transportation or travel expenses of for
est officers or agents shall not he nsid
unless such officials Travelled on business
directly connected with the forest serNc
Ice. Mr.. Mondell charged that such Of
Ulcers and agents last year had attended
a convention in Denver. with which th.s
Continued on Page 2.
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MINE NO. | WILL
BE ABANDONED
Many Damage Suits to Be
Filed on Account of the
Hanna Disaster.
FIVE BODIES RECOVERED
OTHERS LIKELY TO REMAIN BE-
LOW SOME TIME.
FIVE BODIES RECOVERED

Hanna, Wyo., March 9O.-The bodies OF
only five of the fifty-nine miners anC
mine officials killed in the Inflated mint
No. l of the Union Pacific Coal company
by the two explosions Saturday have beer
recovered. Other bodies will probably not
be reached for several days.
The widows and orphans are being cared
for and there is no restitution.
The local lodges of knights of Pythias,
Odd Fellows and United Mine Workers of
America today met and made arrange
ments to bury their dead members and
provide for the stricken families.
The official force of the three local
mines was completely wiped out by the
disaster. From Superintendent Briggs and
his three foremen down to the gas watch
ers, stable bosses and others, all are dead,
and complete reorganization of the work
ing force will be necessary.
The entire official family of the United
Mine Workers also is enrolled on the ros-
ter of the dead
Two of the women who lost husbands in
this disaster were also made widows by
The calamity at the same mine five years
ago
Entrances of Mine Sealed.
The entrances of the mine where the
dead miners are entombed have been seal
ed, and until the fire is smothered or
some method is devised for lifting the
lethal gases which fill the workings, and
II becomes possible to go down the slope
and fight the flames at close quarters,
no effort to enter the mine will be made
for certain death undoubtedly would await
those who dared venture.
Meanwhile, great forces of men are la
boring at both stcDe entrances. remoV-
ing wreckage. So titanic were the blasts
of burning gas that the lining of the
slopes was stripped and hurled forth to
fall i'm fragments over a wide expanse of
prairie. TimberS as large as telegraph
poles were thrown loo feet from the pit
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Open and Specific Charge.
Explained in Detail.

Pressed by Mr.. Weeks (Mass) to ex-
plain more in detail Ibis serious charges
against Mr. Pinchot. Mr.. Smith said that
the party he referred to as desiring to OBJ
tain the water monopoly was the city of
xaos Angeles. He insisted that the city
Gid not desire the water: 'it has not
saimed the water, and il has not asserted
any intention of using the water for mu-
nicipal purposes" The city already he
said. had a perfect system, and simply
desired TO sweep In all the water there
and carry ii out of the valley 80 miles
through twenty miles of mountain tun-
nels, for the irrigation OF land adjacent to
Los Angeles"