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The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
STOLE NEARLY A MILLION.
Chicago Real Estate Man confesses
TO Long List OF Frauds.

Chicago.-Peter Van vlisslngen. a
real estate dealer. for years classed
among the first OF Chicago's prosper
Gus and reputable business men. on
Honcay confessed to having obtained.
through forged deeds and notes. more
than 100000, and a few hours after
his arrest. on his own urgent appeal
TO be punished, was sentenced to the
penitentiary. The arrest. the indlct.
ment, the confession and the sen.
tence were the work of less than four
hours. Taken In the midst OF bust.
ness from bis Office desk, at 172 Wash.
inton street. shortly after the noon
hour. Van vlissingen. a venerable
looking man. appeared before the
court. and In tears confessed that for
from eighteen to twenty years he had
been securing money through the sale
OF forged documents. and though he
had bought back many of these spuri.
Gus instruments without detection. at
least twenty-five people would lose an
aggregate OF more than $500 900
through the paper which he has not
yet redeemed.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
RULER BOWS TO
WILL OF PEOPLE
Emperor William Of Germany Says
He VIII Never More Insist Upon
Personal Policies.
Public Uttersnoes Of Naughty Ruler
Gets Him In Bad Repute With His
Subjects, Who Show Their Dis
pleasure In Significant Manner.

Berlln.-F Forced by the angry tide OF
popular feeling that swept the empire
from end TO end, Emperor William
on Tuesday yielded to the nation and
promised benceforth to conform to the
constitutional methods Of conducting
the policies OF Germany.
The climax to the public utterances
of the emperor was reached in an
interview which he gave to an Eng
lishman and which was published in
the London Daily Telegraph on octo-
her 2S. As the outcome Of this the
whole country was aroused; the
Reichstag indorsed the attitude OF
I many OF its prominent members when
they denounced the sovereign, and
Chancellor Won Buelow. while he at
tempted TO smooth away the affair.
undertook TO communicate TO his ma
jesty a straightforward and unvar-
nished statement OF how the German
people viewed his intervention In az
fairs OF state.
The interview between the emperor
and the imperial chancellor took place
at the new palace In Potsdam Tues
day morning. and at its conclusion the
emperor made formal promise TO his
people that In the future he would not
act except through the chancellor and
his associate ministers
SO marked has been the change In
the last few days Of the Germans to
ward their sovereign that a crowd OF
some 1900 that had gathered at a
church Tuesday afternoon. to attend
the funeral ~ the late General Count
Huelen.Haezl at which the emperor
and empress were present being UNI
aware of the result OF the audience,
greeted their majesties almost In ST.
lence Only few hats we're removed.
and there were no cheers when the
emperor and empress returned to
their automobile and started for Pots.
dam
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
ARMY or BATS INVADE
BEDROOM OF RECTOR
INMATES HAVE UNPLEASANT Ex-
PERlENcE BEFORE PESTS
ARE GOTTEN RID OF.

London. Inmates OF quiet rec
tory In Dorsetshire will long remem.
Der the latter hours OF recent night.
The rector was aroused In the mid.
die Of the night by great noise in
the room. Was II a burglar? Finally.
he concluded that an army OF bats
had selected his bedroom for their
high links From every part Of the
room they could be heard plunging
against mirrors and glasses. knock.
ing up against the ceiling. while too
often to be pleasant one would hit
against the head of the bed, and,
worse still. the beating OF their wings
could be felt as they came close to
the helpless faces on the pillow.
The rector's alarm was Increased by
the fact that his wife had horror OF
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
SIX MEN FALL TO
BOTTOM OF MINE
Dropped From the Cage Over Two
Hundred Feet, the Bodies Being
Mangled by Falling Timbers.
Almost Miraculous Escape Of Others,
Who Seemingly We're Doomed
Tragedy Was Result OF Most
Peculiar Accident

Pittsburg Six men were instantly
Killed, another was dangerously in
jured and three others had narrow es-
capes in a mine cage accident late
Monday at Ellsworth mine No. /. 10
Gated in Washington county. The
mine is owned by the Ellsworth Coal
company Of this city Three OF the
men ltlled were mining operators,
the others being foreign miners
The three engineers who had been
employed by the company several
years, had Just completed a survey
OF the mine preparatory to starting
new entries. the six foreigners having
assisted them. A heavy wooden beam
was loaded Into the cage and it's ends
projected beyond the side. the men
riding on the timber. All went well
until they were within seventy-five
feet OF the top OF the shaft, when the
projecting beam struck one of the
pianks OF the shaft cribbing. displaced
by expansion due TO the cold. and
most of the men were dumped out of
the cage. Six fell TO the bottom. a
distance OF 225 feet. the heavy tim.
1 ers on top of them, and were crushed
almost beyond recognition.
Randolph. drilling machine opera.
tor. who was badly injured. although
almost unconscious from blow on
his head. caught chain at the side
OF the cage and chung to II until res
oued at the surface.
Three OF the foreigners we're
thrown with the first impact to the
floor OF the cage and reached the sur.
race stunned and slightly bruised. but
little the worse for their experience.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
p.nl.. rha, y. wa, eouob,.

New York.-F'rank n. Scott OF the
Century Publishing company. declared
positively on Tuesday that no money
had been paid or was to be paid by
the German government for the sup
rression OF DR. William Bayard
Hale's interview with the kaiser,
which had been announced for publ
cation In the magazine. A cable from
Berlin Tuesday night stated that a
weekly journal protested to have re-
liable information that. after negotia
lions between the German foreign Of
hce and the writer OF the interview.
he government had paid DR.. Hale
$50 900
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
sleeps Amid coffins and shrouds

= Greenfield. lnd.-Dave Ellis. Green.
fields weather prophet. ten years ago
engaged with local undertaken as
night man and established sleeping
quarters among the cofiins and
shrouds. During all this time Mr.. Ellis
has missed only one night from his
grewsome quarters. He has undergone
some thrilling experiences by his stub
born determination to sleep in no 9th
or quarters. On one occasion, when a
corpse was left in the room near his
bed, a scheme was arranged by which
the covering on the body could be
pulled away by a string Although bad.
~ frightened he refused 10 be driven
away Many other attempts have been
made to break this long record. but all
were failures and TO-DAY he deiies any
man TO equal it--eFe night for ten
years in the same bed except ON one
occasion. and then y siltii a. an sew.
en- 10 the moving, he said.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
Rusfs M0.I0ns tor Delay oyerruIea

San Francisco. Superior Judge
Lawler brushed aside ON Tuesday all
dilatory motions interposed by the at
torneys Of Abraham Ruef in the trial
81 the former political boss on one
Of the many charges OF bribery against
Lin. which was interrupted by the at.
tempt 10 assasslnate Francis J. Heney.
the assistant district attorney Dur
ing Two sessions Of court Judge Law.
Tor denied In succession the motion
Of Ruef for change OF venue con
tiuuance OF thirty days and the dis
missal OF the Jury.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
AFTER SUGAR EFlNERles.
The Havemeyer and Elder Companies
Accused Of Fraud.

E~NHoco " TFdtO.
New York.--The United States gov.
ornment has brought six suits against
the American Sugar Refining com.
pany TO recover forfeitures and Gus
toms receipts amounting to s3.62i121
on sugar delivered at the Havemeyer
and Elder refineries in Brooklyn dur.
Ing the past six years. The govern
ment alleges fraud in weighing ship
ments.
The first OF the suits was for 81.
100000 and was filed with the courts
ON October rs. and the others were
filed October rs. The filing OF the
action was kept from public knowl-
edge until after the election, but was
made known on Monday The Amer
lean Sugar Refining company has fled
u denial of the charges.
Two of the suits were brought for
the forfeiture OF all importations OF
sugar delivered at the Havemeyer and
Elder refinery for period OF but two
years, owing TO the statute OF limita.
tons, although the first action alleges
fraudulent weighing for six years.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
John 0. RseeIvea $50 Pea Day.

New York. John ID. Rockefeller
made $3.50 on Monday So did John
u. Archbold and James A. Moffett.
They got Il by being served with a
subpoena by the defense in the gov
crnments suit to dissolve the Stand
ard oil company. The three oil mag
mates will march before examiners In
the custom house. where the hearing
Is IN progress. Each has received
$3.50 the daily remuneration OF a
witness. Mr. Rockefeller received
during the dav about s2.5O0.0O0 as his
share Of the STANDARD on dividend
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
Was the Emnress PoInoned1

Pelin. Nothing has developed in
Pekin to substantiate the reports that
the emperor OF China or the dowager
empress was poisoned or otherwise
were the victims Of foul play All the
foreign legations here agree that the
emperor died a natural death. opin.
ion varies. however, regarding the end
OF the dowager empress. but all the
deductions In her case are negligible
and In no sense related TO the source
whence have come the circumstantial
details Of the passing away Of their
majesties
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19

Chicago. Herman Billek, convicted
Of the murder Of five members of the
Nzral family was sentenced by Judge
Barnes on Tuesday to hang on Decem-
her H. The fight OF Billek and his
friends for liberty which carried the
case before the United States supreme
court has attracted wide attention.
hllleN q fortune teller, whose income
vas darl'ed from The ignorant and
superstitious. used arsenic ia causing
tho death OF the Nzrals. all OF whose
lives were insured. and which money
hillek II said TO have MANNED TO Sc
ture
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19

According TO Power flexible glue
for attaching leather 10 metals may be
made by adding one part of Venetian
nrpentlne 10 four parts of glue. This
mass is heated in a glue poi as usual
nil Il becomes sticky and ceases to
e OF bubbles Il works best when
sh.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
sulphurIe ACID b Mines.

The quantity OF sulphuric acid In
mine water varies according TO the
aistrict and condition OF the mine.
Some mine water has been found to
contain only few grains. while the
water IN other workings often contai
over 100 grains per gallon.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
THE MILL DAM
How Il Can Be Constructed SO ss "a
Be Flood and Ice Proof

"a has been discovered that In build
ing a rock or stone dam where the bed
OF the stream is not solid rock and the
pour of the water Is almost perpendlc
ular II win undermine and the breast
will go away in pieces. Also logs
and ice going over will come back
against the breast and batter II to
pieces finally.
A dam built like the one shown in
the sketch will remove a number OF
obstacles that are very destructive TO
mill dams. says a correspondent or
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
A Lonely place.

Country Hostess Have you nice
neighbors where You live now?
City Gnest--Oh, we have no neigh.
bors now. none at ALL
Country Hostess-Y You haven't any
neighbors?
City Guest-No We live in fiat
IN. Y. Weekly.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
The Bio Mixer.

by one man. II runs along ON a
tramway as the work progresses. The
sand, gravel and cement are raised
by an elevator, which places them in the
proper bins at the top Of the mixer.
The sand and gravel hoppers are 10
by l6 feet, and the cement bin FIVE
by seven feet
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
KNOT FOR FOOTBALLS.
The Kind Of a Tie That viii Not
Loosen Up.

One OF the most prominent English
football clubs kept the tying of this
knot on the rubber hose of their foot.
ball secret and never allowed all of
its members to know how II was tied.
This tie can be used on grain sacks
and numerous other similar instances.
Make one loop in the cord. explains
Popular Mechanics, and then an
other one exactly the same way, as
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
GIANT CONCRETE MIXER.
Largest One In Country Being Used
In Dam Construction.

One of the largest concrete mixers
In the country is being used in the
work of constructing the Mononga.
hela river dam at Brownsville, Pa. II
has a capacity Of as cubic yards OF
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19

Shark Was the "Carps Corking
Burlesque show success7
Pike should say not During the
second act one Of the minnows started
a panic by yelling; Here comes the
hooki'---Puck
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19

Next TO gold, petroleum is the most
liable mineral product Of California.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-11-19
A Secure Knot.

shown in Fig. l. placing the end OF
the cord under the first loop then pull
at each end OF the cord, as in Fig. 2.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17
DOiNGS AT WASHINGTON.

The secretary of the interior has
approved the Colorado school land in
demnity list No. 10, for 1868 acres of
land in the Denver district.
The first application for approval
of the organization of a national cur
rency association under the new AL
drich-Nreeland currency law was made
to the Treasury Department by F.
Southland Parker, president of the Ma
tional Metropolitan bank, as chairman
of the Washington Clearing House as
sociation. Ten banks are necessary
to form an association under the law.
Within short time the convention
of 1902, to which the United States
and nearly every European power
were signatories. aimed against the
white slave trade, will be proclaimed
by President Roosevelt
Carrying out his declaration to the
conference of governors that should
Congress fail to provide for the continu-
ance of the Inland Waterways Commits
sion he should continue it by executive
act. and Congress having failed to
take action on the SUBJECT. President
Roosevelt has reappointed the members
of that commission.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17
HOMESTEAD
ENT RIES VOID
IMPORTANT DECISION OF LAND
OFFICE IN GRAND VAL
LEY CASE.
COLLISION c HARGED
SETTLERS NOT PERMITTED TO
TRADE LAND IN HoMESTEApS
FOR WATER.

Grand Junction. Colo,-That the
Redland Irrigation and Power Com
pany. sl.000.0Oo corporation backed
by some of the most prominent and in
fluential business men of Grand Juno
ton. conspired to defraud the govern
ment out of 5000 acres of rich agri-
cultural land in the Grand valley, and
must relinquish its holding is the eff
feet of a decision by Receiver Gordon
kimbali and Register Bryson P. Blair
of-the United States Land Office.
The decision sustains the contest of
fourteen local parties. who made the
affidavit charging fraud. These were
filed year ago. Among those in
yolyed in the companys dealings are
d. T. Stone. cashier of the Union
Trust and Banking Company of this
city; A J. McCune. FORMER state en-
gineer: Robert A Orr. a wealthy fruit
grower; Frank d. kiefer of Fruita and
II. F. Piatt, 4 millionaire of Lansing.
Michigan.
The decision of the land office. it is
said. lays the promoters of the com
pany liable to investigation by the fed
eral grand jury, and it was intimated
sometime ago that if the contest were
sustained. the federal authorities
would take hand in the matter The
decision is in the cases of w Guy
Boyer against Julia McCune and thir
teen other contestors and contestees.
In the decision the land officers say:
I'VE find that the said entries We're
not made in good faith for the sole use
and benefit of said entrymen. but ar
the instigation and for the use and
benefit of the said promoters and the
officers of the Redland Irrigation and
Power Company. and therefore. under
the law. said entries are not entitled
to stand on record. In view of the
foregoing we therefore recommend
that the entries be cancelled subject
to the right of appeal
The contestors claim that the Red
lands company. which has erected
million-dollar power plant for the pur-
pose of supplying water to the land
entered into collision with the entry
men to secure possession of the major
portion of the land filed upon
II is said that only $50 acres ont of
a total of 4.4s0 filed upon were TO re-
main in the hands of the entrymen.
each securing twenty acres. the bal
ance of 1900 acres TO go to the COM
panv for furnishing water. which is
held to be a violation of the law.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17
GENERAL NEWS.

The revolution in Yunnan and South
China is becoming serious.
The report of great steel combination
in England with a capital of s375,0O0.-
900 is now denied by many firms said
to have been connected with it.
The bill to place telephone and tele-
graph companies under the jurisdiction
of the Public Service Commission was
defeated in the New York Assembly.
So to Sc.
Raymond Hitchcock, the actor, tried
in New York city for an alleged as
sault upon two young girls, was ac-
quilted by the jury. There are other
indictments against him.
Subscriptions for s25 900 of the
$50. 900 bond issue of the Union Pa
cific Railroad Company closed Satur
day in New York City The amount
was heavily over-subscribed-
The Irene H.. having failed to APP
pear within the time limit. the Ailsa
Craig is winner of the cup in the ocean
motor race from Gravesend bay to
Hamilton harbor. Bermuda, for the
second time.
There were fewer deaths. proportion
ately. in New York last week. accord
ing to the health department, than in
any previous week in the history of
the city, the death rate reaching the
new low record of 14.41 per 1000.
Mrs. Hugh Mclaughlin, widow of the
Democratic leader of Brooklyn, has
been created a papal marchioness by
Pope Plus Y.
King Edward. on board the royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, and accom-
panied by Queen Alexandra. Princess
Victoria and large suite met with a
great reception at Kiel, Germany, Sun
day.
Gifts to the cause of higher educa-
ton in the United States within the
last twelve months total s23127,762.
This information has been obtained
by the general education board of New
York City.
Jack London, the author. who
started on a seven-year voyage around
the world in the Shark. is somewhere
between Samoa and New Guinea. He
was at Samoa May 18th.
The schooner yacht Dervish. owned
by Commodore Henry Morss of the
Corinthian Yacht club, has won the
ocean race from Marblehead to Hamil-
ton, Bermuda. in class b.
Sixteen of the largest manufacture
ers of butter in the United States will
open their fight against the proposed
advance of freight rates on cream and
milk before the interstate commerce
commission next week.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17
Yuma County Land Suit.

Denver.-Yuma county land to the
value of between $1,000 900 and 81 ,000.-
900. is involved in suit filed in the
federal court by Charles E. Gibson of
Boston. against the Empire Ranch &
Cattle Company. While the immediate
suit concerns only $50 acres of dry
land, IL successful it will be followed
by several similar legal actions against
the present holders. and Will result in
about 100 quarter sections changing
hands.
In his complaint Gibson. through At
torney John F. Mail, alleges that the
treasurer of Yuma exceeded his author
ity and sold land already disposed of
when he let the Empire Company have
II at something like 30 cents to 10
cents per acre. At that time the land
was considered practically worthless
1t is understood that the defendants
Will fight the case through to the su-
preme Court of the United States if
necessary on the validity Of tax titles.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17
PARDON ENDS
POWERS CASE
GOVERNOR WILSON CT KEN
lucky PARooNs BOTH pow
ERs AND HOWARD.
AFTER EIGHT YEARS
BELIEVES THEM INNOCENT OF
comPLIcrTYiN THE MURDER
OF GoEsEL.

Frankfort, Ky.-By announcing the
pardon Saturday of Caleb Powers and
James Howard Governor Wilson
closed the last chapter in one of the
most mol criminal cases in the his
.ory of 5 state. in which people al
over the United States have formally
expressed their interest by signing
petitions for pardon.
In the closing days of January, eight
years ago. while the contest OF William
Goebe! for the gubernatorial seat O.
cupied by Governor Taylor was being
held. Goebel was shot, dying later from
his wound.
The shot was believed TO have come
from the half open window of the sec
rotary of states Office, and as Caleb
Powers was then filling that position.
suspicion was al once directed toward
him and his arrest followed
Four times has Powers been put on
trial for his life on the charge of com
plicity in the murder. the first three
trials resulting in conviction and sen
tence. death being the penalty in two
trials.
On the fourth trial. which came af-
ter the case had been carried TO the
United States court. being finally an
pealed TO the Supreme Court. which
sent IL back to the state courts. the
jury disagreed and thereupon the eff
forts for pardon for Powers. as well
as for James Howard. who had been
convicted some years ago on a charge
OF completely. were renewed. Names
of many hundreds of thousands of sym
pathizers Of all parties and all sections
were appended to the petitions that
poured in on Governor Wilson. who
for several weeks has been consider
ing the case.
In Announcing his decision Governor
Wilson says:
Il grant Caleb Powers fun and ui,-
conditional pardon for the offense with
which he stands charged and a restor-
alton of all his rights OF citizenship.
and order that he be forthwith released
from jail. My reason for granting a
pardon is that l am fully con-
WINGED that he is. beyond all reason
able doubt. innocent of the crime
charged against him. and that any fur
Their prosecution against him for the
crime charged would be great wrong
and against the peace and well being
of the commonwealth"
The governors reasons for the par
don of James B. Howard are set forth
to be that after careful examination
of the trial ne is satisfied that Howard
had nothing whateser to do with the
murder of William Goebel, but that
Henry Youtsey formed the plan which
was carried out in the murder.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-17
Double Murder and Suicide.

Maddened with Jealousy
when the man he had Introduced to his
sweetheart won the woman's affection.
Charles a. Byers. a cigarmaker, aged
fifty-siS. Friday night shot and killed
his rival, Edward Smith. a cigarmaker.
twenty-seven years old. and fatally
wounded the woman. Mrs. May f. Bor-
en-, aged thirty-eight, landlady of the
Briston rooming house, 1S4s Larimer
street. Byers then turned the revolver
on himself and sent bullet crashing
through his brain.
In January last Mrs. Boren secured a
divorce from John Preston Boren, sup
erintendent of Devine's ranch. Howard,
Kansas. The couple had three children.
Charles Arthur Boren, twenty. Lulu
Maud Boren. eighteen. both of whom
are making their home now with their
father near Howard. and Ruth. thirteen
years old. who was living at the house
with her mother. The family lived for
merly at Pittsburg, Kansas.