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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
vEN|SON AND POLITICS
X Republican, League Clubs Discusses &
Both With Enthusiasm.

] uud in his praise of the kind of
yeniscni that fattens in the Utah noun
tains. as attested by a sample of IL
served at the table of James Glove of
Provo, National Organizer j. +. Tul,-
nor of Republican League clubs, stop
l.ed ever III Salt Lake today en- route
10 Ogden and Logan after completing
Club organizations in the south.
M. Glove must be a good hunter.
VAS tribute Mr.. Turner felt called
upon to pay the Provo postmaster be-
fore he would consent to talk politics.
,To one who is unfamiliar with wild
game meats, his yenison platter WAS Il
feast indeed MIR. Glove told me he
Killed two deer in the mountains back
OF Provo two weeks ago, they having
came down from more inaccessible re-
glons On account of the snow. The por-
tIan or one of them that was served
while ! was his guest was rich in fat
as We'll as flesh, and was a. feast
-cannot soon forget.
Concerning Republican League clubs,
Mr.. Turner stated that he had formed
'une in Milford and one In Provo this
week. At Milford Angus Buchanan
is president; III. II. Pitchforth, vice
president: Ella Hutchings. second vice
president; stephen Fotheringhan, Sec.
retary: james Forgie. treasurer; the
president and secretary. with w. j.
Pc, gle, j. D, Williams, ana w. S. Mar
tin composing the executive board,
AT Provo last night another MAS
formed With A l.. Booth. a son of
Judge Booth as president; II. Z. Hicks,
vice president; w, p. Clayton, secre-
itary: j. A. Butte, treasurer, and Eph
Homer, b. r. Bower and j II. Frisby,
members of the executive committee,
These organizations throughout Utah
towns and cities are TO be known as
Republican clubs, members, of the Re-
publican league whose president for
If;ah, is Dist. Atty. II. e Booth, also
president of the Salt Lake club. Each
Srate organization in the league re-
port, 10 headquarters at New York in-5
diviGrally. John Hays Hammond is.
.nf, t!cri:l president. ana Organizer j. II.
li:rrertis sent out by the general sec
rotary and general ma tional organizer,
T., smell smith, who works at the New
York headuuarters with Nh Hammond.
The purpose OF the clubs and the gen
,,Til league is not to boost candidates
for office nor TO be temporary with
this campaign 1t is TO be educational
in character and to advance "Repub-
Ncau principles through publicity
E.cl, member Will receive printed mat
te. free concerning affairs in Congress,
ans: matters being debated there. Mr..
Iiirrer will organize Montana, Wyo
ming and idaho as well as Utah, when
he Viii return to New York 10 report
IN SErNa Smith.
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TAYLOR ESCAPES
FROM ASSAss|He
While Night Riders Were Dis
cussing His Fate He Jumped
Up and Ran.
WAS FIRED UPON MANY TIMES
Plunged Into Bayou, Swan
Across, Reaching Other
Side in Safety.
Was Found This Nlorning--Gor. Pat
tcrson Calls Out Militia and Will
Hunt Down Rankins AIurtiercrs.

.
Giiloii City, Tenn, OCT. 2l'--Goi- X
H. Tavlor the aged Trenton lawver
y.ro We ,o,.a,, t,a,,, h,+,,t ~ W.,
= ~ =
liut i-os AZ the same 'ttlle 1apt
Quentin Rankin was lynched night be.
fore last, has turned M near Tipto,,,
r;,,a IT,, ,,a,li,,, ,s.ao,,a; 60, ~,
800 "a US PSI 'to..' ~
night flders4 an nour after Sapt. hai'hi
~ was ha'lsea' inc iiiasNeu i,'eh ~.
~ ,,,,,,, ,,,a,.,a, 800 :,
~ - w - - ~ II.
oring killing him, While others "antcc
to hold so as to force. q concession Il
tbo Iar,a,,ds "a, fraa n4bjnp mn Rec
-, ..,..,. ~ .,,.,,,,,,
rooe I'aNe' d'iu Nii''e' tiies o's VIZ ..
Taylor Jumped between his guards ant
DESPITE his Years dashed 70 the cdg,
ne !, ,,,,,ou Iaa,,in,. from tho lake anes
PluiiEea ~ s"''!l lill ~ aeioSss = =
fired upon many times by the niShS
riders. but escaped in the darkness. X,
n.os iost ana when da Wight came va;
c 90 y, ~ NJ ID Walnut ,on I'm
airai9 ~ ~ -. VIZ ,,,ttiiia t,,ie ,,,,,,
~ 49, io''N'
y ~ 81. ,,t,;., ,,,1o,.atl ~ h,,s,.o,. Par.
~, 49, .,,,.i,.t,l ma nnflar ths m.
~, III ~ ~. frovornnr Is beinr dis
.,,n',,t,i,, ~ ,,,,n,,,Ts,,it Ia district dis
,,,,,,.5 st y 2 *
,p,. ~, tte,.1n Who arrived, here. la ST.
,i'ni,;;,i !, = carly today to direct.
49, - t1y.a,d annrehension %
- ~, .,a,,,,,, II, t,,n murder of Cant
, ,,a3,,S.t,, ~ pan, Isonr laEe one hun.
,,i .,Ft,. =, i,it;arnen under COM
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CUPID BALKED AGAIN.
Another Chapter of the la 'rorcttc
Automobile Smaslup Romance.

Another chapter or the I.aTolette 70
MAMIE WAS enacted yesterday when
Miss Bessie Mcmillan was suddenly
called TO Oakland by telegram which
stated that The property left her by he:
guardian was in litigation. She left
immediately for Oakland, and the mar
riage ceremony which was to have TAX
Ell place upon G.aTorette's discharge
from the hospital, was postponed un
til April l. 1909.
II Will be remembered that Albert
found it necessary to break
three ribs to win the lady OF his heart,
which he did Oct. II While automobile
lady, who lives in Oakland, Cal, and
who LaTorette had been counting for
years, was unaware that she returned
the affection until she heard that La
Torette was confined In the Holy Cross
hospital With three broken ribs, when
she Immediately packed her grip and
came to the bed side of the man with
whom she had so precipitantly fallen
in love. LaTorette wished TO have the
marriage ceremony take place while nc
was IN the hospital but his friends
prevailed upon him to wait until he
was convalescent. AT 3:l5 o'clock
yesterday, Miss Mcmillan received a
telegram from her lawyer in Oakland
for her TO come at once. She left on
the 1855 train. for Oakland; Thus again
has the cup slipped, but this time with
a hopeful future. Mr.. LaTorette left
the hospital today.
MI. IYaTorette is young business
man from Milwaukee, and Miss McMil-
Ian society belle from Oakland, Cal.
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IL & f
me other factories at I.ehi. Sugar
.itN, Nampa. Idaho Falls and Black
1901 MI Cutler said that there was a
good supply of beets on hand at several
points and III spite of the bad weather
Yesterday 1890 tons of beets We're re-
scelfed at Sugar City. The beets We're
coming in slowly at Idaho Falls and
b5lackfoot. At Sugar City there was a
30-days' supply of beets on hand and
no difiicultSSis anticipated there. In
LEM, they have enough beets now on
nand TO run until the end OF the week.
and II the weather changes the supply
Will be Increased at once. Word from
Garland this morning states that The
weather Was clear.
he Analgamated Sugar company's
office in Ogden stated to a "News' rep
resentatiYa this morning that II had
been impossible to haul beets into the
Logan. Ogden and Lewiston factories.
although the digging was kept up. Al
Ogden and Lewiston, the estimates are
that there are enough beets now on
hand to run week. even if no more
should be received. The Logan factory
would have been closed down tonight
had not " shipment of beets come in
yesterday and this morning. The farm
efs thereabuuts are still digging. and
hauling. in spite of the bad condition
of the roads. The roads around the
Ogden plant ara fairly passable today.
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EXPERIENCES
WITH A BALLOON.
August Post Tells How it Feels to
Have One Burst When $500
Feet Up in the Air.
LIFE SAVED AS BY A MIRACLE
Going Through Roof Easy--Lady
Apologizcd for Not Being ut Home
When Acronauts Dropped In.

New York. oct, Ala Holland
Forbes and August Post, the two Amer
lean aeronauts, who fell $500 feet iii
the balloon Conaueror at Berlin re-.
Gently. have arrived here from Ger
many.
Mr., Post said that the bag of the
balloon was 80 feet nigh and held 50,
600 feet Of gas. When the accident
happened the balloon was 1900 feet
above the Berlin gas works, and $4,000
persons We're watching il.
When we saw that Il big lateral rip
had been made in the balloon below
the middle. we realized at the same
instant that we We're In great peril. "
said Nh Post. Forbes and j COM
tmelced to throw out the ballast as
rapidly as possible, but the balloon de-
scended more rapidly toward the earth
than the sand.
There We're 20 sacks of sand in an.
Ten were inside the basket, and they
We're thrown out first. Then we cut
the lines to which the others were at
tached. When the balloon was with
in short distance of the ground. IL
began TO drop more slowly, and that
gave the falling sand bags a chance
to go ahead of us. The opening of the
halloon--like a parachute saved our
lives.
The woman who lived i'll the bed
room that we SO unceremoniously en-
tered through the roof wrote two days
afterward apologi2ing for not being at
home when We called. 1t is surprising
how easy it is to go comfortably
through the roof of a model dwelling
if one only carries sufficient impetus
and weight.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
ADMIRAL TOGO
ACTED AS HOST
Gave a Garden Fete in Honor OF
The Officers Of the American
BattIeship Fleet.
SOUVENIRS ARE DISTRIBUTED
Premier kats,ia. Lieut.. Gen. Niscount
Terawclli and Baron ,Iits, Also
Entertained

Toxic, Oct, 2l.--To official luncheons.
Admiral rogo's magnificent garden par
ty, dinner given by Premier Eatsura
and ball at his residence. were the
principal features among the innumer-
able forms of entertainment offered tile
officers and men of the fleet today.
The garden fete, al which Admiral
Togo was host vas one Of the most
elaborate functions of its kind ever seen
in Toxic. 1t was in the grounds OF
the Sesinjiku imperial gardens. wnlch
are the property of the empress and
which comprise about LOCO acres Of
lawn. broken by woods and water ana
with pistas equalling those OF the park
AT Versailles. The Invitations mum
bered 800. and the guests included all
the American officers of higher rank
and japanese. from every walk in life.
Thomas j. O'Brien, the American ann
bassador Rear Admiral Sperry and the
other admirals were seated at one ta-
bic when the banquet was spread un-
der a huge awning. Ambassador
O'Brien proposed the health Of the en-
peror. which was received with three
cheers, led by the officers of the Amer
lean fleet The souvenirs distributed
were silver gilt cloisonne pin badges
With the Japanese and American iiuSs
in colored enamel intertwined.
One OF today's lunchecns was given
3 by Lieut.-Cien. Niscount 1'erawchi.mn-
lister of war, at the arsenal gardens,
and was attended by Ambassador
EO'Brien, Rear Admirals Sperry and
Emory, and half the officers. The 9TH
( was the entertainment of Baron Nit
sui, one of the richest men of the EN-
3pire, at the ,Mitsui club. 1t was at
tended by Secy. Peter g. Jay of the
American embassy. Rear Admirala
Schroeder and Wainwright. and the
remainder OF The officers Eoth affairs
We're unusually elaborate.
Ntscount Terauchi III proposing the
health of Rear Admiral Sperry and
welcoming the American fleet. said that
in courage and patriotism the Ameri.
cans and the Japanese We're sngularly
alike. He expressed a firm belief thai
the nations would draw closer together
until a disturbance between them was
impossible and lsaace would. conse-
(, sauently, he forever maintained. Reat
Admiral SpeI',y responded in like
terms, hissv forfibla uttcraneesysa at times
,FeXciting the officers to a whirl of eX,
| uberant enthusiasm.
| IT has been definitely decided thai
! the feet Ieava Yokohama on next sun.
day. Oct. %.
The death OF Ernest Grover, an ordin-
airy seaman on the Kentucky iron,
some cause unknown is being made the
subject of investigation by a board OF
inquest. The funeral will be held to-
morrow from the naval hospital Gro
vhr's next of kin is a brother, who re-
sides at Troy. Mich.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
THREE ENGINES DIE
Passengers Wcstbonnd on the Rio
Grandc Have Experience.

Supervisor T.. H. Clark of The forest
service returned to Salt Lake a. $50 a
m today from Washington. He should
have arrived yesterday noon, only his
train was l6 hours late. three engines
having broken down this side or Pueblo.
The second breakdown occurred six
miles north of Provo, at IL o'clock last
night, when the engine died, leaving.
the train in darkness and Without heat
AS the tickets of Salt Lake and Ogden
passengers had expired, the Pullman
conductors refused to make up beds for
these passengers. but were willing. to
do so for the through passengers. This
.hairsplitting distinction was not appre-5
ciated by the Utah people on board but
1t made no difference. although It was
apparent to every one that the train
would make n night Of it," A brake
man walked back TO 'toYo 70 wire for
help so an extra engine was fired up
In the Salt Lake roundhouse and sent.
down the line to bring in the stranded
train.
Near Twelfth South street. the third
engine went by the board. lHaN1ne the
train helpless again until no. , thai
should have arrived i'll this city at 1851
the previous evening. came up and push
cd the train into the depot at $3.50. Nj.
CLARK. as well as the other Salt Lake
and ogden passengers. are wearing any
thing but q pleasant smile today.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
FUNERAL OF W. P. RICHARDS.
Elder Orson +. Whitney the Principal
Speaker at the ObseGuies.

Funeral services over the remains OF
William p. Richards were held yester-
day afternoon. AZ the residence of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs Henry p. Rich
Eards i5g second avenue There was a
large attendance OF friends at the OBJ.
sent,iae. which were conducted by Bish-
on I. A. Clawson OF the Eighteenth
:rhe speaker OF the occasion was Ell
der Crson T. Whitney, who delivered
one OF his characteristic discourses, re:
nlete with sympathy. tenderness and
5broadminded sentiment. Music was fur
nished by a quartet COMPOSED of Messrs.
George b. Pyper, II, 6. whitney, John
~ Spencer. and Horace S. Ensign.
1,he opening and closing prayers We're
soiceretl by Elders John T. Gaine and
William w. Cuff. respectively. and the
+ grave In the city cemetery was dedi-
Gated by{& President Richard w. Young
of Ensign stake, brother-in-law of de-
ceased. IL
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
A DEATH VALLEY TRAGEDY.
Body OF u. r. Pratt Found. Having
Persisted for Lack of Food.

Los Angeles. CAL oct 2i.--G w. Lew
lis ana s. f. Shunk!and, who have just
returned from prospecting "trip IN the
tie discovery OF the dead body Of a
man approximately 50 Years of age. Who
had persisted in the desert from lack of
food and water,
r. n Pratt was the name of tile man
found and q notebook taken from u vest
pocket by Mr., Lewis gave the date the
man started ont to cross the desert. lie
had been dead nearly two months.
The notebook tells story Of Il fierce
. struggle and suffering before the wan
& ,Isrfr perished. The last entry reads:
II left Grapevine. Inyo county Cal
July os Tom Spratt told me i would
perish | thought, i could make II, but
.ot lost so guess 4 will have 10 give
Ia. have no water. nothing TO eat and
can't walk.
II have brothers. c, II. Pratt At Ban,
5,Ier springs WSndute. Kan: r. Il. Pratt
IN St Louis. and W. r Pratt, Custer
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sLUGs AND RoBs HIS HOST.
j. s. Lewis Has Strenuous Experience
With n Hard Luck Stranger.

Inbned with Kindness ana charity.
y. S. Lewis picked up a stranger last
night and was shortly afterwards rob-
bed by the fellow. who even took the.
clothes his benefactor wore, The man.
whose name has not been learned NY
his victim or the police, made a hard
luck talk to- Lewis. and the latter
promptly#invited him to share his roola
in the Continental rooming house.
Scarcely had the two entered the
place when the stranger knocked Lewis
senseless upon the bed. stripped the
clothing from his BODY and departed.
taking the suit with him. Upon coming
to his senses. Lewis hailed a passing
policeman from his window and made
his troubles known. No trace Of the
THIEF has been found.
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], A. STREET PAYS TAXES
He says lie Docs But His Name rs An.
individual Does Not ,sp-
pear on Rolls.

l..
Jniln a. street, WHOSE ia am mt az az -
sdiNitlu;il does not appear on the assess
n,ent rolls of salt Lake county. and
-, -. ~ =, a,,,lia. At,
WY - ti'e ~ -. ~, -
for governor. does not Ia ke q kiilui9 III
terest in the list of american" candi-
date taxpayers as published in last
=. 49,,
9 ei.t''s 2 ~.
IN letter to the News. dated Oct,
81. he SAYS:
~, ,.,,,, !, ,,o,. l.et ayo,,inp ,r,, NH
+,
i'' t' q so 1et. -
in the State of Utah. This he char
acterizes as untrue.
81 Non.iS.it bannens5 thar the Meas" did
49, :. -
not publish any sucn statement. NO
question was raised about taxes in the
State of Utah" as the judge will see
by reading the News article again.
The list was compiled from the
county records and published for the
reason that 1t throws light on prob
lem. sometimes obscured In the wealth
of American" party argument ana
oratory. This Is the problem of nav
ing the states business and the state $
property safeguarded by men of bust
ness capability and the individual In
terest in the states welfare that comes
to differentiate the citizen whose home
and permanent interests are here from
him who merely is here IN passing AMI
exploits the political Held as matter
of self-interest.
Judge street th. , liie Tvs Tvs, u NY
him an Injustice IN copying from the
tax rolls of Salt Lake county, ana CIV
ing the names OF all canoiuates as theH
appear on those rolls, personally ana
individually. IN ms case ne urges. III
his letter to the News. that business
concerns IN which ne Is interested. pay
taxes and that ne iea ny IS q taN payer
through interest IN such Organize
tons,
Therefore he urges tiiat an liJus.ie l.
and a false coiorlng was throWh o W.
his case, He wants. ms taxes ra'seu
from two Giphers 70 lncluue s4s.ao ~
sessed against the law lrnl OF wii. ~
he is a member presume, ne
urges. in asking credit for his PORTO ION u
this total, that your reporter IS not
wholly ignorant. OF the princlpie o. Ia
that each member, OF &C. partneisl'ip
pays his pro rata snare OF hflil ,.aAss.
II also wish to say, the luuse huus
in listing other properly, tnat p,s
taxes on number OF patented inllli,s
claims in other counties than Sait LAKE 1al,..
county: that am interested ~ oSsr
800 acres OF patentea agilcuitu,ai AN
IN tne stdte VI .esiii, e,.ua1S 81, -,
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morning Mr.. Taft went at once TO
the residence of his brother, g. p. Taft
saying that he should see as few peo-
pie as possible during the day, that his
voice might be improved as much as
possible.
The three days work in Indiana will
begin tomorrow and end Saturday
night. when the taft special will start
AT once for New York City. Although
1t vas decided Monday. that the can
didats would not go into Connecticut,
the plan is understood 10 have been
changed to the extent to have Nh. Tart
rake one speech there next Monday.
Just where the effort Is To be maae
has rot yet been decided.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
STOLE A DIAMOND PIN.

4 man giving the name OF +. Hair
per is in the county Jail, charged with
robbery. The offense is alleged to have
been committed Sunday afternoon at 81
south West Temple street. Miss Ethel
Foster, who resides at the address in-t
dicated reported to the police that a
diamond brooch had been taken from
her room during her absence. The POI
lice did nothing in the matter, but the
sheriff's office got busy With. the re-
suit that the missing jewel was found
iii a pawnshop. Securing a description
Of the man who placed it there, the Of
ficers had little difficulty in locating
him Justice Bishop placed I1arper,s
bonds at $500. which he could not furn-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
UNDER MANTLE OF SNOW.

From Pennington northward. extend
ing into Cache valley. I'VE inches OF
snow covers the ground, says Z. x, aaV-
age. who has lust returned from TRIP
into the upper part of the state tof
the farmers more serious state o. al
fairs could scarcely exist. Most OF me
beets and potatoes are still II me
ground. aud even II they could be mar.
vested. which is lmpracticable The had
condition of roads would make 1t lnpos-
siDle to haul.
Most of the apple crop in BoXeidet
and Gaelic counties is still on tile trees.
From BrigliaIn City two cars OF appies
were shipped by@Alphonzo SNOW 70
Milwaukee few days ago. In Cache
county. says Mr.. Savage, apples are selt-.
Ing at 90 cents per bushel,
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". G. n. u. CONVENTION.

Denver, Oct 2i.--Wearing modest
white or yellow badges, women from
all over the country began assembling
in Denver today for the thirty-fifth an
nual convention of the National Wom-
ants Christian Temperance union
which will open in the city auditorium
on Friday next
Delegates nov here today held a
PRAYER and praise" service at the First
Baptist church. which continued all
day.
Tomorrow a school of methods will be
conducted at the church. This work is
in the nature of an institute. where
members and officers of local unions
may learn the best methods of work
and of meeting emergencies which fire.
quently arise in the local unions
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
JEANETTE /. GLIDER.
Distinguished Literary Woman Has
Her Eye Operated On.

New York Oct al-Stiicken on ller
fitty-ninth birthday with an acute af-
Fiction OF the right eye, Miss jeanette
Il. Glider, for &c years editor Of lite
Critic, and during the last two yeara
on tie staff OF Putnam's Monthly. has
submitted 10 an operation which al tle
Manhattan eye, ear and throat hos
iital. is said TO have been completely
successful
DR. Lewis Coffin operated on Miss
Glider at the hospital on oct. 10. Miss
Glider went there from her country
place al Redding Ridge, Connecticut
she had spent the summer in Sonnec-
ticut and had enjoyed health until her
birth anniversary Oct Il. when she
was stricken with an affection of the
eyes.