The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-25
Flashes from the Wire

Fire yesterday at Crystal River, Fla,
completely destroyed the Dixon Cedar
Pencil factory. entailing a loss OF half n
million dollars
When driving home from Hamilton. o..
in n covered wagon loaded with Christ
mas gifts Tor their nine children. VII
liam Payne and his wife. Mary. were
killed by a traction car yesterday.
For twelve hours snow has been fall
ing throughout Kansas. southern No
braska and western Missouri, Sallna,
kan;: reports that IT VIII Gsa have the hrst
white Christmas since 1888.
M Dwight Fortner OF st, Louis was
found guilty last night Of uttering, "A
check for $4,000, bearing the forged In
dorsement OF Henry c. Tulley' He was
sentenced TO two years in the peniten-
tiary When clerk in hotel, Fortner
married a daughter OF a. III. Handlan,
wealthy manufacturer
second viii OF George Rhodius,
which. instead OF giving $3.50, 900 to the
city OF Indianapolis for parks. as did his
first will leaves the greater part or his
million dollar estate to woman known
fled for probate in a few days. according
TO an announcement by her attorneys
yesterday.
Six weeks after she stumbled away
from the black hole of the st. Pau mine
shaft at Cherry. Ill, convinced that her
two brothers were among the dead. MISS
Margaret BrodInski of Kewanee, Ill. yes
terday awakened In hospital, Tor the
| first time since the disaster, TO TeallStt-
| ton OF her Identity,
| Chicago. Milwaukee g. ST. Paul passen-
| ger train No. 103 plunged into "a ROCK
| Island passenger train at crossing near e
| Plymouth, Ia, yesterday afternoon killl
ing Patrick O'Nen, landseeker, and
seriously injuring c. X. HIldreth OF Ken
| nett, Ia. Several others were also IN
| jured,
Dispatches received in Boston from
| FlagstaT. Ariz state that Prof Perci-
| ha successfully DhOtOKr2DleG
| Halley's comet. The picture shows ar
| irregular formation. but with a d'snnc'
nucleus which is out OF the center Proi
Lowell also has obtained a striking
photograph OF Saturn. in which the bands
are clearly defined and the rings shown
| In admitting four Armenians to citi:
zenship. Judge Lowell. in the unitet
States circuit court of Boston. yesterday
| said that western Asiatlcs have becom'
so mixed with Europeans in the las
twenty five centuries that 1t is impossi'
BILE to tell whether they should CONF
under the statutes excluding inhabitant!
OF that part OF the world and appllee
usually 10 the yellow race. Judge Lowell
also held that congress may amend IN
statutes to provide more specihcan!
what persons may be admitted
The Bar association of New York flee
charges with the appellate division o
the supreme court YESTERDAY agaihs
Sanford Robinson. chief counsel 16r +
guilty Of deceit. malpractice and gros
unprofessional conduct" Robinson wa
fined $3.50 last summer for alleged con
nection with the disappearance OF TN
books of the United Copper compan!
sought by the federal grand jury, 1t j
with reference to this case that the Ba
association now seeks his disbarment,
Charles Adams. charged with being tn
leader OF a clique OF swlndlers that ha
cleaned up $3.50 900 in the last few years
posed as a penniless character when ar
raigned before United States commits
sioner IN New York. Thursday, but re
versed himself and offered S12 500 casl
bail Yesterday to escape spending Christ
mas In the Tombs. Federal authorize
refused this amount, with the statemen
that Adams had forfeited 100000 bal
after his arrest for a gold brick deal II
Texas in 1900