The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-25

| department, who has been critically Ill
Tor some days, cannot survive long, ac-
cording to reports received from the
bedside today
NEWARK, n. j., April 24-Fred
| erlck Wilson, manager Of Miners s En-
plre theater here, and prominent in the
atrical circles throughout the country,
died today.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock has been oper-
ated on for slight nasal affection. He
is confined to a hospital, but expects
to be able to resume his duties on Mon
day.
AUSTIN. Tex, April 24-The Wa
ters"Pierce Oil company today paid
probably the largest fine ever paid by
corporation, nearly $2,000,000. The
payment ends the litigation of the state
of Texas against the oil company.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 24.-The bal
pacity, ascended here today under the
pilotage of A. P. Shirley of Nashville,
| Tenn, and landed tonight at Greenfield,
| H., ffty-seven miles from here. The
balloon reached the height Of 5000 feet.
| LEApENWORIH, Kan, April "a
| H. NJ Engleman, formerly auditor of
tho, Leavenworth,, Kansas & Western
| railway absorbed by the Union Pacific,
has been named TO take charge of the
bureau of subsidiary Hartman lines un-
der construction IN the northwest with
/ headquarters at Portland, Ore.
PHOENIX, Ariz., April 24.-The
grand jury submitted its final report
today. Respecting the cases of alleged
bribery of members of the legislature
Pace local option bill, the report says
there is no evidence to warrant the
charges.
SPOKANE, Wash, April 24.-John
M. Webster states that the smallpox
epidemic which was raging among the
Indians on the Coalville reservation
quarantine which kept all white men
from entering the reserve without per-
mits will be raised by May !.
TACOMA, Wash, April 24.-Bitter
racial feeling exists at Vashon college
over row last night between a stu.
dent named Adams and Japanese en-
gineer 1t is said the Japanese stabbed
the student and that the latter drew
dents predict further trouble.
BUTTE, Mont, April 24.-The dry
farming congress will be held at Bill.
ings, Mont, October 90, 27 and %, ac-
cordlng to an announcement received
in tins city today from Chairman F.
c. Bowman of the board of governors
of the congress; The dates are fixed in
accordance with the recommendation Of
tho Montana hoard of coOfro1
DILLON. Mont, April 24.-The Gil.
more & Pittsburg Railroad company
this morning filed thirteen deeds for
land with the county clerk The land
involved is on Horse prairie, and was
bought for right of way. The deeds
are made out to w. A. Nc Cutcheon, trus-
Armstead, Mont, on the Oregon Short
Line, to the Salmon country, in Idaho.
SEATTLE, Wash, April 24.-Hiko-
jiro Wada, director general of the Jap.
anese exposition to be held in Toxic in
1917, arrived from ST. Louis today and
will sail for Japan on the DTosa Maru
spend much time at the Yukon Alaska
Pacific exposition grounds and will be
the guest of Seattle business men at
formal dinner at the Rainier club
Monday night.
HELENA, Mont, April 24.-Judpe
John Jean of Idaho will arrive in Hel. !
ena May 6, unless present plans mis-
carry to sit instead Of Judge Hunt,
who goes TO the appellate court at San |
Francisco for number of weeks He !
will hear several important cases, in |
Guiding that of tho Butterick Publish. |
ing company Of New York against sew
eral Montana labor unions, involving an |
alleged boycott. He will also hold court |
In Butte in June.
PITTSBURG, April 24.-Declaring
they have been operating one Of the
largest branches of San Francisco
lottery which was raided recently, post.
office inspectors, aided by the local DO.
lice, today arrested six Cinnamon, 4
charge of violating the postal laws by
a lottery through the mails
was preferred. Another alleged branch
of the concern was raided Yesterday
in Columbus, o.
Los ANGELES, April 24.-W. M.
an assistant of r. II. Hilliker,
OF the California livestock
association, both Of whom were report
ed under indictment at Spokane, Wash.
for embezzlement of a large sum of
money from the association. has not
been arrested at Santa Ana. rs related