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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01
KILLED BY TRAIN.

Grand Junction, Colo, July 51-An at
tempt 10 avoid being struck by Denver
& Rio Grande train on a steep embank-
ment today resulted in John Aeon. an
italian section foreman. being hurled into
the Grand river and drowned. As Aleon
stepped from the track his foot struck a
loose boulder and he rolled down the en-
bankmcnt into the river It IS supposed
he was stunned from striking mis- head in
the fall
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01
DAMAGE BY STORM.
Hurricane Causes Great Loss in
South Dakota.

Huron. S. D., July S1-Gate reports in
dictate that Fridays storm was one of
the most disastrous that ever visited this
section The loss is placed at many thou
sands Of dollars. Thousands of acres Of
grain were ruined. many small buildings
were wrecked and much other damage
done.
Chris Peterson and two sons were
caught in a wrecked barn and all were
seriously injured. The storm started near
Rockham, Sphinx county, and covered an
area from that point west to washington
and east to Kingsbury county line, break
ing a few miles south Of this city. Yale
Sheffield Cavour, Hitchcock. Broad
MAINS. WOlsey and washington were in
the storm district.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01
FAST TRAIN WRECKED.
Many Injured in Catastrophe in
Iowa.

Des MOines, Ia. July 31.-The Overland
Limited, the fast train on the Chicago, St
Paul & Milwaukee. WestbOund. was
wrecked while running at sixty miles an
hour near Cambridge at 2:30 o'clock this
morning, caused by broken rail.
j. ]. Hanson Of Marion. mail clerk. and
a passenger whose name could not be
learned, were seriously hurt Twenty 9TH
ers were cut and bruised.
Only a Pullman and an observati car
remained on the track. As soon as pos
sible an extra train was made up with
these two cars and the injured, after
treatment by the physicians, continued on
their journey.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01
BRIDGE FOR DUCHESNE.
twenty-five Thousand for Crossing
at Myton,

Washington. July Ex-senator Smoot to-
day secured the adoption of an amend
ment to the urgent deficiency bill pro-
viding for an appropriation of SIS 900 for
building a bridge across the Duchesne
river at Myton. Chairman Tawnev of the
house appropriations committee VIII not
oppose the amendment when the bill goes
to conference.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01
SUSPECT is RELEASED.
Nels Nelson Not Implicated in steun
enberg Murder.

Spokane, Wash. July 31.-A special from
The Dalles, Ore, states that Nels Mel
son. under arrest on suspicion of being
Jack" Simpkins, who has been wanted
for two years for completely in the muir
der of Governor Steunenberg of Idaho.
has been released from custody Sheriff
Brashears OF Canyon county, Ida, on
examination Of Nelson's photograph, de-
clared that while the essmblance was
close, he was not the right man. The
contractor who caused Nelson's arrest in
sists that the man is Simpkins.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01
IDENTITY is MYSTERY.
Unfortunate Man Cannot Recall His
Own Name

Santa Ana, Cal, July 31.-The identity
of man at the County hospital who was
found yesterday wandering about the
streets carrying a suit case is still q
complete mystery. He is unable to re-
member his name or address. but believes
he is Robert Lowe and recalls having
been in Los Angeles during Elks' week
He believes he is a mining engineer from
northern California, and that he was mar
ried. but has an impression that his wife
recently died. He is about S. years Of
age five feet six inches in height, has
light complexion, blue eyes and slightly
gray hair.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01
CHOLERA in RUSSIA.

st. Petersburg, July 31.-Thirty-nine
cholera cases, thirty suspects and nine
teen deaths from the disease were report
ed during the twenty-four hours ending
at noon today. This is the lowest num-
Der of cases in one day since last May.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01

Osaka, Japan, Aug. IA fire which
threatened to destroy this city started at
4 o'clock yesterday morning, and in spite
Of the most energetic efforts 70 check it,
burned until 6 o'clock this morning. Thou
sands Of buildings, including the world
famous Buddhist temples, were destroy ed
by the cOnflagratiOn.
Osaka is one of the three imperial
cities OF Japan. and is one of the most
important manufacturing and commercial
cities of the empire. 1t shelters almost
three-quarters of a million people. The
largest OF the Buddhist temples, for which
the city is famous among travellers, covers
an enormous area. The chief public
building of Osaka is the palace built of
stone in 1883.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01
President VIII Be Here Sept. Is

Especial to The
SSe President Taft
day REGARDING proposed presidential visit to Salt Lake City # present
Lake City
Gr9y Sept % at 1914: o'clock the evening He will remain in salt Lake
reaching there about 10
o'clock until $50 the afternoon when he viii leave for Butte
president while and the governor probably
commercial organizations
AXE
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01
TWELVE LIVES
THE SACRIFICE
IN COLLISION
Two Electric Trains Crash To-
gether Near Spokane, With
Appalling Results.
INJURED NUMBER FIFTY,
SOME OF THEM FATALLY
TERRIBLE DISASTER OCCURS
WITHOUT WARNING TO THE
HELPLESS PASSENGERS.

Spokane. July 31.-TweIve are known
to be dead and nearly fifty injured
some fatally, in a collision on the Occur
d Aiene & Spokane electric railway,
twenty-five miles east Of Spokane, this
afternoon. Passenger traffic on the line
is particularly heavy on account Of the
thousands passing between Spokane
and Occur d'Alene to register for reser-
walton lands
The two trains cOllided head-on. The
one coming from CeOur d Alene, crowd
ed to OVERLOOKING. was completely
wrecked, the cars being ground to
splinters. The means and cries Of the
injured filed the air and the whole
scene was one of indescribable COnfu-
sion.
Officials of the line have as yet made
no statement as to the responsibility
for the wreck. It is said the eastbound
train did not take a side-track as it
was ordered to do.
The motOrman of the west-bOund
train is among the dead. Both trains
were running at high speed, especially
the westbound train, and were pre-
sumably beyond control
Hundreds of people in Spokane who
had friends or relatives in Occur
d'Alene who were expected to be re-
turning, have been anxiously inquiring
about them.
The Dead.
Orville Puterbaugh, Elkhart, Ind.
John a. VERNE. Springfield, Mo.
Dallie Golden, Spokane.
". II. DahlQuist Esterville, Ia.
J. c. Cox, Hayden Lake, Ida
n. J. House, Scotia, Wash.
William Wonsetta, Harrington, Wash.
An unidentified man.
An unidentified woman.
William Ward, wheat grower, Wenat-
A. P. Whitley, Memphis, Tenn.
D. z. Campbell, mOtOrman, Occur
d Alene.
Injured.
Mrs. G. A. Lunceford, Miss Frances
Golden. John Bromley, Miss Nettie Jor-
don, John Glenn. w. II. Perry j. ..
Krause, +. ]. Lat01, L. J. Miller, c. p
Miller, J. +. KimmOns, Mrs. Mangan, Z.
D. Wright, Guy Cambleson, W. +. Wal
lace, w. 4. Shinnngo. ". u. Brown, ia
James, County Auditor r. " Butler, Pat
Loughan and Gus Schininski all OF Spo-
kane p W. Mitchell, LaWistOn, IDA
William Beck, Amelia Beck and Edwin
L. Dixon of Northport, Nsb-. Alec Cor
don. Elgin. ore; Ed Crell, John j. Ward,
Wash; D. +. Jalman, Weston, Ore; ].
F. GibbOn EIgin. Ore: Charles Osborne
and wife, FTeepOrt H., Z. j. Wilson ana
Z. T. Williams Eau Claire, Wis }. A
EIkhorn. Tacoma: Peter NJ Waters,
Pleasant Lake, n. D.; Gus Benson, Pot
taIch. Ida: Neil Patterson. Green Acres,
Wash; C. T. Meyer, st. John, Wash; I'd
Joyce. billiard, Wash; Henry Schurer,
- Clark - GTaner, - Mitchell -
Mathe ws. E. G. Whittlesey, conductor.
He may live, though his condition Is
very serious.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01
ARMY Of SPAIN
ON WAR FOOTING
Reserves of Every Class Called
0ut-Quiet Restored
in Barcelona.

San Sebastian, Spain, July 81, via the
French frontier.-The entire army is be-
ing plaoed on a war footing The re-
cruits and the reserves Of every class
have been called out. In spite Of the re-
ports from Madrid. direct reliable private
TepOrtsfrom Barcelona say the revOlu-
tiOnists still hold much Of the city and
that the artillery has been unable to dis
lodge them.
Commander Burgos and an army corps
have arrived at Bnboa, capital of the
province Of Biscay, to suppress the gen
eral strike which has been announced for
Monday. There is much excitement in
the Basque provinces, where many hope
the revolutiOnists will succeed.
Perpignah, Franco-Spanish frontier
July 3.-The captain-general of BARGE
Iona today sent the following official tele-
gram to the gOVernOr-geneTal of Corona,
which province adjOins tina tot Barcelona
Il have the honor to inform you that
order has been completely re-established
at Barcelona There are many prisoners -
On receipt OF the Captaln-generaIs tele-
gram the encouragement made known
the Information to the mayors of his
province. Il is believed that railroad
communication between Port Bou and
Barcelona will be TeOpened within forty
eight hours.
London, July 31.-A Spaniard, a social
list of the more extreme variety, Is quoted
today in the Pail Mall Gazette as declar-
ing il to be his belief that the Spanish
minister of the interior, Senior Lacierva
whose methods and mind both SAVIOR OF
the mid die ages" would infallibly be as
sassinaUed if his resignation is much
longer delayed.
This Spaniard also says the socialist
leaders would declare d general strike
and concluded with the ominous prophecy
that Sunday viii be a day to be re-
membered In SDain's history"
-
the unnamed Spaniard has any source of
inspiration or is merely q braggart
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01
CITY Of OSAKA
REDUCED BY FIRE
Four Square Miles in One of
Japan'S Important Centers
Are Swept by Flames.

$1,000 - , = ~ 49, ~
> Osaka, Japan, Aug. AT O. clock =
\ this morning the terrible conflagTa- ,
Y ton which has reduced to ashes a =
y large part of this city, was under ,
> control. Up to that hour 1900 build 2
= ings had been destroyed. An area =
y of four miles square was swept by =
= the flames.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01

@You find people ready enough to
!, the Samaritan without the oil
and twopenoe. Sydney Smith.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-26
Unjust Legislation MenaceS
California Grape Industry

WH HE news Of the action Of the ways
and means committee of congress
in removing the tariff from the
Almeria grapes imported from Spain
has brought CONSERVATION to the table
grape growers of California. 1t ap-
pears that this action was instigated
by number of New York commission
merchants dealing in foreign products.
No opportunity was given California or
the table grape growers of other sec
when it was considering the question;
and, before action could be taken on
this coast The hearing had closed, says
the San Jose Mercury.
By those versed in the marketing Of
California table grapes, it is authori-
tatiVely stated that the withdrawal Of
the import tax spells ruin for a profit
able and promising industry of this
state, compelling our grapegrowers to
compete with the low prices of the
foreign fruit and cheap water trans
portation.
If reports be true, the proceedings
before the ways and means committee
SAVIOR much of the abhorred star cham
Der proceedings which call for boiling
indignation in addition to the natural
CONSERVATION. 1t is hard to conceive of
any committee of congress taking such
important action in a bread-and- butter
matter affecting the vital interests Of
a considerable portion of the citizens Of
our own country on the ex parte state
ments Of a handful of commission
merchants engaged in foreign importa-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-26
TRUST METHODS

METHODS Of the lumber trust re-
WI sorted to at Washington should
arouse the indignation Of the ma
tlon. Never has there been a more
hagrant, a more daring or a more de-
spicable attempt to influence Iegisla-
ton. Fully half the biggest lumber
manufacturers in the United States
have established themselves in the cap
ital with paid secretaries and press
agents. Every possible form of pres
sure and inducement has been brought
to bear upon members of congress by
the iniQuitous lobby of the lumber
trust. On one evening the lumber lobby
entertained at dinner $50 members of
congress. On another evening 1t gave
a sumptuous banquet in honor Of ma
tional officials. Knowing that Clifford
Pfnchot, chief Of the forestry service.
is as ardently in favor Of the conserva-
ton of natural resources as is the
president, it has tried to bully and ca
jole Mr.. Pinchot into taking the absurd
position that the best way to conserve
domestic forests is to keep out the
products of foreign forests! On the
other hand, the farmers, carpenters.
housebuilders and shipbuilders of the
United States are practically solid" in
demanding access to worldwide lum-
ber supply.
The attitude of the lumbermen is a
sublime demonstration of the extent to
which individuals will allow their ava
rice to move them to oppose the inter-
ests of the nation. After having de-
pleted the forests in the accumulation
of immense fortunes the lumber barons
have the audacity to ask the American
people to tax themselves and thus add
to the already exorbitant price of Ium-
Der, increase the value Of the standing
to the rapid destruction Of the remain
ing forests. The lumber barons prac-
tically say: PAY us a bounty out Of
your hard earned savings that we may
increase our already colossal profits and
destroy the forests in the shortest pos
sible time"
In the opinion of experts, so ruth
lessly have our forests been razed no
power on earth can now prevent tim
ber famine in this country. The lum-
bermen ask a tariff that will enable
them to concentrate the vast demand Of
the United States and an immense ex-
port trade on the scanty remaining
forests. If they have their way the
people Of the United States must pay
more and more for lumber and hasten
the time when it will be impossible to
get domestic timber at any price. All
trusts are un-American, but the lumber
trust is particularly reasonable and
atrocious. 1t is curse to the country:
and this is as thoroughly realized by
the humblest homebuilder as by the
wealthiest and busiest contractor.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-26

tions, without at least hearing the other
side of the question.
That the Spanish fruit would not
come into competition with the Cali
fornia grapes is palpably false, for the
market for California grapes extends
from September 1 to the middle or lat
ter part of December, the Almerian
grapes reaching America in the height
of the season, from October l to De-
cember Is.
Fully three-fourths Of the grapes con-
sumed in America are produced on the
hillsides and in the valleys of this state
and California grape growers and ship
pers should not lose a moments time
in memoralizing congress and bringing
every legitimate influence to bear upon
our representatives in that body to
undo this unwarranted wrong which
pieces California grape growers at q
disadvantage of over SIT ton by the
removal of this foreign tariff.
A dispatch from Sacramento states
that protesting resolutions were intro
duced in the assembly and in the SEN
ate of our state legislature, by which
congress will be memorialiZed in the
interests of California growers. Let
boards of trade and fruit growers as
sociatiOns throughout the state add
their voices in such loud and strenuous
Grafton of the ill-considered action of a
body which lends too attentive an ear
to the whispered wishes of the favored
citizens Of Manhattan. we feel certain
the delegation from this state will leave
nothing undone in the house to con-
vince their associates of the injustice
of this legislation
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-26
GIRL LEARNS GREAT
LESSON AT THE THEATER

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25.-[Editor
Herald: While it is true that there
are plays which should not be allowed
on the stage, because they have a de-
moralizing influence, it is also true
that vast number Of plays express
the highest moral sentiment. No one
can dispute that a great many of our
books are written with lofty moral
purpose and teach high views Of life.
How can any one object to a dramatic
alton of those books? Most such books
have been dramatized, and are the
most popular plays produced-such as
The Christian" ben Hur' and a
number of the novels by Dickens and
others. Besides there are many fine
plays written with the purpose of
showing some important truth bearing
on social questions, such as "The Ser
want in the House, What minister
could find anything demoraIizing in
'Everyman" and "The Holy City?
The writer of this letter was converted
to Christianity by learning what Chris
t1anity really was, s,BthrOugh represen-
tation on the stage. Before that she
knew nothing of Christianity, though
her ecclesiastical education had not
been neglected. A YOUNG GIRL.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-26
CONSOLIDATION

J" HEN the men who ought to be
wv the most ardent and loyal sup
porters of a plan or movement
treat it with Indifference, neglect or
opposition, it is natural that curiosity
should be aroused by their extraordin-
ary and unnatural attitude. One would
think the members of the Los Angeles
delegation to the legislature would be
as one man in guarding the interests of
the city when a matter of such vital
moment as the consolidation measure
came UP. One would have expected to
find the delegation a unit for Los An
geles, keenly watchful of every turn Of
events, and always ready to protect the
community and the constituency they
are supposed to represent.
But while consolidation has been run
ming its obstacle race, and persistently
pressing forward toward the goal, it
has been obvious that many members
Of the Los Angeles delegation are cold
and apparently Indifferent to the big
gest home proposition that has been
presented to the legislature this ses-
sion. The interests of Los Angeles
have been guarded, not by the men
who are selected and paid to- guard
them, but by volunteer citizens, who
have expended time, money, energy and
ability on their task. One of The Her.
AIDS special correspondents at Sacra-
mento has pointed out that the delega-
tion is listening to the voice of the ma
chine and not to the voice of the peo-
pie. The bill as originally drawn could
have passed both houses easily, if the
representatives and public servants Of
Los Angeles had done their duty. On
the very day on which our singularly
maladroit mayor blundered in with his
asinine and foolish compromise sug-
gestion, Stanton admitted he had as vet
done nothing to help consolidation, but
could EASILY put it through the as
sembly and get enough votes to carry
it SAFELY through the senate. If
Stanton had exerted himself in the
senate as he did in the assembly the
bill most undoubtedly would have been
in the hands Of the governor for sig
nature NOW.
The r-Savage-railroad corpora
ton conspiracy to defeat or spoil the
bill found in Mayor Harper a willing
tool. This pliable political weakling,
fiurried and worried by the din of the
recall storm, hurried to Sacramento on
the invitation of certain smooth schem-
ers who told him he would make po-
litical capital for himself, would save
himself, would restore himself to the
good graces Of the community, if he
would interpose his official voice
in aid, countenance and support
of the falsehood that Los An
geles would be content with half a
loaf rather than run the risk of getting
no consolidation bread. Whole loaf or
none is the motto of the overwhelming
majority of the people of this city, and
they will get the whole loaf, for that's
the Los Angeles way.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-26
FACTS VS.. FICTION

m HOSE who are acquainted with
facts and conditions in the fight
A for the mayoralty were amused
by the statement published in the Re
publican paper yesterday morning that
"Alexanders nomination fell fiat and
his candidacy is growing weaker every
day" Of course the Republican paper
would like to believe the war veteran
does not "size up to the job" Its
earnest desire is father to It's expressed
opinion that the defender Of the Union
is not a strong candidate. AS a mat
ter of fact, any one with an analytical
mind sees the Republican paper is be-
ing worried beyond measure by the
strength Of the veteran. It would like
to believe his nomination fell fiat. 1t
would like to believe his candidacy is
growing weaker every day. 1t would
like to believe he does not size up to
the job. But the facts are, his nomi-
nation has aroused much enthusiasm.
His candidacy is growing stronger
every day. He "sizes up to the job"
so we'll that his competitor is dwarfed
by him.
Mr.. Alexander's record shows he is
vigilant, efficient public official of
sterling integrity, of unshakable hon
esty, with the same stern sense Of duty
which led a handful of his covenant an
cestors to defy the ecclesiastical and po-
liticaI power of the two strongest king
doms in Europe, AND WIN. When the
morning Republican paper attempts to
belittle or besmirch the peoples candi-
date for mayor, it is laboring under
great disadvantage. 1t does not know
it's man. 1t paints George Alexander
as it fain would have him, but not as
his friends and a majority of citizens
know he is. The Alexander of the Re
publican morning paper would indeed
be a curious and spineless creature.
Not only is he nonexistent, but he
is an impossibility. The country in
which Mr. Alexander's forefathers
dwelt is not noted for spinelessness,
and the suggestion that Mr.. Alexander's
residence in California has been the
means of changing his inherited char
acter and his inherited attributes is an
insult to California.
Mr.. Alexander, of course, does not
suit the S. P. set. To the machine he
is anathema maranatha. Those who
practice politics for politics sake and
encourage vice for the sake of politics
heartily fear him and detest him.
Now, spineless men are not feared and
detested! Mr. Alexander's opponents
talk in one way and act in another.
They are endeavcring to keep their
courage up by calling names. Their
peculiar method of campaigning is
winning many votes for the citizens
candidate for mayor. Beyond reason
able doubt, George Alexander will be
elected, and to this end, remembering
that eternal vigilance and activity are
the price of success, all the friends of
good government, prosperity and
progress in Los Angeles should WORK.