The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-24
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NEW YORK. Nov. 23.-Mr. and Mrs.
Henry w. Taft tonight announced the
cngagemcnt OF their daughter. Miss Lou
lsc W. TAFT, To George III. Snowden of
Seattle. Miss Taft Is niece OF the
president. Mr.. Snowden sraduted from
Yale in 1907 and is now engaged in the
lumber business In Seattle The wedding
| VIII take place in this city In the Christ
mas holidays. President Taft Will at
| tend
TURNER. Nc. Nov 23-Solon Chase.
celebrated hsure In the days of tho
greeneac< agitation thirty years ago. died
sevon years old. At the height ot the
Srrcpback campaign. Chase stumped the
country rs far as tho middle west. div
inE pair Of steers hilched TO n hayrack,
| from the rcar-cnd of which he delivered
hls speeches lie WAS publisher OF
Chase's Chronicle. grcenbaok organ.
| RICHMOND. Ky, Nov. 23.-Oscar Os-
born and his wife arc in hospital. ia
| tally wounded. as a result of shots fred
sg %oSSsS 0SSGR R, 1Snsh ana Whsn he 1a1Iy
| Robert Hendick, boon companion OF Os
| born. learning OF the probable double
! tragedy; committed suicide by stabhine
The OsbornS. who arc wealthy had been
separated for abou, two months.
WASHINGTON. Nov 23.-Announce-
mont was made today that the public
sale OF town lots in the Parker, Ariz.,
town site. tentatively fixed fov December
II. bad been postponed The lan1 off
cials st Phoenix will notify those claim
ing a preference right To make entries Of
lots at the appraised price that they will
be given until December 80 within which
time to submit their proofs.
WASHINGTON. Nov 22.-Thc interior
department has withdraw from disposi-
lion. as containing water power possi
billtlcs: about 960i acres OF land along
the smith river, Montana. This tract will
he held IN reserve pending action by con-
sress, which Is expected 10 enact lcgis-
laton governing the disposal of power
sites on the public domain. portion OF
the lands Withdrawn arc unsurveycd.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2s.-What is
declared 10 he another instance OF the
worEinSs OF a conspiracy 10 smusslc
Chinese into the United States along the
gulf coast was frustrated by the arrest
Of five (Jhinamen here today A sixth
Chinamau escaped The ChiEamen are
said to have come from Beaumont Tex.
following what is believed TO have been
their Illegal landing al some point on the
Texas coast
CLEVELAND. O., Nov. 2S.-Chinese
that probably no more arrests would be
made here In connection with the Chi
nose smuggling plot at st. Louis Jung
mere yesterday and bound over to the
federal grand jury on information fur
nished by Inspector James II. Dunn OF
st. Louis
WAsHINGToN. Nooyo 2@.-sixteen
tion given for, ''red liquor" in Oklahoma.
department In Oklahoma the sale OF In
toXicating liquors is prohibited by law
and much liquor consumed in that state
is shipped from adjoining states. Cen
orally. 1t is ordered and paid for by mail.
COUNCIL BLUFFS. la. Nov 2G.-
Judge Smith Mcpherson Of the United
der postponing until March the trial
OF J. c. Maybray and others indicted on
charges Of using the mails TO promote
fake racing schemes and other alleged
swndling devices.
Ell PASO. Tex. Nov. 23.-The customs
authorities here seized 400 cans OF SNUG
gled opium. valued at $1,000, today, No
more than $40 OOo worth OF smuggled
opium has been seized here and at San
Antonio and other Texas points.
WEBSTER CITY. Ia. Nov. 2S.-F. A.
Wadwards. president OF the Webster CITY
Savings bank, is dead as result of the |
accidental discharge OF revolver at his |
bank this morning. He WAS busting off
firearm. discharglng it.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y. Nov % George |
w. Rose. who carly In his career was
connected with the railroads |
OF the west and later was president and |
general manager OF tho Buffalo. Hochcs-
ter e Pittsburg Railway company. died |
here today, aged O..
OLYMPIA. Wash. Nov. 28-The state |
supreme court ordered today that former
General Ortls Hamilton, who
is accused OF forgery and having obtained
money under false pretcnses. he admitted
TO bail In the sum OF S2O. 600
LYNCHRURG. Va. Nov. 22.-Jamcs r
Scott and his l2-ycar"old son were smoth-
cred TO death today under a wagon load
of leaf tobacco. Scott and the boy were
driving TO the city TO deliver the tobacco
when the wagon overturned.
DENVER. Colo. Nov. GA local un-
on cannot he coerced into afiiatng with
/ central building trades council, accord
ng to n decision handed down today by
Judge III. f Riddle in the district court
CLEVELAND. O.. Nov. 23.-The coun-
y grand jury today indicted five brokers
accusing each of conducting a bucket
shop. Eight have been indicted since
lac crusade began last week.
DENVER, Nov. "a commission form
II government for Denver is the object
)f the movement maugUrated tonight
~ the Denver Chamber OF Commerce,
DENVER. Nov, 23.-Thc railway ticket
protective bureau today made report
officially announcing that Denver had
ina!ly been rid OF ticket scalpers."
PlTTsBURG. Nov, 23.,-John Caldwell
rcasurer OF the Wcstinghouse Air Brake
ompany died In his office today OF heart
iscasc.
COLLEGE, FOR HIGHER Il