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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
BROWNING THE VICTIM.
Police Believe Carmichael Is Alive
and in Canada.

st. Clair, Mich, Jan. REV. J. r.
Carmichael, the Methodist preacher of
Adair, Mich, who last night was
thought to be the victim whose dismen-
bered and burned body was found in
the stove of his church near Columbus.
Mich, is tonight thought to be alive.
The authorities of st. Clair county.
looking upon the minister as a fugitive
instead Of a murderer's victim, have
sent descriptions OF him to the police
Of number of Canadian cities in the
hope that stranger who crossed the St
Clair river today from st. Clair, Mich,
to COPYRIGHT, Ont, may prove to be the
missing clergyman, and may be located
and returned to Michigan to clear up
the church mystery.
Indications tonight point 10 Gideon
Browning Of AdaiT as the victim who
lost his life in the church.
Mrs. Carmichael today declared she
identified the torn clothing found in the
church as that worn by her husband.
She has not been told the latest turn in
the investigation.
Frank Smith Of Ada!r, at whose home
Gideon Browning the missing carpen-
ter boarded has been arrested IN con
nection with the case
When my husband left home on
Tuesday" said Mrs. Carmichael. 7
fixed his suit case for him. placing in it
his hymn books and clothing. He told
me that he would be home as usual
and for me to go to the ladies' d
meeting on Wednesday afternoon. That
Is the last have seen or heard of
him"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
LEFT FAMILIES
ALIVE AND WELL
News of the Earthquake Brok-
en- to SiCiIianS When They
Arrived at New York.
PITIFUL SCENE IS ENACTED
IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL cERE-
MONIES AT MESsINA.

New York, Jan. -Four hundred ST.
Gillian Storage passengers on the
steamer GermaHia, which arrived to-
day from Naples, were stricken with
grief when they learned for the frst
time of the disaster in Messina.
n reporter told them, through an in
teFpreter the news when the versef
reached the dock.
AT hrst they were inclined to be in
creduious and seemed not to realize
mat any Of them were concerned. until
one Of the passengers from Nesgina
asked whether the earthouske had
damaged that city.
Messina is wiped out" was the re-
ply. ''i7 rs
My whole family is there" sbrielsed
tne passenger. MY poor wife and
children; they are all dead.
The Sicilian threw himself OH sthe
deck, and though his fellow passengers
crowded around and endeavored To
comfort him. he continued to wall
Others thrOnged about the INTERPRETER
ana questioned him frantical1y about
me dlsaster, and at each new detail
those coming from the earthquake re-
eloh Wept and wTUng their hands or
ran shrleklng about the deck So dis
tTessing did the scene become that the
captain ordered the Interpreter ia dis
continue his tale until the Sicilians had
left the ship
Many Of the passengers. declared that
they would return to Sicily at once
but were dissuaded when they were in
formed that the dead would be buried
iong before they could reach their
homes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
BANK DEPOSIT
GUARANTY ACT
Message of Governor of Ne
braSka to the Legislature
Parting Words of Sheldon.

Lincoln. Neb., Jan. AT the Joint
session of the house and senate Ashton
c. Shallenberger. Democrat, was today
inaugurated governor Of Nebraska. In his
message Governor Shanenberger urged the
passage of a bank deposit guaranty act.
advised strict economy and asked for sew
eral amendments to the primary law.
After calling attention to the increase
in insane patients and -convicts Governor
Sheldon, the retiring executive, in his
message asserted that society was iusti-
fled in adopting laws for protection. He
said;
I'm order TO prevent the confirmed GRIM
inal and the incUrable insane from pro-
ducing offspring. 1 suggest that YOU give
careful consideration to the necessity of
passing law. providing for the steriliza-
ton Of that class Of people"
Governor Sheldon also asserted that the
time had come for rigid county option
law.
Governor Shallenberger in his message
declares that he believes that no new or
radical legislation is needed at the pres
ent time, but that energy should be di-
rected toward amending. improving or
correcting the existing laws
He admits that the banking laws Of Ne
braSka must be improved and that it is
a reflection upon the American civiliza-
ton and business methods to longer fail
to provide an insurance guaranty fund
and banking law, which viii make every
dollar deposited in a Nebraska bank alb
solutely sure of being returned to its law
ful owner when it shall be demanded.
Governor Shallenberger recommends the
appointment of a nOn-partisan banking
board to be composed Of three members
which board should have control Of the
issuance of bank charters and the general
administration of the banking laws The
guaranty fund. the governor says should
aggregate 1 per cent Of the total deposits
and it is suggested that the banking board
fix the rate Of interest to be paid de-
positors
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
SPECIAL COMMITTEES REPORT ON
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE DUE TODAY
House viii Be Urged to Table Offensive Communication of
RooSevet-Bg Fight About to Start.

committee viii say that the language
itself viii be judged according to the
accepted Interpretation of the English
language.
That the house is charged only with
its responsibility to the people and to
preserve it's own dignity will be as
serted with great force. and if the re-
port is adopted the house viii insist
upon its own capacity to understand
the import of the presidents language.
Had No Basis in Fact.
1t will be asserted that the language
in question was unjustified and with
out basis of fact, and that it CONSTITUTE
ed a breach of the privileges of tie
house. For that reason the special
committee will ask to be discharged
from further consideration of that por-
ton of the presidents message which
refers to the secret service, and win
recommend that it, together with the
subsequent message of the president in
reply to the house demand for an ex-
PLANTATION. be laid on the table as being
unresponsive and constituting an inva-
sion of the privileges of the house by
questioning the motives and intelli-
gence of members
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
YELLOW DOG" NECESSARY
Witness in Powder Trust Hearing
Repeats Instructions of 7.
|. Coleman Dupont.

Wilmington, Del, Jan. THE hearing
in the suit of the United States govern
ment against the alleged powder trust,
was resumed here today.
E. J. Waddell, an employee Of the En-
poria Powder company of Pennsylvania,
and former employe Of the Dupont COM
pany, testified that upon one occasion he
had a long talk with T. Coleman Dupont
regarding methods of securing trade and
Mr.. Dupont told him that in getting
trade it might be necessary to have a
yellow dog meaning, witness supposed.
that special inducement might have to be
offered.
At the afternoon session Alfred L Du-
pont. vice president Of the Dupont com
pany, in answer to a question. named
about twenty powder concerns that had
been dissolved and taken over by the Du-
pont company.
William Coyne. head OF the sales depart
ment of the Dupont company, said that
for the years 1855, 1906. 1907 the company's
proportion Of the trade OF this country
was as follows:
Dynamite, %, q and Y per cent: blast
ing powder, g., s. and 81 per cent; sport
ing powder. 1867, s. to 20 per cent; smoke
less powder. 1907, % per cent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08

Washington, Jan. THE Perkins
committee will recommend tomorrow
that President Rooseveit's secret SER
vice message of Jan. be laid on the
table. A similar request will be made
for the tabling of that portion of the
presidents annual message relating to
the secret service. on the ground that
it reflects upon the integrity Of the
house
The extreme course advised by the
committee. that of declining to con-
slider any communication from any
source which, in the judgment of the
house. is not respectful, is likely to
create a sensati The report of the
committee viii include the paragraph
Of the message which refers to the Sc
cret service and suggests that the rea-
son congress restricted its use was be-
cause members of the congress them
selves did not wish to be investigated
Able to Understand English.
This will be followed by an excerpt
from the message of Jan f. After set
ting forth the presidents statement
that the houE had failed to understand
his meaning the report Of the special
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
ATTEMP TING TO
SOLVE MYSTERY
Michigan Officers Believe Car
michael Alive and Burned
Body That of Browning.
QUESTION FOR EXPERTS
ASHES AND BONES TO BE EXAM
INED UNDER MICROSCOPE.

Detroit, Mich, Jan. REV. J. r. Car
michael and Gideon Browning, a car
penteT, are tonight missing from their
homes in Adair, St. Clair county, and
the ashes and human bones taken from
the heating stove of the Methodist
church near Columbus yesterday have
been removed TO Port Huron for micro
scOpic examination.
These are the developments up to
date in the Carmichael murder mys-
terry. To determine whether either Of
the missing men was the victim Of the
murder has been a battling problem
Doubt has been expressed as to whether
II could be stated positively whether
the dismembeTed body was that of a
man or woman, SO fragmentary are
the parts that remain for the doctors TO
work upon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
FLED TO LONDON
To ESCAPE JAIL
Count" Louis Hamon Got Out
of Paris and Is Safe.
From Extraditi0n.

Paris, Jan. IA warrant charging en-
bezzlement was issued in this city today
for the arrest Of Count Louis HamOn,
formerly known in America and Europe
as "Cheiro. the palmist," who went to
London yesterday following the allegation
that ne defrauded two American women
out OF valuable stocks It is pointed out.
however. that if HamOn is a British sub
iect he cannot be brought here from Lon
don as Great Britain does not permit the
extradition of her citizens.
London, Jan. Count Louis Hamon.
who left Paris yesterday after being
charged BY Mrs. Julia p. Newell and Miss
Josephine Pomeroy of New York with de-
frauding them Of stocks said to be worth
900 600 was located in London today. Mrs
Newell and Miss Pomeroy appealed to MIN
a year ago. according to his story, to eX-
triCate them from d stock market deal IN
New York in which they were heavy los
ers He succeeded in saving a part of
their fortune and rendered them regular
accounts.
Last November he says he called upon
the two women TO redeem their stock, CIV
ing them plenty OF notice As they did
not comply. the stock was sold. leaving,
according to Count Hamon, Ss,VS que
them He says he is ready to pay the
women whatever an expert appointed by
& French court finds to be due them
Under the French law a foreigner can
be held in the country until charges
against him are settled. Count Hamon
declared he csrse to London on business.
He denied his inability to meet the
charges. asserting that had his transac-
tons taken place in London or New York
il would have been settled without trou-
bic, but arising in Paris, it would cause
him great inconvenience
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
AN ENORMOUS GRAVE.
Thirteen Hundred Bodies Buried in
One Hole at Messina,

Messina, Jan. IA most impressive
iuheral ceremony was witnessed near
mere today when Archbishop Barrigo
made his way through the ruins of the
city TO the cemetery at Mare Crosse
ana blessed grave 100 feet wide and
thirty feet deep, containing !. 800 bodies
Inc dead were piled one on top of the
otaer and the bodies covered with
quiekline. The preiate was followed
10 the cemetery BY a large catherine
OF survivors. whose lamentations rn..,-
gled with the Latin words Of the SER
vice.
subsequently the archbishop walked
through the ruins and blessed the mill
tary hospital, the military college. the
barracks and the archbishop's house
considering these wrecked edifices a.
50 many cemeteries. Under them We're
the corpses Of soldiers students no
hcemen and monks All the vafuabIes
found among the ruins are being taken
on board the steamer Duca di Genoa
IN the bay. Yesterday currency to the
amount Of 100000 including the con-
tents Of the safe Of the Sicflian-Amer-
lean bank, was transferred to this yes
sci.
A banker named Mauromati. who
was one Of the richest residents. lost
everything. Yesterday he went 10 the
authorities, barefoOted and half
clothed, and asked fer a pair Of shoes
and an Overcoat.
With the exception of Saint Andrea
Aveliino, all the churches in AIessina
have been destroyed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
THREW ENGINE
INTO THE BAY
DaStardIy Work of Train
WreCkerS Results in
Death and Injury.

Bellingham, Wash, Jan. Wrecked By
fiends who threw the switch open. locked
it and put out the lantern so the engi-
neer could not see the peril, Great North
ern train No. 272, nOrthbound, left the
trestIe just south Of Bellinsham yards
at Commercial Point at o'clock tonight.
The engine was almost completely sub
merged in the bay the mail car and bag
gage car were smashed to bits and the
smoker was deTailed.
One person was killed and two were
injured.
The Dead.
Fireman Edward Stuart OF Seattle.
The Injured.
Engineer Jack Bailey; both legs crushed.
amputation necessary.
Mail Clerk George l. Rhodes Of Seattle.
right shoulder dislocated-
The fireman's body sank with the en-
CINE and has not been recovered. The
engineer went under. but came to the
surface, struck out for a pile and chung
there until rescued b. a rowboat
The passengers, CT whom there were
seventy-five. were badly shaken, but none
was injured
The local police and railroad detectives
unite in declaring the wreck to have
been deliberately planned. How the switch
key came into the possession of anybody
but the employees is a mystery.
No arrests have been made
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
MORE MONEY FOR PRESIDENT

Washington ana
judicial bill
committee finance president
100000
nuay appropriated for the presidents travelling
the vice president
propriatons which, if
frst
salary be
acted favOTabiy without a
100000 and
this bill formed the basis of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
RIDING TEST EXPENSIVE

Washington SHARP
heard OF
p1oshed in the testimony before the
lFat.on -' " " - - ' ~Ff
mileage
president This
n to
Allen
S-lysr, Virginia
mat $4,000
be akena
hcersar
o. aiouhu IAN eiVuii s"seeS'0 'aS
id- O 10 the
officers
to
Ayer side Of
| tayedo on his
This of
r lo0
| nuev anu -" ~
OF
Illinois
~a what the president
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
FRENCH. GETS ACTION.
(sneclal to The Herald.

Washington, Jan. Representative
French today secured passage through the
house of his bill authorizing the sale of
isolated tracts on the Nez Perez Indian
reservation: also his bill authorizing the
sale of $40 acres of public land in Occur
d. Alene Indian reservation to the UniveS-
sity of Idaho for biological survey uses,
and four sections to the northern Idaho
insane asylum.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
BIG STOCK INCREASE.

New York, Jan. THE stockholders of
the American Telephone and Telegraph
company at meeting today authorized
an increase in the capital stock Of the
company from S250000.O0 to S300,O00.O00.
The purpose Of this new issue is to care
for S50.000C0 convertible bonds of the COM
many recently sold
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
RuTTE MINING sUIT.

Butte. Mont Jan lin the district
court in Boston. Mass. the East Butte
Mining company has brought suit against
Frank NJ Sullivan of Butte. its president
and Patrick Wall of Butte and James A
Talbot. as directors. to recover sums ag-
gregating s23,1o0. alleged to have been IL
legally expended II is stated that the
litigation may result in reorganization Of
the company
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
soUAW PUT TO DEATH.

Reno, Jan. lin accordance with tribal
law, which makes infidelity punishable by
death. Charles Keyser, an Indian, shot
and killed his squaw here yesterday. she
had been out all night drinking and con-
sorting with other Indians. He was cap
tured by a sheriffrs posse after a two
hours chase He Is son of Dat-So-La-
.ee the noted Nevada Indian basket
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
sUIT DISMISSED.

Baltimore. Jan. THE divorce suit
brought by DR.. Pierce 3. Wilson, IT,.
against his wife. naming former United
States Senator George L. Wellington as
correspondent, was dismissed today in the
Baltimore circuit court
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
DELAYED BY sNowsLIDEs.

Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 7.-OverIand
trains on the line of the Southern Pacific
are being delayed by snowslides in the
Sierras. A severe slide at Eli Ter, near the
summit is reported, section Of the snow
sheds being destroyed Westbound trains
are posted as late as from three to four
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
SMALL BANK CLOSED.

Brainard, Mimi, Jan. THE Security
State bank OF this city closed its doors to-
day. 1t was opened on Aug. 1, 1907, and
had q capital stock of $4,000. Its presi-
dent says every depositor viii be paid dol
lar for dollar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
PERKINS NAMED.

T. Sacramento. Cal. Jan George =
= c Perkins was selected late tonight \
= by the Republican joint caucus as its y
y candidate for United States senator \
= to succeed himself.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
EIGHT NIGHT
RIDERS GUILTY
Six Convicted of Murder in the
First Degree and Two
in the Second.
DEATH PENALTY PROBABLE
STATE MILITIA IN EVIDENCE
WHEN JURY REPORTED.

Union City, Tenn, Jan. with q
riders trials reported at s:45 p. m. to-
night. Garrett johnson. It'd Burton
Bob Ransom, Fred Pinion. Arthur
Cic7r and Sam Applewhite were con-
victed of murder in the first degree
with mitigating circumstances. and
Bud" Morris and Bob" Huffman
the other defendants. were found
guilty of murder i'll the second degree
Their punishment was fixed at twenty
years in the penitentiary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
Death Penalty Probable.

The punishment of the six first
named defendants was left to the
court and may be death or life impris-
Onment, and the court has indicated an
intention TO pronounce the death PEN
atty. The defense made a motion for
a new trial. which was set for hearing
Saturday, and which will be overruled.
Sentences Will then be imposed.
The jury was out since , p m, but
because of the illness of Juror RossOn
had not been able to consult until d.
m. There was a difference of opinion
among the jurors as to the degree of
guilt in defendants. but an agreement
was reached quickly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
Will Co Higher.

Attorney Pierce turned to them
when it was announced and said:
We will tear this case to pieces Su
the supreme court.
Bob Huffman. one of the men to es-
cape with twenty years, is the one
who, according to the confession of
Frank Fehringer, fired the shot which
killed Captain Ranken as he was being
drawn up by the rope.
When the Jury was in readiness to
report. the military quietly surround
ed the house but there was no demon
stration. The prisoners were quickly
handcuffed and under military escort
taken to prison.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
Juror Carried in Bed.

The court was convened at s y. m.
At S;45 the bailiff called for the report.
Juror RossOn was in a state of cnl-
lapse. 1t was half an hour before Res
son was revived. The jury filed in and
six deputies were summoned II carry
in the bed upon which the sick juror
reclined. The foreman announced the
verdict, the defense called for a poll,
which was made, and the judge dis
missed the jurors. Rosson's condition
is such that it was deemed advisable
not to move him tonight. The defend
ants received the verdict calmly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
Macaroni in Demand.

Bayard Cutting, jr., Winthrop Chan
Ter and Stuart x. Ll&Jt0u. consular
representatives, are making every e.
fort 70 trace Americans supposed TO
have been in the earthquake zone at
the time Of the disaster, but so far
without success. The authorities have
determined to isolate Messina as the
only means Of preventing an outbreak
II serious illness. The relief parties
complain that the starving refugees re-
quire the most nutritious food and
want only macarOni- The work of the
soldiers IN Messina today consists
principally in gathering up dead bodies
and burying them I'm arches between
layers o. quick lime. Out Of respect
TO the prevailing religious feeling Il
was determined not 10 burn the dead
The work Of relief is ROW well under
way in NessinG. but the smaller towns
Continued on Page 2.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08
SHOCKS CONTINUE.
Fire Has Also Broken Out Afresh In
Ruins Of Messina.

Messina, Jan 7.-Earthquake shocks
are still continuing here at the rate Of
about ten per hour. Fire also has again
broken out, completing the destruction
Of the city hail and the records stored
therein.
A party Of men under the direction OF
Major lands, the American military
sttache at Rome, has been working for
TOUR days to extricate the bodies Of A.
5. Cheney and wife from the ruins Of
the American consulate The apart
ment .of the Cheneys has not yet been
uncovered and many feet Of wreckage
still rema.n 20 be rennned
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08

The man that trusts to his cum
ming for success is next door TO
thief.--Mahin Messenger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-08

,u+ine it in your ad space does
me il advertising. To be an
Ig 9't.s-rfisement it must name the
as as price them and make the
49, want them.-Brains.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-20

year ending Aug. 81. 1909, OF s2.729. 100
as compared with s2.6sS,O3s for the
preceding year. It's net profits over
ana above all operating expenses and
construction requirements were Ss4.-
Ss7. or $4,5O4 less than for the previous
year The company sold during the
year l755S.213 pounds of fine copper.
l'744.955 ounces of gold and s71155s
ounces of silver.
president Amster reports excellent
progress was made during the year.
poth In the matter OF production and
the development OF new ore bodies.
Inc total output OF the property was
So"z' tons of ore, or 25.S22 tons more
than IN the previous year. and the
largest output in the history of the
company The mines at the close of
the year were i'm the best possible phy-
sical condition. with more ore in sight
ana of better grade than ever before.
Material reductions in expenses were
made during the year. the cost OF the
power alone being cut $45, 900. and still
greater economies will, IL is expected.
DE secured during the year to come.