The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-18

Wiegand. old-timer and prospector, was
thrown from a runaway lumber wagon
THIS morning, sustaining injuries which
caused his death an hour afterward, one
RIB which was broken penetrating the
lungs.
HELENA, Mont, April 17,-At it's
meeting today, the board of trustees OF
the state historical and miscellaneous
library selected w. Y. Pembcrtou of
Helena, former supreme court chief JUS.
tlce, as Librarian, to succeed w, ;. Bell.
The appointment takes effect on June D.
Los ANGELES, Cal, April l7.--No
session of the special grand jury was
held today, adjournment having been
taken until next Monday it is expect
cd that the work of the inquisitorial
indictments may be returned shortly
after reconvcning.
CHICAGO, April l7.-Because he
failed to observe a rule of barroom
etiquette, Herbert r. Milk occupies a
cell in a police station. He drank his
liquor before w. j. Groth, a saloonkcep-
his own drink, and fight cnsued in
which the host. it is alleged, was
stabbed several times by Milk.
WASHINGTON April 17.-Attorncy-
General Wickersham has given an opln-
ion to the secretary of war to the effect
that the war department is powerless
under the law to prohibit the proposed
construction Of a pipe line into the
Pacific ocean at Santa Barbara, Cal,
unless the proposed construction is an
obstruction to the navigation Of the
harbor.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April IL
President Sherman, in behalf of the
United Mine Workers. has wired Presi-
dent Stockett of tho mine operators
that the only terms acceptable to the
union are those made with the Crow s
Nest Pass Coal company, which means
90 per cent advance in wages and
closed shops in all western Canadian
mines.
DENVER, April l7.-Mrs Allen Y.
Read, held to the criminal court on the
charge of having attempted to cxtort
money from Mrs. Genevievc Philips by
threats of dynamite, may be brought
into court by forciblc means. Mira
Read has displayed n rcticence about
appearing in court, and Judge Bliss
has set next Tuesday as the date for
the hearing.
MERCER, Pa. April 17.-Former
Judge s. II. Miller today formally
waived hearing in the case of Mrs.
James II. Boyle on a charge of being
implicated in the abduction of Willie
Whitla. The indictment Of Boyle and
his wife has been prepared and is ready
for the action of the grand jury next
week, No decision has been reached
as vet as to whether the cases will be
presented separately or jointly.
HELENA, Mont, April l7.-Fedcral
Judge Hunt today announced that on
April q he would go to San Francisco,
where for six weeks he Will sit on the
appellate bench of the appeals division.
He will go by way of Portland and
close up what are known as the land
fraud cases. The court annointed Cor
nclius Hedges and \. Z. Walters receiv-
ers of the Bald Butte Mining company,
against which proceedings had been in
stituted by Massachusetts creditors.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Immedi,
ately after the suspension Of the Union
National bank of Oakland, Cal, few
days ago, Comptroller OF the Currency
Murray ordered the suspension of Bank
Examiner Charles G. Reed, pending an
investigation TO determine whether the
bank was insolvent during the time Mr..
Reed had examined il and reported il
solvent. A full investigation of the con
dition of the bank for some time past
will be made by the comptroller.
NEW YORK, April l7,-Disordcr oc-
Cured here today in connection with
the strike which members of the Inter
national Association of 1eamsters have
instituted against certain trucking
firms, the men demanding higher wages
and recognition of the organization. An
attack was made at Gouverneur slip
on "A wagon belonging TO Jackson Bros,
but the attacking party was frightened
off by two revolver shots fired in the
air by Il policeman.
NEW YORK, April l7.-Charged
with having paid money to an officer of
the United States navy in an attempt
10 obtain a favorable report on an in
vcntion, Albert +. Shore of TINS city
was arrested today and held in $2500
bail for examination. Shore was indict
cd on the stimonv of Lieut. Emory
S. Land, who alleged that on Juno 30,
1898, he had been paid S25 by Shore
TO influence a recommendation for the
adoption of Shore S invention, an in
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