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Evening star., 1909-03-14
FIVE BOSTON MEN INDICTED.
Alleged Conspiracy to Defraud Cit,
Through Land Purchases.

BOSTON. March 13.-Several secret in
dictments brought by the Suffolk county
grand jury in connection with an alleged
conspiracy to defraud the city of Boston
through land purchases were made known
today when five men were arraigned
before Judge SchofieId in the superior
court. They were former Aldermen Will
liam Berwin and Samuel Kelly and Ber-
wins brother, Marks Berwin, indicted for
larceny and conspiracy, and Owen Kaine
an attorney. and Oliver Gragg a rea1
estate agent. indicted for larceny and
conspiracy and accepting gratuities.
All pleaded not guilty and furnished
hail
Evening star., 1909-03-14
TO SERVE INDEFINITE TERM.
Young Filipino Sentenced for False
Pretenses in Boston.

BOSTON. March 13-Raphael Binayage.
the young Filipino charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses by display
ing letters from former President Roose-
welt and Cardinal Gibbons. was today
sentenced to serve an indefinite term
In the Concord reformatory.
The letters shown were genuine, but
were answers to notes which he had
written to President Roosevelt and Car
d1nal Gibbons about personal matters.
Evening star., 1909-03-14
Possum Club to Invite Taft.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
CARMEL, Ind, March 13.-The annual
banquet of the POssum Club of this place
will be given in the near future, at which
time invitation will be extended to
President Taft to become a member Of the
club. The invitation will be signed by all
the members of the club and will be for
warded by DIR. K. c. Hershey. president
The favors at the banquet will be small
.'billy pOSSums.
Evening star., 1909-03-14
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK, March 13.-The demand
for cotton goods was very small with
primary houses during the day, but job
bers did very active trade. The de
mand for linen for the next fall season
continues unabated, and some lines are
being shown for spring Of 1910. Burlaps
were in better demand throughout the
week A good amount of spot goods are
being sold at last weeks prices.
Evening star., 1909-03-14
FATHERS DRAMATIC SUICIDE.
Sick Wife Struggled to Wrest Bot
tie of Poison From Him.

IIe Oh POISON From Him.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. March 13.-Leav-
ing a note stating II said / would end
my life in an hour If 1 contracted CON
sumption and am going to do So" John
Murphy, aged twenty-one years, commit
ted suicide at his home here today by
swallowing carbolic acid
His wife. who is in the last stages Of
tuberculosis. struggled with Murphy to
wrest the bottle containing the poison
from him. but was not successful The
widow is left with an infant three months
old.
Evening star., 1909-03-14
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

NEW YORK. March 13-Imports OF
merchandise and dry goods at the port
Of New York for the week ending March
q were valued at SIS. 1871
Imports Of specie for the port of New
York for the week ending today were
$50 or silver and $6OS.2S3 gold. Exports
.of snecie from the port of New York for
the week ending today were $s29,493 Sill
yer and So SOB go gold.
Evening star., 1909-03-14
NEW YORK LIVE STOCK.

NEW YORK, March 13.-Beeves-Re-
GENTS. 1.CJl. Nothing doing in live cat
tie: feeling weak. Dressed beef slow at
&c to 1Oc. Exports, 4.Ol3 quarters OF beer
Cafves-Receipts. 137. Holding firm;
dressed calves slow and weak: city
dressed, Size to 13Lac. A few at 14c
Country dressed, Sc to 12c.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts, 2sol2, feel
ing steady. but no sales.
Hogs-Receipts. 3,26S; feeling firm tor
hogs; pigs easy.
Evening star., 1909-03-14
NEW YORK METALS.

NEW YORK, March 13.-The metal
markets were quiet and practically nomi-
nal in the absence of cables. Tin was
unchanged at IS. .SOa29.O0. Copper was
weak, with lake quoted at 12.75a12. 81 1a
electrolytic at 1237La12JO. and casting
at 122oa1237E
Lead remained steady at 39oa4.UU, and
speter at 4.75a4.Ti1.
Iron was unsettled, with No. foundry
northern quoted at 16.25a Is 40; No. >.
15.75a162J: No. l southern and No. l
southern soft 16.0Oa 1850
Evening star., 1909-03-14
LONDON WOOL MARKET.

LONDON, March 13.-There we're 13.OO5
bales. principally crossbreeds. offered at
the wool auction sales today. Competi-
ton was brisk and firm prices prevailed
Most of the offerings were taken by the
home trade. but Americans secured some
of the best grades. MerinOs were in strong
request at the recent advance. American
buyers paid Is I'D for fine greasies. Next
week 81, 500 bales will be offered.
Evening star., 1909-03-14
Mai. Sinner Dies in PHILIPPINES.

BETHLEHEM, Pa, March 13.-A cable
gram received here tonight announced
the death in the Philippines OF DIR. Ira A.
simmer, ma ior in the United States
Army. DIR. Simmer was graduated from
Lehich University and the University of
PENNSYLVANIA. His family connections
here are very prominent.
Evening star., 1909-03-14
KILLED HER FOR So.
Four Young Men Of Indianapolis
Confess to Woman's Murder.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 13.-The
mystery OF the murder OF Mrs Mary
Nichols on Tuesday last was solved to-
day when Harry Regsin. Harry Doty.
George Miller and Edward Decker. all
young men, confessed that they had MUIR
dered the woman with club and had Sc
cured 50 from her person.
The aged woman was knocked down in
broad daylight at her home just south
of the city. Miller and Doty attacked
the woman while Reggin and Decker
stood by Having bound August Eden,
who worked for the woman, and put him
into the barn.
They confessed that they had started
out to rob some one. saying they were
half drunk and wanted money.
Evening star., 1909-03-14
Washington Stock Exchange.

Saes.-Reguar call ~ O'Clock noon-Capital
Traction. at 1917. at 1917. at 132.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd.. 35 at 901s
at 9O1a. Il at 907s. 30 at 9ols, 25 at 9Oi,
80 at aOA.
Washington Gas. 25 at 7Ol2
Hnc.T,s Bell Telephone sI Tho or, OF Pa. at S 1oSS ~
at 2057s. 10 at 3O5ss. 10 at 205s4.
Greene Cananea. 100 at sla.
Mitchell Mining. 100 at u. 100 at H. 100 at Il
National Metropolitan Bank. 10 at "lO.
Emerson Steam Pump. p at II.
Graphophone pfd.. 10 at 80
G
Evening star., 1909-03-14
'cial Correspondence Of The Star.

SCau0dI .OVcT sugar Oedl.
1t is recalled that the speculative cam
paign in sugar engineered from Washing
ton during that period developed into A
scandal of the first magnitude. 1t result
ed in several national characters becom-
ing very rich through their stock market
operations and drew the attention Of the
entire newspaper reading public to the
fragrant manipulation engineered from
under the dome of the Capitol.
A majority of the men whose names
were prominently connected with that fa-
nous sugar manipulation have passed
from the sphere of action. Most of them
are dead including Havemeyer. the sugar
king, and Senators Quay and German.
Senator Jones of Nevada is no longer
heard of. and even among his former in
Inmates not one in ten knoMS whether he
Is dead or alive. A new generation will
shape steel revision and make whatever
Wall street alliances there are to make.
Odd lot buying has again become quite
a feature I'm the stock market. The ac-
cumulation of small lots is not on the
same scale, however. as it was IA year
Continued on Fifteenth Page)
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Continued on Fifteenth PageJ
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cried out. IF / never get out Of this
send my money TO my sister in Colo
RADIO Springs"
This was his only moment OF dc
spondency. The rest of the time he
showed wonderful forutude. An eff
fort was made to give him whisky,
but his head was held down by boul
der so that he could not swallow He
said that for a long time after the
caye-in he had been unconscious. and
even after he was taken into the open
air he did not seem at first to realize
just where he was.
He possesses a robust physique, and
to night he had recovered except for
numerous bruises. The rescue party
headed by Superintendent Baker con
sisted of the following volunteers;
William Button, John Whitehead, F
Furgeson. Charles Johnson, Kent Har.
per, Alex. Rolla. stephen Angelo, vii,
liam Nelson, Lee Madsen. Charles
Murrlsh, John Martin, Richard May
and Richard May. Jr.
Keller was entombed in a crouchinG
position from o'clock Saturday
morning until $40 o'clock last even,
Ing. Some of the rescue party worked
so hard that they are laid up tenn.
porarily.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-27
RAILROAD BRAKEMAN IS
WANTED IN NEVADA
Charges of Highway Robbery and For
gerry Against o. P. Barber.

Salt Lake. Sept 30. P. Barbor,
wanted in Nevada on three charges OF
highway robbery and on one OF forg-
cry, was arrested by Patrolman Olson
on the corner of Second South and
West Temple streets Sunday after
noon at o'clock and taken TO the po-
lice station, from whore he will be
taken back to Nevada on Monday by
Sheriff a. J. Butler and Deputy Sher-
If NJ. Harrington OF Ely, New.
Sheriff Butler gave the following
particulars Of the crimes Of Barber.
Barber was employed as a brakeman
on the Nevada Northern railroad. and
was running between Cobrc and Ely,
New. He got into the habit of allow
ing men TO ride In the freight cars
and then going into the cars and hold
ing them up If they did not have any
thing he would throw them off the
train. and if they did have anything he
would throw them off after robblnc
them.
I'VE have three highway robbery
charges against him. but We especial
ly wanted him for the last trick he
turned, A young fellow named Frank
Conley who had been working on
ranch near Currie, New. got on the
train at that place and offered Barber
his fare, When the train was be-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-27
BENEFIT FOR SIXTH
WARD MEETING HOUSE

Next Friday evening and next Sat
urday afternoon will probably see the
largest houses at the Orpheum thea
ter that the new house has yet held.
The people OF the Sixth ward have
secured these two performances for
the benefit of the new meeting house
which Is being erected at the corner
of Twenty-third street and Madison
avenue, which, when completed will
be the finest meeting house in the
city.
The program for these two perform.
ances will be one of the best which
the Orpheum circuit has yet offered
and there is a possibility that some
of the best local talent will be added
to the regular bill for these perform
anceS.
The matinee on Saturday afternoon
of this week Will also be Il benefit for
the new meeting house and is the per
Torrance at which the Sunday school
children Of every ward OF tho city will
be In attendance. A great many peo-
pie OF Ogden have not yet seen the
new Orpheum, remodelled and made
new. and this occasion furnishes the
opportunity for them TO do so and
at the same time assist very worthy
cause.
The bishopric of the Sixth ward Is
urging. not only the members of other
wards. but the public generally to turn
out on this occasion
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-27
WOOL GROWERS TO
HOLD CONVENTION

Secretary Reynolds of the Weber
club is busy man these days. pre-
pairing for the Wool Growers national
convention that will be held In ogden
next January. The work being done
at the present time is the addressing
of numerous invitations to shcepmen
to attend the convention and the
mailing of the handsome premium lists
TO the men who are likely to have
sheep to place on exhibition at that
time. Tho premium list is very en-
couraging one, and there is no QueS-
ton but that il will be the means of
bringing many sheepmen TO the city
next January. Not only are the In
divldual sheepmen being urged to at
tend the convention and place on eX-
hibition their stock. but the commits
sion men throughout the country are
being advised of the affair. and they
are being asked TO lend their efforts
toward making the convention a sue
cess and to bring their fine stock
here for show. 1t is said by the man.
ayers OF the arrangement committee.
that the prospects for the greatest
wool growers gathering in the history
of the sheep business are brighter
than ever before.
Mr.. Reynolds yesterday received
100000 stickers which Will be given
TO travelling men TO distribute on
windows, poles and in public places
wherever their travels take them and
he also received 100 rubber stamps
will be applied to every package that
leaves this city and through this med
ium Ogden will receive much adver-
tislng,
The correspondence connected with
the convention and show Is beginning
TO come in 10 the Weber Club and in
answering this correspondence, along
with his other work, Secretary Rey-
nolds is working overtime. He Is
also soliciting advertisements from
the large stock and commission men
for the program Of the meetings. and
this is taking up great deal of his
time.
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7 right everybody else is all right in the
community.
you haven't any race suicide here
that have been able to discover, and
Your children occupy that place In
the family that shows you are devot-
ing the attention to the next genera
tion which will make 1t worthy of the
present.
And, now, my friends. l am not
going to detain You any longer except
to express to you my congratulation
upon your present condltion-my hope
that your hope will be realized, and
could not put 1t any stronger IL talk
ed whole hour and half, for there
is something most encouraging to
talk with one OF your number and
find ou; that II he hasn't all the sta
tistics of Utah in his pockets, he has
got them in his head.
This trip that / have undertaken
around the country is full of instruc-
ton for me-full OF encouragement
for any lover OF his country. Into
every state that you come you find
that spirit of emulation, that deter
minaton TO make the town that Is
10000, 25.o00. the town that is $4,000
100000 the town that Is half mil
lion-the greatest town on earth
Now. that spirit Is the American spirit.
and it Is always accompanied. | am
glad to say. with that thing that saves
us so much from pain, so much from
nervous exhaustion-a proper sense of
humori A man that cannot laugh. a
man that cannot understand a Joke.
a man that is not willing to see the
humorous side of the events of the
world, is denied great deal, and is
going to be used up in the jolts that
he is going to have during life very
much earlier than the one that can
smile and grow fat thank you most
sincerely for your cordial welcome. 7
wish you every prosperity"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-27
HUSBAND MAKES ASSAULT
ON WIFE WITH REVOLVER

Salt Lake City, Sept. 26.-As the re.
suit of family ouarrels lasting over a
period of several months, C. II. Place
made a desperate attempt to murder
his wife last night about 7:3J O'Clock
In 'front.' OF their home in the rear OF
no. oo9 Earls court. which connects
Third South and Fourth South streets,
between Fourth East and Fifth East
streets.
After firing at his wife, Place fed
and eluded the police last night. A
bullet hole through his wlfe's Jacket
tells the mute story of her narrow es-
cape from death
About a week ago Place left his
home. telling his wife she could have
all the furniture and he would live
apart from her This was the cul.
mlnatlon of series OF quarrels which
had become ncighborhood gossip
Last night, however, the husband re.
turned and another quarrel started
He and his wife were standing in front
OF their small residence when Place
pulled revolver from his pocket and
tolr his wife he would kill her.
with a quick movement the wife
DunS out her hand and pushed the
muzzle OF the gun away from her
breast Just as her husband pulled the
trigger Scared by the explosion the
woman staggered backward and Place
turned and fed The husbands aim
had not been destroyed any too soon.
Tor the bullet tore through his wlfes
Jacket but did not touch her body,
The patrol wagon was sent 10 the
scene at once but Place had gone and
could not be found Ills wife went TO
an uptown roomlng house last night.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-27
DEATH RECALLS
UTAH MASSACRE

Chicago. Sept 27.-John O'NeIn,
scout, Indian fighter, Civil war vet
eran, former alderman and Father OF
Track Elevation" in Chicago. died yes
terday at his residence. He was a
years old
Honest John" O'Neill as he was
known was born at Newark. n, j.,
and was graduated In 1856 from West
Minister college at New Wilmington
Pa After leaving college he went to
Kansas City, where he joined the fam
Gus scout Kit Carson in a tour
through New Mexico, which was a
constant succession of fights with In
dians In Utah he joined the United
States forces as a scout and guide
and later assisted at the burial of the
Mountain Meadow massacre victims In
1859.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-27

was employed got nothing but Lincoln
memorial stamps. This required tho
assistance of the manager, who by this
time had become ractablc and was
willing TO find out II he was being
robbed.
The inspector then asked the Chi
cago mall order houses to report all
large consignments of memorial
stamps. Recently when such a re,
mlttance was reported, Inspector Lowe
soon ascertained that the private
mark he had placed on the stamps
sold to the agency appeared on the
stamps sent to the mail order house.
Even when he explained this to the
agency manager the latter was unable
TO believe the cashier had taken the
stamps.
The inspector then visited the home
OF the young woman and her sister
He stated his case plainly and showed
how indubitable his proof was. Pres
emily the cashier confessed and prom.
iSed never, never 10 do II again In.
asmuch as the government had lost
nothing, no prosecution was instituted
The girls employer even after he had
heard the details of the confession,
said the agency could not do without
her, so he accepted her promise never
to take any more stamps.
The first theft OF stamps took place
two years ago last August and Inspec-
tor Lowe has been working on the case
ever since.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-27
VISITORS FAVORABLY
IMPRESSED WITH OGDEN

Lawrence j. Dermody and Edward
Cooney. of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, arrived
in the city yesterday. coming from
Salt Lake.
Mr. Dermody, who Is a brother of
w. ]. Dermody, wire chief OF the To-
cal Western Union office, Is chief OF
police of his home town and will
spend a few days visiting with his
brother and friends whom he made
on a former visit TO Ogden twenty
one years ago. He is greatly sur
prised at the many changes and i'm
provements which have taken place
In ogden.
Mr., Cooney is superintendent OF
motive power Of the Cleveland & Co
lumbus branch of tho Pennsylyania
railroad. and has accompanied Presl
dent Taft's train in the capacity of
official inspector of his train west OF
Chicago. This Is Mr.. Cooneys first
visit 10 the west. He is greatly Inn
pressed with the country and eX.
pressed a determination to return In
the near future further 10 investigate
with the Idea of making a home here.
Mt Cooney left for Butte. Montana,
last night
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-27
The MIGHTY CONFLICT NOW
IN SIGHT.


Inc Omlnous Hush" is the title
OF an article In McClure's Magazine
wnicn is written by II. r. Chamber
Iain' the London correspondent of the
new York Sun, and in which Is the
prediction that war is inevitable. Lord
Northcliffe and Editor Bell of the Lon.
oon Times declare war cannot be
a'erteo, and here Is confirmation:
Nr. Chamberlain says the huge navy
winch Germany is building Is utterly
u'eiess IL not put To attack England.
rermany has no enemies who threat
en- her oversoa colonies-which nobody
eaits-and as IL TO clinoh the matter
'he new German warships have so
small coal capacity that they are
worthless for distant warfare. Ger.
iaanys population is expanding at Il
iaee That makes emigration OF con-
queSt absolutely necessary. Germany's
dinoiuon, no longer disguised. is for
oo.man empire stretching from Cop
unagen TO Constantinople, and abso-
iu'eiy dominating Europe. Germany's
eAAes arc frtghtfully heavy. and her
people arc being urged to bear them
on tnc plea that the reward Will come
Oy and by" Concerning this. Mr..
Chamberlain goes on to say:
lug vague phrase has a very def
'o meaning. Politicians do not pro-
lam IT, the newspapers do not print
~ out the members of the powerful
Navy league and the war party make
10 Secret OF 1T by word of mouth II
ns sudden invasion of England,
usn 10 London. and the Ievying Of
WEI Indemnity twice as heavy as
na. which France paid in 1870. The
=, are as well understood as arc
so Oh the silent toast drunk after
e,i'''ef every day on the German war
'pA An English chaplain told mo
s enis toast was drunk even In bis
presence when he happened to DO a
"nA'or on a German cruiser a few
NsAa ago. Tho senior officer at tho
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-27
MINERS Is RESCUED
IN NICK OF TIME

Eureka, Sept. 26-With boulder
on his neck and twenty feet of rock
and debris between him and the open
air, Michael Keller endured twelve
hours and ten minutes OF pain and
terror before he was rescued last
night Keller and his partner. p. o.
Anderson. were working in the Eurc'
ka Hill mine at o'clock yesterday
morning. when a cave.ln buried Kel'
Ter He had been reefng In a winze
close to waste bulkhcad on the 500
foot level, and Anderson was about
forty feet away when the cave-in oc
Cured without any warning.
Anderson hurried 10 Superintendent
Charles Baker, who Immediately sum.
money every man in the mine. includ-
ing many leascrs. and made up res
cue party Of fourteen. They realized
that Keller had a slim chance for life,
although there was hole at which n
little air could come In. The men
worked with terrific energy At 2
o'clock they heard Keller groan. and
after that they were able to talk with
him at times, Rescue work was
prosecuted with great difficulty as
side spilinG had to be put In all the
time 10 prevent the rescue party from
being entombed.
During the afternoon when the res
cuers got close enough to him. Keller
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-27

tween Currie and Cherry Creek. Bar
ber went into the car and at the point
or n gun told Conley to stand and de-
liver. After getting the boys money.
which amounted to SIS and check for
S59.10. he locked young Conley up in
a cement car and switched the car
off on a siding at McGill, New.
Barber then went TO Ely. and af-
ter getting Deputy Harrington to In
troduce him TO Frank Nevin. council
man, he got Nevin to cash the check.
having already forged the name Of
Frank Conley. | guess we never would
have found Conley IL some men who
were passing the car had not heard
him moaning. He had been In the
car three days without food or water
when the smeltermen who were pass
ing heard him.
"Conley was found on Wednesday,
and during the afternoon we had the
wires busy all along the line of the
railroad. Barber got wind of the facts
some way. and when his train was be-
tween Currie and Green Siding he
robbed another man, got off mis- train,
and after changing his clothing and
Disgusting himself in fashion. took
the next train for Salt Lake City