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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
|NHUMAN TREATMENT
OF PRISONERS CHARGED
Conditions in Penal Institu.
tiOn of Atlanta, Ga, Under
Rigorous Investigation.

ATLANTA. ca, Dec. 3l.-Furthcr
stories of lnhuman cruelty TO prisoners
convicted OF mlsdcmeanors were told to-
day 10 the council committee invcstIgat-
ing the charges made against the man
aGcmcnt OF the city prison.
Hcrschel Ivy, n former guard, declared
Nose Johnson, Il negro. told SuperIntend- =
cnt Eining he was too i'll to work. Vlning
ordered him whipped. After the whip
ping the negro collapsed and was sent
to a hospital, where he died a week
later.
He saw n young white girl Ruby
Gather, chained TO the walls by her
hands until she tainted and she was left
there unconscious for thirty minutes.
She went into commissions.
The white women, he said. were fed
from scraps picked up from the floor OF
the mems mess hall. Ivy said there
were hundred hens kept a, the prison
and that the eggs were gathered each
day by Commissioner OF Public Works
Collier for his own use.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01

a large mortgage. by group OF public
spirited graduates. who undertook to
carry 1t until a donor could be found who
would transfer IT without debt TO the
university.
''T will be pleased. If agreeable TO the
corporation. TO pay its cost. which un-
derstand 10 amount. with interest and
carrying charges. TO $500 900: and 10 pre-
sent II TO the university a gift from
me. without condition or restriction. pay
ment TO be made on or before February
next"
The property was purchased in 1905 by
three Yale graduates. who undertook TO
hold il until a donor could be found or
until the university funds should he suf-
ticient To meet the cost. Three New
York graduates-Otto r. Barnard Will
liam NJ. Barnum and Clarence H. Kelsey
are temporary trustees, Clifford Pinchot
and his associates advanced the neces-
sarV money.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
CLAIM CONDUCTOR COOK
IS GETTING SQUARE DEAL

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 31,-James A,
Cook, American railroad conductor in
prison at Guadala iara charged with
completely in the robbery of a train of
which he was in charge on the MeXi-
can Central railroad, is having a fair
trial and his case is being expedited
as much as possible under Mexican
laws
The trial is being conducted under
the laws Of the state of .Jalisco, with
which the state department Of Mexico
has no right to interfere.
Authorities OF Jalisco, nevertheless,
have been asked by the Mexico state
department to use every effort TO reach
2 verdict.
These are the facts as stated by gov
crnment officials today.
Sub-Secretary Of Foreign Relations
Gamboa said nothing in the nature OF
a criticism had reached the foreign OF
fee from the American government,
tfWe have been asked to give the
status of the case, - he said, and have
done so and our statement of the facts
appears to have been satisfactory,
Mr.. Gamboa continued.
"The. political system In Mexico is
precisely the same as that in the Unit
ed States. Our country is composed
of liberal and independent states which
make their own laws. The state of jail
isco has law that a person commit
ting an offense similar to that charged
against Mr.. Cook can be held in jail
six months pending the completion of
his trial The trial of Cook is pro-
ceeding with all possible rapidity.'
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THREE ARE DEAD:
F0RTY-THREE HURT
Continued From Page One.

had been cleared away, and only three
bodies have been found.
coroner's inquest will be started
tomorrow. Rock Island officials have al
ready started an inquiry to determine
the cause of the wreck
The greatest havoc was wrought in
the chair car. 1t was in the debris of
this that the bodies Of the two women
after the derailment.
Tho body of Fireman Lininger was
badly scalded.
Much praise was given the Pullman
conductor. whose name could not be
learned He went through the coach,
breaking out windows He left when
assured that all in his car had escaped
in safety.
David s. Clemnlens, conductor Of the
wrecked train, had started into the bag
gage car just as the accident occurred,
An entire side OF the car was torn out
and Clemmens shot through the open
ing. He was seriously injured, but will
live.
William Flynn, one of the injured
and Mrs. Gertrude Barner, who was
killed, were sweethearts, according TO
a story Flynn told priest tonight.
"We had been at my home in Wis
consin on a visit he said. "Whcn
the crash came she was sitting near
me. For a moment all was dark. Then
when l regained my bearings ] saw her
pinned under the wreckage near me,
called to her, but she did not an
swer. She died in my sight, but l was
unable to aid her.
Flynn identified the woman IS body.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
NEW LOUVRE CAFE
IS FORMALLY Opened
Brilliancy and Beauty Mark
Affair at City's Newest Fash
ionabIe Eating Place.

In the midst of gay surroundings,
resplendent with the CLEAN of myriads
of lights in the beautiful rooms of the
new Louvre cafe. several hundred of
the elite of Salt Lake City drank a
parting toast TO the dying year and
welcomed the incoming 1910 with LOUD
acclaim. At the hour of II the lights
of the place were suddenly turned oft
on the year 1909, and after a moment
of darkness, blaZed forth again on the
new year,
The scene at the place, which was
opened for the first time at 9 o clock
Friday night and will continue until
Monday night under the new Holmes
Knox hotel at Second South and State
streets, resembled that at one of the
big restaurants of New York or Chi
cago. The handsome new rooms, filed
with enhancing strains from a large
orchestra, under the dlrec ton of Squire
Coop, offered n fitting setting for the
minging of kindred spirits, who offered
congratulations again and again at the
successful termination of year, and
welcomed the incoming season, full of
promise for better conditions and a
larger and a greater Salt Lake City.
The men present were those who
have worked in the past for the up
building of the city. The women, in.
Guiding those who stand highest in the
social set of the city, added to the
nttractiveness of the event with beauty
and wit, The crowd began to come
soon after opening and the members of
il kept their places until the late hours
of the morning. Manager Willie did
himself proud in the manner in which
he handled the big crowd on the first
night, with the details of his handsome
eating place scarcely completed. The
orchestra directed by Squire Coop, was
n feature of the affair and with selec-
tions appropriate and pleasing, pro-
duced an atmosphere Of metropolitan
ism probably never before known here,
There can be no question of the sue
cess of the new cafe, nor of the salts.
faction of those who took advantage
Of the opportunity to keep in touch
with old traditions and pass the divid.
ing line between the years 1909 and
1910 in the midst of feasting and mer-
rimenr.
In the old Louvre. under Walker
Bros, bank, which has been the scene
of many such gatherings, there was also
an excellent attendance and the folks
there were entertained. in accor-
dance with past traditions
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
NEW YEAR ANNOUNCED
FROM WASHINGTON, D. c.

Within a few moments after the gov
ernment observatory clock at Washing
ton. D. c., recorded the stroke Of mid
night, the arrival of the New Year was
announced to newspapers. clubs, hotels,
cafes and other places in Salt Lake City
by Bell telephone.
The government had requested the
Bell telephone companies 10 assist in
distributing the signal over the coun-
try and the office of the Rocky Noun
tain Bell Telephone company at Salt
Lake was connected directly with the
government observatory The places
that had arranged to get the signal
were advised few minutes before mid
night 10 be in readiness and they got
the signal, announcing the new year
as soon after midnight as an operator
specially assigned for the purpose
could press button.
The signal came to Salt Lake from
Washington on Bell telephone wires and
was received at the same instant al
Ogden, Logan, Butte, Helena and other
places in the territory Of the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
CABINET DISCUSSING
THE WHISKY PROBLEM

WASHINGTON, u. c., Dec. 3l.-"Real
whisky" was one of the themes for dis
cussion a today's cabinet meeting, In
order to decide what constitutes the
genuine article committee has been
partly selected 10 draft into regulation
form the Views of President Taft on
the subject Secretary MacVcach has
appointed Commissioner Of Internal Reve-
nue. Caball and Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson has appointed Solicitor MCCabe of
his department as the members of the
committee to represent those two depart
ments. Secretary Nagcl who Is TO name
the third member of the committee 10
draft tho regulations. took up the matter
at the White House today With view
TO going over the subject with his cabi-
net colleagues,
The committee. as soon as It Is com
pleted by the selection Of the third mem
ber, Will Immediately begin work in fran
ing the rules for putting into definite
form President Taft's decision.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
BATTLE FOR LIFE IN
FROZEN MISSISSIPPI
Ice Jam Sweeps Away False
Structure of Mckinley
Bridge at st. Louis.

ST, LOUIS. Dec. 31.-Three hundred
feet of false structure OF the Mckinley
bridge, now under construction across
the Mississippi river, was Knocked out
by an ice jam at O'Clock tonight,
One hundred and thirty men were at
work on the structure when the jam be-
gan 10 move. Seventy heard the warn
ing snap of the timbers In time TO es
cape 10 the steel work but sixty others
went down In the twisted mass OF tim
bcrs,
Three hoisting engines and n traveller
also went down imperiling the struggling
men below.
Captain John short in charge of a tug
boat and two barGcs. picked up forty
men and got them ashore after a
two hour battle with the Ice. which is
jammcd six feet high In many places
All May Have Escaped.
Several times the barges threatened to
crush the tug, and several times the ves-
sci nearly turned turtle, when forced upon
the ice by pressure behind IT.
The twenty men unable TO reach the
tug are believed to have reached shore
across the floating ice foes, but company
whether any lives were lost until tomor-
row, when the men will be paid on,
The property loss Is estimated at $780,
900. and completion Of the bridge Will be
delayed several months. The bridge Is
being built by the Illinois Traction sys-
tenn.
Company officials said tonight tina,
many lives would certainly have been
lost but for the hcroism of Captain
Short. Twice his li,tle tug was caught
between the barges and threatened with
destruction. and each time he fought
back the men on board to prevent them
from risking their lives on the foes,
Twice his ruddcr became Jammed. but
he stuck TO the boat. Once he risked his
life to clear the, tiller by climbing down
into the ice and pulling out the jam.
The second time the rudder jammed
he could not release it. and the boat
drifted helplessly down stream. threat
ened with instant destruction by the
Finally rescue parties with ropes
reached him from shore after a two
hour battle. and he and his men were
landed.
Some Are Near Death.
Seven men were unable to get aboard
the tug when the span went down and
ctambeTred upon pile, driver, moored IN
the ice for three miles before the men
were rescued
Gus Steinwel. a boatman. saw the
warn the men at work on the bridge
by running across the ice. lie was
caught halfway To the bridge in the
breaking Ice and nearly lost his life be-
William Frederick. one of the men res
cued on the tug. said.
uon l KNOW Wnelner all OF those al
work near the river got aboard. as every
man looked after himself If many tried
To get ashore by jumping the foes. some
of them certainly drowned"
Shorts battle with the ice was wit
messed by a great crowd on shore. and
there was a long cheer when rescuers
reached him.
The company has been working on the
bridge from both ends. and the two shore
spans We're connected by the false worl;
that collapsed
The river banks are being patrolled
tonight. but there is little hope OF find
Ing any bodies In case some OF the men
were drowned as the river is choked
with Ice.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
DESERTER is CAUGHT
AFTER SHARP PURSUIT

After sharp chase leading down
South Temple street from West Temple
to the Oregon Short Line depot, Patrol.
man George Phillips overhauled Joseph
Healy. wanted by the officers at Fort
Douglas for desertion, and lodged him
in the city Jail for the night. The man
was taken into custody early Friday
evening.
The authorities had been looking for
Healy for eighteen months. He is the
leader Of gang of three or four that
escaped from the guardhouse at Fort
Douglas in the summer of 1908. Healy
knocked the guard down and fled, the
rest following him.
A pal was with Healy when the pa
trolman started the chase, but the pal
escaped. Phillips will turn Healy over
to the fort officers today and in few
days will receive the reward of $50 for
his capture. AS Healy was wanted for
breaking prison, too, the reward may
be considerably increased in this case
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
MRS. RUSSELL SAGE GIVES S65O,OOO
TO SECURE NEW CAMPUS FOR YALE

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 31.-An-
nouncement was made tonight OF an offer
by Mrs, Russell Sage to Yale university
Of gift OF $780, 900. to meet the entire
cost Of securing the thirty-acre park at
the head OF Hill House avenue, known as
the Sachem Wood estate or Hill house
property. The offer will be accepted.
Mrs, Sage's letter OF gift. under date
of December 2s. 1909. says:
"As descendant OF Abraham Pierson,
the first president of Yale, l have an an
cestral interest in that university.
have known for some time OF the effort
to obtain for Yale the Sachem Wood. or
Hill House estate. as new campus, and
/ know how important II seems to many
members of the corporation and faculty
TO do so at this particular time for need
ed development on broad university lines.
understand that this property was
bought about four years ago. subject to
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
SANTA CLARA GRAND JURY
MAKES SCATHING REPORT

SAN JOSE. Cal. Dec. 3l.-Scorinc both
city and county governments unmerci-
fully for failure TO safeguard the morals
OF the youth. the Santa Clara county
grand jury returned n report yesterday
in which it declared that only the diff
Guilty OF conviction prevented wholesale
indictments Of high officials for mall
feasance in office.
Unlicensed liquor selling, failure to
make corporation employees pay poll tax,
lack of tenders on street cars and utter
disregard Of the morals of the minors OF
the city. who could frequent evil resorts,
gamble and carousc as they would, were
the main Items In a long list OF sins
charged TO the city fathers
Shocking conditions at the county Jail.
whose rebuilding was recommended was
the chief fault urged against the super
visors. The plea that San Jose was no
more lawless now than in the past was
not coun tenanced by the inquisitors. who
ordered many reforms to take effect at
once.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
LEE AND JARVIS ARE
VERY MUCH AT OUTS

and his family "wabbly. faced
bunch as they were about to enter the
l. o. o, f. hall on the night of Decem
Der 18, Jarvis swore out n complaint
against Lee, charging him with disturb
ing the peace, and causing him to bo
arrested and taken to the city jail by
Patrolman Tom Gillespie.
When Lee reached police headquarters
he was released and he then filed g
against Gillespie and Jarvis for false
arrest. Friday morning jarvis filed his
complaint against Lee, charging that he
was disturbing the peace in using tho
words, ga wabbly faced bunch" Judge
Bowman will hear both sides of the
controversy on MondAy,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
TWENTY-FIVE HORSES
DIE OF STARVATION
Carcasses Found by Deputy
Game Warden Strewn
Along Redwood Road.

Deputy Game Warden William Bingley.
while making a trip over the Redwood
road Friday Afternoon. found the bodies of
twenty-five horses. which had evidently
died from starvation. Deputy Binglcy
said that the horses were strewn along
the Redwood road from Twelfth to Thir-
tccnth South street, and the condition of
the ground showed that the animals must
have died In intense agony. The ground
about the bodies was covered with hair
and blood, whore the horses had rolled
In their last struggles to gain their feet
To seek food
Deputy Blngley says there are many
horses In this district and all are suffer
Ing from lack OF food. The ground is
frozen and there is but little open water
for the Animals. The matter was taken
up with the city humane officer, and food
is to be sent out to the starving animals
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
COUSIN OF TAFT
MYSTER|OUSLY GONE
Unexplained Disappearance of
Little Girl of Twelve From
California Train.

Los ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 31.-Dor-
othy, the 12-year.old daughter of ). h.
Taft, cousin of President Taft, and
who is resident of Sawtclle, near here,
mysteriously disappeared from the
Southern Pacific train which left Po-
mona at II 'clock noon today and ar
rived in this city at 1.30 p. m. Dor
othy had been visiting friends IN Po-
mona and Mrs. II. c. Bowen went with
her to the station today and placed her
on the train But one stop was made
between Pomona and Los Angeles. Mrs,
Taft met the train in this city and
was astonished to find that her dauGh-
ter was not among the passengers. Since
then every possible effort has been
made to locate the missing grrl, Con-
ductor G.. II. Harrison does not recall
having seen the girl aboard and can
throw no light on the mystery OF her
disappearance.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
why Does 1t Cure

Not because IL Is SarsaparlIIa,
but because Ii is a medicine of
peculiar merit, composed Of more
than twenty different remedial
agents effe citing phenomenal
cures oe troubles OF the blood,
stomach, liver and bowels
Thus Hoods Sarsaparilla cures scrof-
ula, eczema, anemia, catarrh, nervous
ness, that tired feeling, dyspepsia, loss
of appetite, and builds up the system.
Got il today in tho usual liquid form or In
shocolated talbot form called SarSatabs.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
FOOD TRUST HEADS IN
KANSAS CITY INDICTED

KANSAS CITY. Dec, 3t-Indictments
charging three officers and six members
OF the board of directors of the Kansas
City Fruit and Produce Exchange and
representatives Of two of Kansas City's
packing plants with combining TO control
the price or butter. eggs, potatoes and
other ioodstuffs on the Kansas City
market were returned by the Jackson
county grand jury today.
The Indicted men are G. w. Spencer
president Of the produce exchange; F w
Linn, treasurer; c.. NJ Marston. secre-
tary s. J. Hurst, Jr-. W. l.. Brush A.
w Bear, d. A. Trimble. J. II. Miller
William Bridges, members. and Roy
storms. representing Swift G. Co. and
John Hoaghnd. representing the Armour
Packing company.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
FEAR MANY LIVES ARE
LOST BY EXPLOSION

MONTREAL, Dec. 3l.-More than
twenty people were injured in an ex-
plosion at the Place Viger station of
the Canadian Pacific railway tonight.
The death list, it is feared, will be
large.
The Quebec train was due to leave
The station platform was crowded with
a New Years throng. when ter
rifle explosion ripped up the platform,
twenty people in the debris.
A brief investigation convinced rail
road officials that the gas plant on the
Quebec train had blown mn.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
AMERICAN EXPRESS OFFICE
OF NEW YORK BURNS

NEW YORK. Dec. 31.-Belated Christ
mas packages and other valuable express
matters in large numbers went up in
smoke today in n fire which DESTROYED
the American Express companys office
and store rooms near the Grand Central
station. causing a loss estimated at $500,
600.
tho main building And smaller ctruct,,rae
adjoining, covering the greater part OF a
block. Al periods the flre was punctuated
by explosions OF oil barrels. Two men
were badly injured.
The Adams Express company buildings
nearby were threatened, but hard work
by the firemen saved these structures
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
MARRIAGE TREADS ON
THE HEELS OF DIVORCE

RENO. Dec. 31.-Frances Coster Jones,
who was divorced yesterday afternoon
from Henry Spies Kip OF New York City.
was mavied last night In this city 10
]. M. Little. mining representative of
Wendell Phillips, a New York opera tor.
Mr. and Mrs. Little left Immediately after
the marriage for San Francisco Mrs
Little Is the daughter OF Mrs. Lewis
Quentin Jones of New York City. Mr..
little is n son OF Capt. William McC.
Little. u. S N. OF Newport. r. /. \
brother Is a captain In the marine corps
and is aide 10 President Taft.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
ZELAYA BEGGING FOR
S0N-IN-LAW'S FREEDOM

MEXICO CITY Dec. 31.-Former
President Zelaya of Nicaragua has sent
several messages TO Managua urging his
friends there 10 secure the release of his
son-in-law, Joaquin Passos. He says
that the arrest was measure or rctalia =
tlon, and that President Madriz cannot
prove charges made. Had Passos been
found guilty Of misappropriarng public
funds. Zelaya says that he would have
accompanied him TO Mexico,
Notwithstanding statements to the con-
trary, there is good reason TO believe
that Zelaya Is arranging to stay for
weeks or months IN this country.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
Dinner at the New
Louvre

From IL noon to $50 p, n1., Squire
Coop's full Colonial orchestra.
JANUARY I, 1910
New York Counts
SOUPS
Consomme a la Macedoine
Green Turtle au Quenelles
FISH
Fillet Of Sole, Tartar Sauce
RELISHES
Sailed Almonds
Celery En- Branch Olives Radlshes
ENTREES
Calves Sweetbreads. Maintenon
Lamb Chops, Louisa
Banana F'ritters. Cognae Sauce
PUNCH
Roman
ROASTS
Prime Ribs OF Beef Yorkshire Pudding
Loin Of Pork Baked Apples
Young Utah Turkey
Chestnut Dressing Cranberry Sauce
VEGETABLES
Mashed Potatoes Brussels Sprouts
Candied Sweet Potatoes Succotash
SALAD
Fruit
DESSERT
English Plum Pudding. Hard and Brandy
Hot Mnce Pie Pumpkin Pie
Neapolltan Ice Cream Assorted Cakes
Camembert Cheese
BentS Water Crackers
Assorted Nuts and Raisins
Tea CofTee Milk
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
HELEN GOULD GENEROUS
TO OUR BIBLE SOCIETY

NEW YORK. Dec. s1.-All over the
society are working industriously In an
effort TO raise the last 100000 OF the
sum needed to make certain Mrs. Russell
Sage's gift OF $500. 900 to the society
conditioned on It's raising an equal
amount by January l. 1910 The main
office of the organization was greatly
encouraged today by the receipts OF q
check for s25 900 from Miss Helen Could
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-01
TILBURNE EXTRADITED;
GIRL GOES WITH FATHER

Los ANGELES. Dec. 31.-John Brans-
letter sheriff of Green county. Indiana.
arrived here today and served eXtradi-
ton papers upon the Rev. p. n. Tlourne;
the Linton. Ind. Christian church. who
was arrested December Il In Pasadena,
on an embcZZlemcnt charge.
The sheriff was accompanied by Daniel
Smith. father OF Mary Smith, the organ
list, with whom Tllburne is alleged TO
have eloped. When the two men called
al the county jail. Miss Smith was visit
Ing the prisoner. She ieft the jail in
company with her father