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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-21

her. where they were piled like sea-
weed.
Tidings of the jettisoning of wealth
spread early and a flOtilla of fishing
craft, luggers and rOWboats scurried
To the scene. As fast as the cargo hit
the water, the enterprising boatsmen
pulled up the smaller cases, while they
took the larger ones in tow.
Most of the machinery was taken
from the wreck and transported to st.
Mary's, where the customs officials took
charge of it, 1t will be stored In ware
houses and later sold by the insurance
companies.
Many boatloads of provisions were
taken ashore by the islanders. The peO-
pie of Bryher island fished out boxes
of foods, tea and tobacco and thou
sands OF paper-cOvered novels. enough
to keep the Islands in reading matter
for a century.
Two hundred and twenty-foUr cattle
swan ashore, while ten were drowned.
The seamen here think that it will
be impossible to save the Minnehaha
and they look for the first strong wind
to break her to pieces.
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= Farming and fishing were abandoned
and even school was dismissed, while
most OF the population of the nearby
islands. Ilen, women and children, de-
voted themselves to obtaining treasures
from the waters. The salvagers de-
cided 10 try to rescue the Minnehaha
by cutting her in half in the same way
the White Star steamship Suevle. which
went ashore near the Lizard, in March,
1907, was saved.
Today the waves beat up too high
and strong for the tugs TO go alongside.
Consequently, goods were thrown over
board from the forward hold as fast as
the stevedores and large crew could
raise them 10 the deck.
Huge cases containing automobiles
and pianos followed one another over
the side, striking the water with a
great splash Sewing machines and
clocks went with them. while furniture
floated everywhere. Many bales Of
cigarettes covered the face of the
water and ions of cheap American nov
els drifted 10 the nearby shore of Bry-
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-21
HEAVY COTTON FAILURE
Knight, Yancey & Co., One Of the
Largest Concerns i'll the South.
Fails for Millions.

Decatur. Ala. April .0.-Tne cotton
firm of Knight Yancey * Co.. one III
the largest concerns of tile kind I'm the
south. having offices I'm Decatur. Mo-
bile, Huntsville, Birmingham ana other
cities. went into voluntary bankruptcy
today. The liabilities are said 20 Doe In
the neighbOrhood of $4,000. GOO.
No member OF tIe firm would give
out statement regarding the COM
pauy's assets further than 10 say they
are large. The claims against the
company are mainly foreign and if is
said no southern banks are affected
by the failure
When Jhe announcement of The sus-
pension was made today q small panic
resulted in many cities of the south,
as il was believed many southern and
eastern banks bad suffered heavily.
Huntsville Ala. April GOV. -. Mes
bit. a member Of the firm of Knight
Yancey & Co. cotton merchants Of De-
catur. Ala. who filed q petition In bank
ruptcy here today estimate the iiabili-
ties of the company al between $500
900 and s3.00O.000 and the assets at
100000. not including equities.
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One Year of Taft
Produces Results
CALENDAR OF HALLeY's COMET

= April 2l-COmet rises at S:45 a. m. y
+ April 22-COmet visible at 3;35 a. m. y
= April 23-COmet rises at 3:l5 a. m. 4
y April 24-COmet rises at 800 a. m. =
y Distance from the earth SS,2J0,Oo0 =
= miles. +
= May comets head is seen. close to \
Venus. Still distant from the earth \
= 62,310,00O milese. 4
= May 6-Comet appears at 2:37 a. m. =
= 100000 miles from the earth. =
= May Comet may be located in the =
constellation Of Pegasus, five de- .
grees from the star Gamma. =
y May S-COmet rises at gao in the =
= morning. :
= May 9-Comet swings across the or :
= bit Of Venus. 1t is distant from the :
earth SO. 10000 miles. =
= May W-COmet rises at 2.52 a. m. =
= May 12-COmet appears at 2:37 a. m. =
4 May 1f-Comet rises at 2;40 q. m. II =
= is beginning to swing away from =
= the line of the earth's orbit. =
y May 15-Comet rises at 2:49 a. m. Dis 4
y lance from the earth but 14,SS0000 !
y miles. \
= May 16-Comet appears at 3:0S a. m. =
= Distance from the earth, 13,950OoO =
= miles. \
= May 17-Comet appears at S:33 a. m. =
y Only 1920 coo miles from the earth. =
= May B-Nearest approach to the :
= earth, being distant 12,OOQ,000 miles. =
= Comet passes across the face of the =
+ sun between $50 and 9 p. m, Cen =
= trail time
, May 19-Comet appears in the even =
ing sky, each night rising higher in =
= the west =
y May 2O-Comet will be an enormous =
monster and will set at 81 D.. m. =
y May 23-COmet sets at 1890 p N. =
\ May 26-Conet crosses the path OF =
y the earth. :
= May 30-COmet sets at II 30 p. m. =
4 Is growing fainter. >
= June PASSES out of the range Of =
= the naked eye. =
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on the edge of the crowd fired a shot
which the policemen returned. Other
police then opened fire, followed by
the strikers, and the battle ragged for a
quarter of an hour
McDaniels, lying on the ground, emp
tied his revolver into the crowd.
The man that shot McDaniels was
struck by an express train and was
hurled high in the air. falling beside
the tracks apparently badly hurt. 1t is
not known whether he will receiver.
A number of the rioters were recog-
nized by the police and arrests are be-
ing made as fast as they are found.
Extra police have been sworn in and a
special detail is guarding the police sta
tion and the lookup which a crowd of
foreigners attempted to force to release
their comrades.
Only about 200 men reported at the
plant for work tonight and scores of
others were assaulted on their way to
work
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This testimony the attorneys for the
commonwealth did not attempt 10 con-
tTadict. They commended, however. that
the crime was not committed on The
precise date mentioned in the indict-
ment but during a period extending
through May and June, 1873
New York. April POI. \. Hoffstot.
president of the Pressed steel Car
company. was arrested today on a war
rant issued in Pittsburg charging him
with bribery and conspiracy in connec-
zion with Pittsburg graft and the all
legged bribing of Pittsburg counciImen.
with $4,000 I'm the Hotel Imperial IN
this city.
Hohstct was Immediately taken to
the district attorneys office. where
Detective Flood was served with a writ
Of habeas corpus ordering him to pro-
duce HOffstot forthwith before Judge
Holt in the United States circuit court
flood with his prisoner. started for
the FEDERAL building. The writ was
sued out by John -. Lindsay of coun-
sci for HoffstOt. &c is alleged i'm tie
Indictment on which the warrant was
found that the money was shipped 10
this city.
Hoffstot was taken before Judge
Holt George Gordon Battle appeared
TO represent District Attorney Blacke-
ley of Pittsburg. After it had been ex-
planned to Judge Holt that Governor
Hughes had issued the requisition pa
pers in the case the Judge said he would
not hear argument on a writ of habeas
corpus asked by HOffstOt and would
adjourn the hearing until Friday aft
ernoOn at o'clock
Judge Holt then fixed H0Ifstots bail
at 5000. As there was no bondsmen
present Judge Holt was requested 10
parole HGffstat until later. but Mr. Bat
tie opposed this and Hoffstot had 60 re-.
main in the building IN the detectives
custody while his attorneys went out Ia
get a bOndsman.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-21
RED RECORD INCREASED.

Washington, April 20.-A large in
crease in the number of casualties on
American railroads is shown by the
interstate commerce commission report
for the quarter ending Dec. 81, 1903. as
compared with the corresponding quar-
ter Of 1908. The number of. persons
killed increased 341 and the number in
jured 5,645. The total number of per-
sons killed was 1893 and the total
number injured 22491.
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sill GROWING WEAKER.

Redding. Conn. April ga state
ment given out tonight by DR.. Robert
HaIsey the attending physician. an
nounced Samuel T.. Clemens as weaker
than he was at the time of the after
noon bulletin. Tonight's statement fol-
lows: Mr.. Clemens Is weaker tonight
than he was at the last statement, but
is resting perfectly quietly"
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Mulga is connected with Ensley by
one teleph one wire. over which II is al
most impossible to communicate to-
night. The rescue parties are encoun-
tering great difficulty.
Between 80 and 40 men are entOiubed
in the mine of the Birmingham Coal <
Iron company as the result of the eN
plosion. which occurred At Q o'clock
tonight,
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.SMOOT WILL REPORT
LAND BILL TO SENATE
Especial to The Herald-Republiean)

Washington. April Ex-senator Smoot
was today authorized by the Senate
committee on public lands to report ia
vorably the bill giving authority to the
President to Withdraw from entry GER
tain public lands under certain condi-
lions. The bill is an administration
measure and has the approval of Presi-
dent Taft and Secretary Of the Interior
Ballinger. It has been slightly amend
ed by the committee. but in the main
it is as originally drawn.
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NEW WORLDS RECORD.

Charleville. France. April 20.-The
French aviator, Roger Sommer, accom-
plished a remarkable feat today. which
established a new worlds record for
aer0planes. He made a flight of five
minutes across country with four pas
sengers.
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The injured are Policeman James Nc
Daniel, shot in the hip, Joseph Virnot,
shot in the thigh, and John KOeski,
shot in the arm. Besides these, one man
was carried away by the strikers and
is believed to be secreted in one of
the strikers houses.
The rioting was started when nun
dred strikers congregated at the
Bloody Angle" refused to move on
when ordered by McDaniels. The crowd
flocked around the officer and man
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SIGNED TN
CASE OF HOFFSTOT
Alleged Briber of Pittsburg Council
men Now Attempting to Escape
On a Writ of Habeas Corpus

LBANY April 20GovenO Hughes today granted equision
for the exadon Ptsbug Frank president
Pressed Steel Car company who is under Indictment charge
pracy.
hearing before governor
fugitive from justice and support that
not in the state of Pennsylvania June 1908
the Indictment charges in New York
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-21
STREET CAR ROBBED
BY DRUNKEN BANDIT.
Thug Uses Rifle in HoIdup, Then
FIees to His Nearby Home
Where He Is Captured.

ONTING small csbre Winchester rife the
John Davis 62S Gard held robbed Fourth
North street No 429 shortly before IL o'clock last night the
of Fourth North and Fifth West streets Securing watch from William
Spieberg advertising the Felt building and SO in change
from another Davis dashed his home less than blocks
away, where he arrested half hour later
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The explosion was of such force the
flames shot to a great height from the
mouth of the shaft
The cages in the mouth OF the SHAFT
were so badly sprung by the explosion
that they can not be used. The shaft
is not on fire and air is being pumped
into the mine
The cause Of the explosion has not
been determined.
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MEN SHOT IN
DESPERATE ARRAY

n ITTSBURG April the police the
the Pressed Steel Car plant Schonve tonight four
The shooting occurred the known Bloody
Angle" where shot down the strike of
July foreigner unidentified the hospital with injuries
received when him while trying to escape.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-21
WRECK OF The BIG STEAMER
G0DSEND TO ISLAND FOLKS
Cargo of the MinneFiata Cast Upon
Waters and Gathered in by
Sicily Natives

HughOwn Sciy Islands April 20The inhabitants of the rocky
Scy islands famous weckers of primitive times but they will
forever remember this the greatest their history The Atlantic
transport liner Mnnehaha wrecked Monday dgorged her 1900
tons of valuable cargo casting upon the waters all day long to be
gathered up by those who cared to take the trouble
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persisted IN GALE.

CharlOttetown, p. l. L.. April 20.z
Three fishermen of Priest Pond are be-
lieved to have persisted in a gale off
shore yesterday.
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MINE EXPLOSION TN WHICH
MANY MINERS MEET DEATH
Awful Disaster at MuleG, Alabama,
in Shaft of Birmingham Coal
and Iron Company

Birmingham Ala April 2Wo has been received this that
twenty-five of the ntOmbed the Mu mine by explosion
killed
been made the Birmingham Southern railroad for It's
hospital will be the from Bessemer Ambuances
hurried Ma from Ensey after the of the explosion
reached here
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Documents Found by Coiored
Woman, Turned Over to At
torneys for Defense, Who
Finally Gave Them Up.
CONTAINED EVIDENCE
IMPORTANT TO ACCUSED
Testimony of Miss Pearl keI-
Ter, the Nurse Who Gave the
Alleged Poison Capsule to
Col, SWopeI Death Resulting
VICTIMS LAST MOMENTS

II ANSAS CITY, April 2O.--A stormy
~ court rOgsn scene, In which many
lawyers addressed the court at the
same time and bsrdied charges of un-
fair play among themselves. the bend
of DIR. b. G. Hyde was almost revoked
and attorneys for the defense threat
eneG upon certain conditions to attempt
Impeachment of state witnesses, marked
the Hyde murder trial this afternoon.
The trouble all arose over an attache
Of Prosecutor COnkIing's office losing
the grand jury notes the testimony
OF DIR. Walter :. HaineS and fOrty-twO
other state witnesses. A woman found
the notes and gave them TO Frank Il.
Walsh, chief counsel for DIR. Hyde.
These notes, according to Mr.. Walsh.
contain statements of DR.. Ha1nes that
DO cyanide of potassium was found in
the viscera of Colonel Swope and not
enough poison was found in ChriSman
SWOpe's Viscera TO cause death.
If DR.. Haines sWears on the witness
stand 10 any alleged facts other than
these he viii be prosecuted for perjury,
said Mr.. Walsh. Perjury is a capital
offense in a murder case.
Prosecutor COnkling admits this is
the testimony DR.. Haines gave before
the grand jury, but swears later that
the chemist found traces of cyanide OF
potassium in both ViScera- He viii tes-
tify to this, says Mr.. Conkling.
In the meantime the papers have
been returned 10 the state and the de-
Tense is in possession OF carbon copies
OF the evidence Judge LatshaW is of
the opinion he has no power TO deprive
the defense of the copiss.
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knew by their texture, iewelry Ruth
had worn. and lastly a seal ring en-
graved with Ruth Wheeler's initials
which was found on the body. the
prosecution will contend this clinches
beyond doubt the previous identified
tense would attempt to overthrow. =
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Acted the Death Scene.


mel SwOpe in his last illness, took the
stand after the upheaval in court.
She told about and acted out, in part,
the entire scene in the millionaire's
death chamber As Colonel Swope was
unable to speak during a part of his
illness, when attorneys asked Miss KEEL
Ter about his actions, during this period
she was forced to explain them in pam
tOmime.
Dr.. HYDE ordered her TO give Colonel
SWOpe the capsule upon which hinges
the entire case, said Miss Keller. Colo
mel Swope did not want to take the
medicine she testified. After he had
taken it he passed through the con-
vulsiOn, she said, and moaned:
"Oh, my God, I wish I was dead.
wish / had not taken that medicine"
Dr. Hyde ordered two hypOdermic in
jections of strychnine, when Colonel
Swope's pulse was at lao, said Miss
Keller. The nurse said DR.. Hyde told
her Colonel Swope was plainly suffer-
ing from apopleXy.
Miss Keller started to tell of the
typhoid epidemic in the SwOpe home
The defense objected. contending this
Swope. The court held il would not ad-
nit any of this testimony until the
state showed a connection.
This action by the court caused
much surprise. Earlier in the day
the court held that the state might
introduce the death of Moss Hunton,
wi ich the defense commended was as ir-
relevant as the typhoid cases.
Testimony Of The Nurse.
Following the overruling of the de-
fense's objection to testimony not
touching directly upon the death of
Colonel Thomas II. SwOpe being intro
duced, Miss Keller resumed the witness
stand at 1855 o'clock this morning.
The particular point upon which the
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Classified advertising in
The Herald Republican
sells more real estate than
is sold otherwise in this
city.
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THE METALS.

Silver, 5Sl4c.
Copper, cathodes, IL 9-16c
Lead, per 100 lbs, $500.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-26
DISASTROUS STORM
IN COLORADO
TERRIFIC WIND DOES THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS WORTH OF
DAMAGE IN STATE.

Denver. Jan. Pa terrific wind
damaged thousands of dollars worth
OF property throughout Colorado to-
night All over the state telephone
and telegraph poles and wires are
down. frame houses have been torn
from their foundations and hundreds
OF chimneys and smokestacks demol-
ished. In some places business il at
a standstill, flying debris rendering
streets unsafe. In Denver a dozen big
plate glass windows were blown In.
Tho wind famed a dozen small fires,
eight alarms being turned In at the
same time. The Garden Place school
at Globeville was entirely destroyed
by fire. In the mountains IL Is snow
Ing heavily and cattle are drifting
helplessly before the blizzard.
At Trinidad business was at a
standstiil today and much minor dam
age Is reported. Canyon City tele-
graph and telephone wires and poles
are lying in the streets. Central City
and Georgetown report that heavy,
wet snow is being swept across the
mountains, doing much damage.
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AN ADMINISTRATOR.
ISASKED
MISSING MANS DAUGHTER FILES
PETITION ASKING FOR
EXECUTOR.

Hamilton. Jan. Especial. ANNA
]. Jacobson. the daughter Of Zachariah
Jacobson, whose disappearance several
weeks ago threw the whole valley into
an excited hunt for his remains. ar
rived in Hamilton today from otter
Pail county, Minnesota. Miss Jacob
son petitioned the district court for
papers Of administration to he issued
to Winifrcd Tiiden of Victor. Judge
Myers appointed Mr.. TiIden special ad-
ministrator of the estate and set the
date of the hearing for March Is Miss
jacobson has at last given up all hope
that her father win be found alive and
her petition yesterday gave evidence
of the fact that she entertained no
further hope Of finding the missing
man. Judge Myers, however. in order
to make certain that the man is dead
set the date OF the hearing for March
IL. by which time the river will prob
ably have thawed and the body have
been recovered. If it is lodged in the
stream. In case the stream Is not free
by March Is Judge MYERS has stated
that he will postpone the hearing still
further,
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.F0RGER IS CAUGHT
CLEVERLY
RESPONSIVENESS OF A WOMAN
LEADS TO CAPTURE OF
ALLEGED CRIMINAL.

New York. Jan. a5.-The resource
fulness Of a woman deceived by a
man she was led to believe was 10
marry her. effected the capture today
of Frank +. Giese. wanted in Chi
caga and New York for forgeries. just
before he had time to blow out his
brains. He had robbed Mrs. Freda
Sommers Of $4,000 worth of diamonds
Gfese spent yesterday with Mrs. SOM
mers and they had bottle of cham
payne At her apartments. Giese
raised his glass in "A toast and said
huehingly:
Take off those diamonds. they're So
bright they make me dizzy"
They'll BE just as bright ON the
table as on my neck" protested Mrs:
Sommers. spreading them out before
him.
That's true" admitted Giese; put
them in this" and he drew small
chamos bag from an inner pocket and
tossed II across to her. Mrs Snmmers
placed the diamonds in the bag and
laid il on her dressing table. II VAS
there this morning. or one ike il. but
the diamonds had gone At the dis
covery of her loss Mrs. Sommers went
into Mysteries. and the appearance Of
two detectives who had been shadow
ing GIeSe did not reassure her. At
that moment the telephone bell rang
The evil genius ri Giesa had prompt
cd him To call M just at the wrong
moment.
Hush" said the woman II the de-
tcctive. here's rour man." and then
into the telephone: where are You
Frank"
Mrs. Sammars whispered the address
and. while the detectives rushed 10
the place. she kept him hanging to the
other end Of tine wire until he was
caught.
When arrested Glese tried 10 shaat
himself.
Il always kept ready to ga" Giese
told the detectives. Il knew il couldn't
last long. but it has been high flying
while il did
The diamonds were recovered and
identified. Glesa. who comes from
Baltimore. recently was employed by
the Hurley Machine company of Chi
caGa and eonfesses that last October
ne forged the name of Mel {. Hurley
to a cheek of Sssae. which was cashed
for him By the National Bank Of the
Republic in that city. Then he fled
To San Francisco and later came here.
The Hotel Aston and the Waldorf
Astoria both have his had checks for
$50 and both have been looking for
him He was held in $4,000 bail
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RELEASED
BY JUDGE
c. 3. SPRAGUE is SUCCESSFUL
IN SECURING WRIT or
HAeEAs CORPUS.

Hamilton, Jan. 25.-C. u. Sprague
who was found guilty of statutor,
offense by Justice of the Peace White
December 90 and sentenced to a fine
Of 1900 and 30 DAYS in the county Jail
yesterday filed. through his attorney, c
;. Wagner. an application in the dis
trict court for n writ Of habeas corpus
The application is based upon an alIe-
cation of illegal imprisonment because
of the want of jurisdiction in the court
where tried and sentenced.
Spraguc and Mrs. Robert Montgom-
cry of Aberdeen, s. D.. were arrested
here December 20. upon complaint
sworn out by the county attorney
Robert Montgomery Of Aberdeen To-
Gated his wife and Sprague in this
city, where they had located with
Montgomcry's two children In the
trial il was proven that the couple had
been living together az man and wife.
II being shown that she had contracted
bills at the stores under the name of
Mrs. Spragne and that the children
mad been enrolled in the public schools
OF Hamilton under the name of
Sprague.
Late tonight Sprague was released
upon the order of Judge Myers, the
circumstances of the case. rendering.
IN the opinion of the judge. further
imprisonment unnecessary.
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SUITS ARE FILED.

Hamilton. Jan. s5.-Henry Buck 4
Co. OF Stevenssilie have filed suit in
the district court on n note against
V Rnrch. Sr.
;. 4. Wheeler has filed suit for debt
against Eobcra Needy and James
HItte.