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Show "I- COALVILLE TIMES PEARY N. JACOB PETERSON, Editor and Manager. , COALVILLE ,, , IS HJtRIM DELAYED UTAH UTAH STATE NEWS Moro school children are enrolled Murray schools than ever before In th history of the town. Six Utah men have been appointed delegate to attend the National Good Ronds convention to be held at Cleveland, O , September 21 to 23. The residence of James Owens of Ogden was set on fire by a bolt of lightning, but the building was saved by the prompt arrival of the firemen Ogden (s' said to be infested with gang of pickpockets and crooks, who prey successfully on passengers and tourists arriving and assembling at the Union depot The city council of Ephraim has de elded to construct sidewalk crossings at all places where the streets inter aact with the sidewalks running north and south on Main street. Thomas Sandy,- - Jockey, lies in erttleal condition loan Ogden hospital -- result of inJuries sustaJned dur- tag ay race at the fair grounds, .his horse stumbling and, falling upon him Nick Vacua, the mur derer of John Con t os, a fellow Greek at Ogden, will escape the hangman noose, he having been permitted ! plead guilty to murderjn the second degree, A' large cheese factory has just keen completed at Junction. Equipped with the most modem, apparatus and machinery that money could buy, it la expected to torn out a first class article. A email boy In some manner set lire to a ham owned by Karl Kawah 11a, at Logan, and the building and contents"Were totairytR-sIroyed.rhbarn was a new one, having been completed only this week. x The Bennlon flour mill, situated on the banks of the Jordan river, near Murray, was completely destroyed by lire on Beptember 8. The origin of the Are la unknown, but la believed to have been the result of lightning. Balt Lake Citys schools opened for the school year of Tuesday morning, Scptemoer 7, with an attendance of 11,908. This la an Increase of 956 over the attendance for the opening day of the school: of Services AMERICAN EXPLORER LEAVES AND WILL COPENHAGEN SOON BE HOME. d 1 e 1909-191- 0 1908-180- Detective Wardlaw, the Ogden man who shot and killed Dominick Virgil while the latter wae resisting arrest, has been exonerated by the coroners fury. Virgil shot the officer through the arm before the fatal shot was fired. Aaron Dk Thatcher, one of the beat knows men In Utah, and a brother of Moses Thatcher, who died a short time ago, passed away at hie home In Logan, September 8, following a pro ' traded illness from stomach and kid-ae- d trouble. Mrs. Ed win, Harman of Balt Lake City died on September 8, as a result of Injuries sustained when her olothing became Ign lted from a bon-fir- e, Mrs. Harmans burns extended . from her ankles, to her koeesand her hands and Anns were also severely , V, -- blistered, The month just ended shows the heaviest death rate for August In the history of Salt Lake City. There were 114 deaths this August, as gainst only 78 last August, and the average death rate lor each 1090 population based on actual residents -- ---- -was 1.99. Clarence Ernst, the Ogden negro charged with the murder of Charles Staples, colored, will be allowed to go at liberty until hts case comes up for trial, 120,000 batt being exacted. Tbs shooting occurred last May when the men became involved In n dlspqte over n card game. Ughtnlng struck the house of A. L Blaylock In Hsrrlsvllle. - The 7 bolt . ent through the wall of the house aai struck within half a foot of the haby, who was asleep onthe bed. A horse belonging to Mr, Blaylock was struck and died Instantly. a French cook who Kaltx, George was picked up on the streets of SMI iJike In n supposedly Intoxicated condition and placed In jail, was really suffering from an epileptic fit, and died tbe next tnorntng. A proper diagnosis of bis, case might have resulted in saving hts life. Now Is the time that Incorporations are due to pay their annual license fee to tlie secretary, of state, and saany notices are being sent out Ali of the notices will be out by October r 18, and taxes become delinquent November 15. Manyof the substantial companies have already paid their tax for the year. Verne Van Wagner, aged 33 years, In the as an electrician employed ' United States smelter at .,tldva!e, was electrocuted while at work In the ' Van erseniC' bins at the amelter. was repairing some electrical Wagner ar-te- tbschlnery When he'unwrnifngTyrtwk .hold of a heavily charged wire. Land in San Juan county corering 325,000 acres was opened to 'entry last week under the enlarged home stead bill, and the selections are now on file at the United States land office in Salt Lake. This Is the largest ' Ingle tract opened to entry In years ' Waiter Hill, 12 years old, Is In a Salt Lake hospital with the sight of his rightey entirely destroyed, and facing a critical operation to save the other eye, because a crowd of boy Idlers thought It fun to shoot at him with flippers when be drove by to delivery, wsgon. f Admiral Assures Discoverer North Polo That Peopis In Denmark Believo In Him Absolutely. Danish DAMAGED BY ICE AND HOMEWARD JOURNEY WILL BE BLOW. of Membsrs of Expedition All Well But JLook Thin and Tired, Peary Especially Showing the Effectsi of the Terrible Journey Northward. Copenhagen.- - Happy and confident, Dr. Frederick A. Cook left this port on Friday on his journey homeward, with the cheers of a great crowd of hla admirers ringing in his ears. Formal farewells were exchanged between - Dr. Cook and committees of tbe Geographical society and the Uni versify of Copenhagen. As he departed the explorer stood-- alone on tbe high bridge of the yacht Moiclioir. which Ja taking hlm- - ttr'jChrlstianlaqd, raising his hat In response to the shouts of the spectators. Managing Director Cold of Jhe - - Steamship com In-la- GENERAL CORBIN IS CHILD Conspicuous Figure . In Military Affairs Succumbs to Heart" Weakness After an Operation. al u flag. FLAGSHIP BREAKS RECORD. Steams 'From Ban Francisco to Hno-lulIn Four Days, Sevanteen Hours. Honolulu. The Pacific fleet, comprising eight of the fastest cruisers in the American navy, which left San Fran cisco September-8- , under Rear Admiral Sebree, fey five months cruise In oriental waters, arrived her at 11 oclock Friday morning. September, !Q. with the exception of the Colorado and West Virginia, wtilch were delayed by accidents to their machinery. In an effort to establish tbe shortest time In which the fleet could cross the Paoiflc and teat the speed and steaming capacity of the cruisers, the Tennessee, Admiral Sebree's - flagship, broke all records by making the trip from Bab Francisco to Honolulu In four days and seventeen hours. u Greatest Organizer of Railroads ihs World Has Ever Known Suffiri Relapse, the Members of the Fam yJBei ng at Beds! do When End Came. Arden,-N- . Y. Eduard H. . New York. Lieutenant General Henry C. Corbin. U. S. A,, retired, died In a hospital In this city on Wednesday, after an operation for a renal disorder. General Corbin would have been 67 years old In a few days. Mrs. Corbin and Myron T. Herrick of Ohio, his personal friend, were at his bedside Ilardn a dead. The end came at 3:30 l$i day afternoon, when, secluded If fe magnificent home on Tower Htl te greatest organizer of railroads te world has ever known succumbed f an Intestinal disorder after a 1 ag fight against the disease. j Harriman died peacefully fl to the end his brilliant mind reti id Us Integrity. After a relapse on Sunday he g ak slowly and soon after noon Thui ay there came a second relapse ' vfe dh marked the approach of the end. His wife, two daughters and i o sons, who have been constantly I th him were at his bedside, as re Mrs. Simons, a sister.' Orlando rlman, a brother, and Dr. W. G. HENRY C. CORBIN. of New York. Edward H. Harriman was bom when death occurred. General Cop Hempstead, L. I., February 25, 1 bln had been 111 for two years. the third son of Rev. Orlando H.n During his service as adjutant genman, Jr rector of St, Georges Episcopal church at Hempstead ,TYe eral, General Corbin was a conspicuous figure at the war department and In the social life of the national capIs - if ital TRAINS collide head-on- . TO FILL HARRIMANS PLACE. Great Railway Organisation Wilt Not ba Disturbed New YorkTwo beliefs concerning th death of Edward H, Harriman have been accepted as fact First, that his great railroad organisation win not be disturbed; second. that be was a victim of cancer. -Tbe Kuhn, City bank will continue to set as The chief financial agents of the Harriman line but ; ust who will assume the head of the vast affairs la a matter of speculation. It Is' generally understood that Jacob H. Rchllf and Judge R. S. Lovett will divide between them the running of the complex organization bult by Mr. Harriman, with the assistance of able lieutenant - BIG GAIN IN STOCKS. Wall Street Shews a Strong Markst "Following Death of Harriman. New York. Wall streets response on Friday to E. H. Hardman's death was a buoyantly strong stock market; In which securities made sensational ga'n and held There to the end. The volume of business was enormous, well ever 1,500.000 share, aid to this vast amount tbe better know Hayri-ma- n stoeks Union Tarific common and Southern Pacific alone Contrib, uted over while other properties la wbleG the late1 magnate was more remotely Int rested added - as much more to. e. ed In a complete-rouof the short Interests. -- . one-third- -- the.-itaL.Th- day-result- t Americans Maroonsd by Mexican Flood Mexico City News of a number of marooned Americans reached here Triday. .The Presbyterian mission school at San Juan ba been cut off since the flood. A party under tbe leadership of "W". A. Ross will go to the rescue. Th pupils and teachers are reported safe, although suffering from want of food, A party of Amort-rlft- i reached Linares on Friday after a from the trip in an 'nta Anarancb, where they'hd been taylng. The ranch was completely six-da- ox-ca- Most Disastrous Accident ton the Salt , Lake Route Since Road Opened. Salt take - City. One ' man ' was killed, five seriously hurt and thirty-nin- e passengers more or less Injured when two Salt Lake Route (trains collided near Boulten, 80 miles west of Salt Lake, on Thursday. . The trains In collision were westbound Los Angeles train No, 1 and eastboundr train No. 200 from Eurek Who la responsible for the sacrifice of life, the maiming and injuring of many and the destruction of property wUl be determined by officials of j the Salt Lake Route, who have 'begun rigid inquiry into the cause. Someone blundered, and the result is the worst wreck on the Salt Lake Route since that road was opened to traffic five years ago. f Taft Will Talk About Tariff. Beverly, Mass. During his western trip President Taft will take the people Into his confidence (regarding the youth whtrwasto become a multii$ recent tariff fight la congress, ac- llonaire knew no luxuries, and wotiej cording te a statement - mane here. wax said that the president will hard for the little education he; if Itfrankly tell of the troubles that beset celved. At 16 he found employ!! as an errand boy in a, broker's dot im In dealing with' the tariff situaIn Wall atreet. lie developed into as tion and that he will put squarely up to the peeple the question of whethet astute lad. always poking tor a e to better himseixand In 1870. befcr r not they desire still further rehe was 23 years old, he had bough a vision. The president will tell his seat on the .New York stock exchaag bearers jtha the remedy for ' any and paid .for it with 220.000 he nxds shortcomings In the bill will be to in speculation. elee eengressmen pledged to a reHe learned his elementary lessen vision along the Tines desired. In finance In the school of Jim Ffck, 'Indian Widow Gets Fortun Jay Gould and Commodore Vandeiklt, and emerged a broker on his own acSan Francisco. Heirs named In th count devoid of sentiment in busings. will of John R. Hite, a millionaire Mr. Harriman married bliss Miry lining man of Mariposo, Cal, have Averhtll of Rochester, N. Y. Rvs effected a settlement with his Indian children were born, three girls tnd widow lor 8100,000,' and within- a two boy The eldest daughter Is the wife of week, more (than $6,000,000 win be Robert L. Gerry, son of Commodore distributed. Hite was a pioneer In Abridge T, Gerry, The second djhi the California gold fields and married ter la Mary and the third Carol fue an Indian woman from whoirf he af eldest son. Waiter Averill, la Jimtot terward separated, maklng an' allowof coUoge and Is leamtrrg- - t ance for ber malntenairee. She was business. Tbe youngest, Roland, ii it not provided for in his wUj, and the , years old and still in school. contest followed his death , Work Horse Parade Feature of CelBallinger Still Wants Fight So far as I Beverly, Mass ebration of Admission Day. concerned, let the war go on." Hi San Francisco. About 200 animals was the reply of Secretary Balling r, participated on Thursday in San Franwhen pressed for an expression of ciscos first annual (work horse paopinion as to how long he thought the rade,' which served as a unique, feacontroversy lit Washington, regarding ture of The celebration of admission the conservation policy of the intetfor day in this city. Almost every condepartment, would continue. Mr. ceivable kind of a vehicle was enpassed Tuesday In Bostm, tered. The onl decorations were while the president was attending J V small American flags fastened to the Yale celebration at the Brook!! An Unusual harnesses of the horse Country club, but be came to Bevc of team was a entry. at night and bad a second Inlets Inspected vjft.ur abreast Ninety judges , with hbWle4 j he - - -- Bl-ling- ninety-slx.horse- beenr-reache- party-underwe- d. ij nt PEARY MAKES REPORT. Advisea Navy . Department and Secretary of State of Hie Success. Officially - Pearys Washington.- - Commander first official notification to the navy department direct of his return and of his discovery of the north pole came to the department Saturday morning, September 11, In the following dispatch sent by him from Battle Harbor . Respectfully- - report my return; hoisted navy ' ensign pole PEARY " April 6th. The following message has been received at the state department from Commander Peary: Battle Harbor, Sept. 10, 1909. Hon. Secretary of State, Washing ton, D. C.: Respectfully report hoisted Stars tnd Stripes on North pole April 6th and formally took possession of 'That entire region and adjacent for and in name of the president sf the United States -- of Amertear Record and United States flag left In possesPEARY sion. on-N- orth -- Cases Against Heinz Dismissed. New York. Th indictments charging F. Augustus Helnze, ths copper financier, with conspiracy to obstruct the administration of Justice by concealing the books of the United States Copper company, . were dismissed on Saturday by. Judge Hough of the United States circuit court Judge Hough also dismissed fifteen of the s xteen counts In an Indictment, also pending against Mr. HCinze, charging him with msappropraton of the funds rt tbe Me rein tie National bank bv eriifvlnv checks of the firm of Otto , amount. Only I- - Fmiiyt I out-of-to- "t hundred, BELIEVES IN -- HUSBAND. Cooks Wife Has Faith in Ex-ptorer. But Refuses te be Inter- viewed. A. York. Mrs. Frederick New Cook, whd stin persists tn her refusal to be Interviewed directly or to make any signed statement for publication Dr. on p - TOMB Arden, N. Y. With only the Intimate friends of the family present, services over the body of Edward the railway king, were held on Sunday in the mansion . lie had never lived to see fintahed, after which the body was teuderly laid in Its last resting place on the Arden hillside. The rulers of Wall street came from New York to pay their last tribute, but tbe most prominent part in the ceremonies was taken by the men wh- o- knew him - beat- - as a - country squire and master of the great estate, which covers 43,000 acres of hill and His genera! superintendent, valley. his master carpenter, his master raav son and the managers and assistant managers of his dairies, his fat ins and his trotting stables bore hi coffin. The funeral was private,' and only those who were personal trends . of the family and bad -- received invita-ton- s front Mrs Harrman were admitted. The party arrived al Ardcn aC 3: IS oeioek on a special train. The first" service was holy communion, celebrated at 10 a. m. by the Rev. J. Holmes McGuiness, for Mrs. Harridan and her children at their home on Tower Hill. AT 11 oclock came a public memorial service at St John's church for, the employes of the farm and parishioners, who, on account or lack of space, were unable to attend the funeral service later. - Elaborate precautions were taken to preserve the privacy of the afternoon .jervlce., JtevfjaL score, of en- ployes aided by a number of policemen guarded all roads over which the funeral procession passed, and kept watch at Intervals of twenty yards around the patch of woods which the Harriman burial plot. Eight carriages followed the hearse from .Arden house. The regular funeral service of the Episcopal church was conducted by Dr, Guiness, assisted by the Rev. G. Nelson, archdeacon of the cathedral of SL John the Divine In New York. A male quartette and the choir of Grace church. New York, sang Abide with Me, and There Is a Land of Mr. Ilarrl mans faPure Delight, vorite hymns. The service lasted but twenty minutes. Then the bearers carried the casket .to the buriaLploL one yards up the hllL, It was 5 oclock when Archdeacon Nelson took a handful of earth and, Iprlnkling it .over the bed of lillea that hid the metal casket, consigned the body of Edward H. Harriman to the earth on the aOotrheToved' best. L- -- Loeb-Kation- St. John, N. F. The Roosevelt, Commander Peary's steamer, was badly damaged by Ice. In the north, and may not get to North Sydney before This Is the news September 25. brought by Captain Neilson of the fishing steamer Taff, which has arrived here, from Battle Harbor, Labrador. The Roocevelt struck a rock while entering Battle Harbor,- - and was fast for six hour but not seriously damaged. The Taff was In Battle Harbor n when the Roosevelt arrived -- from Harbor. The Roosevelt put in 'o take on a supply of coal and also to give Commander- Peary an opportunity to send details of his far northern trip to the United States. While the Roosevelt was stranded Captain Nellsen went aboard to offer his assistance and was thanked by Commander Peary and Captain Bartlett, who decided that - they would be able to work the steamer free at high water. Captain Nellsen says that Commander Peary and Captain Bartlett showed him over the ship and told him that the pole had When Captain Neil-seasked Peary if,, fie. was certaln he had found the pole the commander declared:. I got there; you may rest assured of that When the commander of the Taff what he thought of Dr. asked Cooks claim, Peary replied that Cooks Eskimos had assured him that Cook Scarcely went out of sight or land. Nellsen said that the Roosevelt was badly battered and that her hull showed the bruises made by Jagged pieces of lee, He was informed that it was the intention of Peary and Bartlett to run the Roosevelt to As-sl- z harbor, where she would remain for ten or twelve days, so that the men would not be hampered In their work by stormy weather, and that the expedition expected to reach Sydney . about September 25. The crew of the Roosevelt are all well but look thin and tired and according to Captain Nellsen the most worn looking member of the expedi- tlon is Commander Peary himself. Nesllen was Informed that the Peary severe hardship In the final stages of the dash to the encountered pole. The expedition blizzards and according to Captain Kbllsen was obliged to kill dogs for food. Professor Marvin was drowned and an Eskimo was lost The party 'm11ea an sledges over fair ice conditions, although at one time Peary and several of bis men from being carhad a narrow-escap- e of an Ice floe. ried away by a break-uThe Roosevelt was moored in latitude 82.30 during the winter. The rigging of the -- Roosevelt presented a curious sight. About forty musk ox heads and heads of reindeer were suspended to yard arm. There are twelve dogs, the last of nearly 200 taken poleward. , Harx When the ship reached Battle bor her bunkers held oaly . five tons of coal. At that place she took on hoard 'sixty tons. The crew and exsemi-Arcti-c atplorers' are dressed in to hear anxious were All very tire. news of the outside world. N paay, accompanied Dr. Cook. .He aalCPThe Oscar II would reach Wkr Tuesday, Hepteraber 21. Before the gangplank of tbs Mel choir was draws up There was s pleasant ceremony in the caWn, which was attended by Maurice F. Egan, the American minister, the rector of the EDWARD H. HARRIMAN LOSE! University of Copenhagen, and sev-er'LONG AND HEROIC FIGHT Deklche-liegeographers. 'Admiral AGAINST DISEASE. thanked Dr, Cook for returning to the United States under the Danish Green-eye- d envy aad Jealousy, the admiral said, "are doing their envenomed-work, but we in Denmark believe In you absolutely." 1 want, fo thank you," said Cook, In reply, for the great honor that is mine in going home on a Dam 1th steamer, Since ! cannot reach home on an American steamer or an expedition vessel, it is fitting that f should go on a steamer of the land which has given me such happy days. You have made ray return so hap py that the tortures of the past are forgotten. Tou have been ray friends, ran have fought my battles, with a 1I heart, t say farewell to the people of Denmark." Dr. Speaking to s correspondent. Cook isldt "I am perfectly willing to put my records before the American Coast And Geodetc survey, to be compared with those of Commander Peary, but 2 do not see why I should ask for such a comparison first." Asked If he had any message for the public. Dr. Cook replied; "Dont you think that would be rather presumptuous? AH I waat Is to get home to my wife and children and to finish my work." Held ln Privat timate Friends of the Being Present. STEAMER ROOSEVELT la-t- ha - SILENT IN -- ber husbands that report he reached the pole ahead of Commander Peary, consented Saturday, through a friend whose name is withheld, to account for her silence. - I believe In my husband," she said,- and there the matter ends for me, I do not belong in this controversy, and T have feared that if 1 talked at all, no matter how guardedly, I should be ' Then dragged . into it willy-nillthere would be denials and counters denials, and ! should never get clear. For this reason T have said and shall say nothing whatever beyond the bAre affirmation that I believe my husband." y. Irrigation Work Progressing. Cheyenne, Wyo. M embers of the Irrigation committee of the United States senate reached Cheyenne Saturday night, having completed the Inspection of fifteen large government In northwestern Irrigation project states within the last thirty days. Director Newell, who Is accompanying the comm it tee, reports all projects in good shape. ' Society Woman Suicide London. Mrs. James Perin, a young American., committed suicide Saturday morning - at Fbe shot herself with a revolver. Mr Perrin, whq was a guest of. Mr. and Mrs. Ackroyd, the former music mas ter of the l echoed. was found dead in the conservatory with her revolver byjier side. Harrow-on-the-Hil- l. Harrow-on-the-Hii- . ; WflghtrGotng Some. Berlin. Orville Wright made two Successful flights over the Templehof parade grounds Saturday afternoon. flret- be was alcffr alone' for forty-twminutes and executed a series of intricate maneuvers. r - a-t- be o Aviator Wins Small Fortune. Brescia. Glenn H Curtiss, the American aviator who won the international cup at Rhems, added further honors to his brilliant by cap. turing the grand prize in the avTJVipn meet here Sunday- .- Curtss made hit flight Sunday, covering fifty kilometers 31.05 miles), or five time around the course. In forty-nin- e minutes and twenty-fou- r seconds. His share of the 810,000 prte Is 1 3,000 Rougher, tbe French aviator, also jompleted for th grand prize, making a flight of fifty kilometers In 1:10:18, I |