I 1 SALT ALT LAKE LA KE AND I 1 STAT STA TE NE wa 1 da I 11 I 1 from correspondents and state exchanges I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 STOVE CAUSES P PANIC anac explodes in dining car of the pacific Fx express Ex press 1164 ren nevi nev nov ov 19 A serious panic occurred this morning on the pacific express one ot of the fast south ern pacific trains while it was passing through nevada twenty miles east of reno caused by a stove blowing up in the lining dining car the steam pipes had frozen and when aben the porter built a fire the stove blow up filling the car with gaa the passengers upset the tables in their efforts to get out ot of the mr car and several several women fell fe 11 to the floor and were trampled upon others fainted from the gas in the tightly closed car finally several men broke the car windows with dishes to relieve the tavo situation the doors being blocked with passengers from other oth er cars who were trying to enter the diner one woman mrs mra D B E parker of california avenue st louis bouls jumped from a car window and received serious injuries she was brought to reno and placed in a hospital I 1 ten or fifteen dersons overcome and required ra medical edical attendance HAS interurban COLD FEET salt 91 9 t lake nov NOT 19 it begins to look very much a as though Harri mans acquisition of the utah light andl andi Rall railway way comp tomp anys holdings ln in salt galt lake and vicinity had given the promoters of the salt lake and garfield Garfi old interurban rout road a bad case of cold feet to dato date the promoters of the proposed system of up to date electric lines have not filed any articles 06 0 incorporation corpo ratton although they have been prepared ready for entry for a couple of m mahs past pak around ha arters la in the herald building the tome force of engineers and others on the payroll have for days past been decidedly idle the aorl force of engineers engl in the th e field three weeks wee as ago a so go were called in ind and lad off subject to call up ftp to 2 45 this atter afternoon noon the option given on saltair beach and the salt lake los angeles railroad had not been taken up it expires tonight and it would be reasonable to suppose that if it were to be taken up the sum requited required to bind the second payment would be forthcoming before the banks closed for the day at 3 p m the options on the San sanpete pete valley road the coal lands twenty miles further west the depot site rite at the rear of the cullen hotel etc one and all are still in the air an official of the proposed interurban this morning did not care to be quoted on the situation but it was evident ident that he waz was in 3 a pessimistic mood while we may be obliged to abandon some same of our original plans I 1 he be sald said we are am here to do business then he added hopefully you know this is but one of many propositions we have in the dou country we have spent good money here and it would be poor business to abandon theofleld theft eld around town the common gossip Is to the effect that the fine italian baitt of I 1 H harriman ix Is in evidence in blocking the plans of a the mysterious strangers who proposed to maki make salt la lake valley a suburban utopia DEMOCRATS MADE GAINS salt lake nov 19 through the official recounting of the ballots by the county commissioners of the various counties the democratic representatives senta tives in the next house of representatives senta tives Is increasing it is ie now certain five members with a stran strong 9 probability that there will be six unofficial information places the numbers at six and the county clerks have notified secretary ecret ary of state of five in official reports the five elected are J P F tolton of beaver who returns for a second term thomas P cottom cottain of washington county who resides at st george and who also comes back a second time john T giles of he bieber aber city wasatch county john parry of cedar city iron county and robert rob rt P holt of verdure san juan county returns give a majority ity to mr meeks of kane county and it is expected that official notification of his election will be received at the office of the secretary of state within the wee week k official ballots to be used in canvassing the state ticket are arriving catl dally at the office of the secretary of state stra they however will not be opened until the meeting of the board w which is by required to assemble next monday at 12 the board has hag no authority over the legislative ballots except in the eleventh and twelfth senatorial districts which comprise more than one county and which will th therefore be counted for the senatorial vote as well as the vote on the state ticket PIONEER WOMAN CALLED 1 salt lake nov nor 19 mrs anna 11 calder widow of the late david 0 colder calder died at the residence of her daughter sirs mrs L E riter last saturday fromhold from lold old age and general debility lt v mrs calders maiden name was mackay and she came to utah in 1847 when she was buti 0 years of age some years later she was married to mr air calder and two daughters survive her namely mrs riter and miss jennie calder mrs calder was highly teemed esteemed by a large number of friends and acquaintances and her death marks the passing of another of the true ann ana sturdy pioneers of 1847 she was a manx woman having first seen the light of day dav on the isle of man september 23 1837 the feral funeral will be held from the residence of mrs riter second street tuesday commencing at 2 ec lack 1 TRAG TRAGEDY IEDY IN IDAHO boise ida nov 19 an awful tragedy occurred yesterday morning highland valley twelve o miles from i ociee 13 olse due clue to a quartel quarrel over a road the result of which august dead at his home arid ad his brother la in law 1 jauering Is lying seriously wounded in the local hospital trouble occurred when the two unfortunate men attempted to cross landof landof the pey peicy pei cy brothers by way the canyon road mad they were confronted by the gercys and william 0 simmons la a quarrel ensued and weapons came into play CLARKS ROAD IN NEVADA salt lg lake 1 nov 20 A stockholders meeting of 1 the te san pedro fedro 1 los ange I 1 I 1 les salt lake railroad coni company panY salt lake route was hold held in salt lake yesterday in the office of the legal department here the board of directors selected for the ensuing year comprises senator W A dark clark ot 0 butte butle mont E H Harrl Har mari new nevy york it C kerens los angeles W 1 D cornish of at new york thomas kearns of salt lake W H bancroft salt lake J ross rosa dark clark los loa angeles T F miller los angeles W r I 1 H i comstock Oom Comi stock los angeles angelea H I 1 bottis bettis los angeles W G kerckhoff Kerck Kerel hoft los angeles and IV R kelley los angeles the directors will meet in the near future and elect officers for the ensuing year it is expected that no important changes will be made the officers of the me salt lake route now nov are president senator W A dark clark first vice president wl H bancroft t second vice president J ross rass dark clark general manager R E wells auditor H 1 I bettis these officers with the exception of mr wells are directors all stock yesterday was voted by J rass dark clark W H bancroft and thos kearns who held proxies for stock outside their own I 1 S AST operations earning a month preparing for bigger things 0 secretary sullivan and treasurer mueller eller of the east butte company are in Borst boston concerning the reports of litigation against the east dve butte company mr sullivan says there is not a word of truth in them the east butte company Is not involved in any way directly or indirectly in any litigation the east butto butte company is today earning about per month from the leasers leaders now operating the property on a loyalty basis by jan 1 next all leas leafers leasers rs will be excluded from ule the property by this time the company Is planning to ship to the washoe smelter 30 tons of ore pe per F flay day upon which it estimates there will be a net profit th to the company of 10 per ton after a charge arge of 5 per ton by the smelter by july I 1 it Is planned to bring the shipments up tip to tons tong per day thia the company expects to receive about per month royalty from the precipitating plant which will soon operine op erite on the water which has filtered through the parrot tailings and is storing itself in small pools on the east butte property leasers leaders will put up the precipitating plant pay th the hast butte company a royalty ot twenty five per cent and at the end of five years the plant becomes the property of the east butte company since the east butto butte company was organized the company has expended about in the purchase of new properties and at present has about cash in its tr treasury ea gury the ore developments warrant the sta statement lement that the ore values in sight today greatly exceed those at the time of the flotation of the property to date all the expenses at the prOD property erty in the matter ot of opening L work sin sinking kingland rand crosscuts cross cuts have been paid for from the royalty receipts I 1 I 1 fast east butte has shares quat ed at 10 1011 11 per share the property adjoins the pennsylvania mine of the boston montana PENNILESS BOY IN SAD PLIGHT deserted by his uncle lad is left to freeze on the street i i salt lake lahe nov 20 deserted by his uncle robbed of his money nearly frozen half starved on the verge of pneumonia little george ag 16 years of age was picked up in a sa loon on second south and P fourth west at 11 I 1 last night by officer reilley the little fellow was friend less legs ind and alone and apparently very ill ile he was talen taken to the police station where he was cared for by dr samuel G paul and lodged in the emergency hospital nver night the lads plight was a particularly sad one according to bo the story he told the police he left leadville colo in company with his uncle several days ago and came to salt lake in search of work the boy had 40 of his own money but sunday morning when they arose amse his uncle ask him for this money and told him he would take care cafe of it and return to the room the uncle did not return and the boy walked the streets until a late hour in search of him finally the little waif was forced to seek shelter from the wintry blasts blast 8 in a doorway where he be slept all night again yesterday he walked the streets looking for his missing relative at last irom from sheer exhaustion he stag gerej into the saloon where here he was found and fell to the floor ile he was poorly clad and was wag nearly dead from exposure when he was taken 0 to o the station it was found that his condi condition conditto tio n w was a s S uch such that tha t I 1 it t is feared pneumonia will result the lads father who Is employed at the leadville smelters shelters sm elters was noti notified fled by wire last night of his sons plight in the meantime tile the police are looking for the uncle who so basely deserted the youngster ELY AWAKENED GIANT I 1 I 1 1 salt lake nov 20 we are mighty glad to see salt lake men of means getting into the best properties in the fly el district and we know they will not regret it said tom E acci mcclelland elland lawyer and mining man of the copper camp who Is at the wilson for a few days the nevada consolidated thel the cumberland ely the mcdonald ely the federal ely and the resurrection are all great big propositions and there Is no danger of o boosting them too strongly I 1 have been connected with some of thorn tham in a legal way particularly the rie federal deral ely and I 1 know that they are established on a firm basis it Is difficult for many to realize how ely can forge to the front so quickly but it is not so mar marveling to those who arcon the ground it has been a slumbering giant to be awakened by the screech of the locomotive it has veritable mountains 01 ol of copper ore which have required only the means of transportation to malce make them most profitable to open up although these great bodies of ore have long been known to exist there was no zall sail to explore them until the means of working them was at hand since their exploration has been be gun they are found tu to be bigger than had been dreamed of f and the end la Is not in ill sight properties in the known copper bearing zone are all good th abb ore are virtually at the surface ind the work of production in most cases can be begun almost as as the necessary machinery machiner Y is put in place As I 1 said before you cant boost jely ely properties too hard they will make fortunes for the people who go into them I 1 REACHES OUT FOR FACTS I 1 I 1 I 1 federal grand jury still pushes its investigation I 1 I 1 salt late lake nov 20 the abe federal grand jury Is still pi probing into tile the coal land cases and examining witnesses ness s to throw light upon alleged frau fraudia tand nd conspiracy it Is alleged that a number of witnesses examined yesterday located locate 1 coal lands in carbon and other counties for the utah fuel and pleasant valley coal companies investigation ha baa brought to light among other things a clever scheme which has been employed at different times to obtain coal land from the government at a much lower figure per acre than is charged by the government durin during the recent interstate commerce commiss commissions lons sessions in salt lake a number of witnesses admitted under oath that they lo 10 located ted coal land and turned the property over to coal companies on whose payrolls their names appeared for flor this work the witnesses admitted they received receive dl compensation those who appeared before tho the grand jury yesterday were wilford moyle local assi assistant secretary of tho the american surety company milton ali ito n ridges a wn contractor tractor ot of salt lake travis S pendergrass Lender grass an old amplo employed ye of them the utah fuel oom company pany now manager of a stenographic bureau of salt lake marcena foster and william D foster secretary to robert forrester 0 of the utah fuel company ira H davisson a contractor of salt lake theodore schulte clerk for mccornick cooko cooke co of this city and H 0 young solicitor of the young young company I 1 H davisson was before the jury saturday he was subpoenaed in Sunn ysido where he is building railroad buildings I 1 witnesses who appeared before commissioner charles A prouty in september had taken up coal lands in wyoming and it has been alleged that similar methods of obtaining land containing coal have been employed in utah western coal companies in order to get a monopoly upon coal supply have anve in some instances secured thousands of acres through the aid of employed emp loyes and hirelings quarter sections have been tied filed upon and andi then then turned over to coal companies com comp euiles in order to circumvent the law coal fields have been checker warded boarded if an independent locator planned opening mines upon a section of land he found the surrounding territory taken up and he was refused the right of df way from any direction to his own ground the grand jury will continue its deliberations I 1 libe rations through the greater part of the week PLAN TO SPEND MILLIONS traction Tract lori iod officials confer with mayor ind and council projects I 1 salt lake nor 20 more than 3 will be spent by th the 0 U utah tall light railway company in the improvement pro of its street railway electric trio lighting and power system in salt lake as rapidly as the work can be done salt lake city ler isato to have as fine and as perfect a street railway system as any city in the united states and the changes from the arc present sent antiquated antiquate dl and broken down equipment andt and tracks will be commenced today by the new owners of the ti traction rights of the city announcements to this effect were made yr