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Show VOLUME CUR RUN UNDER Curt.iin mid Koine seamen Jut before the tiiunes the magazine in ahUli a quantity of explosives was stored, in their battle ugulust the flames Lieutenant Curtain and his men were so eveivome by the smoke that they lost consciousness after the fight was won, and were hurried on board the cruiser Olympia for treatment. Their condition is not serious. The fire occurred in a stuffy compartment directly adjoining the magazine, and had gained considerable headway when it was discovered. The place was filled with a dense smoke that battled the efforts of the crew and caused them to fall helpless to the steel floor. Time and ngaln Curtain dived into the fire chamber and emerged with the unconscious form of a seaman in his grasp. After a hurried resuscitation the seaman and his officer would go back to the fight only to succumb again to the smoke. Finally the flames were extinguished and then the lieutenant was A sailor plunged into the missed. compartment and a second later came out with the limp body of the officer in his arms. Five seamen, in a similar condition, were stretched out on tbe deck. All were hurried on board the Olympia, in dry dock, and the Burgeons soon brought them to consciousness. The damage to the Lawrence was trifling. re.u-lie- GUARD OF POLICE Tracks are Patrolled by a Force of s, Eight Hundred Blue-Coat- SYMPATHETIC OGrDE jNT, UTAH; VIII. NUMBER 5 STRTKE LIKELY Lieu-etna- Protest Will Be Made Againet newal of Street Car Company's Franchise. Re- CHICAGO, Nov. 13. Five trains bearing fifteen policemen each, and the trains followed by patrol wagons loaded with officers, left the Wentworth avenue street car barns this morning. The officers were armed with riot guns. Policemen were stationed along the ut tracks holding the crowds back for the passage of these trains. The crowd contented Itself with Jeering and made no attempt at violence. The cars ran through the hard section of the city, between Thirty-nint- h and Wentworth, under an extra guard. One hundred and eighty policemen NEW REPUBLIC have been on duty there since daylight The mob was Immense, but feared the determined front of the blue coats IS RECOGNIZED who Down town two teamsters started a blockade weer promptly arrested. The police form an almost solid line on each side of the car tracks PRESIDENT RECEIVES THE PANAll business is suspended and the AMA MINISTER. noise is terrific, but no violence has promptly In addition to the eight hundred policemen guarding the tracks, big squads are held, in reserve. The first string of cars succeeded in making the round trip. At 12:30 o'clock another string of street cars, heavily guarded, was started, the police in the meantime dis. persing all the crowds along the route, 'including the down town districts At noon today the Stationary Firemens Union called a meeting for this evening. They make no secret of a desire to strike in sympathy with the street carmen and it is possible that that they will go out and the companies will be without power before tomorrow morning. The labor unions are also trying to cripple the company in other direct tlons Steps were taken today to make a formal protest before the transportation committee of the city council against a renewal of the Chicago City Railway company's franchise. The trains made the second-rountrip without accident. d ANOTHER CONFERENCE .President and Party Leaders 8ession Lasting Until Midnight. Hold WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. President Roosevelt last night held a conference with leading members of the Republican party, who dined with him early at the White House and remained until late. Those present were Secre- taries Hay and Wilson apd Senators Platt of ConThe necticut, Spooner and Allison. conference broke up at midnight Various questions were discussed, and Senator Hanna, when he left the White House, on being asked what had been talked about replied: "It was a little of everything. The presence, however, of Secretary Hay and Senators Hanna and Spooner leads to the impression that the isthmian situation received more attention than any other matter. It is aid that some of the features of the President's forthcoming message were alluded to. Hale, Hanna, Fairbanks, SAVED THE VESSEL Display of Heroism by American val Lieutenant and Na- 8esmon NORFOLK, Va., Nov. IS. The heroism of Lieutenant J. L Curtain and several men on board the torpedo boat destroyer Lawrence yesterday saved the craft from destruction. A lighted candle left by a workman on a wooden box In the vessel's forward compartment caused a fire, which burned much of th Lawrence's wood work before it was extinguished by Lieutenant HEIR PROTEST NKW YORK . Nov. 13. Andrew Green, one of the most noted citizens of Manhattan, and known as the father of Greater New York, was shot by a maniac negro named Cornelius Williams at the corner of Thirty-nint- h street and Park avenue this afternoon. Five bullets took effect in the body of Mr. Green and be expired within a few minutes. Williams was immediately arrested. Mr. Green was a lawyer by profese sion and years of age. Mr. Green was shot from the areaway of his own residence, where Williams had been lying in wait. A great crowd gathered and threatened lynching. Williams' motive, If be had any, is still n mystery. His palpably untruthful statements leave the matter a blank. credits to the early Utah merchants to large amounts, and It was his boast up to the day of his death that he had never lost a dollar in all his vast transactions with Utah men. During the later yeurs of his life he was engaged In large patriotic and social work. The design for an amalgamation of surrounding town and with the city of New York, under the name of the Greater New York, was his own and it was his bill, passed by the legislature at Albany 1 which effected this plan by law. bur-oug- hs LORD IS ILL BOBS ended. The promptitude and business-lik- e manner with which this recognition was achieved assures that the republic of Panama will be universally accepted throughout the world and that, too, without any commotion. The president after expressing gratification at the receipt of Varilla'a credentials took up the question of Recognition. He said this government had taken cognisance of the act of the ancient territory of Panama in reasAmserting her right to erica had seen in events on the isthmus conflrmationof their declared Indeepnd ence by the establishment of a de facto government, republican in form and able to discharge Its obligations and The United exercise sovereignty. States therefore entered into relations with the new republic. It was fltlng that we should be first to reach out. the hand of fellowship. I feel that I express the wish of my countrymen in assuring you and through you your people of the republic of Panama that it is our earnest desire and hope that stability and prosperity shall attend the new state and that in harmony with the United States she may be a providential Instrument of untold benefit to the civilized world, through opening a highway qf universal commerce across Its exceptionally faro red territory. The cabinet meeting today was devoted almost entirely to the consideration of questions relating to the new republic of Panama and the canal. The official recognition extended by President Roosevelt to tbe new republic through the reception and the exchange of courtesies between himself and Bruneau Varila, diplomatic agent of Panama, received the approval of the entire cabinet The present peaceful condition of affairs is a most satisfactory one to this country. The department of commerce today issued a pamphlet giving data upon the republic of Panama. The population Is 300.000. The country Is the The commerce size of Indiana. 3300.000 amounts to annually. self-contr- ol. -- POLITICAL NOVEL Washington special to the Salt Lake Herald says that May Arkwrlght Hutton of Wallace, Idn., is visiting Washington, getting material for a political novel dealing with the Mormon question. A 13, 1903. PRICE an Andrew Green waa well-knoto old timers in Utah. He was engaged in the wholesale grocery business in New York fifty years ago and extended WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. Today the United States made formal recognition of the new republic of Panama. Minister Varilla appeared at the White House at 11 o'clock and was Introduced to President Roosevelt by John Hay, secretary of state. There was the usual interchange of speeches at the conclusion of which the president accepted the credentials of Minister Variila and the ceremony was NOVEMBER which (lie ktoi'iii i;mu. were forccil to sock shelter ill till IIIM lost IV trout. OF COAL Elci tiic wires were blown down In several places; the ure light system in FRIEND OF UTAH GATHERS FORGE the sniithci'ii ponton of the city went HAS ADVANCED out of business for a short time: trees weit lifted bodily from their former settings and hurled against trolley wires, luiiedi!ig t rattle in several inTragic Death of One of New York's Further Expressions of Opinion by stances for half an hour or more. Consumers Must Pay the Increase Street car service was interrupted Most Noted Leading Business Men Made in the Miners' for almut half an hour, owing to deof the City. City. rangement of w ires. Wages. The storm came near ending the life of William Combs, a young Englishman. He was discovered by SHOT BY A MANIAC NEGRO AGAINST SLOT MACHINE EVIL Gulhraiiseii almost drowned OGDEN DEALERS ARE NOTIFIED in the center of 1'lum alley, which runs off Commercial street. The man while intoxicated luid fallen face Mr. Green Extended Largs Credit to Is Most Pernicious of Gambling Da- downward In the mud and water. He Raise Amounts to Fifty Conts Por Ton Merchants of This State in viess Demand Enforcement snd Further Advance was taken to police headquarters in of the Law. Early Days. Expected. it pitiful condition, hut was finally pronounced out of danger. RE WAS AN OLD eight-thre- i occurred. Any person who attempts to. break Credentials Accepted and Speeches Exchanged Universal Recogthrough the line of policemen is nition Is Expected. clubbed back. FRIDAY, Has Pneumonia and It la Feared the Great Soldier Will. Not Survive. . LONDON. Nov. Earl Roberts, 13. The protest against the slot machines in Ogden grow and gather force. The following are some expressions of opiniou given by some of the most prominent business men in the city: A. W. Agee: I consider the slot machine one of the moat periuicious of gambling devices. On it the boys get their first lessons in gambling. Recognizing this, our Legislature in 1901 Hissed a law making It a misdemeanor to keep a slot machine anywhere in tills State, of course I am in favor of enforcing obedience to the law. John Watson, manager Z. C. M. HANNA ISSUES CALL aNtional Committee Summoned to Meet December 11th. Republican en- in ONLY A MISTAKE As a climax to the storm of the forty-eiga lusty hours, Reported Clash Between the Russians and the Chinese young hurricane played merry pranks with the city last evening, says the Troops. pie-cedi- ng ht LONDON, dispatch from Tien -- Tain this afternoon states that a report Is current there of a clash between Russian and Chines troops near Shanghalkwan. were the aggressors, The that claiming they mistook the imperial forces for a band of robbers. FIVE FATALLY BURNED. MARION. Ind., Nov. 13. Benjamin Hyatt, his wife and two small children and Floyd White, a boarder with the family, were all fatally burned by a gas explosloln at the Hyatt home this The gas had accumulated morning. in the basement from the regulator, and when Hyatt attempted to light the gas jet there the explosion ferred to Ogden. Miss Dermody will receive the dispatches for the Utah State Journal ut the Western Union office in this city hereafter. AGIST riches the spoiler; it stimulates vice, it breeds crime and is the commencement of many a criminal career. In the Interest of good government and Is the working classes It should be sup- A Miss Minnie Dermody, day operiitor at Boise City, Idaho, has been trans- PROTESTS Inter-mounta- 13. Jennie Dermody Transferred Here Front Idaho Capital to Receive Our Dispatches I: pressed. 1 am not F. Brlnd, civil engineer: In of slot machines favor running.. Nov. 13. Senator WASHINGTON, J. A. Smith, president Hanna, chairman of the Republican Business college: "I consider national committee, has issued a cal machine the worst curse for the slot for a meeting of the committee in in City. Ogden boys this city on December 11th. At the meeting a time and place for STORM WAS FIERCE the Republican national convention on. 1904 decided of will be It is believed that Chicago will se- 8alt Lake Was Visitad by Hurricane ' cure the convention prize. Last Night Which Intcr- -' rupted Traffic. Nov. Miss "Yes, I think they ought to be abol- FLOUR OF ished in accordance with the law. George Shorten: "1 should think I am in favor of abolishing slot machines. They are leading young boys to the dogs. W. 11. Voorhees, Ogden Bargain store: "Yes, sir; I uni In favor of CONNEW YORK ASSOCIATION abolishing slot inachlnes. DUCTING FIGHT. Thomas Shreeve: "I mn strictly opposed to them. I don't believe in putting temptation in the way of the Not Likely That Committee Will Take youth. Action Until the ReguW. Farr, of W. Farr & Co.: "I lar 8esion don't know anything about them personally, but it seems to me they are detrimental. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. Protests I am In Joseph Wfilluie, druggist: against Senator Smoot continue to favor of abolishing slot machines on flow In upon congress. Many repregeneral principles. I don't think they as as well sentatives are now senators are of any good in any community." J. W. Chambers, of the Consolidated hearing from their constituents. Most Wagon and Machine Company: "Yes, of the petitions are upon printed sir; I am. I don't believe In them at blanks sent out front headquarters In all." New York city, where It Is now unN. O. Ogden, of the Ogden Bros.' un association has been formderdone To be sure I am Grocery company: ed for the In favor of doing away with the slot purjKise of fighting Smoot. The money ought to go Ample funds are said to have been machines. into the homos. subscribed arid some men well acE. A. Olsen, grocer: Yes, sir; I ain quainted with the UtHh situation are In favor of abolishing them. S. 8. Smith: Yes, by all means; employed to attend to the work of the the gambling slot machines should be association. exterminated. The committee is receiving all proO. A. Kennedy: "The gambling tests and filing them with Us clerk. At question in Ogden will never be set- the present moment It seems unlikely tled until it Is settled right. It will action will be taken previous that never be settled right until it is wiped to any the opening of the regular session out. Until it is wiped out the agita- of congress, although the pressure for tion for Its suppression will not stop. Immediate attention is growing R. P. Hunter: "Yes, I am In fuvor stronger day by day. qf abolishing the slot machines. Most of the members of the commitJ. S. Holland, manager of the Uni- tee on privileges and elections ure exted Labor Mercantile company: "The exreticent on the of the British army, is reported ill with pneumonia. Bobs, one of the greatest soldiers England has 'produced In modern times, has the affections of the British people as has no other living man. He was very much broken three years ago by the death of his son, and has been in delicate health ever since. Great anxiety is expressed in court and pub-M- c circles concerning him, and It is feared that If the attack shall be seslot machine robs the toller and vere be cannot survive. commander-in-chi- ef JOURNAL'S SPECIAL OPERATOR Salt Lake Herald. For about thirty minutes the wind had everything Its own way. With an accumulated energy that Is rarely manifested In this locality, old Boreas pounded everything outdoors with a vim suggestive or a Kansas cyclone, though, happily, with no serious results. The storm reached Its height shortly after 7 oclock, following a deluge of The hail, mixed with light snow. accomof rain that downpour heavy panied and followed the squall flooded a number of cellars, and In portions of the city where there are depressions in the sidewalks and the streets walking was rendered for the time being almost impossible. The force of the wind was so great , that hacks traversing the streets toward the north, the direction from SMOOT The strike of the coal miners in Colorado and Wyoming and the raise in the wages of miners by the companies which are working, has caused an advance in the price of coal. When the news was received from Salt Lake this morning tliut the price of coal had lawn advanced 50 to 75 cents per ton, the principal coal dealers In Ogden were asked as to what effect the advance would have on the price of coal here. M. L. Jones, agent for the Kemmer-e- r Coal company, said he had received notice from his company this morning to advance the price 50 cents a ton and that there probably would be a further advance soon. Robert B. Lewis said he had advanced the price 50 cents u ton. I. C. would not tie advanced unless the com piinles raised it on him. Taylor ft Fiirr had not heard of the advance until informed of the fact by the Journal man. The situation in Salt Luke is by the Herald as follows: Beginning today the price of coal tollers will charge at least 50 cents a ton extra, and, ut a meeting today, will The wholesale prices throughout the entire Intermountain region have been raised 50 cents a ton. Salt Lake retailers will charge at 50 cents a ton extra, and, at a meeting today, will decide whether to make It 25 cents additional. Should this increase remain throughout the entire season, It will mean an added cost to Salt Lakers of approximately (100,000. The reason assigned by the mine owners for this advance is the raise in of miners, due to the strike which hns been colled throughout the west. At Utah and Wyoming properties, iniiiera have been given a 10 ler cent Increase. The coal companies projKiHe to take this out of the consumers. The price on lump and nut coal has lieen (14.60 at the yards and (5 delivered. Beginning this morning the yard price will be not less than (5.10. All orders for coat to be delivered will be accepted only subject to the advance to (5.50 or (5.75. The yards are already so rushed with business that no deliveries can be made for several days. The advance in the wholesale price tremely subject, cept as they may speak In open ses- will not be effective until Sunday, but sion of the senate. The remarks of it applies to ail orders unfilled on that Senator Ilale huve receiver general at- date. All orders put in today will he tention; and the question as he states likely to take the advanced price, and "Shall an consequently the retailers have made it is being discussed: hierarchy Intrude itself In the high their advance effective immediately. councils of the nation?" Seldom huve the coal dealers been i so rushed as they have been during This morning's Herald publishes the the past ten days. Notwithstanding following special: denials, the general public seemed to WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. A brief have a hunch that prices would go and apparently mild controversy In the up soon. Developments show the preSemite today, over the Smoot case, sentment correct It Is estimated that attracted Intense interest on the part 12,000 tons of coal have been sold In of members of the senute, and the usu- Salt Lake in the iiast ten days. Every al noise and confusion ceased entirely dealer Is way behind in his orders. while Seators Dubois, Hoar ami Hale Customers who are in the habit of dlocuRsed the propriety of petitioning ordering a ton or a half-to- n at a time the senate against Smoot by various have been laying In an entire winter's religious orgnlnzatlons and Individuals. supply. Others have been doubling The attitude of Dubois and Hale is or tripling their usual orders. taken as an indication that they will The coal now In the city yards has lead In the fight which will be made been sold, said a dealer last evening. against Smoot.and particularly against "Future orders must be filled with the the Mormon church. The renewal to- coal which will come from the mines day by Hale of adverse comment on later and will take the advanced price. Mormonlsm makes particularly signi"The big comapnles say they have ficant the remarks made by him in been forced to grant the Increase In the senate lost spring In the statehood wages because they must keep their debate, when he characterized the In- mines open. They do not propose to fluence of the Mormon church as a lose money on this, and so they are dark element that cannot he pene- passing the Increase along. trated by the light that usually enWILL HUNTSVILLE BE DRY? lightens communities generally in states. It is pernicious and may he Will Huntsville have a saloon Is a question that is agitating the minds fraught with most serious mischief. In undertaking the fight against of the solons up in the valley. At the Smoot and the domination of the Mor- last meeting of the council Bishop mon church in politics, Dubois, It is McKay appeared armed with a nustated by his friends, is championing merously signed and strongly worded the views of the younger element of petition sgninst the granting of any the Mormon church, now shut out from liquor license in the city. No applicapolitical preferment unless the'lr am- tion has yet been made for a license, bitions are sanctioned by the church but the matter Is up to the council for rulers and officers. action when an application Is filed. ' |