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Show w rsr - ' . . JUSTICE ON THE TRAIL BEEF ENTER A PLEA PACKERS Of INSURANCE OFFICIALS CRIMINAL Terrible Accident at Small Mining Town in West Virginia. If the grand Jury which is investigating some of the conditions developed by the recent legislative investigation reaches the conclusions that contributions .of Insurance company funds to political campaign committees were made with intent to deprive or defraud the true owners of this property. It must find Ten Bodies Have Been Recovered, and. It.le Believed That Between Have Fifty Loet Their Livee ae Result of the Accident. and York. New Seventy-fiv- e T - - Men Charged With Murder of v Steunenberg Arraigned at Caldwell : Date ef Trial Fixed for May 15, and Prisoners Removed to Separate Jail United States District Court Quashes Writ of , Haboas Corpus. that larceny was committed. Fairmont, W. Va. Ten men are known to be dead, twenty-fiv- e Injured to aeventy-flv- e and from twenty-fiv- e missing and believed to be dead as tbe result of an explosion of gas In the shaft of tbe Century Coal company at Century, a small mining town.-Thexplosion took place at 4:30 In the afternoon, but owing to the telephone wires being put out of commission by the high winds, details are lacking and the names of the victims, six of wnom are known to be foreigners. have not been secured. The Century mine, which is owned by Shaw Brothers of Baltimore, is one of thq largest Independent operations in northern West Virginia Over 250 men are employed dally in the shaft, and had the explosion been an hour earlier the loss of life would have been appalling. As it was, there were but a few remaining in the shaft, the main body of the miners having quit work for the dy. The giant fan which furnishes air for tbe shaft waa partially wrecked by the force of tbe explosion, but was repaired immediately and within an hour after the accident Superintendent James Ward had a relief gang in the mine. The firat trip out- brought ten men five dead 'end five badly burned. They were found in' the main heading near- the bottom of the shaft The no details of the exliving could-givplosion, saying they were on their way to the surface when the explosion .took place behind them. - - e MEAN TO ENTER POLITICS. Labor .Leaders Favor Use of Ballot to Secure Their Rights.' Washington. The executive coun--' oil of the American Federation of Labor spent some time discussing the replies of President Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon to the bill of grievances presented to them and to President .Pro Tem. Frye of the senate regarding legislation affecting labor interests. .. Mr. Qompers said .that tbe concluding paragraph in the memorial meant exactly what It aald. That is, If congress fails to remedy the grievance, the organisation will appeal direct to the people. In other words, he said, the Federation of Labor will enter the field in polities and urge organized labor, to elect mea of their own choosing and thus1 have a personal voice in tbe - government Conference Regarding Adverse Decision of Court Washington, President Roosevelt held an extended conference with Attorney General Moody, Secretary Taft and James EL Garfield, commissioner of corporations, concerning the decision rendered in Chicago by Judge Humphreys in the beef packers case. No details of the conference were obtainable at the White House, but It la certain that Attorney General Moody proposes to look carefully into the law bearing upon tbe matter, with a view of ascertaining whether an appeal from the decision of Judge Humphrey by the government will lie. se Ufa Work ia Ended. New York. Professor R. Doremua, the noted chemist, died at his home here Thursday, aged 82 years. He was a well known expert on the effects of poison. Professor Doremua had been connected with .the New York college and the college of the city of New York as instructor in chemistry for nearly sixty years, and for more than forty-fivyeara he bad occupied the chair of chemistry In the Bellevue hospital medical college. e Attorney Protected Joints. Kansas City. John F. Steele, foi two years agent In Kansas City, Kan., of a brewing company, testified In the Gibson ouster hearing in that city that for many months he paid James 8. Gibson, county attorney, three dollars a month for each Joint or illicit saloon owned by the, brewery in Kansas City as a guaranty of immunity from prosecution. Steele also testified that Gibson demanded $5 a month, but on a compromise reduced the amount to 3. Tired and Wanted Rest, So Took Poison. O. "To the coroner: I am Dayton, tired and want to rest. There is no one to notify. After writing thia note O. A. Robinson, aged 50, took a quantity of morphine and was found dead in his room at the Enterprise hotel on Thursday. Robinson was brought here froi the Pacific coast by a local diettlli ig company a year ago, but recently fast his position. He leaves a family in the west. This opinion was expressed Saturday by Justice O'Sullivan In the court of general sessions in answer to a presentment on the subject to him by the grand Jury. Judge OSullivan added that it Is not within the province of the court to say whether or not there waa intent That is a question which the Jurors must determine for themselves from all the facta xnd He circumstances in the case. charged the Jury te make a thorough Investigation into all the facta and to place the responsibility for . such crimes, if they find that crimes were committed. This opinion is in effect directly opposite to one upon the same subject which was given by District Attorney Jerome several days ago. Mr. Jerome in his brief, which was submitted to Justice O'Sullivan, held that there waa no' ground for prosecution of any insurance official in connection with (he campaign contributions, taking the groupd that no intention to defraud had been shown. AWFUL RECORD OF LOSS. Boise, Ida. Charles H. Moyer, .William D. Haywood and George A. charged with the murder of former Governor Frank Steunenberg, pleaded not guilty when arraigned before District Judge Frank Smith'-a- t Caldwell, on Tuesday. The cases qrere continued over the term end the date of their (rial waa indefinitely fixed at V. about May 15. When the cases were' called, Juflge Smith overruled the demurrer to the Indictments and denied the application to admit the prisoners to hail. Judge" Smith atated that In holding the inPet-tibon- e, ' dictment to be goojJ he had follofftd the rulings of the California supreme court; The constitutions and criminal statutes of California.. and Idaho are practically the same. After the three prisoners had been arraigned another application to adihlt them to bail was made, and ...waa . . V,v. promptly denied. Judge Smith then announced Gist the Canyon county jail waa an unfit and unsafe place for the detention of these prisoners. - He Issued an offer for the removal of Moyer to the county jail at Boise, and it was stated that he will send Haywood to the county Jail at Welser. Pettlbone will remain In the Jail at Caldwell. , , 4 Lives Lost and 8hlpa Wrecked Off New England Coast In Five Monthe. , lives were lost WRIT DENIED BY JUDGE BEATTY. Boston. Eighty-fiv- e and prty-fon- r ships were Wrecked United States District Court Affords along tbe const of New England and No Relief for Accused Men. the maritime provinces daring the ' Ida. Judge J. H. Beatty In season to Boise, winter. the While up past the present month was comparative- the United States court on Tuesday ly mild on shore, at sea It waa one quashed the writs of habeas corpus in In the cases of Charles H. Moyer, Wilof. extreme severity,, particularly waters off the provinces. Of the ves- liam D. Haywood and George A. Petwere sail- tlbone. sels wrecked, thirty-seve- n Judge Beatty took up the points ing craft. Nine steamships and eight raised by the defendants that they barges complete the list. Ships flying the British flag lead should be discharged because they had those of other nations with a loss of been brought to Idaho under fraudulent means, and that they were not extwenty-seve- n craft, against fifteen of tradited from Colorado because they American register, There is also a were-ubf- r fagitlvek it Jill Jilailtl! Hwff sprinkling, of Norwegian, German and Idaho. ; Judge Beatty decided that his Swedish vessels. The worst disaster court had no jurisdiction to Inquire was the foundering of the steamer into the methods whereby the prisonBritish King, off Sable Islaqd, on ers were brought into this state In the March 11, when it la estimated that proceeding at bar. "There ia no provision that I have at least eighteen and possibly twenty-si- x been able to find in law,", said Judge lost their lives. The correct figures Beatty, "whereby I. have jurisdiction probably will never be known as several men enrolled as members of tbe to remand- the prisoners to a sister crew are aald to have deserted before state after they have been brought into the demanding state, as in the the ship sailed. present instances Now that the prisoners are in Idaho, I cannot make tuy WHITE MEN MOB JAPS. order to prevent their detention and . . . , i. ; - Little Brown Men Driven From Their Work In California. Bakersfield, Cal. A special to the Californian - from Kernvllle, sixty miles from this city In the Sierras, relates- that nine Japanese, employes of the Edison Electric company, were run out of the town by a mob of transient laborers under threat of being ' dynamited. A part of the camp utenalla were destroyed, tbe tent was carried, away aftd tbe Japanese were ordered to leave at once. They started for the railroad, forty miles distant, and art, now awaiting instructions from the ' company. - Love Tragedy In Ohio Town. Mansfield, O. Miss Grace Zellner, aged 28, waa shot and killed early Friday by Roy Shanks, who then committed suicide. Miss Zelner waa well known in society here, and wsb a leader in church work. She and Shanks had been sweethearts. It ia thought the 'girl had decided to heed her parents protest and not marry Shanks, and that she went to his room, where the tragedy occurred, to tell him so. Wife the Only Witness. Oakland, Cal. A1 Charles MacDonald, a horse trainer at Fleasanton, this county, shot and killed Joseph Mello, one of the best known and most successful business men of the town.- i'he only witness to the crime besides the perpetrator ws the wife of MacDon aid. MacDonald says he had suspected Improper relations were existing between his wife and .Meilo, and claims to hav secured evidence, when he shot Melo for having destroyed his happiness. . BuUan Hunting Trouble. London. Turkey having declined to withdraw 'her troops from Tabah, on the frontier of the Senel peninsula, which is claimed to be Egyptian territory on the ground that it is part of the Turkish empire. Great Britain baa replied that she ia unable to accept that view, and has expressed the hope that the sultan will le influenced to modify his contention. Nothing is known here of tbe report that Great Britain proposes to make a naval demonstration.. Anglo-Egyptia- n . trial here." PENSION BILL PA88E8 SENA H. Senators Vote Expenditure of 000, 000 of the' Public Funds. Washington. In less than twenty minutes' time the senate voted away $140,000,000 of the public funds on Tuesday. The aum.la carried by the pension appropriation bill, which brief document was made the subject of ( The rail very little discussion. rate bill was laid aside for the and the major portion of the time devoted to the consideration of fortifications bllL COMING ESCAPE PROSECUTION ROTCUILU OF Crime of Larceny Was Commltted-WheContributions Were Made to , the Campaign Fund. ' 1 INTO THEIR OWN. People of Philadelphia Will Rei 8treet Car Franchises. Philadelphia. The city of PhlladjsB phia, through , Mayor Weaver, pas reached an agreement with the Philadelphia Rapid . Transit company whereby local transportation facilities will be practically revised. The agreement calls for rapid transit by subquy and elevated lines inside of throe years; an assurance of competition and recovery to the city of milllonslof dollars worth of franchises. , i While the Individuals Are to Go Free, tho Indictments Found Against yio Corporations Will Stand. s Takes of Our Exand ports Supplies Half . the fmports- - r .... Two-third- Chicago. All of the packers who were Indicted by be federal grand Jury last summer upon charges of being in conspiracy in restraint of trade and commerce were on Wednesday Europe Takes More Than a Billion Dollars Worth of tho Exports ... granted Immunity from criminal prosecution under the indictment While From tho United States, White ' the individuals are to go free, the inAll Other Porte of tho World dictments found against the corporaToko Lon Than Half tions, of which some of the Indicted Billion. individuals are members j and others ' are employes, are to stand. t was The decision to the above effect Washington- - Europe takes ' two-thirhanded down Wednesday by. Judge J. of 'the exports of tho United Otla Humphrey in the United States Statea and supplies practically one-hal- f of the Imports. This statement district court . ' During the rendition of the decision' summarizes in a single sentence the the court was crowded by the defend- general facta which have beet deants and numerous spectators. Eda series of discussions Ml ward Morris and Edward Swift were veloped by In court and both smiled happily when the trade of the United States with the decision was announced. J. Og- the countries of Europe recently preden Armour was not present, but some sented by the department ' of comof the men prominent In the employ of, merce and labor through its bureau Armour ft Co., who were among thq discussions have of These statistics. was were their and indicted, Joy there, an .. r: analysis of the trade presented great with each country of Europe by prinPEOPLE GAIN BUT LITTLE. cipal articles, and when summarised show that Europe takes more than Manifesto Providing for Russian a billion dollars' worth of the exAssembly Proves Die-ports from the United States, while appointing. all other parts of the .world take a St Petersburg.' The imperial mani- little less, than a half billion dollars festo and the ukases of March 8, which iworth. In no year since 1899 has the incorporate In the fundamental law of value of exports to Europe fallen bethe empire the provisions for a na- low one billion dollars, while that to tional assembly in Russia,, promised all other countries has never touched in the manifesto last, fall, are disap- the five hundred million dollar mark. to Europe pointing In many respects. ' They con- Prior to 1900 theas exports much as one bilbeen never had stitute neither a constitution nor a lion dollars In value; In that year "bill of rights for ..the Russian' peocrossed the billion dollar line, beple: They do create a popular assem- they$1,040,000,000, and have since that bly, but the 'promisee granted to It are ing averaged about $1,050,000,00 per so hedged. about with restrictions and. time annum. In 1900 the exports to all secconditions that. It will be rather a pre- tions of the world other than Europe sentment in name than In fact Never- were $354,000,000 In value, but have theless, by the terms of the manifesto, year by year until in 1905 they the emperor, himself is. powerless to grown were $498,000,000, the growth since This now he revoke what has given. In 1900 In exports to the constitutes - the -- great .victory which countries having been proporthe people hare won. They at last greater than that to Europe. tionately have an authoritative medium through which they can make their voice heard COMPLAINT AGAINST KURD8. and it la in this assembly probably ' that the great historical struggle Plundered and Schools against prerogative and privilege will American Burned by Fanatics. be fought out rr-Boston. A complaint from the ofINSURANCE NOT COMMERCE. ficials of the American school at Van, the , treatCommittee Concludes Thera ,1s No Au- eastern Turkey, against officials and the Turkish ment the by thority for Cdntrql by Government Kurds, has been received by the ffffM fijjtori. T aWli Srfl" is no conAmerican board of commissioners for : stitutional authority 'for 'federal con, foreign missions. trol of Insurance or other state corpoThe school officials state that notrations other than railroads Is to be the psten sible friendthe conclusion reported to the house withstanding of a general, a 'man of governor ship by the Judiciary committee. 'The report has been drafted by unusual strength, the school hss been Chairman Jenkins of the committee, plundered and burned by the Kurds and is now In the hands of members in - the presence of Turkish officials of the committee for their perusal. An and soldiers. Fruit trees have been unofficial poll of the memjprs Indi- cut down and breadstuffs purchased cates that with practically no excep- by American missionaries for the American orphanage have been held tions they concur in the correctness of this conclusion .. by the. Turkish government for more ithan four months. : ST, JOHN HELD. ' SHOWS NO MERCY. Charged With Killing Man During LaRussian General Crushing Revolt bor Riots. tion With Iron Hand. Tellurlde, Cola Vincent St John, The' Sukhum, president of the miners union at Allkanhoff General which manner in Burke, Ida., who was brought to ColoIn the rado from Boise on requisition to an- has- crashed the revolution swer to the charge of being implicated government in Ratals by i rasing In a conspiracy to murder Ben Bur-natowns, executing ring leaders of the waa on Wednesday bound over movement and driving sympathisers without ball to the district court "the mountains has produced Burn am eras killed In the labor riots with It, to acts of terror mine on July 3, such resentment that bombs at the Smuggler-Unio- n at the and the throwing of 1901, At that time St John was presiAllkanGeneral are troops frequent. which dent of the local miners union, hoff has proclaimed and Is enforcing Is affiliated with the Western Federamartial law with terrible vigor and tion of Miners. w other persona or revolutionaries caught with arms are Immediately RUMOR WAS UNFOUNDED. : . . f The Lond Distance Record. THE SCOTTY SPECIAL . '2,268 Milos Over1 Mountain and Plaint In loaf than 45 hours, demon Btratlng that Santa Fa" track, equipment and employees are of tho de' pendable kind. 4 Probably YOU wouldnt caro to rid so fast You prafar the luxury of 3 Regular Train from Utah and Colo rado to Everywhere East and Soiith-- i : " ' Ask mo Ticket Ratea and "... . ' erature;' , ' V Lit. . , C: F. WARREN, , , General Agent The Atchison, Topeka ft Santa Railway Company. F- -' . ; j 411 Dooly Block . Balt Lake City, Utah V 'Y NOTHING , ; IS CONCEALED. ; al . . r , -- . Trans-Caucasi- .. MATHEWS ft FLEGAL.V Psychologists and Phrenologists. Consult Prof. B. N. Matthews. He gives yon name and tells yoq what you need and wish to know. Hq asks no questions and. confines hlmi self to the truth. Prof. Matthew' holds the secret of power.- and pen sonal Influence. He reveals your post siblllties and enables you to rea'.iz them. Everybody he reads, for la aM aured of success. His advice on love, marriage and business la sound and reliable. He settles all disputes and helps yon to get the money or property that Justly belongs to you, v Hs a. tells you when to make Investments and what to invest la If it is not convenient for you to see him, it will pay you to write. This gentleman ,Iq truly gifted and the wonders he haq accomplished form the topic of con- versation in every city he has visited.. The sceptics and the helpless are especially Invited. He locates friends and relatives and anything lost on stolen. Reading, $1.06, Room 25. Gladstone Hotel, 119 Main St. Salt Lake City. M the Russian Sailors at Sebastopol. St Petersburg. The sensational reports current to the effect that the of former Lieutenant execution Schmidt, the leader of the naval mutiny at Sebastopol In November last has been followed' by an extensive mutiny of sailors at Sebastopol, turns out to be unfounded. The correspondent of the Associated Press at Sebastopol telegraphs that all is quiet there. BOLD BANK ROBBERY. Gale on North Atlantia iliin St. Johns, N. F. An equinoxlal gale Russian Bandits Make Rich Tuesday night and Wednesday raged Moscow Bank. over the whole coast, causing wideMoscow. As the officials were closShipping reports spread damage. ing the Mutual Credit Societies bank from various centers show that sevTuesday afternoon, twenty armed men eral vessels have been wrecked and surrounded the building, which la near wharves and other water front propthe Bourse, and. covering the employes of the bank with pistols, they pillaged erty destroyed. Two vessels, the tbe place, getting away with $423,400 Scinf ilia and the Rover, are missing, and made their escape. In spite of the and it Is feared that both have founefforts of the bank guards to arrfst dered with their crews. Ail fishing them. craft on the south coast are compelled to remain in the harbor. Ship Smashed and Crew Went to $ho Charges Made by Hearat Bottom. ' York The federal grand jury New Mass. Wreckage of Marblehead, the Booth Bay, Maine, schooner Lady hat resumed Us Investigation of the Antrim waa washed up at Marblehead alleged rebating between the AmeriNeck on Tuesday. Later two bodied can Sugar Refining company and the of seamen came ashore. The Lady westbound trunk lines running out of Antrim parried a crew of five men, and New York City, as complained of by she waa literally smashed to pieces. It William R. Hearst. Among the witla feared all were loet. The vessel nesses who were examined were R. M waa so completely smashed op that It Parker and T. P. Ripley, who are aald was some hours after the wreckage to be connected with the traffic dehad been discovered that her Ideality partment of the augor company, and T. A. Mennch and W. J. Whittaker. was learned. . Y As usual the examinations were made - iccretly. H M H 111 111 THIS 1 BEAUTIFUL ih H-H-- ORGJUI I! a. W hev Workmen All Voted. St. Petersburg. The workmen In the St Petersburg factories and mills on Sunday elected delegates to the assembly which will choose representatives to the municipal congress. Thlrf congress will be composed ..of representatives of all classes and will elect members to the national assembly. The election passed off quietly, even those at Putlloff, where the men are regarded as among the most radical, and practically all the workmen participated. . . - . . , - s Tragedy at Dinner. Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Ida Doniel son, while entertaining a party of friends at dinner, became enraged at a remark of E. C. Harrish, a painter, one of the guests, and shot and killed him. Htfrris had made a remark about Mrs. Donlelson to which C. R. Riggins, the womans nephew, took exception. The men quarreled. Riggins and his wife finally went for a policeman and while they were gone Mrs. Donlelson killed Harris. No one witnessed the shooting. i . . - , , . . . , , . . , , . - ;; , . . ! I . . , . . ; : Grover Cleveland Is 69. Princeton, N. J. Former President Grover Cleveland spent his bhthday away from home Sunday for the first time since he moved to Princeton'. This was his sixty-nint- h birthday. Mr. Cleveland is now in Florida with Professor Howard McClenahsn. where the two have been for ten days. He will likely remain south a month longer on account of poor health. Mrs. Cleveland said that his outing in Florida was improving her husband and that she expected him to return much better. Jut completed arwith the largeet manufacturer ef Organs In the world, whereby we can now offer to oar many patrons here an instrument delivered at your own station for what has ordinarily been known as FACTORY COST. This ia an arrangement that should he Investigated thorough- -. ly before yon look elsewhere, as we are sure it will appeal to yea " REMEMBER we eavt you from I to 175.80 on one organ. This Is certainly worth saving. EASY TERMS. You can send us 52.50 to 15.00 per month, to suit your convenience. f WE PAY THE FREIGHT.- We will deliver one ef these organs at any R. R. station In Utah or Ida- -. ho without any additional charge to yon whatever. Do not lmag- ine that it is lmposa! bla for us we "Jr Our system of I? ?,. handling onr outside business Is so perfect that we ean without any trouble whatever make de- livery to the smallest town In this western eectloa WE BUT IN CARLOAD LOTS thue enabled te make the I? low prices that ws ridiculously 4- YOU GET THE ADVAN- -, TAGE OF THIS. UI "ce K interested. ,.Wr!te n?t- that your friends hbar of this great money saving op- portunlty. REMEMBER we hare been In bulne le ter FIFTY YEARS the oldest heue In the State. OUR GUARANTEE on In- -, strament la absolutely good.an W fully warrant everything we sell. If you doubt our financial rat-Ins leek ue up. We refer you to; Banker or Commercial axin cy In this State. , rangements shot No Mutiny Among I . . - , . , . ; i , . :: i - -- Clayton Music Co., Leading Mu ale Dealers. M,ln 8 tract Salt Lake City. Utah. Miiliiitiiiiiiiniin I t |
