Show T w T i ir ism clat ji ALT LAKE ANUS lal WOMACK DEFENSE HEARD witnesses testify that murdered man had quarrelsome disposition salt lake nov 16 the second day of the preliminary hearing of frank womack charged with murder in the first degree for the killing of joseph S mathews on the night of october 22 was begun in judge C B diehls court this morning last evening the state concluded its preliminary case and now the defense is on colonel kaighn representing the accused recalled mrs mathews for further examination his first question was you testified that your husband was of a cross and disagreeable disposition was taftt fact generally known in the neighborhood it wits now why dial you not order womack to vacate ils room because htwa s hard jo gel three i corners who would occupy one room at this point col kaighn made ie marks casting reflections on the prosecution because the witness was not present A P kessler assistant postmaster for this witness tor the defense did you know joseph mathews asked counsel 1 I M 7 how longa long 1 litel did you know fais reputation 1 I did what was 11 good nr bad 1 I dont think 1 could say either good means much and bad means much so far as I 1 know he was of a ery quarrelsome disposition and re parts were that he was a drinking man vai he more quarrelsome when drinking than when bof yea sir on cross examination the witness gave the names of several persons ho said mathews was quarrelsome frank L beatie te stifled that he had known mayhewg for some time and that his reputation alth reference to drinking and bad temper WAS bad theodore cleghon testified that he had known mattews since 1903 but did nor know his le james bishop 0 the sixteenth waid said he had known the deceased for about twenty three years and that it as generally conceded that mathiews Matlie ws was a drinking man and of exceedingly high temper ashton eldredge ahe testimony of the other witnesses harry waller gave similar testimony chief beater of the fire department testified that mathews worked tor him for three weeks and that he was discharged lor quarreling and drunkenness james conner lesti Hed stuat the accused was of a quiet and very peaceful disposition cleghorn was recalled and testified along the same line M J ruddy who worked with wo mack for more than a year said his character was excellent GOLD properties consolidate big deaf consummated y which gold mountain mines salt lake nov ac A big mining deal which affects a number 0 properties jn the gold mountain district lias been consummated by W F snyder and walter james the deal includes the holland surprise and deer park mines to effect the consolidation soli dation the interests ft the georgo Q cannon estate the john moore estate and the thomas james estate were purchased the land comprises acres in mineral bearing territory of the district to take over and develop this ground a company has been formed and incorporated under the laws of koyada the incorporation la capitalized tor and will be known as the kimberly mining company WP snyder is named as president walter james vice president G snyder secretary these with william armstrong and brigham T cannon forming the board of directors fifty five per cent of the capital of the company was inquired to the purchase ot the mines and the remainder will he put into the treasury for operating era ting mr snyder states that the complete financing of the company has been provided for and though the details of the consolidation consumed eo much time as to bring its consummation near to winter it is the intention of the company to begin at once the work of placing the mine la the way of development the properties adjoin the sevier on tho north and southeast the annie L aarle on the and cast and the on the southwest they have all been highly developed ana the extent and value of the ledges fully known for flomo time the mines will be worked through the holland tunnel which isnow in feet this bijl be continued to the surprise ground where a drift runa feet upon the vein which carried six feet of oie two parallel ledges in the surprise wall lii cut known as the sevier ana surprise veins the first of these will be intersected 1800 feet of the sevier companas comp anys workings and at a depth of feet tho sevier ledge where opened up shows a width of 14 feet all in ore and tho full width Is yet undetermined A compressor plant will be installed at and mills erected at the mouth 0 iho holland tunnel it is allie purpose 0 the company to be turning out bullion before the coming year is very old CASE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER salt lake nov li an attempted murder which followed close after and as a result 0 tho austrian riot al bangham last spring is being aired in the criminal division of the court before judge armstrong and a jury today joseph is being tried tor attempting to murder joe it bangham on june 19 1903 in the riot referred lo 10 an austrian named tony Start evic was hilled and deputy sheriff chidester Chlde ster and an austrian were wounded who was boiking in idaho was told by members of the austrian colony that shot Start evic and he decided to murder for hl part in the riot during which he assisted thu county officials ho accordingly left his work and came to bingham and made an assault upon kellch with a revolver owing to the interference of friends of the tragedy was prevented and Ru kuzina was disarmed and taken into custody A large number of lans are attending the trial as witnesses and the testimony is being taken by the means of an interpreter Inter pieter attorney J M hamilton is defending Ru kuzina while the states interests are being looked after by district attorney loofbourow GUILTY OP manslaughter salt like nov 16 the jury in the murder case this afternoon returned a verdict finding the defendant guilty of involuntary manslaughter waived time for sentence and wag given six months in the county jail jerry wa charged with the murder of louis at bingham junction on the night ot july 4 1 the defendant gae alg account of ohp shooting yesterday afternoon during which he stated that his brother frank alio is still at large shot in self defense s had secured a butcher knife and was attempting to stab frank when the last shot was fired JAP PLEADS GUILTY W F appealed benoie judge armstrong this afternoon ana withdrew his former alca to alio charge 0 assault with intent to commit murder and pleaded guilty to the charge of assault Ya mamalo Is a young japanese 17 years of age and on aug 13 1903 he assaulted edward blown with a knife in the boklo restaurant lie was represented by attorney brigham clagg SAYS WIFE I 1 CRUEL salt lake nov 16 william 1 janie filed suit for divorce in the district court this afternoon against eleanor M james on the ground of cruelty the complaint alleges that they were married april 10 1903 and that on numerous occasions the defendant has called plaintiff vile names and has threatened him with bodily harm and has alo al o left her homo and absented herself for a period of from ono 0 o six months at a time BOYS play WITH FIRE saved from burping barn through bravery of a woman salt lake nov 17 three small boys playing with in arches in the largo two story barn belonging to J 31 whitaker at garneld agenw started a fire yesterday afternoon resulted in the barn being burned to the ground and came nearly resulting in the children being to death As the ibaan waa sixty feet long the alre spread to deveral houses in the neighborhood which were saved only by the timely arrival of the entire fire department eugene whitaker bert dean and another small boy had secured a handful of matches and getting to loffa of the barn began lighting them the dry wood caught firc the amea spreading so quickly that the root was burning before the frightened thought of leaving the loft when they i cached the stairs the fire had spread to them cutting oft all avenues of escape the alamea were seen issuing from the roof by kenneth the esth year old BOU ot S C dallas tho boy who is suffering aiom heart trouble began shouting at the top of his attracting tr the attention of a oman in the employ of tho dallas household she rushed into the barn and climbing the burning stairs to the loft carried the three sobbing youngsters from the building just as the roof fell MEMBER OF TITLED SCOTTISH FAMILY sail lake nov 17 the name on the legaster leg lster at the allson might read lord charles kennedy or captain charles kennedy but it it is simply chaales Ch ailes kennedy ranchman it you please from wyoming hero on a visit after a residence more or less strenuous of three years on his cattle i range nar laramie and as a means of strenuous occupation he is convinced that a wyoming catt lemans existence about fills tho bill that life in the west lias been real and earnest may be cited tho fact that this is the arst occasion on which lord kennedy has been absent from his stock ranch for a longer period than three years lord kennedy was not inclined to go fully into details last night of his experience peri ence as a member of abo yeomanry and royal troop in the boer war nor of bis later experience as a practical cattle ralser he admitted having seen two years in south africa leaving liis home in carrick county ar in the southwestern port 0 scotland in 1900 sickness pie rented him lading as active a part in the campaign camp dign as he desired although ho saw not a finlo skirmishing and returned a kaptain eap tain shortly after the close of his he became interested through a friends in the opportunities in the west he declied to locate in wyoming lie invested something over as a starter and admits that he haa done eairly well despite losses through man and nature principally man recently he disposed of a large ponton of his fiock and also one of his ranches this has a temporary respite from business and he has taken advantage of 11 to emerge for the time into a somewhat more settled community he intends to remain in salt lake a short time and may later decide to go to the coast NEW POWER COMPANY TRUST DEED salt lake nov it sn der of the firm of snyder snyder yesterday filed in the office oe the county recorder a trust deed given by the intermountain power company ot nevada to the capitol savings trust company of columbus 0 dated july 1 1905 and securing first mortgage C per cent twenty five year gold bonds to the amount ot the bonds are to be issued in and 1000 denominations due aug 1 1930 with interest payable deml annually the company purpose of supplying power to cities and industrial concerns in salt lake and summit counties has been told already in the herald local men are largely interested in the company which has secured various power rights franchises etc in the state the purpose of the bond issue is to defray the cost of construction and equipment and to put the company in operation the trust deed filed yesterday coneys all franchises granted by the county or state all real estate contracts agree mems plants equipment water rights etc secured by the company the viator rights aie particularly described as nos and on little cottonwood creek in salt lake county nos and on big cottonwood creak in salt lake county the numbers referring to records in the office of the state engineer and including a reservoir site at hill D on big cottonwood J J Chambe ii president and bismarck snyder secretary signed the deed for the power company and W D gilbert president and alexander W mackenzie secretary signed for the trust company FUEL SITUATION SERIOUS nor 16 the fuel situation for part of the state is becoming very alarming not enough coal has been received during the last two weeks to keep the institutions that are depending on a coal supply going and some already hive h ive been compelled to shut down or substitute wood the electric light plant at alch field has barely managed to pull along by economizing and reducing its service to half night runs but it may at any time shut down altogether manager bronn of the company is endeavoring to get a supply ot wood on handa until the coal supply can be had again but wood hauling seems io be pretty slow this tall the supply of coal for household use in this city has not been anheir an heie equal to the demand and business houses and housewives are skimping along with just as little fire as possible the annie laurie electric plant at devler station was compelled to alosa down this week because of no coal lyman nielson and percy isabell lulled a nearly jerown wildcat iche city limits in the northeastern part of the city one night this week the animal was treed in an apple tree in an orchard by some dogs and ithe youths killed the animal with a phot gun II 11 took three shots to end its life PROVO NEWS NOTES grovu nov 13 sheriff harmon went to american fork yesterday to investigate an alleged sheep stealing case which resulted in washburn being charged before justice hunter with stealing about sixty head of sheep from john berg of midway last spring he gave a bond of tor hla appearance for preliminary examination A telephone message from salt lake today brought the sad news that wil tord knudsen of the sixth ward who was on a mission in norway had died and that hie remains would be shipped from liverpool for provo today mr knudsen was the son of sir and mrs knuden of this city and was iban here jan 7 1883 he left tor scandinavia as a missionary in april 1903 and was assigned to norway he soon after began to suffer from hip disease and several months ago was taken to the hospital in copenhagen tor treatment as believed here that he died at ahe hospital although na details are known mr knudsen was an intelligent exemplary man and great sympathy Is felt for his family and relatives W M perill came here from weiser ida at the of the unetah land drawing and was here till the of october when he left the commercial lodging house where he had been staying without giving any information of where he was going and leaving papers and other effects in his room it has been learned thai he bought a ticket to salt lake and sheriff har nion Is making investigations trying to locate mr perill he was sick all the time he vas here and had the appearance pe arance of a broken down man mr perill was a lawyer and claimed to have been a circuit cudse in texas he also served a term as district attorney of navajo county arizona and it appears that he was engaged in some township promotion near weiser when he came to provo be fore leaving he cashed at a local bank a draft from a chicago bank in favor of sheriff adams of weiser it has been learned that a draft of this the original bad previously been cashed and thi irregularity in finance Is bat has called special attention to mr cerms perms absence although it is not known that he la responsible for the irregularity FORGER IN TOILS pi aio oio nov al 11 sheriff harmon has been advised by sheriff J W lee of sidney neb that C D romero has been sentenced to ten oars in the nebraska state prison for forgery ro anero came here last maran and at represented himself as a buyer of real estate he had letters of introduction from chicago financial concerns and on ahe strength of these cashed a draft for on the bank receiving cash and a draft on a salt lake bank which he cashed there romero operated on similar lines in wyoming and was finally landed in nebraska for forgery sl petersburg nov ac it Is staled ahai father capon is now in st peters bur |