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Show 'li COALVILLE TIMES ; MANY N. JACOB PETERSON, II Editor and Manager. Entered at the PoetofTlre Utah, Map T, 1114, ae Matter. In HEM BIOT IE GROKED Of THE EMPLOYERS' RE DECLARED Striking Tenant! of Tenemen trict City Enga Battle With tha Blue Coati Advance. One Tear Fix Month" Three Month filofle Coptea UTAH 1 fil Jury Refuses to Credit Confession of Orchard, Federation Official H Being Given His Freedom. Against President Cbarlee is Dismissed and Moyer and Moyer Will Return to Denver Together. Petti-tibon- 1907. ' Between fifty and sixty divorce were granted during the year In We- ber county. The grand Jury called to Investigate the alleged Salt Lake food trust was discharged last week. Over one hundred homes In Lehl are quarantined with the measles have been no fatalities At the close of the year the West- era Pacific Is completed from Salt "Lake City west fo Wells, Nevada. The total valueyof the manufactured articles lu the. state, Including smelt Ing will exceed I70.au0.000 for the H, rs (t HteuBenberg, 1 f j In hands of prosecuting attorney an Dun, of Canyon county No statement as to the future proiedure in that case has bn n made, but It will probably be called during the next when it will t 'lit of rourt at Culdwell, probably be finally disposed of Simp kins a member of the executive bourn of Western Federation of Miners, who In the Is charged with rompllettv and 1s Just from lee, a fugitive crime, the charge agniiiHt him will s'and At the request of the state, the paS),a agti,nb( ,)r Magpe and C. W A tllarg, d with perju.y by na son of tistimony given by them In (he ,IaJW(K)d ras(1 wag algo d(Smlss.d A(houKh ,hp ,vtubone Jurors agreed tu,r deliberations should be kept secret, It has been learned that on he flrgt baot lhe votP wag 8 to 4 The for acquittal ,hp majority gpcond ban0t resulted In a vote ol 9 to 2. The third ballot was 10 to 2 remained all through Frl It and g0 day night. The two holding out fot conviction were finally won over Pettibone and Moyer received many chief!) telegrams of congratulation, from Colorado friends, Pettibone, al though very 111 for the past two weeks ol walked to the local headquarter the Western Federation after the an nouncement of the verdict. - All the business houses of Park City have reduced their forces consider ably as a result of the mines closing dawn. U&llrnnd construction In ('tail durth ing the year 1407 dropped ofT to ont-flfof the number of mil's of toad built in 1906. The value of the sheep, rattle, horses and hogs In lhe state of Utah is conservatively estimated at 000,000 for 1907 Pneumonia seems to be running riot since November 1 fifteen In Ogdfti deaths TiSVC occutTed In that city from this dreaded malady An effort is being made to Interest the city council of Ogden In a prop- oaltlon 'o Install a lighting system to be earned by the municipality Thomas Vance, the Salt Lake man accused of fatally Injuring hla wife by beating her, has been held to the district court on a charge of murder. William Gibson of Salt Lake City, a quarryman, was killed in the 1'nlted State Limestone quarry at Topllff, Rush valley, by being run over by a .., s , e Boise, Ida The end of the prose rullon of tbe men rhHrged with the murder of ex Governor Steuueuberg, e Ith the exception of the cases ol jiairv Otthard and Jack Simpkins, came on Satuiday. January 4, with the acquittal of George I) Iettlbone Charles Moyer, president of the West-Therern Federation of Miners, was formal ly r leased and will ndurn, with Pet tlhono, in a Tew days to Denver The ease of Uuluu'L , .the self con " year 1 New Yoi k rent gits Incipient broke out on tl, east aide on 8 Jy aa a reault of the tenaion betwe- nlfce landlords and the striking te ts, and before the disorders were q ,e! re Tnra Pacpla Shot by Members of thi by the police reserves, which Mob, the Police and Telephone called from several precinct, Hiy Girl combatants were Injured and flvt ere Being Held Prlsonere arrested. The police used their While Property Wae Being Sn freely, but there was ho way to Deatroyed. the number of Injured, a they hi rd away and were cared for by fr 4t The disorders were jeperal thi the affected district. The most serious trouble oct d a on East Eleventh street, wh landlord who had been unable b Ueetnen an(, ldlng agaln8t lhe glv. t ' t rent ordered hi. tenant and burned of aa a!ann. dynamlted ,nf a is move le ags w two Independeht tobacco concern! J the strikers had decorated the build 1$ ' , 016 clty and aeveral other e8Ub" The landlord was hooted and Jr V4 and rode away out (he Hop Ushments, IdP by the tenants and other strikers, were holding a mass meeting b Sr kinsville and Clarksville pike. Three men were wounded and the hou&c, and he called the police. 7k striking tenants resented the p r telephone girls and police were held ance of the officers, and In the c iJ prisoners for nearly three hours Capthat followed the reserves used t id tain. W. B. Bruce, the chief of police, night sticks vigorously. Five pro 4 as soon as he heard the noises, hast- J lug tenants, somewhat batteredaate h attempted am bird. The offending decxvUk eed to tIle flre. btre was the overpow- alarm, but lte sound was removed s Mardlv had order been restd it ,ared by fottf of the masked night the when R. Two ers. J McLean, police rey; point merchants, 11 weie hurried to East Twelfth proprietor of a grocery store, and J. t nants were whiie sinking ma)Li jjenry Mosel), propiietor of a dry demon-.tr- , iti'in against a landlord ta goodg (jtolPi did not hurry Into their bad objected to the flying us tast as the night riders rdaf homes The his property , were shot , Thp m08t a,,rl. v d ob the police ";hde;.;.o ,0 who was Robert, waslr Wjously injured and was set upon 3 a gUest V the Forest house. He was ,Mr o'1'!!:'1";,.,. u about the face and bead by a der.d during the fight, li w.uuuu' of buckshot tired aa the night .Charge . . whlrh the wives and daughters tre well as the fathers and sons parX, ?Kders and. thinking that the pated The police tried to gain n Ut depBrtd but ranee Into the tenement, V He came face strikers barricaded the door, ant 1 "bat h?d happened. a group of the departing semblance of order having been iface imob and, as he started to run, was stored the officers withdrew, Aalai-- j lances were summoned to care fortlje shot. It was said that the mob came to Injured but the strikers declined, admit the physicians, stating fc Russellville from the direction of Cave Springs, near where the members are they would call their own doctors laid to have had their rendezvous. The PRESIDENT 8CORE3- - BROWNSdJ bob seemed to be well organized, with 1 I head and lieutenant All the men Makes Public Hi Attitude on Naa sere mounted and wore white caps, false beards and masks. Eycept for Controversies. the shots at those who appeared on Washington. President Roosev j lhe streets, there was little shooting, of the cai be chief business of the mob seeming attitude on the question mand of hospital ships in the nayj k be the destruction of the two houses. which resulted in the resignations! This Is the third raid which has Willard H. Brown and Incidentally some caustic obsrl leen made in western Kentucky, and e face of the announce- vaUons on that incident, and the cqi ent f the Kovernor that disorder troversies among the naval offlcsJ bust cease. The night riders are and their adherents as to details ii to influence or intimidate if naval construction and methods s growers into holding tbaco known made were Sund,r.'f1 training, higher prices. The sib Metcalf gave to particularly acute at this press two letters from the presided time, as many of the growers have addressed to him on these subject on hand. tvo years crop PresIn the first of these letters ident Roosevelt condemns in unmeaIGNORED INJUNCTION. sured terms the act of Admiral Brovrv son, declaring it to be unseemly asj Butts Labor Leader Found Guilty ol Improper, In the controversies tii Contempt of Court. Regarding navy, the president admits there Helena, Mont. Judge William H. was and always will be defecs, In the federal court, late Frl Hunt," both In the construction of the ship and In the organization of the depiit-men- t lay. gave a verdict of guilty against and In the actual drill of tk three of the four Butte labor leaders the charge of contempt of court fleet It Is well, he Bays, that the defect be pointed out. but it is sis i violating the Injunction of the well that they should be pointed ot Court restraining them from Interferwithout exaggerations or mallcloa ence wlfh the operations of the Rocky untruthfulness. Mountain Bell Telephone company. Joseph Shannon received a sentence THREE ISSUES PARAMOUNT. tt ninety days' Imprisonment In the Bryan Says That Tariff, Trusts a county jail. William Cutts was senRailroad Regulation Are First and tenced to ninety days Imprisonment snd a fine of $250. while A. E. EdForemost, vards was given a sentence of ninety Kansas City In an Interview he lays' imprisonment and a $100 fine. Sunday night, William J. Bryan sal A C. Scott, the fourth defendant, was that the trusts, the tariff and rallro discharged. regulations would be the paramout h Shannon was a member of the flrst Issues In the campaign of 1908. Sft legislature, and Is now president of Bryan said it was Impossible to det die Montana branch of the Western mine at this time what the one pais federation of Miners. Cutts Is bust-tea- s mount Issue would be. agent for the Carpenters union STATE NEWS Nathan Reynolds baa been appoint ed poetmaater at Cisco. Grand county. Salt I,ake county spent $22,860 In assisting the poor during the year 1 Independent Tobacco Factories in Western Kentucky Destroyed by Dynamite and Fire. 'J Case , rld-thi- de-ov- . l tse g car ! In Box Elder county, many of the r are reallilng 1,500 an GOLDFIELD MINER8 WORKING, acre each season from their orchard, the apples being particularly produc- Many of the Men Renounce Allegiance tive. to Western Federation. child being cared for A believed hi Goldfield, Nev.It at the Crittenden borne In Ogden got Is the strike Goldfield that practically few a hold of some strychnine pills Bnd aid. nodical frff irtwo weeks every An Indoor baseball association bas mine in the district will be in full been organised In Ogden, and a sched- blast Several mines started up Saturday ule of thirty games have been with miners formally affiliatmorning the of ranged between six clubs ed with the Western Federation, but league.1 The new law, passed by the lust who signed cards renouncing such allegislature, forbidding the sale of co- legtance. mo of an ear,y of a calne, except on prescription ,a reputable physician, went into effect union ampng the miners, which Is to nn Janimrv 1 become a state affair. Independent ol There are twenty-eigh- t canning fao the western Federation. tories In the state, twenty-twbeing located In Davis. Box Elder and We BOMB EXPLODES IN BANK. ber counties, eighteen being located j Ten Persons Are Injured, But None In Weber county alone. WAR Die. fhe largest reservoir In the st.i Is In Millard constructed county. being Kansas City, Mo. An explosion In ten mHa seuth of Juab, it haa a tbe beautiful marble building of the Mpeclty of 90,000 acre feet of water. Flrt NaUonai bank heMS Saturday af This will irrigate 30,000 acres of land, ternoon was caused by dynamite or tienator Smoot has announced the some other high explosive. A piece of appointment of his son as clerk of ls plp to have been part ol new committee, the senate committee a bomb w found the wrpcked on patents, at a salary of 91,800. Sen- basement. ator Smoot is chairman of the romTen people were Injured by the ex mlttee. but none fatally. The loss Is For the year 1907 there were Issued placed at $10, 000, -- .confined entirely tc S29 marlage licenses In Ogden. The the basement, revenue derived from the usual fees CHInsye Merchant Murdered. paid by the happy males reached which goes Into the coffers of Nogales, Art Wing Ling, a Chi nose storekeeper forty-fivthe county. years of Mrs. Minnie J. Snow, widow of the age. In business here twenty years late President Lorcnxo Snow, died at was murdered Saturday night by two her home In Salt l.ake City on Jan- - Mexicans. The men went to the door uary 2, Mrs Snow had long been of the store, and when Wing appeared a sufferer from caneer She was struck him with Iron bars In the ' born in 1854 face and the back of the head, felling The Utah canneries, during their him to the floor, when they cut his run the past season, used 18,442.400 throat with a knife almost severing cans, or 235 carloads of cans and five the head. Then they dragged the cant of labels. Two hundred cars of body to a back room used as a bed coal. 30 cars of sugar, and 100 cars of room, broke open the cash drawer with an ax, and rifled a trunk. box materials was used. Etlwarl Green. Junk dealer, who, Clearing up Mystery. with M Glohenfelt. was murderously Tacoma. Wash The body of assanlted with robbery intent by Art snd Richard A Baker, Salt 'lan Pratt, aged twenty two, who mys-Lakyouths, turued, highway tnetx, la icrfously disappeared frppt tyer home wounds. on May 27, last, was found in a dense beyond danger from his skull was fractured In live thicket on the outskirts of the city Green os Saturday, by a surveylngcrew Al- places. At the conclusion of the hearing of though the badly decomposed, Charley Song, on the charge of mur- - hod-- was Identified bv the father of der, for the alleg'd killing of Chun the girl. He believes she was mur Chung Bo In a quarrel over a gamb- - dered and ihp position of the body ling game In Salt Lake, Song was supports this theory. It haring the for trial In the third district pearsnee of having been dragged to court, on the charge of voluntary man- - the plate, thrown lu a hollow and laughter. partially burled with leaves The little child of Mi and, Mrs Meet Horrible Death While Clarence Peterson of Gphratin was Boya at Shingle Mill. Playing badly Injured about the bands and face by fs'ling against he stove, 'the Bellingham, Wash Earl Mussel 14- hilled and Clvdr mother, who was busily engaged in mn- t her household duties, did not notlee Damayke. aged 13. fatally Injured the child was doing until she urday evening In the bolt flume at the heard it scream Manltv shingle mill, five miles sou'h Androll Koloptilos, the Greek la- - of this city, by a heary shingle bolt borer who received three bullet which crashed into them. A third The boys were wounds and a knife thrust in the body boy waa uninjured 1 tbe flumes, not knowing during a fight with a 19 year-olbeing sent down from Greek lad at Bingham JuacUon may that t,mber die from his injuries. His assailant Jbe mountain side gbove Mussel man's ,'rokenseveral bas escaped ad the officers can se back hours after being struck. curs no trace of him. two-year-o- 1 wrfcwn-Secretar- o -- 1 I f Sat-wha- - tAJo y Poatmaater General Want Larger proprlation. Af FROM t I Canadians Want Oriental Quarte Searched for Weapon Portland, Ore snuul to t! Oregonian from ancouver, R lays that Chit f nf Pollen Chamherlak Of Vancouver hvs refu-.- . d a demaul made bv the Ava'ic Pt.'. ismp Img-(bat the Oriental quar'e'-- he , he for firearms an I otle- - dang, -- n k 1'The (h-weapons tty v ,r nn gravity of the slr-iurgc stronglv against ,,1 nm.-pnisihfc Crists In the Japanese qu, - m hv-- any drastic action such as the me t- - j. gested - - f ti-q Residents of Chicago's Grtto Wa 4 Cheaper Rent. I r Chicago Five bun-UN 4 Chicago ghetto formed n tMiaiqj union, on Sunday 'h n purpose of for-oink the disti o' to red me s month Leaders of the n 'emu n aij. vised the niembers of th n' w rcank ration to refuse to pav thP present rates, which were declared evorhlfsnt and to force tfy landlords to takm all legal steps and pay all cou-- t -- os cae the latter refuse To meet the d mwnds for lower orlces - r.lgh-avowe- Common Carriers Are Not Responsible For Accidents Caused by Negli-- . gence of Fellow Employee. Washington In an opinion by Scurvy Adds to Misery of PeopU of Erivan Province, Who Have Had a Poor Harvest Jus- of the United States on Monday held to be tice White, the supreme lourt unconstitutional the congressional enof June 11, 1900, known as the employers' liability law, ' making railroad and other common carriers responsible to employes in accidents due to the negligence of felor to Ineffective applilow servant ances. The decision of the lower courts was affirmed The decision waa in the suits for damages cue being the case of the widow of Will Howard, a man who was killed in an accident near Memphis; the other that of the mother of Morris S Brooks, a fireman killed on the Southern Pacific in Nevada The Howard case was tried in Tennessee with Judge McCall presiding, and the Brooks case In Kentucky with Judge Walter Evans on the bench The rai'rnads obtained a verdict on the against the complainants of ground of the unconstitutionality the law Judge Evans and Judge McCall both held that the law was invalid on the double ground that a congressional enactment could not be made appl'cable to Interstate commerce, as they cldimed was undertaken in this law, and that protection of lhe accidents In the interstate commerce could not be constmed as any pait of "commerce'- of any kind Both the Kentucky and Tennessee decisions were affirmed by Jusihe Whites opinion on Uie ground that is rot confined to the regulation of the business of interstate carriers, but undertakes to regulate their dealings with their employes actment Crop Outlook in European Grows Steadily Worse, th Crops Having Been Entirely Lost Much Buffering Will Result tin-la- IN LAND X r A dispatch celved here from Tlflls says scurvr has broken out among the native population In the province of Erivan, which, like other sections of the Caucasus, suffered severely in 1907 from a poor harvest and resultant famine. Measures to send in food and to afford medical relief are being taken, and an endeavor will be made to use a portion of the dumia famine appropriation for tflis section, although this money was voted exclusively for relief w irk in the provinces of European Russia The crop outlook In European Russia has grown steadily worse lately, on account or the long spell of cold weather with no snow Winter crops have beiii lost The officials of the agricultural department in the ministry of interior are becoming more downcast every day as they realize the necessity of increasing approprliv tions for the relief of the people. SL - DECISION Russia Winter Petersburg COUNT AND PRINCE FIGHT. Former Husband of Anna Gould and Her Alleged Fiance Clash. Paris Count BonI de Castellano, from whom his wife, who was Miss Anna Gould of New York, was recently dlvorctd, and Prince Helie de Sagan, who on several occasions was reported to be engaged to Madame Gould, had a personal encounter on Thursday at the Church of SL Pierre de Cballlot while a service to the memory of Lady Stanley Errtngton, a relative of both men, who died lately In England, was In progress. Beginning Inside the church, where Count Bonl says the prince insulted both him and the sacred edifice, the encounter was resumed at the doorway, where Count Bonl, followed by his brother. Count Jean de C&stel-lanovertook the prince. Count Boni pat In his cousins face. Then came the clash of cane, foUowed by a rough and tumble fight on the pavement, which ended In the gutter, where the men were finally separated by a big butcher. Count Bonl at the moment of Intervention was holding down the well nigh insensible prince, while Jean, according to eye witnesses, wae administering to him a severe kick- FRAUD CASES Probabla End of Prosecution in Western Statee. The case of former Washington Congressman J N Williamson, of Oregon, charged with unlawfully cutting timber on the public lands in Crook county, Oiegon, in conspiracy with 100 others, was decided by the supreme court of the United States on Monday, in favor of Williamson The United States circuit court for Oregon Imposed a fine of $500 and sentenced Williamson to prison for ten months, but the supreme court reversed that decision. Unusual significance is attached to the decision, In that the decision is expected to apply to practically all of the prosecutions brought in arid land states by the department ot justice for alleged violations of the regulations of the interior department In timber and stone and coal land cases. The decision virtually sustains the recent decision of Judge Lewis of the United States court for the district of Colothe indictments rado, dismissing brought under the timber and stone and coal land laws e, THAW AGAIN ON TRIAL. ing. Legal Insanity to be Sole Defense of Slayer of White. New York At the close of three court sessions which marked Monday, the first day of the second trial of Han-- K. Thaw fur t7ie alleged murder uf Stanforl White, nine tentative jurors had been selected out of talesmen examined by District Attorney Ji -- ome, for the prosecution, and Martin W Littleti n, for the defense. Legal insanity at the time of, the tragedy Is to be the side defense 'I his was made clear at the veiy outse' of the proceedings when Mr. Littleton formally served notice that the former plea of not guiltv was amended by the specification that the defendant was Insane when the homicide was committed Countries Made Concessions. The finishing touches Washington were added on Thursday to the draft America of an agreement between and France, under section 3 of act, which has been in preparation for nearly a year past M. Jusserand, the French embassador, called at the state department to discuss the details of this arrangement, and It Is expected that It will be promulgated from the state department In the course of a few days. Pending Its signature, the details are withheld, but it Is known that the concession made by America Is the abatement of the existing duties on French champagne by 20 per cent, while France remits duties on American cottonseed cil, certain classes ot machinery and other commodities. German Editor Sent to Prison. Berlin. The notorious Harden-VoKoltke libel trial came to an end Frl fay, when the accused editor ot Die to four ukunft was sentenced Booths' imprisonment and to pay the tntlre coets of both the present and (be former trial. Count Von Molke, aid president ot the court, "leaves this fourt w!ta his name and honor untar sighed, and nothing whatever has been (roved against Prince Philip Zu Eul snberg. No fine would sufficiently punlsk Harden for his offense, and I Bust theuefore sentence him to lm prison meDt. Keep Suicide Pact. Chicago. Charles G Brockett. 38 years old. employed as a floorwalker In A State street store, and Mrs. Ruby pialftaks, wife of a state bank examiner, were found unconscious from bullet wounds in Grant park In front of the Auditorium annex. Friday night Notes found in Brockett s clothing showed that the shooting was in pur suance of a suicide pact. Brockett died a few minutes after being taken to A hospital Mrs, Ptshraks was shot above the heart and is in a critical condition. Reducing Wages at Goldfield. Goldfield, Nev The Power company, which furnishes has light and power to Goldfield, adopted a new scale of wages, which goes into efTect January 10 On and after that date $6 per dav will be the maximum wages paid to electricians, which Is $1 a day less than the company has been paying The telephone company will pay the same scale, and will bar nonunion neither men In employing the force needed This scale is $1 a day higher than the scale adopted by the Mine Owners Bank of England Shows Confidence in '' United States. London The directors of the Bank of England on Thursday lowered the minimum rate of discount to 6 from 7 per cent, which latter rate was established as a result of the recent American financial crisis Improved In financial conditions America, coupled w'th a better monetary situation in Germany, assisted the directors In their decision to remove the stringent rate of ditcounL which has been handicnpmng trade and speculation for the past seven weeks Boy Died Game. Clarence Sturgeon, Ky old. was executed In the jail Bartenders Refuse to Pay Asaestment Women Nevada The Goldfield Miners union ba3 levied an assessment of lu per cent per month on the bartenders, cooks, waiters, teamsters and all labor organizations affiliated with the 1. W. W of w hiyh the federation is a part, to sustain the organization, and is meeting with opposition in collecting the monev. It is understood that the bartenders, of which probably sixty men are members, have held meeting and voted to refuse to pay the assessment Thee bartender re paid from ?tt to $8 per day. New 7 ork So successful was the plan of allowing women to smoke In the pnbl'c dining rooms. Introduced at one of the prCXminent Broadway restaurants for the first time in New York, New Years eve, that another of the famous Broadway eating places has followed suit It Is expected that several more of them will fall into line immediately, but the big hotels and restaurants on Fifth avenue will not, the managers say, follow suit, for thA present at least n The annual report Washington First Assistant Postmaster Geneq) Frank H. Hitchcock has been malt The revenues public. colleettf through the postnfflres during the Is cal year 19ut amounted to about 111. 000,000, a gain of more than $.5,00. 000, and the repo-- t states that tkb growth was continued In 1907, wh the aggregate was $181 000 000 In 4 der to meet this cont'nuous growth af his bureau. Mr llltehcuek mak an appeal for larger appropriations. e ap-hel- T Rear-Admir- fruit-growe- ! ' 1 v PiSHIIIC UNCONSTITUTIONAL e II BSCRIPTIOV. Parable la ACT CmlvJl, Setund-Cla.e- In New York T ILK Ml OP LIABILITY , 19 LoulsviPe. years His extreme yard here on Friday. youth was the basis of many unavailhis pardon ing efforts to procure fiturgeon murdered Ira Bruner, James Blackerly and Wilfred McMtchael one year ago. Sturgeon, who was only 19 years old, went to the scaffold with S calm courage showing on his boyish countenance. Even the last lnt imew with bis aged father and mother and farewells to his seven brothers and two sisters tailed to affect him. fifty-seve- Both the-Dlngl- n Nevada-Callfor-ni- a associatior Killed by Street Car. I.os Angeles. Miss May Duffy, a voung woman residing with the fam ilv of W. A Clark, Jr, son of States Senator Clark, who was tritck bv a Hollywood street car while riding at Prospect park on Sun diy, died on Monday of her injuries ?lie was terribly hurt, sustaining com pound fractures of both legts, a fracture of the skull, besides lacerations id cuts The horse which she was ruling... a very valuable animat belonging to Mr Clark,siasrinstant!y killed . 6 A Teamsters Stand by Tenant. New York There will be no teamsters to move the goods of the striking tenants on the BsBt Bide If notices are served on them according to an announcement from the strikers headquarters. It was said that one local branch of the United Team- sters un.on had alreadv passed , a resolution to refuse all dispossess business and that others would soon follow The anti high rent league now claims to have organDed the occupants of over one thousand houses and fo have secured reductions so far for 250 tenants Now Permitted to Smoke New York Restaurants. i |