Show hero Is a story of a in the alta mining yesterday afternoon which four miners killing two seriously injuring a third and carrying tho fourth nearly a thousand feel only a few scratches and bruises the dead men aro john johnson foreman of the albion mine and J J a miner employed by the company the slide came down the mountain adde on what Is known as patsey marley hill starting feet directly above tlc alc cabin at the mouth of the granite tunnel by the time he elide had reached the cabin occupied by johnson burns wood join olsen and john ns it had become a veritable avalanche in Us power and fury the log structure was smashed instantly and many of the logs even were ground to splinters against the huge boulders that ther slide gathered up johnsons body was recovered after three hours ot hard shoreline by nearly a hundred miners who hastened to the scene up to a late hour last night the remains ot Buro awood bad not acen found alwn was buried beneath thirty feet of banow but which was loose enough to afford him air until tho rescuers reached him which they did after two hours ot strenuous work tte fourth man john ns was cairned about feet down the mountain side but remained so nearly on top of the mass of moving snow that he was able to with 0 it much difficulty injuries were not in any wise serious both johnson and busswood Bums wood are married men and residents of salt I ake TO BE TAKEN OF the state board of corrections which will meet today has under consideration a plan for the assistance of guard zebu ion jacobs who so nearly lost his life irom the terrible beating he received at the bands of convicts while attempting to prevent the prison delivery last october at the meeting of the board held two weeks ago jacobs was that his services would not te required after march 1 but public so strongly condemned the action 01 the prison board as jacobs e BOW la a fair way to recovery that it has been decided to give him an opportunity port unity to return to light work at toon as he Is able or furnish him with aid in ane way ot a monthly pension in consideration ot hla injuries received alle in the performance ot his duty al householder DEAD alma householder who for years ha figured in police court circles in salt lake city died yesterday morning at the county infirmary from acute alcoholism the man waa a con drunkard having been addicted to the use of liquor the greater part 0 his jifca lie was 41 years of age and tad been an inmate ot the for about nine months the funeral will ho announced later AMES H CLARK SEEKS FREEDOM james dark filed a petition for a writ of habeas in the supreme court A dark 1 a term years in tio statch arlson for grand larceny he and his brother albert dark find Z graham were charged iu tho fame information with grand larceny and receiving stolen property it is charged that they robbed C F johnson of on april 20 1902 the petitioner and graham acro convicted of grand larceny and albert dark wag convicted of receiving stolen property it la claimed in the petition that the petitioner was illegally sentenced by the lower court because the testimony went to show that he received the property from albert dark and had nothing to do with taking it from johnson the court took the matter of issuing tho writ under advisement VERDICT FOR the jury in the case of joseph fares against the afo grande western railway company has returned a verdict in favor ot plaintiff tor plaintiff sought to recover damages in the sum 0 for a personal injury received in parleys canyon on sept 16 1901 when the accident occurred fares was driving tip the conyon in a wagon when he was struck by one of the defendants engines and thrown to the ground with serious injury the case was tried in judge stewarts court OUTLOOK FOR smoot the says attorney waldamar vao cott who Is assisting in the defense of senator smoot returned from a stay of one month at washington during that time he has been aitho in the preparation of the senators answers which Is about aa fat as the defense could go he states as the protestants observe extreme secrecy concerning their case and until the line of their prosecution Is made known tho smoot aldo will not know exactly how to proceed sir van bott is confident that the charges will fall ultimately and that the senator will retain his seat the belief is general in washington said he that the polygamy charge has no foundation and it is a matter of doubt aa to just what point the investigation win turn on the which la conducting the investigation vesti gation I 1 am gratified to be able to state ia composed largely of eminent lawyer they know evidence when it Is presented and I 1 believe they will take legal view of the questions involved whatever they may be it Is said that the committee has subpoenaed witnesses it this la true it would indicate that the investigation would take place in washington alone we do nat know our witnesses aa yet and will not until we learn tho nature of the protestants case the bellich charges are still on file they may be heard but they are not being urged senator smoot Is popular personally and stands very well in washington according to mr van cott he Is making pew every day and working incessantly on his case and his senatorial duties the begins on march 1 attorney van cott will lacavo for washington tho irist ceorge COULD COMING WEST j buhr although it la known that the dur angton la anxious to arrive at an un with tho moffat road and ahil it has been stated apparently upon good authority that the latter road has backing evidence Is accumulating that there Is gould and money in both tho hottat road western pacific cays the ocmer george gould has left i new york tor a western trip and Is expected in denver and salt lake in tho courech cou reco the next three weeks it a by joany that his congee flon with ih new roada will coro e out during this trip r it is significant that 70 W tons that will teji eed eli bytho moffat road and itic western 1 the colorado fuel and iron kompany haa already secir red the cn tract for tons this company 11 Is believed will act all of jhc thc booi that it 1 qualified to nil jmj aalto natural roads should buy of a gould company the principal vao however cheni for tha belief bat mr gould and sir or financially interested in the iffat road la the statement made by mr that the dwar lacic lac lC bonds have ben syndicated and will not ba old by tha for a while that was made late 13 1902 sanco then there have been 1 ataw strenuous times for syndicates with over twenty lan ilona in cach tied up the gould estate and the rockefeller coul stand pat on an advance of that kind and well informed railroad men believe that they havn ito nelt t |