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H Vol. LXX. No. !::. SALT LAKE CITY. UT.ui. mXD.IY MUKXIXQ. . J A N" U A I V 1 i , 100 5 . 33PAGES-FIVE CENTs! H
RIPLEY TALKS
I ABOUT REBATES
explains Case Against
I Santa Fe.
Mistake Made in Not Show-
ing Rate hcluded the
H Price f Coal.
Any Violation of Law Was TJmnten
tional, and Btrthermore, No
One Was Inured Thereby.
H nct' YORK, J.n 14. President e. p.
Ripley of tho Atchson, Topcka & Santa
F Fo railway, in a lather explanation of
B his telegram to the Interstate Commerce
-nmmlsslon. rcgnrdng his withdrawal of
B i request for a relsaring of tho case, In
F which It Is alleged his company gave re
bates to thi Coloralo Fuel and Iron com
pany on coal shipments, tonight made tho
following statement
"Tho statements th;it have been made
I relative to the recefl h a ring of the Inter
I Ftato rnmmerce ojnmlselon for tho pur-
pose of Invcstlgatltg X w .Mexican rates
K Indicate an utter nlsconception of tho
I facts disclosed b.s the testimony, which
K are as follows:
B "Tho mining Indntries in Arizona and
A Old Mexico, locatd upon tho El Paso
B 4 Southwestern ralroad, and Its connec-
tlons. have long teen customers of tho
ft Santa F. railroad ry reason of their large
I consumption of bltjmlnous coal, The ta
B vored coal, by resnn of Its quality for
BM BICUIU pui purer., l? lllliwi III noruwni .Nl W
B Mexico and southen 1 r : n 1
H Owned Al This Coal.
ftjr "All the mines siuatod upon the Santa
Y-4JI teim."ad produoig this quality of coal
I were owrxd or enroll.. t., t., ,.)1,r.i.i,,
I Fuel and In n conpu iy S im.- two
I ago the Atchison 'mpany. In competing
B f..r (his business, ta.- confronted with th-
I necessity of maklrr. n specific freight rate
B whU h would enouroge the Industries
mention"! to use eal Instead of oil. which
u.i-- had becomo a
P' practical!
I of '-.rRC disci ' ties of oil in Texas
I and California
K "Aet the result f various negotiations
an arrangement bis arrived at whcrob
ft tho Atchison eonpany agreed that It
ft would , rry coal torn themlnes to Dem
I lng for C per toi and would there
I liver 1 same totho El Paso K- South
western Railroad company, collecting In
I addition to Its ow freight rate of tho
I Eur" of Jl 10 for t- Colora lo Fu I com-
Pany, as was thocustom of all roads In
I that territory
Mistake n Joint Bate.
I "Through some explicable mistake, the
I u, ral" wll,cn " forc i" l iver
I this arrangements should have
I shown in ,-r,te Include,!
I the
fact, and ;(v , i t... it Is possible
there may h ve t. n unintentional
B tion of tho l..w. it it i- obvli i a that no
M or.e was injui-.-.j because the
Colorado
under the ai-rangeo tit nothing more than
I contract prlef..r Its coal, and ther
I 'r' t tli
K 'The absurdltyif the current report
to the effect
I r"'"'-"!" i impanv Is rh ir-
Bfl l shown
pa.'y had no intist In tho freight rates.
,a ,of which wei paid by the cottsum-
E ! i1
J and iron cao will be heard In the
I fupreme e.jUrt o the L'nlted States on
mnuf r5" M- 'M''JT -. X H Kleld of the
I1 romp.tr. who was in f'hlcago
day on his way , Washington, declared
that tho Ueo.oKt m for damage which
Ho, cCy ' Psecutlng In the conns
win b heard In Vxvhlngton on a motion
?Jfi!PvV th0 -"m courts to assume
jurisdiction.
Befused to .ecognize Service
sk v ,V''l.1:',r.,r' r",lv JudSe of thc B( ' -ond
Judicial dlstn of x v M. i and
,:wno was removed.y President Roosevelt
iL2LeairB,rru8l 10 r' 1 ' ' ' Ice ol
p7; ,n h'- - iim . - .., i: rcioi. v.
prtdont of the 5, Mr Rlp-
T.. o ?'an" ' '"J.-h the T. rrltorv.
irl- k, ;-ra3ot staying In thi coun-
m '' lB8lnK through, and tho
S'rylc, . thoreforewas not legal An ap
lH" cfwIU be hoard Jam li
The flangea asked of tho Santa
m f-., i ?th0 tt,,ceed "-t that
lonU r1 compnnj wa mined
Cokr- t?, i P hy railroad to tl e
Colorado Fuel an Iron .-nmpan
IPE0M0TI0N R, SCHUMACHER.
To Become Asstant Traffic Director
r The nion Pacific
peolal to The lb,
frVBR. ColtJan 14 T. M Bchu.
ShoH,:r;,tritfnC n'k"' ' "" Oregon
ES3inC' "'""tcr. In Salt
M&?tytr$r 1 !- rampbe,l as
Pcflc road rirmtr,r tn' r",p"
Chiclgo wh, r 11 "'
In f Ik Ji,- , ?' ifKlH b -Ila7ima;;
sVK J- S,ubbs
SKHSiVn?'1 ' f" " -Clals.
hits ' . ' - - Hrrlmt ffl
wah nibhs I,, ,V''
tion win be rhnH?, Ma I'Tomo
'thto.ntK I It '- i'i j . " ' of
agent for tin i- ' ' '' Kenor.il
J''ko city wh.. Ik l'1n" ln s llf
or J. a lieevi-s T '"" tt; "'' "r.lm.in.
&WI ,., , ,,' lc!'' KTieral freight
Lake, will 5 '. ,Sn 1 n Salt
' 1 BUCr,wSchinnacher
-8l aupcrlntenili f th iruber' p' n"
';lu' . win bo t . v. ' l!"
of e Hurllrin H ' xl k'f'nr'r"! manager
ourl river. the MIs-
to report h , , accord-
It .Tth to mcmoatagth.
Contractor Spraks
Against Arbitration
Cominr; Fight Will Be for the Open or
the Non-Union Shop and in
Opposition to Unions.
NEW YORK, Jan. 14. At the dinner of
tho Contractors' Protective association to
night, Charles Lcldlltz.. president of tho
Building Trades Employers' a-ssoclatlon.
said, In response to the toast "Arbitra
tion": "Many people thought a few years ago
that tho labor troubles In this city bad
been ended. After tho unions ere beaten
ln 19o3. all thought they would cause no
more trouble for nrany years at leant
but they broke out agHln In" 14 and It was
nnly a fow weeks ago they were put in
check.
"We shall have pence possibly for a JN ir
Or for .-. year and a half, but I am confi
dent that they arc Noind to break out
(Tain. Then our tight will not b on tho
llnem of union principles. It will bo for
tho "pen shfip. the non-union shop
"The g I labor union is the nop that
does not exist. Arbitration remlmls me of
the practice of taking candy with medi
cine In order to make the dose pleasant.
So It Is with arbitration, according to the
theory of union workmen. Thus seek ar
bitration as candy In order to administer
to us a dose which at all times Is a severo
one."
OCEAN RATES GO UP.
Combine of Steamships Reconciles
Difference and Raises Prices.
LIVERPOOL, Jan .14 As a result of
meetings hold yesterday and today be
tween Lord Inverclyde, hidrman of tho
Omard Steamship company and J. Bruce
Ismay, president of the International Mer
cantile Marino, all difficulties between
tho companies have been reconciled and
In consequence the lines will Increase
rates generally, beginning January 17 Tho
steerage rates from Liverpool to New
York will be $30 for fast boats and J2S.80
for others. The Becond-cabln rate will
DO M8.75, with $2.40 extra for fast boats.
oipi-il reduction for the slowest
The White Star line will retain
Its Friday sailings from Liverpool to New
York.
M'KINLEY'S NIECE WEDDED.
Mrs Morse Become-3 Wife of Harry
Rowell Cooper.
NEW YORK. Jan 14 Mrs. Ida McKln
) .Mors.-, widow of the late George F.
Morj& ejarje of the United States court for
tho district of California, was married to
Harry Rowell Cooper of San Fninclsco.
at tho Church of tho Transfiguration to
day by Rev. George C. Houghton. They
w-ro attended by the bride's daughter.
Miss Marjorle Morse and Col Kowalsky,
the Belgian representative in New York
for tho Congo Kroe State.
Mrs. Coop, r Is a niece of tho late Presi
dent McKlnley and a datighti r ..f the lato
David McKlnley. former American consul
ut Honolulu.
CANAL DOCK MEN STRIKE.
Notified to Return to Work or Lose
Employment on Isthmus.
COLON. Jan. 14 Two hundred canal
dockmeii and other laborers at San fls
tobel have struck. The men hae refused
to work for $1.M per day. demanding $2 In
silver, which Is equivalent to $1 In gold
and which the Colon dock men receive.
Tho local resilient engineer toda pla
i aided the following 'All canal laborers
Involved ln the strike who do not Imme
diately report for work will not be re
employed anywhere on the canal work on
the Isthmus "
An effort Is being made to bring Panama
laborers to Colon to unload tho Idle
ships.
EX-CORONER IN JAIL.
Found Guilty of Collecting Fraudu
lent Fees From State.
DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 14 Ex-Coroner
John T Hoffman, ono of the most prom
inent politicians of Detroit and Wayne
county, who WSJ elect, d Shi riff at the No
vember election ond has since January 1
been vainly endeavoring to securo pos
r, of the Jail and Sheriff's office, was
(..night locked up In the Jail as a prls
oner, the Jury in the Recorder's court
having found him guilty of collecting
: lent coroner! f n from the State
Japan Thanks Germany.
BERLIN, Jan. 14 The Japanese Gov
ernment, taking cognizance of an Im
precsloti that Germany has not observed
strict neutrality, has sent a formal dis
patch of thanks to the German Goern
ment It express the conviction that
G. rmnny has fulfilled her duties as a neu
tral throughout the war with exactness
and especially during the recent events
ln the war zone.
Carter Gained Ono Vote.
Hti.r.N'A. Mont. Jon U, Garter joined
ono vet In the Senatorial ballot tMny. Pur
suant to the caucun afrrrnient thn Dmo
oi,itr VOtOd for W G ..rirfol Thn vote.
T H. barter. 41, I,ee Mantle, 9, W Q
..nrad. 31. T H Hinds of Butte, 6; W. R
Qori Of Billing. 4, B F. Vllt. Ij John
Mn.-;in.nlse. Totul. N N'ecesLry to a
c ho let,, 47.
Sugar and Tobacco Excepted.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14 nepresentatlvo
curiiH of Kanau Introduced n tiu t.xiay pro
viding f..r thr free .-ntry Into the United Stairs
..f nil iirtlcleg the growth of product of the
I'hDIpplueR. xcopt nujiiu- and tobacco, upon
which a duly of 13 per cent of tho Dlngley
rate In pr IfloJ
Boy Killed by Circular Saw.
BPOKAKE, WbMi.. Doc. 14. Seize, j with an
attach of epilepsy, Arthur Morten, a ftftcen-year-old
boy, 'oil faoa 6 award .ri a circular
wtw and died almost Instantly from Injuries
received to the btaln. Tho right side of Mar
ten's hr.u nras almost cut thrriugh before he
could be pulled off
Miss Krupp Not Engaged.
BSSBN, Jan 14, The lKard of dlrcetors of
the KrUPP works hps Indued R statement de
nying the report that hertha Krupp, only
Child aji.l li'-lrev of tlm Jato Kerr Krupp, Is
engaged i , i,. marrlod tu lr. Heck cf .
Rbetoti Khenlsh I'ruJmlu
EXONERATES
NIEDR1NGHAUS
No Foundation for the
Charges.
Legislative Committee Re
ports After Full In
vestigation. Never Was an Attempt to Influence
Anybody in Behalf of the
Brewers.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 14.-The Investigating
committee of the Missouri House of Rep
resentatives, sent to St. iouls to deter
mine the source and nature of the t-'i.-
' ntributlon to the Republican Stat-
campaign fund, officially credited to
Thomas K. Xledrlnghaus who was chair
man of tho State Central committee, and
now caucus nominee for United States
Senator, adjourned tonight to meet In
Jefferson City Monday afternoon. The
Senntc committee did not complete its in
vestigations today.
According to the statement of tho Re
publican members of the Houso commit
tee, who constitute the majority, tho com
mittee will report tnat Its investigations
have found nothing to substantiate ep-r-s.
.native Grace's stat.m-nt that 1 reiv
ers contributed the fund to Influ. n. e legis
lation, Tho committee heard the tostlmrny of
Adolph Busch and Otto Stlfei, wealthy
brewers; E. C. Brokmever. who was con
fidenllal secretary of "'halrman Xledrlng
haus. and a number of other witnesses.
Verified Niodring-haus.
Adolphus Busch and Otto Stlfei told
the same story' regarding the (21,000 con
tribution to the Republican State cam
paign fund as was told to the commit
tee last night by Chairman Niedrlnghauj
They said, as ho had said, that their con
tribution was a guarantee to meet a de
ficit and entailed no promise of legisla
tive favor for their business Intcrests.
itto Stlfei in every way corroborated
the testimony of Adolphus Busch. "I
have not t paid the a:o,m; I guaran
teed. " he said, "but I shall do so If I am
called on."
In answer to a question he declared he
had contributed the fund for the city a.s
well as for the State campaign fund Af
ter Mr Stlfei. Thomas K. Xledrlnghaus
appeared again before the committee to
make a voluntary Htatement to the effect
that Richard C Kohna and William 11
Thompson had both offered to guarantee
one-third of the amount of the commit
tee's deficit.
T)l ffprpnra In Rtntomontc
Deputy Recorder of Deeds Wllllnm P
Llghtholdor, the next witness, submitted
the Htatement tiled with the Recon i r bj
Treasurer Louis Alt of the Ropubllcan
City Central committee in It onlj Jt'i
was credited to Otto Stlfei Committee
man o'LJonneii directed the attention of
the committee to tho difference of $600 ln
the two statements
Eugeno C. Hrokmoyer who testified yes
terday before the Senate committee te
tlfiod before the House committee today.
He confined himself to answerlnp Ques
tions. He said he knew of several con
tributions to the State campaign fund
which were not enumerated in tho state
ment. One, ho said, tta.s IJfAj from Adol
phus Busch. which he took from Mr
Busch to Mr. Xledrlnghaus personally. H.
said ho also carried a "o check ir..in
Mr Busch tO Mr Xledrlnghaus. He al.J
ho WSS acting as secretary of the bureau
of publicity of tho State committee.
Never Heard of It
He was asked If ho knew any Instance
ln which money was given with a view
to influencing beer legislation or the lec
tion of a United States Senator
"Np," he replied, "I do not know It, nor
havo I heard any report or rumor to that
effect."
The report of the committee will be
drawn up at a meeting of the committee
Monday, In order that It may reach the
House before the voting for Senator be
gins Tuesday,
According to the Republican members
of the committee, who are In the major
ity, the report will Include the stenograph
er's report taken at the sessions and
will conclude with the statement that tho
committee found nothing to substantiate
the charge of Representative, Grace that
tho money was given by the brewers for
the purpose of influencing legislation
Before the Senate committee the evi
dence brought out was similar to that
given before the Bouse committee Tho
Senate committee adjourned to meet in
Jefferson City on Monday
BEGGAR DROPS DEAD.
Gold Coin Found in His Pocket and
Bank Book for S40O0
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 14 A man nearty
ninety years old supposed to be William
Glonnon. dropped dead today on Market
street, between Klghth and Ninth. Although
h was garbed U a beggar, gold Coin n
found In his pocaets. w Ith a bank book host -Imk
that he had nearly $4'Xt0 on deposit In ono
of tho local banks.
Guilty of Manslaughter
HONOLl'I.To Jan. 14. Kugenlo Arroyo, nc.
rused of the murder of Adolphus Rhlirayo
day was f.-.e.n. guilty ( infinslaughii tof ire
first degree He will be sentenced ModM',
the punishment llxed by law being n i,i 14s i
than ten (mars' Imprisonment Tht ws tie
second PortO Rlcan murder case here Arroyo
ond Rllera qtiarrslod SbOUl a tv..nian
Embassador Sails for Europe.
S'KW Y(RK Jan 14 I Jidlslnus.' Hmgel
muller von llengervar. ustr(v-Hundarlan Km
baasador to the I'ntled Ktutes. and Tils family,
sailed today on the Canard liner .uranla fo
Ll verpool. Among the other passenger ,,n (),,
Lucarda was Ifothodlst ffylspwpoli Missionary
Bishop Hsrtsell, an routs to tako rhurr.n of his
field In South Africa I
Indus Still Ashore-
NEW YORK. Jan. 14 At IgSQ Vlo--k this
morning tugs were still pulling on "" "trnri.t
r,i ct. Ulll.- ldp Induf. err Fir- lelnnfJ- "'"1 had
ncosedsd In moving her slightly Va.vt.-in ul
though the i.rwspM.lu for tting clear
bcroru tho tld- - VerjrWOoo.
1
Five Suffocate in
Early Morning Fire
Husband, Wife, Two Children and
Servant Lose Their Lives
While Asleep.
NEW YORK. Jan. 14. FIvo persons were
suffocated in a lire that broke out early
this morning In tho basement of No.
133 West Thirteenth street, occupied by
William T. Mason The dead arc:
W I I.LI AM T. MASOX
' 'LARA T MASOX his wife.
MARTIN MASOX. aged 4 months
ANNIE WE LI S i servant.
I I 10 LEX MASf iN. ag.- l 1 year.
The fin was burning fiercely when It
dl ovi r. d but the firemen soon had
It under control
The hodii s of the five persons who wero
suffocated were found In bed. Mr. Mason
was a prominent law)er, with offices at
S3 Wall street.
The financial loss was j.iooo.
ASKS FOR INTERVENTION.
American Banana Company Com
plains Against Costa Bicans.
M'HIILE, Ala., Jan. 14. The Ameri
can Banana company, through H, L.
McConnell of Mobile, has asked the
State department at Washington to In
tervene In their behalf on account of
alleged Interference by the Costa Rican
Government with the fruit company's
planting, railroad building and other
operationa l the territory now belong
ing to Panama, but at one time under
the Jurisdiction of Costa Rica, and has
l K' 1 d imag. a In .he kuid of $J.-
The matter is now before the State
department The trouble dates back to
the summer of 1903, when the Costa
Rican Government. It Is alleged, slight
ly Interfered with the surveying of the
railroad route, but when the
United States Government at that time
Instructed Its Minister to Costa Rica to
use his good offices to prevent any fur
ther Interference, Costa Rica, It Is un
derstood, disclaimed right of jurisdic
tion subject to the rendering of the
Ixvuhet award on September 11, 1900.
Prior to that date the territory had for
a number of years been In dispute be
tween the republics of Colombia and
osta Rica, but under terms of a ape
t lal agreement was under temporary
jurisdiction of the latter. That dispute
was submitted to President Lounot of
Fran i for arbitration, and his award
Oped this territory as Colombia's,
I OBta Rica had In November, 1903.
disclaimed the right of jurisdiction
and binder that disclaimer. Mr. MeCon-
" n 1 1 n U e bis work bv nlantlncr
fruk trees and preparing for building
the railroad and Improving the port of
Gadoi an. The latter part of July, 1904.
the Costa Rican Government, It Is al
sent an armed force to Gadocan
and Intercepted a valuable cargo of
supplies, and after permitting the die
charge Of the greater portion of the
cargo, confiscated the portion so dis
charged and stopped all railroad work
at Gadocan.
The Costa Rican Goernment Is still
In control of the territory, and contin
ue td prevent the work. It Is said al
though the Panama Government
which succeeded to this territory
through Its s.-, exxion from Colombia
hfl declared Its sovereignty and right
Of Jurisdiction, and has since In an offi
cial communication to Mr. McConnell
admitted his right of possession.
CONTRACT FOR U. P. TRACK.
Cut-Off of 100 Miles Between Kansas
City and San Francisco.
K NSAS CITY, Jan. M. The contract
for tho building of the second track of
tho Union Pacific railroad between Kan
sas City and Topeka has been awarded
to V C Bradbury of Denver
Ho will build sixty-seven miles of track,
converting tho present single track be
tween Kansas City and Toneka to a
double track system Under the present
arrangement the double track system will
be used by both the Union Pacific and
R.'. k Island byst'.'ms.
Simultaneously with the closing of the
contract With -Mr Bradbury, tho contract
for the completion of the cut-off between
Topeka and Grand Inland. Neb., was let
t.. Kllpatrlck Brothers und Collins of
Beatrice, Neb The gap to be filled Is
between Menoken and ) naga. Kan
The construction of this now lino will
glva the Union Pacific road a direct line
ironi Topeka to Grand Island la Marys
vlllo, Kan., and the St. Joe & Grand Is
land road. All through trains for tho
coast will be run oxer thnt line, thim cat
ling Off ..bout ! miles of track between
Kansas t'ltj nnd San Francisco
I CHARGED WITH SWINDLING.
Mrs. Webb Alleged to Have Secured
Money by False Pretense.
NA 'OG I HITCHES, Tex. Jan 1 1 The
specific charge of swindling made ngnlnf-t
i harlea r Taylor and Mr. Alice Webb
Duke grow out of a transaction In which
the pair. It Is alleged borrowed from
president ol tns Commercial National
bank they having made alleged falsa rep
ifrosentatteas and having gi.-n alleged
(nlas recommendations No t ffoi t has
been made to secure tho return of either
of them to Texas, but District Attorney
mbodon says that he Is wining to co
operate with the New Fork authorities if
tio- desire to send Mrs Duke back to
stand trial.
Indiana Editor Fatally Frozen
WABASH. Ind . Jon. 14 Gen. Reuben Wll
llnms of th) Warsaw In llanlan, ono of the
lead lng aewauspor men of Indiana, aged
nraj found today almost fo.ien to death at
Wlnnnn park, one mile enst of Warsaw. Am
pU tat I On 0( feet and hands may bo necessary,
und ho may not survive
Guilty of Election Frauds.
HAN FRANCTSCO. Jun. 14. Charles Wy
man. accusad .r fraudulently voting at the
Aral primary election, wr found guilty this
aft mom, after the JUT" M been out about
an hour and a ha' j
F. n Cuba.
1 1 A V A N i dent Palma hs
slgo.-l a I 1.10,000 for saal-
tatlon la .t a.
N'CONNELL IS
BADLY SCARED
Now Trying to Square
Himself,
Goes Before Senate Commit
tee and Flounders Worse
Than Before.
Denunciation by Idaho Legislature
Calculated to Cost All He Gained
by "Jack Mormon" Tactics.
By A. F. Philips
Special to The Tribune.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14 Chairman J.
H. Brady of tho Idaho Republican State
committee was at the Whlto House this
morning and was given half an hour with
the President. The political situation ln
Idaho was discussed, but as to any par
ticular topic touched upon Mr Brady was
silent He was Introduced to the Presi
dent, by Senator Heyburn.
Referring to tho Idaho Legislature and
the statement made by former Governor
McConnell regarding tho Senate commit
tee hearing the Smoot case, Mr Brady
said: "Ex-Governor McConnell'B words
could not havo applied to any legislative
body In recent years, and I do not thing
the Governor intended them to so
apply. There Is assembled today ln Bolso
as splendid a body of men as can bo
found anywhere In tho United States "
Governor McConnell Is worried over tho
action of th Idaho Legislature ln adopting
tho resolutions yesterday denouncing his
statement made before tho Senate com
mittee which reflected upon the morals
of that body. The resolutions were printed
hero today. His play for the hierarchy
before the committee on Wednesday he
has discovered was too broad and today
ho voluntarily appeared before the com
raltteo and floui.dered worse than before.
Had Others in Mind.
He maintained that his remarks only
applied to the Legislature of 12 His
testimony of Wednesday was as follows:
"I find that the Mormon members who
wero there were a different type of men
than the average Gentile. A great many
of tho Gentiles were practicing the science
Of what we c-aU 'poker' out In that coun
try during the night and sometimes day
time. I found the Mormons clannish.
They seemed to stay by themselves, and
my business as a lobbyist took ni around
wherever I could find the menders
"I nover found any of the Mormons
either drunk or gambling I will admit
that I had a prejudice against the Mor
mons at that time, owing to their pecu
liar Institution of polygamy, and I was
rather surprised to find that they were
really more moral In their behavior than
the other members."
Thero were several Interesting features
In the Smoot hearing today Two mem
bers of the Mormon church told the com
mittee that they had token the endow
ments In the endowment-house, and while
they could remember distinctly a portion
of ono of the obligations, which they gava
the committee, they refused to answer the,
questions regarding the remainder ot th
obligation or anything else In connection
with the. ceremonies These witnesses
ivero Hugh M 1'ougall, postmaster it
Sprlngv II le, and Arthur A Noon, Justice
of tho peace at Provo.
"Generation" Not "Nation."
iH.ugati ije. i.ireo tnat tne onugation as
to vengeance said the oath was to avonge
the blood of prophets and martr upon
"this generation ' and not on "this Na
tion," as had been testified.
Noon practically stated the same thing,
but this was rill thej would say regarding
It. Another feature was the effort mads
to discredit the testimony given bv E B.
Crltchiow at a former hearing by attempts
I.. Impeach the tOStlmon) Of Aigus M
Cannon, Jr.. who. it has been sHld, will
be brought to Washington tp testlf to
the marriage ..f Abr.un II Cannon to Lil
lian Hamlin
Counael Tayler for the potestants was
much Incensed at tho anion regarding
t'rltchlow and refused t iiarTit t,. wit
ness Jam.-H E Lynch being excused
Lynch had testified regarding an alleged
conversation With Mr Crlchl.jw regarding
I iinnon prior to the later'l coming to
Washington Mr Lyncl will, therefore,
havo to remain for a wulle.
Judge Miner Plnys His Part.
Former Judge Miner wwo brought the
electoral vote of 1'tah t" the president pro
tern, of the " - also heard by tho
commit r admitted that he
had hi gnrdlng the Can-
non-Mn n bnd read It In
The Tr . not credit It. Ho
also sal lit thing- appeal
Ing in t was amusing to
those W ' Judge li;l.s been
advertlai ke press.
lie eul Smith and de
clared tl t control of the
church h of polities Tie
said then s tn Utah, Mor
mon hat ina a nd otl i ra
Asked by . i "others" were,
between t io loiigfi that
there was n" crowd. He
told of HUf .mist as a can
didate for withdrawn hut
SB Id at the mow his pred
ecessor wa ,,-,., ,,,nt tno
church did 'Olltlca
Hotel Girls.
PARIS, Jan hotel for tele
phone Klrls I ,ted .S'.nfl,,r
.tales piirf ru-.i ,,f , immerca
Is president ' n. Kxtenalve
flfindl hare "hased. The
hoiel will ha a co-oiera-
tlre restaurant
New I ital.
NKW Ti"Utg '"ntrlhutlons
r,f parson i c.mn fork Rpd
fross society, I .n nospltal.
William T Wai tr.ur,.r 0f
the Standard 'I n of tho
New York Hod JlflO.WO for
a sits.
J. Pierpont Morgan
Bays Out Leopold
Secures Interests of Belgian King in
Canton-Hankow Railroad and
Plans Great Line.
PARIS. Jan 14 Information from
Brussels shows that it Is tho extensive
Interests of King Leopold In the Canton
Hankow railroad which have passed Into
tho hands of J. Pierpont Morgan of Xew
York
Negotiations had been going on for
some tlmo to combine French, Belgian and
American Interests, so as to eventually
cover tho Franco-Belgian concession for
a line from Peking to Hankow, thus mak
ing a continuous trunk lino from Peking
t'i Canton Of moro than 2t7 miles cutting
from north to south through the heart of
populous China. The extent of this pro
ject is compared with the transcontinental
lines connecting New York with San
Francisco.
That portion of the project relating to
Peking and Hankow Is still ln abeyance,
but the French view appears favorable to
combining the Interests so as to make a
continuous route from the capital to tho
great emporium of the south.
That portion relating to the Hankow
Canton railroad Is considered to have
be n closed by tho transference of the in
b r its of which the personal holdings, of
King Leopold mako up tho largest part, to
M r Morgan
Tho concession of tho Hankow-Canton
railroad was originally American and then
passed under Belgian control. The line Is
about 1200 miie3 long and the extension
to Poking will be about 1400, a total of 2800
miles without counting the extensb.o
spurs tow d Klao Chow and Tien Tsln
and Shanghai
Thero Is much native agitation against
foreign railroad enterprises and the au
thorities may interfile with the proper
development of French, Belgian and
American Interests Tho native opposition
Includes Chinese capitalists, who are In
terested In tho earnings of the railroads.
These have combined wlLn tho Portuguese
on the line from Canton at Maoko. They
recently held n violent meeting In a Bud
dhist temple at Canton for the purpose
. .i opposing . v trol of the i ailroads
A curious feature I? that the Chinese
capitalists do not wish for entire control
Of the rallroada. deslrlig sufficient foreign
participation to insi. -e foreign govern
ments preventing th. extortion of Chinese
officials.
PANAMANS DON'T LIKE IT.
Object to Merging- Governor of Canal
Zone and Minister in One.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 Panamans are
opposed to the recommendation of Mr.
Barrett, American representative to the
Isthmus, thnt the offices of Minister and
Governor of 'he canal r.one be merged Into
the office ef Governor-Minister This
news comes In a cablegram from the MJl -later
of Foreign Affairs to the Panam.m
Minlstt r al Washington, Mr baldla, who
colled at tne State department today to
Inform the officials of the fact Mr Obal-
dla nl Bed ulth the officials tho
arrangements for the boundary" lines be
tween Costa Rica and Panama.
MASKED ROBBER ESCAPES.
Holds Up Entire Household of New
York Brewer.
XF.W YORK, Jan. 14. For nearly a
week tho police have been searching for
a joung man, who. masked and armed
with a revolver, forced his way Into tno
t EOrnest G. Woers, a wealthy
brewer on Fifth avenue, held up three
- i mU and Mr Woers'B daughter and
'orced th brewer himself to pay tribute
In the aum of JK0 or fore he would con
sent to leave. Tho robber then rushed
from the house und, although the police
wero promptly notified, not a trace of him
ha9 been found
WOMEN MAY ENTER SALOONS
Idaho Law Prohibiting This Privilege
Declared Unconstitutional.
BOISE. Ida.. Jan 14. The Supreme court
today held an ordinance of the city of
Boise prohibiting women from entering
saloons and making the proprietor as well
.is th.. offending women subject to fine
1 1 , be unconstitutional The casit was that
of Frank Xelsrui saloonkeeper, arrested
tor permitting women to enter his place.
Xh urt holda the city may prohibit un
moral women from entering saloons, but
this ordinance would d. ny the right of an
honest woman to enter on a legitimate
errand.
OFFICES IN DENVER.
National Live-Stock Association to
Locate in Colorado.
M.XVRR, Jan. 14 -The central commit
tee of the National Live-Stock association
for which a plan of reorganization was
adopted by tho convention yesterday, de
cided this aflernooti to establish a perma
nent headquarters In thla city. Former
United States Senator W. rt Harris of
Kansas w-;is Chosen vice-president and
general manager and will be In oharg
of headquarter". Tho next convention will
moot bore.
For Schools in Philippines.
WASHINGTON Jan It -rtepresentatlvo
Cooper (Wll i. chairman of the 1 totiso Com
mittee ,.n Insulsr Affairs, todny Introduced
a bill providing tbat X) per cent of the public
lands Of the Philippine Islands ls set .
tha proceeds from the salo of which ro
to bo devoted tn school purposes. Tho lands
sl aald shall b eicluslva of those luiown
a-s the "Filar lunda."
Missouri Senator Surrenders.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 14.-state Senator David
Nelson went nrtox the rive' to Vonlc. III.,
tonight and surrendered to Sheriff Crowe, giv
ing bond In tho sum of SlOOa tvi his appear
ance nt Edwnrdsvllle for trial on the charge of
operating a pool-room at Madison. 111. He
will return to Jefferson City to attend the
beKsaturo until his trial ts callel.
Fort i Indictments.
PUEBI I The grand ttirv
that has ?Z the. alleged elec
tion friu. Wily late tonight re
turned f. It. The report was
locked It ''let Judgo Vuorblca
urd the c e Issued until M.u
YOUNG MORMOnT I
AGAINST PLURALS I
James E. Lynch Swears I
They Think Polygamy "Ought Hj
to Be Done Away HH
McDougrall and Noon Prove to Be aaB
Good Witnesses With Poor Mem- il
ories as to Oaths. al
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14 Eleven wit- WWW
nesses testified today before the Setiato
Committee on Privileges and Elections WM
in the Investigation of protests against flEH
the seating of Senator Reed Smoot. All B
except two told of political conditions in aKal
Utah and of the Mormon endowment- ssHsB
house ceremony. Several witnesses said
the ceremony included no obligations
that were in conflict with the duties of
a citizen to his State or Nation. Chali - pHfl
man Burrows asked two of the wit- sssssO
nesscs to give the nature of the cere- m
montc-s. but both refused on the ground aH
that they had given oaths not to :ll-
vulge what had taken place within the WWM
temple. They both claimed not to be all
Mormons now: one having been expelled - H
and the other having Voluntarily with- ill
drawn from the church. pH
A former Judge of the Supreme court ppH
under Territorial and State govern- IslH
ments told of the prosecutions for poly- HH
gamouB cohabitation, exprerslng the
opinion that polygamy was now almost scH
a thing of the past and that the sentl- Hal
ment of tho Mormons In the State was iliH
against plural marriages. pHH
The hearing will be resumed Monday. HH
NON-MORMONS TESTIFY. EH
Several Witnesses Swear That Polyg- HH
amy Is Dying Cut. HH
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.--Jmes E. SB
Lynch of Salt Lake was the first wit
ness today In tho Smoot investigation.
He Is a Democrat and a non-Mormon.
Attorney Van Cott, for ( Senator H
Smoot, examined the witness concern-
ing the statement that Angusi-M. Can
non, his brother-In-law, ha
witnessed the marriage of A !Hb9
non and Lillian Hamlin In
Lynch said he investigated 'Hj
mr-nt by Angus Cannon at ' iHct
of E. B. t'rltchlow and foun
gus ( annoii was not ln Ci
1896. but the witness ad mitt HH
brother-in-law had made k.
ment. He declared, however, that Can
non was drunk when he said It. jp
Chairman Burrows asked Mr. Lynch
concerning the feeling of young Mor- j
mons on the question of polygamy. Wit- r
ness said they felt that the practice
must be "done away with,' but that
he had heard nothing of the "young
Mormons making a protest to the heads
of the church."
II M. Dotigall of Sprlngvllle. Utah. p..
wh.. explained thai he was "ured" from r
the Mormon churcn, was cs.'""d to th
stand. He Is postmaster Ot i, ' town O' J
350) Inhabitants. - I
Only Five Polygamists.
He could think of only f. lygr y
mists In Sprlngvllle and sa Id th.-re hs P,
been no polygamous marriages feint f
1GQO TTIc avnnlolnn fr-r,,n Vn rhllrrh I
1874, he said, had not ptatjls a partlCJ L
of difference in his business, even
though a majority of his business came
from Mormons. '
As a Mormon he took the endow- M
ments In 1S62. Ho was about 25 years
old then and was married al L
which, he said, was the on
had been married. Abou l
through with him. Mr. W P
read the oath of vengeance. 1-
certain witnesses, and Ml D h
the oath was to avenge the 1 r
tion" and not on "this nation ... I
been testified
Mr. Dougmll said he had served in the y
Legislature and was elected in a Mor- f"
mon county. As to his expulsion from r
the church he had nothing to say. K
Chairman Burrows asked the witness I
to state the nature of the ceremony per- fe
forme. 1 when be was married in the en- ip,
dowment bouse and Mr. Dougall re- H
plied
Declines to Answer. . f .
"I do not believe I tare to tell that, I
Senator.' t
"Was there a penalty attached If you L
revealed what took place?" F.
"Yes,
"What was that penalty?"
"I decline to state."
"Was it severe?"
"As T remember. It was.
"WSS it death'"
"I do not believe I care to answer any FV , '
more questions on thu.t subject." H
"You havo stated a part of your rec- "V
ollections, and yet you decline to state 5'-
the
"Yes."
"You were married when you took I
the endowments?" H
"On that day; yesJ sir."
Continuing, lie said that one could not
be married In the temple until he bad
taken the endowments, but that othor
legal marriage rercmonles were per
formed outside. Plural marriages, ho
said, could not be performed outside oil Rf.''. .
the temple of the church. H
"You were expelled years ago, you
say?" asked the chairman. H
"Yes. 4H
"And you feel that after these years i
separated from the church your obliga- fi$y 'y,
tlons are still binding on you?" A'-f
"Yes, sir; I havo considerable scriaV ImW&lp