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THE SALT Established June 6 1870 SALT LAKE CITY UTAH TUESDAY NOVEMBER 28 1905 Price live Cents LAST EDITION WEATHER FOR 0AIP LA KB Snow and colder iSHvtr c per ounce Cougar easting igfce per pound ore J150 Now I r jJ L IT1J N rilE i 1 WERILP 6 4 AXE HERALD b L MCALLS METHODS AGAIN UNDER THE MICROSCOPED- ubious Transactions of the New York Life In- surance Company- False Returns Made to Insurance stituted for Stock to Escape Taxation Hamiltons Graft Unexplained CpmmissionerCheckSub T ¬ ¬ I iW YORK Nov 27On of tlni most interesting features ui tile lIfu iauranc inveatl ion developed only a ew isle uJ beforu adjournament ot the Armstrong committw today when Theodora 35 Santa cashier of tho New York Llfo Ineunutca company testi JiO that at the beginning of 1W1 131- jiiimd T Randolph treasurer of the iompany opened the vaults of the t inpany removed New York City valued at 700WO and put a- t Heck of tho Central National bank for H5000 in its place Mr Banta said J helped to open the vaults at the i nivr of Mr Randolph and that he Mijposed Mr Randolph acted for the Vuixti committee rho stock was kept u for a few Clays and was then re ned and the check withdrawn The atsaclion wan not recorded on the 1 nta knew The effect of the opara- ttru would be that any one having that Murk would have J7WOW worth of un i r xable property at the end of tho ar Mr Banta did not know who s reived the stock Mr Randolph is to be one of the witnesses to tuorroW The Missing 40193 Oiorge V rerkins vice president ot tn New York Life Insurance company iil member of the inn of J I Mor VW Co bankers today described T the committee the transaction which ulted in his receipt of 40195 from viider Co of Boston as- liilf the profit of the sale of 12000000 orth of bonds of the Mexican Cen- tral Railroad company Milton M Mat Tiui a bookkeeper of the New York Lifo Insurance company had provloua- K testified that H80008 of the lift in t I uice money was used in tho transaction and that Mr Perkins KfC Uw proftc Mr Perkins said today that he went into the transaction for the Nyllc- nml xhich is owned by the agents f the New Life Insurance com lany and that he invested the profits ir that fund The life insurance com- pany he said profited to the extent if r per cent interest on the loan of i OOP He stated that the company liii no right to the 40198 profits Hamiltons Notes Mr Perkins said also that J P Mga C had token Vulrew Hamilton and ifcCall- nueriy JuaUoa oC the Y 2stati- i ivme eourt tnotmtiat to tmpany and that the amount with it rest was paid to Andrew Hamilton V the New York Life Insurance com from the proceeds of a syndicate j United States corporatio- iifprudent John A McCall told the ornmlttee today that he told the iVntral bank and E B MeCaU that Hamilton was good for and sVnt McCall said the New York Life Insurance company owed Hamilton Use 05310 and took the syndicate profits pay him The was dW not appear on the books i tho company The reason was that 1 x anted to keep Hamiltons expenses PROBE GOES DEEPER Perkins and McCall Again Under Searching Examination vice president of the New York ft Insurance company and membet tf J P Morgan Co was the ftrst called before the legislative in iitita that he was insured In the ork Life Insurance company to the mount of S1 M Some of the he held were taken out when uus of the company On six of them the commissions amounted to 31 and be received these commissions lioin the Mr Perkins maintained that the com on his own poUches were re tuned to bbs as trad discouato sect that it was not improper for him to iv pt them as such Not Much of a Mistake Mr said he thought Gage K- Turbeil was mistaken In saying he was insured in the New York Life for 50- f o through Mr Perkins Tho policy vas out through an agent he f u l He iknew that Tarbell gut the- m tininls loiiv but it was not arranged vUh Mr Perkins At this point Chairman Armstrong investigating committee asked To what people are rebates al They ought not to be allowed at all M pferktns replied They are aHowed- ta peopPbJn the insuranee buslnww If any were detected in rebat to be would be punIshed 4 the witnesS said It never struck Mr Perkins that this laB discrimination jlr did not believe h ever that there vjts any statute allowing officials to get rfc Syndicate The New York Lifes partly pat Ion In 2 i York Security Trust Tartklpation in United State Stel- J syndicate was next touched ux by Mr Perkins Mr Hughes asked about the withholding f M720 and pay rrt nt to Andrew Hamilton Mr Perkins l that in l 0l President McCall told i J n he McCall had asked the Central itloua bank and New York Security A Trust company to make loans of cer K ta in amounts to Edward E McCall and Andrew Hamilton since 18W and want ed 10 get them together in one account Perkins therefore in 19 advanced for J P Morgan A Co to the Central bank and to the Security Trust company S 6720 rendered a statement of the New York Lite- r i Denied Signing the Letter Mr Perkins said he knew nothing riUout the expenditures by Andrew Hamilton for the New York Llfo Incur Pufe comiNUi Mr Hughes read a written in ISM and signed by Mr- JVrkins name directing an employe of the York Life how to rrepare a ptatement of Mr Hamiltons expinsee t the Prussian government Mr Per- kins said he did not sign the lotter and that sOme employ must have used his flame The HamOtqn matter he said was always a recount J P Morgtvn A Co nevsr had any other account with w Hamilton thanthe ono under inquiry Hock ks ot the company so far as Mr Peabody Yor f up Mt of rettt of PrdkIent John A toc II of the York InIIuraftCt had toe had taken j notes Pres I t the ment H w York 2GeOiZO Per Jllf 4 it srnrntttee today lIe tee New be- an ent rni ion tiUcen or- t If td agent ng U S Steel Ill and it- t lot- t New eon ldtred L i i c7 ot ted T company 4 I New I Ir New q jdfl t1w3 4 result 1 N Nov IV i4S igatint poll- s Perkins Los inpanys r a Andr > > > ¬ ¬ < ° > ¬ ¬ < > Mr Hughes asked why tho New York Life did not pay the bills of Hamilton and E E McCall Jf it was Now York Life business Mr Perkins said Mr McCall said he feltit was a good way to do It to pay it out of the profits Kept Out of the Books In that way It would not get on tho New York Lifes books said Mr Hughes Yes Mr Perkins said voluntarily that tho plan of syndicate participation dis- closed was made by him He added that tile Now York Lifes profits by it were more than 86000 or eighteen ttmes bit salary as vice president He declared It was not a devious way as described by Mr Hughes and said he was perfectly willing to stand on hIs record Mr Perkins said President MeCall had sent a letter to Hamiltons address in Europe and to his Albany oftice to b forwarded and asked him to testify Mr Perkins did not know whether Mr McCall asked Hamilton to send an accounting if he could not return to New York Story of the Cashier Theodore P Banta cashier of thQ New York Life Insurance company next testified Mr Banta said he know nothing about the check for 40193 was paid to George W Perkins The cashiers department had no vouch- ers of money paid out on order from the comptroller or an executive officer He knew about campaign con- tributions Mr Banta said that for fif- teen years he had not been in a position to discover irregularities in the affairs of the New York Life Insurance com- pany He recalled an alllduvit he sent to Texas that the New York Life Insurance company had not paid cam- paign exrwrtUM Asked what he had based that on he said he did not know of such contributions The affidavit was brought to him by Stuart Brown confidential man of President McCall Mr Banta said that the statement that some years ago he had paid 30000 to Thomaa C Platt was absolutely false He had not seen Mr Platt Once an attempt was made to collect 30000 for the Republican party but he had re fused to pay it in the absence of the otiieers of the company TaxDodging Scheme In reply to other questions by Mr Mr Banta said that about January 1 01 700000 worth of New city stock was taken from the vaults of the New York Life InmumuMr ny check on tK t fttml National baNk was substituted The stock ctn r in a few The transaction was recorded on the books of the company to his knowl edge No receipt was given for the stock The ownership of New York city stock would have been important for purposes of taxation The New York Life Insurance com- pany 1 not taxable and this transac thou would have given someone of Mr Banta said he thought there had been a similar transaction before but none since The stock was delivered on the order of Bdmund D Randolph treasurer of the New York Life Insurance company and Mr Banta supposed he acted on the order of the finance committee Mr Randolph had since intimated that he did not approve of such transactions Profits Were Diverted Mr Hughes then read the notes giv- en by Edward E McCall and Andrew Hamilton to the Bank Trust corn r Perkins did not know amount was for legal expensed Ho said the debts to Jl Morgan A Co were liquidated from the profits the New York Life received from a steel syndicate participation M Hughew read from a blotter of the New York Life Insurance company showing the payment of 5 310 to An drew Hamilton Asked It tho payment appeared in the report to the state Insurance department Mr Perkins said lie did not know but understood McCall settled the matter Asked why E E McCall and Andrew Ham ilton got money on their notes from Central National batik and the New York Security Trust company Me Perkins said he did not know but nd out x Mr Hughes then asked Mr Perkins- to explain why he Perkins recelxed profit of 40193 which was paid by Odder Peabody Co of Boston to the New York Life Insurance company for a loan of 90000 in 1904 Mr said that Robert Winsor of Kid doe Peabody Co of Boston called at the office of J P Morgan Co in June 184 and asked them to take up a joint account with his firm in connection with the Mexican Rail Load company Did Business for Nylic Mr Perkins told him that J P Mor- gan Co could not do It but he Perkins would take care of it Mr Perkins said further that he took up the business for the Nyllc fund which Is owned by tho agents of the New York Lifo Insurance company of which is trustee Part the proposition was that the Mexi can Central Railroad company should M supplied with 2000000 at once The Nyllc fund did not have so much and Mr Perkins did not wish disturb its investments so he with Edmund D Randolph treasurer o the New York Life company to take 10 000 worth Mexican Central bonds at S Interest Tho New York Life In mrancti company said Mr Perkins Kidder Peabody Co 910000- md held the bonds until Aug 11 1904 whet the Boston firm repaid the loan merest on 1000000 and 40193 profit the transaction to the life insur- ance company The profit of 4fcl93 paid to Mr Perkins a trusted of the Nylio fund Mr Perkins said i paid the mOtley into the Nyllc lint The profits were sent to the York Lift Insurance company he because the company the party known to Kidder Peabody Co In the transaction and the check was cached and tkc cash paid Mr Perkina because if it had been lashtd and tittered on the bqoks of ha Now York Life Insurance com it havo bun sajd that tho company rettitvad tho profit and then it Continued on Iage 2 come I I I I York e and at nof 700000 uuta able I I I I I I the I I Pres- Ident Ute could a 8 J I Perkins of cash to Insur- ance of per- cent paid Oft was New said WWI only I to pam awa iud days PSIJY wbbtlter Perk- Ins Mr ar- ranged gave ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ BADLY BEATEN IN ST PETERSBURGSe- cond Secretary of American Attacked by Rowdies RESCUED BY THE POLICE RUSSIAN CAPITAL UNSAFE THE NIGHT TIME T Nov 27 p m Robert Woods BUss second secre- tary of tlr American embassy who has just returned here after three months vacation In Paris was tho vic- tim of an outrage by rowdies in one of the most fashionable streets of the cap- ital last night and only escaped being beaten to death through the timely ar rival of the police Second Secretary Robert Woods Bliss of the American at St Peters burg comes from New York and was formerly American consul at Vienna Charge DAffaires Eddy has reported the affair to the authorities at Wash- ington hut as the incident was a plain ease of rowdyism he probably will not make official representations at the for- eign office here unless instructed to do S3 Set Upon by Two Men Mr Bliss was returnlnsr to the em- bassy on foot from the Yacht club where he had been dining On the Horse Guard boulevard opposite the barracks of the Chevalier Guard the secretary was suddenl set upon by two men who sprang out of dark- ness of the trees Mr Bits knocked down one of Iris assailants but was seized by some sympathizers of the rowdies who had been attracted to the spot by the disturbance and he was getting the worst of It when three policemen and a house porter came to Mr Bliss rescue and seized his assail- ants The rapidly gathering crowd however which promptly sided against the police rushed to tho officers and rescued the prisoners The policemen manageu to stand off the crowd and cover the retreat of Mr Bliss who was badly cut about the face but not seri- ously injured Apology Offered Today a police captain visited the embassy and apologized for the attack on Secretary Bliss but the warned the members of the embassy that the streets were very unsafe specially the boulevard which is the rendezvous of rowdies and soldiers and sailors in civilian clothes The captain advised the members of the embassy to go armed in future and not to venture in tile streets at night except In carriages Charge dAffaires Eddy this afternoon sent a note to Count Lamsdorff the for- eign minister calling his attention to the assault on Mr Bliss but making no demands RETURNING HASTE Absent Ambassadors Hurrying to St Petersburg- St Petersburg Nov 51 m On account of the critical nature of the situation all the foreign ambassadors who were absent on vacations are hast- ily returning M Bompard the French ambassador arrived today and the Spanish and Italian ambassadors are on their way here Hon Von Schoen the German ambassador will arrive Dec 10 and the AustroHungarlan am- bassador is cutting short iris leave of absence and will return immediately American Ambassador Meyer who is now in England is expected to arrive is understood that the Russian government hits Hven an Intimation to the foreign powers of the advisability ot the presence of their ambassadors here during the present crisis BOSTON BANK GOES UP American National Pails to Liquidate- and Is Compelled to Close Its Doors Washington Nov 27 Thecomptrol of the currency today received a telegram to the effect that by order of directors the American National tank of Boston has closed its doors It- s said that the has not been in good condition time and ef forts have been made to liquidate but apparently without success It Is not expected that any of the creditors will anything by the failure National flank Examiner W B Neal been appointed receiver Time following Is a of the resources and liabilities of the bunk at close of business Nov 0 1305 the date of the last report made to the omDtroIler Resources Loans and discounts 8S6034 United States bonds 370000 due from banks and bankers 56034 checks and other cash Horns 32714 redemption fund 10000 total 754803 Liabilities Capital stock 200000 surplus and undivided profits 24548 circulating notes 200040 due to banks bankers 8373 individual deposits 256881 United States deposits 45000 payable 80000 total 754803 Boston Nov 27 The American Na bank which failed to open for today is not one of the large financial Institutions of the city its capital being 200000 It was not a member of the Boston clearing house bank was In 1900 The officers are President H G vice cashier H A Libby It is understood the bunk was heav interested in transactions of Bur ictt Cummings Co railway who failed last spring BULLET KILLED HIM Marshall Field Jr the Victim of an Accident Chicago N6v 27 Marshall FloW jr at 5 oclock tonight at the Mercy Mr Field who was the only son of Marshall Field the multimillionaire of this city was accidentally shot on the afternoon of Wednesday He examining a new revolver he had purchased when it was Uncharged the bullet striking him in the right side perforating the liver and spleen and In juring the spinal cord He was hurried Mercy hospital where tin operation ta performed and the nujlut removed physicians from the first enter tamed but slight of ultimate although tho for tuo days seemed to hold At 2 oclock this afternoon adecided for the worfie Topjc and Ir Flold tupIQly sio VWeakQr death j POST 7 P son leI bat lose has the and tonal I The Patel son pr- omoter die to Time re- covery patent o core his Em- bassy I- NS its bills fly Nov 22 was ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ The Farmer Thats a Dora Poor likeness 1 COURTMARTIAL- OF MERIWETHERMi- dshipmen Furnished the Testimony Yesterday DEFENSE NEARLY THROUGH RESULT OF AUTOPSY A NNiAPOLIS MQ Nov S7 N f progress was nuuta today trial by courtmartial of Midship man Minor Meriwether on charges that embrace one of manslaughter in con nection with the death of Midshipman James R Branch jr utter a fight be tween him and MIdsbfpman Meriweth er Perhaps the most important de velopments of the day were the decision of counsel to put Midshipman Men wether on the stand in his own defense and the appearance of Dr L W Glaze brook of Washington who was present at the autopsy held on the body of Branch yesterday In the role of adviser- to Meriwethers counsel Most of the testimony offered today was by mid- shipmen and men and related to details of the fight and events that led there to Animus Shown Counsel for the defense offered Mid- shipman W W Bradley 6f the second class to testify Bradley said that he bad been detailed for duty with Branch shortly before the fight Branch had told him that they must try to get a report against that man Meriweth er When on duty Branch had tried to induce the witness to make a re port against Meriwether which ha Bradley did not think was justified and which he refused to make Midshipman Leigh Noyes who was the timekeeper in the fight testified that Branch and Meriwethor had fall en together In clinches three times Branch had fallen In three other in- stances and two of the falls had been hard He had always risen promptly and did not appear to be stunned Testimony of Referee Midshipman A W Fitch who ref- ereed the fight was recalled and testi- fied as to the falls during its course He said Branch had not received much punishment up to the seventeenth round when Meriwother offered to stopLieutenant Commander Decker fled that the floors in where the fight was held have a base then a layer of rough boards and then the smooth surface boards Midshipman Ralph Yeager who was Meriwethers second said the latter had slipped in the fifteenth round sprain ing his ankle and that he was almost disabled thereby but said he could continue the fight though he could do little to defend himself The defense will close tomorrow un less the medical testimony relating to the autopsy consumes more time than is now expected The court will meet on Thursday Thanksgiving unless an order to the contrary is from the secretary- of navy and the probability Is that the court will finish Its work by Friday The court adjourned shortly before 3 p m until tomorrow morning WYOMING DESPERADOES SEND NOTE OF WARNING Special to The Herald Thermopolis Wyo Nov 27 Un- known persons in Thermopolis proba- bly the same men who blew up Asmus Boysens diamond drill outfit on the Wind River Indian reservation sent him a note at his homo In Iowa warn- ing him to to the reserva- tion either before or after the opening next June under pain of death A huge skull and crossbones were drawn at the head of tho letter A majority of the leading business men and ranchmen believe that Boysen should be to prospect In the reserve according to the concession granted himby congress an he re- turns here ho will be protected meantime an effort is being the postal authorities locato Ha Uk thor of the note vurninff l Most of WILL B- L p I VEN qJ jI beat test not return IiI of 41 con- crete thq ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ DEATH REVEALS A GHASTLY SECRET Thompson an Eccentric Old Woman Who Died r Re- cently in Los Angeles Had Kept the Body of Her Daughter Unburied for Many Years Mrs li ra > ANGELES Cal Nov of Mrs Uora Thompson an aged and eccentric woman has re vaalad a ghastly secret in her little cot tage on Boyle Heights In a store room- o the cottage covered with rubbish was founda Ijermotically sealed box 0S alnms tWfe C HP or iuftr dauahter who died twentyseven years ago The box is but three feet long and the body of the young woman had been dismem- bered The following inscription engraved on a silver plate and the box Llora L Thompson died Dec 16 lOS 27The I eath was nailed- on ¬ ¬ CITY Mo Noy 27 A was made to of the state tonight by George Ryan one of the convicts recaptured after his escape from tire penitentiary last Friday in company with three other convicts during which three men were killed several injured Ryan told the warden that H E Spencer who was discharged from the penitentiary Nov 9 agreed to furnish the pistols and nitroglycerine which was used to blow the hole In the stock- ade He was to purchase the pistols- In Kansas City with 40 which they gave hint and then gO to Carthage Mo and steal dynamite and nitro glycerine from the mnes there These were to be brought here last Monday night and taken up on the stockade which Is not guarded at night He was then to let himself dQwn by a rope on Ute Inside and take the material and place it under the bench which Vaughan used in the factory Spencer was then to climb back over the wall and make his escape Weapons Were There Nothing was beard from him but Thursday morning the supplies were found said ho put them Thursday and night the prisoners had a consultation and JEFFERSON peniten- tiary where Spencer to capture Deputy Porter IJYln and Frank Mooro and WardenS- eiiriaser Dopqty- thdinAster uiake ¬ ¬ 1877 Aged 27 years 2 months 1 day The box was opened by an under taker and a disinterment certificate signed F R Boutolle undertaker Mass Nov 7 1881 found The body had been disinterred for shipment to Lodi Cal but was brought to Los by Mrs Thompson when she beef kept in her ootttfg where she lived all alone Amherst Mass Nov far au- eouW b learned here tonight Mrs Liore Thompson and F R lle never here Old residents and local un dertakers say they never heard of either Am- herst Angel 1 o tw ty lmd iSo 4 ¬ ¬ DESERT AGAIN VISITED BY FLOODSS- everal Towns in Arizona Under Water and Great Damage Re ported So Far As Known There Has Been s No Loss of Life ¬ JHOEN1X Ariz Nov 27 Phoenix I was very much depressed tonight over flood conditions and in some quarters there is anxiety concerning damage to property and possible loss of life Salt river is higher than over known but once up to the limit of the flood of 1891 when the lower part of the city was inundated Two railroad bridges at Tempo eight miles from here are now out of commission The new Maricopa Jrhoenix steel bridge Is still intact at the but the water is within three feet of the pier tops and still rising Should It continue and more of the old bridge just above give way It Is feared the bridge will be knocked down The water Is eleven feet over the site of the Arizona diversion dam which undoubt- edly is all gone Wires Went Down Telephone reports from Roosevelt eighty miles up the Salt river at noon today said that the water there was an almost lastr port ¬ eight feet the highest stage of last spring and the suspension foot- bridge was gone The telephone wires then went down which time there has been no telephonic communication The present at Is sup- posed to come mostly from the Verde river above the Arizona dam If it continues and is swelled by water from Roosevelt the results may be very die astrous before morning Tremendous Rainfall Cave creek flowing across the desert north of Inundated Glen dale There has been only slight dam- age as yet but more is feared It has rained nearly two Indies here in the last thirtysix hours and a total of nearly twenty Inches since Jan 1 more than three times the animal rainfall here The first Arizona territory fair set for JJac 4 has been ostponod until the week commencing Dee 25 which wjas made necessary by the disastrous soak ing of the railway track and Interfer- ence with transportation above I I I I ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ CONVICT HALL MAKES CONFESSION NitroGlycerine and Pistols Used in the Attempt to Escape Fur nished by H F Spencer a Former Prisoner in the Missouri Offered PenitentiaryReward I ¬ them open the gate and let them out or they would blow their way out They propOsed to capture n engine make the rQn to blow up the Missouri Pacific bridge at that place- to prevent pursuit until they could get to a safe place The Attempt to Escape Friday they started to put their plan in operation when they found that only See was In the office They started with him and two strangers they found there to get through the round gate When the big gate was opened they changed their plan and started through- it Officer Clay appeared with a drawn weapon and they killed him They fastened the gate and ordered See to let them out He said he could not but ould let them out through the office They called for some one to open the gate and when Captain Allison ap- peared with his gun they killed him They then blew open the gate and made their escape Warden halt has sent telegrams all- over the country asking for Spencers arrest Governor Folk isis offered a reward of 800 und evccy effort will bo made to capture Win BUZZARD IN MONTANA t Missoula Mont Nov 27 A severe accomnanlejl by strong winds fI and tIJ- l tNl rn Mpnt1Il Stnk- carJ dtrr I tm ¬ > BUSY ALL THE TIME IN UTAH Button and label Chosen by the Mer- chants and Manufacturers WILL ORGANIZE TONIGHT FACTORIES KNOCKING AT GATES OF THE CITY tonight the Merchant Manufacturers association of Salt Lake City is to be of the vital factors in the upbuilding of the Indus tries of tire intermouatain country A mass meeting wilt be held In the Com- mercial club tonight at which the per- manent organisation of the association will be effected Officers will be elect ed a board of flfteea directors will be chosen and a constitution and bylaws will be adopted After the organization is made work will be started at once to induce factories to locate In Salt Lake City It is announced that important institutions are for an In- vitation to locate in title city that as soon as they are assured that they will receive fair treatment from the rail Official Button of the Merchants Manufacturers Association roads in the way of freight rates and that they will receive the proper en- couragement from dealers In all manu factured goods they will invest their capital here and boost for Greater Salt Lake Citizens in general but particularly merchants manufacturers and profes- sional are invited to the Commer- cial club meetiij tonight It will be held in the large assembly room bf the club and nothing will toe left undone to give the association the right kind of a start Design for the Button i There was a a the clu Jut night of the steering committee of the association There ere present C O- 3J Hewjfttt J B Jenson- Georgfe S MeAilwter J Mr liwrendfeJc Adolph ftfefttar awtl Lear flo The chief bnslrfaaB of meeting was the selection of a button and label for the association Miss Florence Shafer who save her address as 307 Security Trust company building was the winner in both contests tier design for the but ton is given herewith The colors are to be blue and gold with the lettering in black The button is to be of the size of a nickel The letters M M Assn are to be added to those shown In the out The design for the has the gen- eral desiern for the button in the center with the same coloring Around the circle is a cluster of sego lilies It will also contalnvthe words We guarantee- all the goods bearing this high grade M M Assn Miss Sha fer submitted a number of designs most of them worked out artistically in colors She will receive 30 as the re- sult of her artistic taste and her indus try Many Bright Ideas Submitted There were many ideas and designs submitted In the competition Some of the designs were decidedly unique Others were elaborate and displayed artistic talent of a high order as well as originality Some of the best de- signs were too elaborate and complica- ted td be worked out on a small button Miss Shafer had the advantage of hav- ing her Ideas worked out in colors giv- ing a definite idea of what the button would look like when ready to wear Communications are already rolling in upon the committee especially from points in Utah The mem- bership of the association will not be confined to Salt Lake City It wilt in- clude the entire state Men in other cities and town are offering valuable suggestions and expressing a to help fri every way possible in boosting Utah by boosting this organ- ization HEARST AND JEROME Justice Geigerich Renders an Opinion- as to How Certain Marked Bal lots Should Be Counted New York Nov 27 Justice in the supreme court today handed down an opinion on the question Of counting ballots which have a mark in the circle of the Republican ticket aud the circle over name and also in the space before W R Hearsts name and in space before Mf name the Question being whether the additional mark in above Jeromes name affects the ballot Jus- tice Gelgerich decided that it did not the intention of the voter being clearly shown to vote for Hearst for mayor for Jerome for district attorney and for the Republican candidates for all other of it appeared that the mark was made for the purpose ot iden- tifying the ballot Geigerich further decided that all the ballots In dispute should be counted for Jerome for attorney and for the candidates for other office as mentioned in his opinion ANOTHER WYOMING MAN LANDS FAT JOB Special to The Herald Washington Nov War- ren of Wyoming who arrived here last evening was at the department of Jus tlcfe today In behalf of Judge J A Van Oralel of the Wyoming supreme bench who has been an applicant for a federal position in that department As a result Senator Warren s jt H mes- sage ib Van Oredel this evening notify- ing him that it had been decided to ap point him United Statue attorney for the court of claims to succeed Louis A Pradt of Wisconsin who has tendered his resignation to engage in private practice Mr Pradts resignation will go ifSst 1 rht PJSitluu J worth a year 1 I THE t I one per- manent but wa1Ung m Y Q the a labelstrictly Gel erich Je I 27Senator Feb I A M man I label I willing- ness ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < PER PROPHECYL- ooal Weather Bureau Calls Turn With Aid of Barometer WILL BENEFIT BUSINESSS- TORM SIGNIFIES OPENING OF WINTER TRADE j LOW barometer which as early u 8 p m yesterday had descentUd to MH coaxed the first real snow- storm of season to Salt Lake last night first flakes falling juri before 7 oclock The storm was every sense a splendid one there btin Just enough of a cold blast at interval to remind winter is at hurui Following as it did a rainstorm less than twentyfour hours the sruv did effective work in clearing the at- mosphere Early In the evening tho dir imparted chesty vigorous feel jig tar different froni that of the dui laden atmosphere of a few days snow came not unheralded- the weather bureau had bulletins u long before noon announcing tonight anti snow The register vhiHi shows the atmospheric pressure shov a steady fall from Saturday to 6 nlo k last night and there are few rev rst on form when the barometer y down So the weather office was on General in State At 11 oclock last night reports from all over the state indicated that fall was general and heavy The San Pedro Los Angoles Salt Lake naa reported that it wa snowing from tvi Lake to Callente and that befvvef- iMoapa and Las Vegas a heavy mm was falling No damage had been don to the wires of the Salt Lake Rout u to midnight Time Rio Grande Western oxperiern with its wires fr m 0 m through the night The snow u general over the system and fart in south the fall began earlier than it ill here Consequently most of the vvjr went out of service before the jstoiiK struck this portion of the state At I1 p in intermittent telegraphic commu- nication with southern points was n rorted The Oregon Short Line was m V fortunate although the entire sysun woe in the tom belt Front this r clear to the Idaho line and beyond th snow fell From many mining camps came re- ports that ranged all the way front good flurry to a storm having the pr portions of a blizzard There was a heavy fall at Perk while Alta experienced a blizzard Good for Business From a business standpoint time sir h just the thing as the comparative mild wea iher thus far has greatly r tarded tan tr de This is true in a furnishings lines With the combiiwi- preewtee of coW weather and Thank giving retailers are confident that tit By favor at Kfctaie tft storm off until a sufficient coal supply lu i been obtained by local dealers to famine unlikely A large quantity a rived yesterday and was distribute While there may be no superabimu ance there will be enough say deal r to supply all during the present snap One more encouraging bulletin from the weather office and the medal youth of Salt Lake will have vision of sledding and skating for Thanksgiving although the outlook is not so good ffr footballLittle Trouble Caused Although incandescent lights begat to waver shortly after the flakes begs falling there was comparatively trouble during the night either wit i the electric lighting system or th street car service- A feature of tire storm early In tl evening was the brilliant flashes of lightning which now and then light 1 the skies and the peals of thunJ r unusual phenomena to accompany Skaters Get Busy With the first snowfall Salt Lt skaters are beginning to get busy A interested in this sport are invited t meet at the Strollers club at 8iO r m next Friday for the purpose ot o ganizing a skating club MCURDY TO STEP DOWN President of the Mutual Said to Have and SoninLaw Will Also Get Out New K Th World t Ki says Richard A McCurdy president the Mutual Life Insurance company l i resigned date of his r igntU depends only on the time required h the trustees to find his successor ym- ly following the retirement of Presia ii his son Robert H McCuru general manager of the Mutual and hs A Thebaud tho g i era agent for New York have resigned A tentative offer to head the was made to James B of the First National bank of Chi who once was an Equitable director j bank is one of the leading financial stituttona of the middle Mr 1 gsa declined to accept Ute offer New No su mont wee at tile Mutual e Insurance companys offices today a t the report that A Mciurs president of the company had resigv Unofficially was leari finance oommitt believed to have McCurdys reslgnai under consideration It was learned that the connection of A Thicbu Mr soninlaw with i is expected to cease a Jan 3 Nov 27 James B For president of the First National bank celvea and declined to bercu the Mutual Ufo Insun company to succeed Richard A M New York Nov 27 Dr Walter E lette vice president of the Mutual Tif Insurance company denied p- Ushed reports that Richard A McCurd had resigned the presidency of the M tual Life and that H McOuri had retired from the general managership of tits company said how- ever A Thiebaud soninUv of President had relinquish the positions of the companys gener agent for New York be sat no in the report that the Life presidency offered J I Forgan of Chicago POWDER FACTORY HORROR Buffalo N Y Nov sp tii to time News from Emporium 4 says The Keystone rom 4 panys mixing house and one 4 shaken but there was no damage to 4 4 town property The ne works wet destroyed j HmH MMM M M4 H fr COMES AS the C l the one that f cold dUn lit rit week breaker t 1 min Oil lit ITo 1 I I i ResignedSon York Nov The j com < id YOt I f I Louis < this denied that be an president ot u to iIP 27A Pa pow er blow killing rune The town WItS e SNOW I ba- The u tin n 4liba a obtainable today bd offer M 4 pack- ing today ¬ ¬ > > + + + < > + + + + + + + + +
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ion developed only a ew isleuJ beforu adjournament ot theArmstrong committw today whenTheodora 35 Santa cashier of tho NewYork Llfo Ineunutca company testiJiO that at the beginning of 1W1 131-
jiiimd T Randolph treasurer of theiompany opened the vaults of thet inpany removed New York City
valued at 700WO and put a-
t Heck of tho Central National bank forH5000 in its place Mr Banta said
J helped to open the vaults at thei nivr of Mr Randolph and that heMijposed Mr Randolph acted for theVuixti committee rho stock was kept
u for a few Clays and was then rened and the check withdrawn The
atsaclion wan not recorded on the
1 nta knew The effect of the opara-ttru would be that any one having thatMurk would have J7WOW worth of uni r xable property at the end of tho
ar Mr Banta did not know whos reived the stock Mr Randolph is
to be one of the witnesses totuorroW
The Missing 40193Oiorge V rerkins vice president ot
tn New York Life Insurance companyiil member of the inn of J I Mor
VW Co bankers today describedT the committee the transaction which
ulted in his receipt of 40195 fromviider Co of Boston as-
liilf the profit of the sale of 12000000orth of bonds of the Mexican Cen-
tral Railroad company Milton M MatTiui a bookkeeper of the New YorkLifo Insurance company had provloua-K testified that H80008 of the lift int I uice money was used intho transaction and that Mr PerkinsKfC Uw proftc
Mr Perkins said today that he wentinto the transaction for the Nyllc-
nml xhich is owned by the agentsf the New Life Insurance com
lany and that he invested the profits
ir that fund The life insurance com-pany he said profited to the extentif r per cent interest on the loan of
i OOP He stated that the companyliii no right to the 40198 profits
Hamiltons NotesMr Perkins said also that J P
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tmpany and that the amount withit rest was paid to Andrew Hamilton
V the New York Life Insurance comfrom the proceeds of a syndicate
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iifprudent John A McCall told theornmlttee today that he told the
iVntral bank and E B MeCaU thatHamilton was good for and
sVnt McCall said the New York LifeInsurance company owed Hamilton Use
05310 and took the syndicate profitspay him The was
dW not appear on the booksi tho company The reason was that
1x anted to keep Hamiltons expenses
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Perkins and McCall Again Under
Searching Examination
vice president of the New York
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tf J P Morgan Co was the ftrstcalled before the legislative in
iitita that he was insured In theork Life Insurance company to the
mount of S1 M Some of thehe held were taken out when
uus of the company On sixof them the commissions amounted to
31 and be received these commissionslioin the
Mr Perkins maintained that the comon his own poUches were re
tuned to bbs as trad discouato sect
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Mr said he thought Gage K-
Turbeil was mistaken In saying he wasinsured in the New York Life for 50-
f o through Mr Perkins Tho policyvas out through an agent hef u l He iknew that Tarbell gut the-
m tininls loiiv but it was not arrangedvUh Mr Perkins
At this point Chairman Armstronginvestigating committee asked
To what people are rebates al
They ought not to be allowed at allM pferktns replied They are aHowed-
ta peopPbJn the insuranee buslnwwIf any were detected in rebat
to be would be punIshed4 the witnesS said It never struck Mr
Perkins that this laB discriminationjlr did not believe h ever that there
vjts any statute allowing officials to getrfc Syndicate
The New York Lifes partly pat Ion In2 i York Security TrustTartklpation in United State Stel-
J syndicate was next touched ux byMr Perkins Mr Hughes asked aboutthe withholding f M720 and payrrt nt to Andrew Hamilton Mr Perkins
l that in l 0l President McCall toldi J n he McCall had asked the Central
itloua bank and New York SecurityA Trust company to make loans of cer
K ta in amounts to Edward E McCall andAndrew Hamilton since 18W and wanted 10 get them together in one accountPerkins therefore in 19 advanced forJ P Morgan A Co to the Central bankand to the Security Trust companyS 6720 rendered a statement of
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riUout the expenditures by AndrewHamilton for the New York Llfo IncurPufe comiNUi Mr Hughes read a
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JVrkins name directing an employe ofthe York Life how to rrepare aptatement of Mr Hamiltons expinseet the Prussian government Mr Per-kins said he did not sign the lotter andthat sOme employ must have used hisflame The HamOtqn matter he saidwas always arecount J P Morgtvn A Co nevsrhad any other account with
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In that way It would not get on thoNew York Lifes books said MrHughes
YesMr Perkins said voluntarily that tho
plan of syndicate participation dis-closed was made by him He addedthat tile Now York Lifes profits by itwere more than 86000 or eighteenttmes bit salary as vice president Hedeclared It was not a devious way asdescribed by Mr Hughes and said hewas perfectly willing to stand on hIsrecord Mr Perkins said PresidentMeCall had sent a letter to Hamiltonsaddress in Europe and to his Albanyoftice to b forwarded and asked himto testify Mr Perkins didnot know whether Mr McCall askedHamilton to send an accounting if hecould not return to New York
Story of the CashierTheodore P Banta cashier of thQ
New York Life Insurance companynext testified Mr Banta said he knownothing about the check for 40193
was paid to George W PerkinsThe cashiers department had no vouch-ers of money paid out on order fromthe comptroller or an executive officerHe knew about campaign con-tributions Mr Banta said that for fif-teen years he had not been in a positionto discover irregularities in the affairsof the New York Life Insurance com-pany He recalled an alllduvit hesent to Texas that the New York LifeInsurance company had not paid cam-paign exrwrtUM Asked what he hadbased that on he said he did not knowof such contributions The affidavitwas brought to him by Stuart Brownconfidential man of President McCallMr Banta said that the statement thatsome years ago he had paid 30000 toThomaa C Platt was absolutely falseHe had not seen Mr Platt Once anattempt was made to collect 30000 forthe Republican party but he had refused to pay it in the absence of theotiieers of the company
TaxDodging SchemeIn reply to other questions by Mr
Mr Banta said that aboutJanuary 1 01 700000 worth of Newcity stock was taken from the
vaults of the New York Life InmumuMrny check on tK t fttml
National baNk was substitutedThe stock ctn r in a few
The transaction was recorded onthe books of the company to his knowledge No receipt was given for thestock The ownership of New York citystock would have been important forpurposes of taxation
The New York Life Insurance com-pany 1 not taxable and this transacthou would have given someoneof Mr Banta saidhe thought there had been a similartransaction before but none since Thestock was delivered on the order ofBdmund D Randolph treasurer of theNew York Life Insurance companyand Mr Banta supposed he acted onthe order of the finance committee MrRandolph had since intimated that hedid not approve of such transactions
Profits Were DivertedMr Hughes then read the notes giv-
en by Edward E McCall and AndrewHamilton to the Bank Trust cornr Perkins did not knowamount was for legal
expensed Ho said the debts to J lMorgan A Co were liquidated fromthe profits the New York Life receivedfrom a steel syndicate participation
M Hughew read from a blotter ofthe New York Life Insurance companyshowing the payment of 5 310 to Andrew Hamilton Asked It tho paymentappeared in the report to the stateInsurance department Mr Perkins saidlie did not know but understood
McCall settled the matter Askedwhy E E McCall and Andrew Hamilton got money on their notes from
Central National batik and theNew York Security Trust companyMe Perkins said he did not know but
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Mr Hughes then asked Mr Perkins-to explain why he Perkins recelxed
profit of 40193 which was paid byOdder Peabody Co of Boston tothe New York Life Insurance companyfor a loan of 90000 in 1904 Mr
said that Robert Winsor of Kiddoe Peabody Co of Boston calledat the office of J P Morgan Coin June 184 and asked them totake up a joint account with his firmin connection with the Mexican RailLoad company
Did Business for NylicMr Perkins told him that J P Mor-
gan Co could not do It but hePerkins would take care of it Mr
Perkins said further that he took upthe business for the Nyllc fundwhich Is owned by tho agents of theNew York Lifo Insurance company ofwhich is trustee Part
the proposition was that the Mexican Central Railroad company shouldM supplied with 2000000 at once TheNyllc fund did not have so much
and Mr Perkins did not wishdisturb its investments so he
with Edmund D Randolphtreasurer o the New York Life
company to take 10 000 worthMexican Central bonds at S
Interest Tho New York Life Inmrancti company said Mr Perkins
Kidder Peabody Co 910000-
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whet the Boston firm repaid the loanmerest on 1000000 and 40193 profit
the transaction to the life insur-ance company The profit of 4fcl93
paid to Mr Perkins a trusted ofthe Nylio fund Mr Perkins said
i paid the mOtley into the Nyllclint The profits were sent to the
York Lift Insurance company hebecause the company the
party known to Kidder PeabodyCo In the transaction and the
check was cached and tkc cash paidMr Perkina because if it had been
lashtd and tittered on the bqoks ofha Now York Life Insurance com
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Attacked by Rowdies
RESCUED BY THE POLICE
RUSSIAN CAPITAL UNSAFETHE NIGHT TIME
T Nov 27 p mRobert Woods BUss second secre-tary of tlr American embassy
who has just returned here after threemonths vacation In Paris was tho vic-tim of an outrage by rowdies in one ofthe most fashionable streets of the cap-ital last night and only escaped beingbeaten to death through the timely arrival of the police
Second Secretary Robert Woods Blissof the American at St Petersburg comes from New York and wasformerly American consul at Vienna
Charge DAffaires Eddy has reportedthe affair to the authorities at Wash-ington hut as the incident was a plainease of rowdyism he probably will notmake official representations at the for-eign office here unless instructed todo S3
Set Upon by Two MenMr Bliss was returnlnsr to the em-
bassy on foot from the Yacht clubwhere he had been dining On theHorse Guard boulevard opposite thebarracks of the Chevalier Guard thesecretary was suddenl set upon bytwo men who sprang out of dark-ness of the trees Mr Bits knockeddown one of Iris assailants but wasseized by some sympathizers of therowdies who had been attracted to thespot by the disturbance and he wasgetting the worst of It when threepolicemen and a house porter came toMr Bliss rescue and seized his assail-ants The rapidly gathering crowdhowever which promptly sided againstthe police rushed to tho officers andrescued the prisoners The policemenmanageu to stand off the crowd andcover the retreat of Mr Bliss who wasbadly cut about the face but not seri-ously injured
Apology OfferedToday a police captain visited the
embassy and apologized for the attackon Secretary Bliss but the warnedthe members of the embassy that thestreets were very unsafe specially theboulevard which is the rendezvous ofrowdies and soldiers and sailors incivilian clothes The captain advisedthe members of the embassy to goarmed in future and not to venture intile streets at night except In carriages
Charge dAffaires Eddy this afternoonsent a note to Count Lamsdorff the for-eign minister calling his attention tothe assault on Mr Bliss but makingno demands
RETURNING HASTE
Absent Ambassadors Hurrying to StPetersburg-
St Petersburg Nov 51 mOn account of the critical nature of thesituation all the foreign ambassadorswho were absent on vacations are hast-ily returning M Bompard the Frenchambassador arrived today and theSpanish and Italian ambassadors areon their way here Hon Von Schoenthe German ambassador will arriveDec 10 and the AustroHungarlan am-bassador is cutting short iris leave ofabsence and will return immediatelyAmerican Ambassador Meyer who isnow in England is expected to arrive
is understood that the Russiangovernment hits Hven an Intimation tothe foreign powers of the advisabilityot the presence of their ambassadorshere during the present crisis
BOSTON BANK GOES UP
American National Pails to Liquidate-and Is Compelled to Close
Its DoorsWashington Nov 27 Thecomptrol
of the currency today received atelegram to the effect that by order of
directors the American Nationaltank of Boston has closed its doors It-s said that the has not been in
good condition time and efforts have been made to liquidate butapparently without success It Is notexpected that any of the creditors will
anything by the failureNational flank Examiner W B Neal
been appointed receiverTime following Is a of the
resources and liabilities of the bunk atclose of business Nov 0 1305 the
date of the last report made to theomDtroIler
Resources Loans and discounts8S6034 United States bonds 370000
due from banks and bankers 56034checks and other cash Horns 32714redemption fund 10000 total 754803
Liabilities Capital stock 200000surplus and undivided profits 24548circulating notes 200040 due to banks
bankers 8373 individual deposits256881 United States deposits 45000
payable 80000 total 754803
Boston Nov 27 The American Nabank which failed to open for
today is not one of the largefinancial Institutions of the city itscapital being 200000 It was not amember of the Boston clearing house
bank was In 1900 Theofficers are President H G
vicecashier H A Libby
It is understood the bunk was heavinterested in transactions of Bur
ictt Cummings Co railwaywho failed last spring
BULLET KILLED HIM
Marshall Field Jr the Victim of anAccident
Chicago N6v 27 Marshall FloW jrat 5 oclock tonight at the Mercy
Mr Field who was the only son ofMarshall Field the multimillionaire ofthis city was accidentally shot on theafternoon of Wednesday He
examining a new revolver he hadpurchased when it was Uncharged thebullet striking him in the right sideperforating the liver and spleen and Injuring the spinal cord He was hurried
Mercy hospital where tin operationta performed and the nujlut removed
physicians from the first entertamed but slight of ultimate
although tho for tuodays seemed to hold
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DEFENSE NEARLY THROUGH
RESULT OF AUTOPSY
A NNiAPOLIS MQ Nov S7 Nf progress was nuuta today
trial by courtmartial of Midshipman Minor Meriwether on charges thatembrace one of manslaughter in connection with the death of MidshipmanJames R Branch jr utter a fight between him and MIdsbfpman Meriwether Perhaps the most important developments of the day were the decisionof counsel to put Midshipman Menwether on the stand in his own defenseand the appearance of Dr L W Glazebrook of Washington who was presentat the autopsy held on the body ofBranch yesterday In the role of adviser-to Meriwethers counsel Most of thetestimony offered today was by mid-shipmen and men and related to detailsof the fight and events that led thereto
Animus ShownCounsel for the defense offered Mid-
shipman W W Bradley 6f the secondclass to testify Bradley said that hebad been detailed for duty with Branchshortly before the fight Branch hadtold him that they must try to get areport against that man Meriwether When on duty Branch had triedto induce the witness to make a report against Meriwether which haBradley did not think was justified
and which he refused to makeMidshipman Leigh Noyes who was
the timekeeper in the fight testifiedthat Branch and Meriwethor had fallen together In clinches three timesBranch had fallen In three other in-
stances and two of the falls had beenhard He had always risen promptlyand did not appear to be stunned
Testimony of RefereeMidshipman A W Fitch who ref-
ereed the fight was recalled and testi-fied as to the falls during its courseHe said Branch had not received muchpunishment up to the seventeenthround when Meriwother offered tostopLieutenant Commander Deckerfled that the floors inwhere the fight was held have a
base then a layer of rough boardsand then the smooth surface boards
Midshipman Ralph Yeager who wasMeriwethers second said the latter hadslipped in the fifteenth round spraining his ankle and that he was almostdisabled thereby but said he couldcontinue the fight though he could dolittle to defend himself
The defense will close tomorrow unless the medical testimony relating tothe autopsy consumes more time thanis now expected
The court will meet on ThursdayThanksgiving unless an order to the
contrary is from the secretary-of navy and the probability Is that thecourt will finish Its work by Friday
The court adjourned shortly before 3
p m until tomorrow morning
WYOMING DESPERADOESSEND NOTE OF WARNING
Special to The HeraldThermopolis Wyo Nov 27 Un-
known persons in Thermopolis proba-bly the same men who blew up AsmusBoysens diamond drill outfit on theWind River Indian reservation senthim a note at his homo In Iowa warn-ing him to to the reserva-tion either before or after the openingnext June under pain of death A hugeskull and crossbones were drawn atthe head of tho letter
A majority of the leading businessmen and ranchmen believe that Boysenshould be to prospect In thereserve according to the concessiongranted himby congress an he re-
turns here ho will be protectedmeantime an effort is beingthe postal authorities locato Ha Ukthor of the note vurninff l
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Thompson an Eccentric Old Woman Who Diedr
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aged and eccentric woman has revaalad a ghastly secret in her little cottage on Boyle Heights In a store room-o the cottage covered with rubbishwas founda Ijermotically sealed box
0S alnms tWfe C HP or iuftr dauahterwho died twentyseven years ago Thebox is but three feet long and the bodyof the young woman had been dismem-bered The following inscriptionengraved on a silver plate and
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the convicts recaptured after his escapefrom tire penitentiary last Friday incompany with three other convictsduring which three men were killedseveral injured
Ryan told the warden that H ESpencer who was discharged from thepenitentiary Nov 9 agreed to furnishthe pistols and nitroglycerine whichwas used to blow the hole In the stock-ade He was to purchase the pistols-In Kansas City with 40 which theygave hint and then gO to CarthageMo and steal dynamite and nitroglycerine from the mnes there Thesewere to be brought here last Mondaynight and taken up on the stockadewhich Is not guarded at night He wasthen to let himself dQwn by a rope onUte Inside and take the material andplace it under the bench which Vaughanused in the factory Spencer was thento climb back over the wall and makehis escape
Weapons Were ThereNothing was beard from him but
Thursday morning the supplies werefound said ho putthem Thursday and nightthe prisoners had a consultation and
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Mass Nov 7 1881 found Thebody had been disinterred for shipmentto Lodi Cal but was brought to Los
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beef kept in her ootttfg where shelived all alone
Amherst Mass Nov far au-eouW b learned here tonight Mrs LioreThompson and F R lle never
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over flood conditions and in somequarters there is anxiety concerningdamage to property and possible loss oflife Salt river is higher than overknown but once up to thelimit of the flood of 1891 when the lowerpart of the city was inundated Tworailroad bridges at Tempo eight milesfrom here are now out of commissionThe new Maricopa Jrhoenix steelbridge Is still intact at thebut the water is within three feet of thepier tops and still rising Should Itcontinue and more of the old bridgejust above give way It Is feared thebridge will be knocked down Thewater Is eleven feet over the site of theArizona diversion dam which undoubt-edly is all gone
Wires Went DownTelephone reports from Roosevelt
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Tremendous RainfallCave creek flowing across the desert
north of Inundated Glendale There has been only slight dam-age as yet but more is feared It hasrained nearly two Indies here in thelast thirtysix hours and a total ofnearly twenty Inches since Jan 1 morethan three times the animal rainfallhere
The first Arizona territory fair setfor JJac 4 has been ostponod until theweek commencing Dee 25 which wjasmade necessary by the disastrous soaking of the railway track and Interfer-ence with transportation
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They propOsed to capture n enginemake the rQn to blow up theMissouri Pacific bridge at that place-to prevent pursuit until they could getto a safe place
The Attempt to EscapeFriday they started to put their plan
in operation when they found that onlySee was In the office They startedwith him and two strangers they foundthere to get through the round gateWhen the big gate was opened theychanged their plan and started through-it Officer Clay appeared with a drawnweapon and they killed him Theyfastened the gate and ordered See tolet them out He said he could not butould let them out through the officeThey called for some one to open the
gate and when Captain Allison ap-peared with his gun they killed himThey then blew open the gate and madetheir escape
Warden halt has sent telegrams all-over the country asking for Spencersarrest Governor Folk isis offered areward of 800 und evccy effort will bomade to capture Win
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tonight the MerchantManufacturers association of SaltLake City is to be of the vital
factors in the upbuilding of the Industries of tire intermouatain country Amass meeting wilt be held In the Com-
mercial club tonight at which the per-
manent organisation of the associationwill be effected Officers will be elected a board of flfteea directors will bechosen and a constitution and bylawswill be adopted
After the organization is madework will be started at once to
induce factories to locate In Salt LakeCity It is announced that importantinstitutions are for an In-
vitation to locate in title city that assoon as they are assured that they willreceive fair treatment from the rail
Official Button of the MerchantsManufacturers Association
roads in the way of freight rates andthat they will receive the proper en-couragement from dealers In all manufactured goods they will invest theircapital here and boost for Greater SaltLake
Citizens in general but particularlymerchants manufacturers and profes-sional are invited to the Commer-cial club meetiij tonight It will beheld in the large assembly room bf theclub and nothing will toe left undone togive the association the right kind of astart
Design for the Buttoni
There was a a the clu Jutnight of the steering committee of theassociation There ere present C O-
3J Hewjfttt J B Jenson-Georgfe S MeAilwter J Mr liwrendfeJcAdolph ftfefttar awtl Lear flo Thechief bnslrfaaB of meeting was theselection of a button and label for theassociation Miss Florence Shafer whosave her address as 307 Security Trustcompany building was the winner inboth contests tier design for the button is given herewith The colors areto be blue and gold with the letteringin black The button is to be of thesize of a nickel The letters M MAssn are to be added to those shownIn the out
The design for the has the gen-eral desiern for the button in the centerwith the same coloring Around thecircle is a cluster of sego lilies It willalso contalnvthe words We guarantee-all the goods bearing thishigh grade M M Assn Miss Shafer submitted a number of designsmost of them worked out artistically incolors She will receive 30 as the re-
sult of her artistic taste and her industry
Many Bright Ideas SubmittedThere were many ideas and designs
submitted In the competition Some ofthe designs were decidedly uniqueOthers were elaborate and displayedartistic talent of a high order as wellas originality Some of the best de-
signs were too elaborate and complica-ted td be worked out on a small buttonMiss Shafer had the advantage of hav-ing her Ideas worked out in colors giv-ing a definite idea of what the buttonwould look like when ready to wear
Communications are already rollingin upon the committee especially from
points in Utah The mem-bership of the association will not beconfined to Salt Lake City It wilt in-
clude the entire state Men in othercities and town are offering valuablesuggestions and expressing a
to help fri every way possible inboosting Utah by boosting this organ-ization
HEARST AND JEROME
Justice Geigerich Renders an Opinion-
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lots Should Be CountedNew York Nov 27 Justice
in the supreme court today handed downan opinion on the question Of countingballots which have a mark in the circleof the Republican ticket aud the circleover name and also in the
space before W R Hearsts nameand in space before Mf
name the Question being whetherthe additional mark in aboveJeromes name affects the ballot Jus-tice Gelgerich decided that it did notthe intention of the voter being clearlyshown to vote for Hearst for mayor forJerome for district attorney and for theRepublican candidates for all other of
it appeared that the markwas made for the purpose ot iden-
tifying the ballotGeigerich further decided that
all the ballots In dispute should becounted for Jerome for attorneyand for the candidates for other officeas mentioned in his opinion
ANOTHER WYOMINGMAN LANDS FAT JOB
Special to The HeraldWashington Nov War-
ren of Wyoming who arrived here lastevening was at the department of Justlcfe today In behalf of Judge J A VanOralel of the Wyoming supremebench who has been an applicant for afederal position in that departmentAs a result Senator Warren s jt H mes-sage ib Van Oredel this evening notify-ing him that it had been decided to ap
point him United Statue attorney forthe court of claims to succeed Louis APradt of Wisconsin who has tenderedhis resignation to engage in privatepractice Mr Pradts resignation willgo ifSst 1 rht PJSitluu Jworth a year 1
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ooal Weather Bureau Calls TurnWith Aid of Barometer
WILL BENEFIT BUSINESSS-
TORM SIGNIFIES OPENING OFWINTER TRADE
jLOW barometer which as early u
8 p m yesterday had descentUdto MH coaxed the first real snow-
storm of season to Salt Lakelast night first flakes falling juribefore 7 oclock The storm wasevery sense a splendid one there btinJust enough of a cold blast at intervalto remind winter is at huruiFollowing as it did a rainstormless than twentyfour hours the sruvdid effective work in clearing the at-
mosphere Early In the evening thodir imparted chesty vigorous feel jigtar different froni that of the duiladen atmosphere of a few days
snow came not unheralded-the weather bureau had bulletins ulong before noon announcingtonight anti snow The register vhiHishows the atmospheric pressure shova steady fall from Saturday to 6 nlo klast night and there are few rev rston form when the barometer ydown
So the weather office was onGeneral in State
At 11 oclock last night reports fromall over the state indicated thatfall was general and heavy The SanPedro Los Angoles Salt Lake naareported that it wa snowing from tviLake to Callente and that befvvef-iMoapa and Las Vegas a heavy mmwas falling No damage had been donto the wires of the Salt Lake Rout uto midnight
Time Rio Grande Western oxperiernwith its wires fr m 0
m through the night The snow ugeneral over the system and fart insouth the fall began earlier than it illhere Consequently most of the vvjrwent out of service before the jstoiiKstruck this portion of the state At I1p in intermittent telegraphic commu-nication with southern points was nrorted
The Oregon Short Line was m V
fortunate although the entire sysunwoe in the tom belt Front this r
clear to the Idaho line and beyond thsnow fell
From many mining camps came re-
ports that ranged all the way frontgood flurry to a storm having the prportions of a blizzard
There was a heavy fall at Perkwhile Alta experienced a blizzard
Good for BusinessFrom a business standpoint time sir
h just the thing as the comparativemild wea iher thus far has greatly rtarded tan tr de This is true in afurnishings lines With the combiiwi-preewtee of coW weather and Thankgiving retailers are confident that tit
By favor at Kfctaie tft stormoff until a sufficient coal supply lu ibeen obtained by local dealers tofamine unlikely A large quantity arived yesterday and was distributeWhile there may be no superabimuance there will be enough say deal rto supply all during the presentsnap
One more encouraging bulletin fromthe weather office and the medalyouth of Salt Lake will have vision ofsledding and skating for Thanksgivingalthough the outlook is not so good ffrfootballLittle Trouble Caused
Although incandescent lights begatto waver shortly after the flakes begsfalling there was comparativelytrouble during the night either wit ithe electric lighting system or thstreet car service-
A feature of tire storm early In tlevening was the brilliant flashes oflightning which now and then light 1
the skies and the peals of thunJ runusual phenomena to accompany
Skaters Get Busy
With the first snowfall Salt Ltskaters are beginning to get busy Ainterested in this sport are invited tmeet at the Strollers club at 8iO rm next Friday for the purpose ot oganizing a skating club
MCURDY TO STEP DOWN
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Will Also Get OutNew K Th World t Ki
says Richard A McCurdy presidentthe Mutual Life Insurance company l iresigned date of his r igntUdepends only on the time required hthe trustees to find his successor ym-ly following the retirement of Presia ii
his son Robert H McCurugeneral manager of the Mutual and h s
A Thebaud tho g i
era agent for New York have resignedA tentative offer to head the
was made to James Bof the First National bank of Chiwho once was an Equitable director jbank is one of the leading financialstituttona of the middle Mr 1gsa declined to accept Ute offer
New No sumont wee at tile Mutual eInsurance companys offices today a tthe report that A Mciurspresident of the company had resigvUnofficially was leari
finance oommittbelieved to have McCurdys reslgnaiunder consideration It was learnedthat the connection of A ThicbuMr soninlaw with i
is expected to cease aJan 3
Nov 27 James B Forpresident of the First National bank
celvea and declined to bercuthe Mutual Ufo Insun
company to succeed Richard A M
New York Nov 27 Dr Walter Elette vice president of the Mutual TifInsurance company denied p-
Ushed reports that Richard A McCurdhad resigned the presidency of the Mtual Life and that H McOurihad retired from the general managershipof tits company said how-ever A Thiebaud soninUvof President had relinquishthe positions of the companys generagent for New York be satno in the report that theLife presidency offered J IForgan of Chicago
POWDER FACTORY HORROR
Buffalo N Y Nov sp tiito time News from Emporium
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