The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • Page 2

THE DAILY -LAKE. MOE3S 1KG. JANTJABY 16 189ft' A WALL STREET STORY Union Pacific Has Not Secured the Short Line. premature, will prevent sensational developments that were expected arise at the meeting. Railroad men yesterday were eager for the nsws.

Many of them expected the denial, as the Wall street bulletin had never been conflimed either in East or locally. The general opinion, now is that It was a Wall street scare, gotten up for a purpose, aad that no changes are likely to talce place. SHOUT UNE AGENTS. FINANCIAL CHRONICLE VIEW. No Intention to Disturb Existing Conditions, as it is Important that Independence Must bo' Preserved, Especially with the O.

E. N. that tho Gateway will not be Pacific to be Transferred February Other Important Railway News. Schumacher and Hitchcock in Charge at San iFrancisco. T.

M. Schumacher and D. W. Hitchcock, the two Union Pacific general agents at San Francisco, have had York. Jan.

Financial Chronicle Bays: "Reg-arcllnjr the reported control of Oregon Short 7oine and the Oregon Railroad Navigation companies by the Union Pacific through purchase a majority of the wtock of the Oregon Short Lino we are authorita.tlvely informed float there has been no change in Ing the Oregon Short Line stocks tho Union Pacific acquired, some weeka ago. the block of orao-untlnsr to JS.460,000, from the of the collateral trust mort- of 1891, securing Union adflo note Co. While block of stock the Union Paclflo a preponderating holding 1 of tho Short Line's stock, of which total Ui W.773,800, it docs not, wo are Informed, rive that company a majority interest, is there any Intention to disturb the Oregon Railroad Navigation.company voting trust, w-hlch'runs until 1006. The importance erf preserving the independence of Oregon Railway Navigation company as a terminal In tho interest of throe Union Pacific, Orwat and Northern PaclDc. is thought warrant the belief that no one compares will attempt Independent control.

BATE SET FOR TRANSFER. the Oregon Short Line temporarily. Mr. Schumacher will take care ot freight matters and Mr. Hitchcock the passenger business.

There Is no. significance in the matter, as both had, before' the segregation, been In I charge of the Short Line business, but it. is of so Brnall an amount in San Francisco that it was found unnecessary to appoint new and separate agents, so two were made representatives of the Short Line with additional salary. BiECETVEESHIP ENDS. EXPEDITION TO KLONDIKE.

WAR BEPABTMBNT BATS BE STABTED. IT Acting Secretary Meiklejoha nounces the Story of a Postponement to Absolutely TTntnte. Union Pacific System i Hands February 1st. Jan. was learned today from an luuthentlc the formal transfer of the property of tha Union Pacific from the hands of the i.

receivers to the reorganization cornmit- I will occur February Also that it for purpose of arranging fov thla transfer tha.t President Burt and Vice-president Mink left Omaha, -for i' New York yesterday afternoon: The I recent actions of the receivers tend to I this Information. Toward the of the year an order was issued extending the time of all passes vt 1897 to January 15, 1S9S. Then-a few days another was Issued making the paawes good until Ftbruaxy 1st. It is said that they will be extended no further, but that at that time the re- organlzalon committee will ake charge of property and sent out new pass It -was at first that transfer would not occur until after the sales of iOis Paclflo and Denver Pa- clflo branches of the Union Pacific system, which are scheduled for February IGth and 16th, respectively, but It la now given out-authentically that tho committee will not wait for the disposal ot tbeae two lines, preferring to take charge of the main system on the first of tho month and settle the affairs of the other two lines after they have passed into the committee's hands. If they do.

The formal transfer will occur at Omaha, and as soon as President Burt has conferred with the committee in New York, an order for the transfer may be expected daily. SPOKANE GATEWAY OPENING. Final Report in Utah. Central Case Approved by Judge Hilos. Judge Hlles yesterday afternoon approved the report of George D.

Loomls as iccelver and special master ol! the Utah Central. The receiver was discharged. C. S. Varlan was allowed J200, Dey Street were allowed $200, and George E.

Blair was allowed The receiver was ordered to hold $100 to cover certain claims, and turn over the balance to Graff Diumar. This balance was $1099.30. Attorney Frank Pierce, when seen last evening, stated that there was nothing new in the Central matter, that the court orders were but part of the final legal business surrounding the recent foreclosure sale. The-road'will run on aa it has before, no developments having arisen In the matter transferring it to the Rio Grande Western. The Utah Central receivership ended on December the papers approved yesterday also Include Mr.

McGregor's receiver. Mr. Loomis is still in charge of the property and final transfer of the road, Railroad Notes. H. H.

Sheppard of the Chicago Alton-waif'in the city yesterday. W. McBride of the Rio Grande is here from Butte. George W. Heintz the Rio Grande Western will return from Portland on Tuesday.

Western roads have made a one and one-third fare rate to tho monetary convention at Indianapolis. T. W. Brennemann, chief clerk In the medical department, Oregon Short Line, goes to Mountalnhome today, accompanied by his wife. dispatch from Denver about the new.

alliance, refers to the Spokane matter which'was fixed up in Paul last November'by Short Line officials. There la talk once more of an attempt to revive the old Transcontinental Passenger association, and a meeting for r.hat. purpose will soon bo held in Chicago. C. is here from Helena.

Mr. was in charge of the Washington, Jan. Secretary Meiklejohn of the War department pronounces to be absolutely untrue the statement coming from Portland, that Gen. Merriam, th-e commanding General of the Department of the Columbia, has been ordered from Washington to postpone the Government expedition to Alaska. The department has been much annoyed by the circulation of stories that It had any intention 'of abandoning -the relief project Nothing that has been reported to the officials of the alleged sufficiency of supplies has come from a source that carries conviction, and it oan be stated on the authority of Acting Secretary Meiklejohn that the expedition is going forward as rapidly as the department can possibly make It.

If there had been any. change made by Gen. Merriam for the arrangemeat of the shipping of tho expedition, it Is said that he has undoubtedly done'so because he could secure more advantageous conditions. It is also said that the reindeer will be used for transportation, as originally intended. Fortune-Seekers from Missouri.

Seattle, Jan. advance of 100 fortune-seekers from Joplin, has reached here. The party establish a settlement on the StlBkeen river, near Fort Wrangel, which will becalled Goldike. From hero will be sent out to explore the Stickcen country. SERVICE SET ASIDE, 10 That our RED HOT SHOE SALE is still on.

Bear in mind that every pair of Shoes and Slippers in our store has been REDUCED TO NOTCH OF LOWTRICES. It is not a sale of "odds and ends," nor of small sizes and narrow widths, but your choice of spic span new goods, UP-TO-DATE STYLES and ALL SIZES. This sale is worthy the consideration of every Shoe purchaser in Salt Lake and vicinity, as it enables you to save from to 35 per cent on every purchase. On goods that are not complete in sizes, and yet up-to-date in style, ana also on lines that 'we wish to discontinue; we have CUT THE PRICES IN TWO. ALL GOODS EXCHANGED.

BACK IF YOU WANT IT. $2,95 Will buy our Men's Best Leather Shoes, pointed toes. 5 Will buy our Misses' and Boys' best $1.50 School Shoes. This certainly should attract the attention of all mothers. Will buy Ladies' and Gents' Calf Shoes, worth, from 82.50 to $3.

Judge La Comb Hands Down. Opinion in Favor of Newspapers. New Jan. La Comb, in the United States Circuit court for the eastern district of New York, has handed down a decision granting- the motions made before him January 7th to set aside service in the cases William Brewer and the Union Associate Press against the following newspapers: Louisville Press company, Journal Newspaper company of Indianapolis, Evening News Association of Commercial Tribune company of Cincinnati and the Inter Ocean Publishing company of Chicago. These actions were originally begun in the New York Supreme court in Queens county, but were thereafter removed by the defendants into the United States Circuit court for the eastern district New York, and the motions were noted before Judge Tenney.

On account of his death, the-motions were transferred into the southern district and were argued before Judge Laconib. This decision practically reverses the decision made in the case of Fontana against the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph and the decisions made by Judge Tenney in the cases of Brewer and the Union Associated Press against George Knapp in S3 C94. This decision will force the plaintiffs to an appeal to settle thla Juns- dictlonal question. The following Is a copy of the decision: "The facts in, all these cases 85c Will buy our best quality Children's $1.25 Shoes, hand sewed, lace or button, cloth or kid top. 5Oc Will buy any pair of regular 75c Infants' Shoes.

Good styles, good quality. 1.85 Will buy Leidies' and Gents' Shoes formerly sold at from to $5. This is the greatest bargain we have ever offered. .35 'Will buy a pair of Shoes worth from $1.75 to Good style, good service. 65c Will buy Ladies' Felt Shoes and Felt Slippers worth $1.00.

ass 1.20 Will buy the Mail's $1.75 Working Shoe in store. Union Pacific'Helena office until it was are mo or less similar to those, re- BE SURE AND SEE OUR BARGAIN COUNTERS. These are only a few samples of the ridiculously low prices we are making on Footwear. Our whole stock consists of just such bargains, and we are sure we can make it worth your while to drop in and investigate. Yours Sh'oely, Denver Thinks it will Help Colorado Traffic.

Denver, Jon. traffic arrangement lias Just been entered Into with abollshed recently by the Union Pacific management. The New York Herald, In a recent able argument, attempts to show that the most practicable plan would be the consolidation the Alton and the Kansas PaclITc. General Passenger Agent Hurley of the Oregon Short Line stated yesterday that the road is delivering at Huntington dally between flfty and sixty passengers Bound for the Klondike. No successor has been named as yet to 15.

S. Blair, whose resignation was told in The Tribune yesterday. W. C. McBride, general agent of the freight department at Butte for the Rio Grande Western, will for the present look after the passenger business.

The Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce yesterday continued its hearing on the anti-scalplng bill Bert W. Lyon, editor of the Commercial Traveler, and George W. McKenzlc, the Chicago ticket broker, were examined. A collection was taken up among the UV11CUHVI1 VVilO I.AIW the Denver Rio Grande, the Rio emr ovees the Oregon Short Line Grande Western, the Oregon Short ViH Line, the Oregon Railway Navigation company and the Great- Northern, -fjlfn which will open up a channel heretofore vHfi ctosed between this part of the coun- Northern. Tills deal will remain effective as lonfr as the Ogden g-ateway remains open.

If, li 1 as is reported, the Union Pacific is in position to close the gateway and does close It, then the arrangement will be made ineffective. This arrangement will affect eastbound traffic to a. greater l- degree than that routed westward, al- though business both ways will bi; ben- -V efitcd. Heretofore, the close alliance twe-en th-e Northern Pacific and the Burlington at Bllllngfl, Mont, and the lack of an arrangement between- the yesterday for the benefit of the Strow- brldge relief shelter for the poor on Commercial street. About $25 was realized, and many of employees promised monthly donations throughout, the winter.

The Financial Chronicle's statement i telegraphed -from New York to the effect that it is necessary to preserve th(: independence of the Western terminal lines, shows t.hat it is not likely that the Ogden gateway will be closed. The report will be read with deep interest by all railroad men. An Associated Press report says the New York Central and the West Shore- may be consolidated, and shop work, train service and other matters now duplicated on the tsvo lines reduced by the taking off of West Shore trains and centralizing of shop work at West Al- roa.ds forming the "Ogdon route," hn.9 i bony and Depew. W. K.

Vanderbilt tended to throw most of the 'eos-tbound engineering the move, having lately traffic from Oregon ami Washington taken hold oC railroad matters. to the Northern Pacific. Ey the new A Iong ot ra iiroad ticket for- arrangement, however, a large per- oentag-e of thla business will go through RACING TO KXOITDIKE. Hallways Surveying to tho Gold Fields. Tacoma, Jan, railroad building race, involving- tho iture of Jl.6,000,000, has been commenced by two wealthy corporations, each of I'V'JB' which desires to own the first railroad r'wN Into the Yukon country.

Each road will be about 400--miles long, running from Pyramid harbor, near the head of Lynn canal, to points on Lewes river below Five-Finger rapids. Tho companies back of the railroad are the London Exploration company and the Yukon company, or- 'K sanded last summer by Andrew F. Burlelgh. the principal stockholders of wftlch arc Philadelphia and New York men. Both corporations have engineers and surveyors at work between Pyramid harbor and the Lewes river.

The pro- 'SE JectorB of both roads figure on an -av- cost of oveir $20.000 a mile, re- tjf quiring an outlay of over 58,000,000 each road. Tho equipment for each will about $1,000,000 more. Both companies have secured rights i of way from the Canadian Government i and are now working to jtecure from i Congress necessary rights of way through thirty miles of American ter, ritory. DISECTOiRS MEET TOSIOBKO'W. Pacific Board -will Hold its First Session, The meeting of the new Union Pall cine directory will be held in New York jj tomorrow.

President Burt and Vice- Mink have gone East to at- Und the meeting, and the session to be a roost interesting one. The from the East, however, to the that the announcement that the IfMirfanization committee had secured trol of the Western lines was gerles have come to light at St. Joseph. which arc believed to have been The con- issued.for St Louis, who until two years ago was engaged in the ticket-scalping business here, and he has been arrested. The fraudulent tickets were sold during the time of Walter Young as city ticket asent of tho Santa Pe in this city.

Young committed suicide nearly four years ago and left nothing to explain the deed. BURIED BY SNOWSLIOE. Two Meca Lose their Lives lit a British Columbia Mine. Ymlr, B. Jan.

13. Men are digging in a gnowslide at the Consolidated Alabama mine, five miles from here, for the bodies of Charles Wagner, a mining man of Spo-kanc, and J. J. Lunz who is believed to have come from Escanaba, Mich. They arrived here December Gth and left with a packer for the mine.

That was the Ia3t seen -of them alive. As they failed to come- to town for their mafls fears were arousec and yesterday a party went up the mountain to the mine. They found a snowslide Had swept down -the mountain and wrecked the blacksmith shop. The cabin was not struck, and In it were -found the men's coats, watches. money ajid supplies.

Wagner has a sister in Butte. MR. SHORTfHDGE NEAR DEATH, "Well-Known. California Journalist ia Dangerously HI. Gllroy, Jan.

Charles M. Shortrldge, editor and proprietor of the San Jose Mercury, and for two years publisher of the San Francisco Call, is now dangerously ill and his physicians fear he cannot survive more twenty-four hours. He has been under treatment at the Gllroy hot epvings for nervous troubles during the past, few. weeks. Shortridge has been prominent hearsed irt Union Associated Press versus Times Printing company (Circuit court, southern district of New York, October 1897), and in Brewer vs.

George W. Kr.app, 82 Fed. 694. "Upon consideration of questions presented, I am by no means so confident thiit my former decision in the case was correct, or that Judge Tonnay and myself were right in. holding that tho several Individuals served with process were 'managing agents' of defendants.

"I am, however, more than ever impressed with the importance of having this point decided in each case, before the time-of the court is consumed in trying the merits of the controversy. Here we have (including the cases named in the caption aaid the others on the calendar), nearly fifty libel suits all brought by the same parties against different newspapers located in widely scattered States, with no suggestion that the libel was ever published or circulated here by defendants, or that they have ever done anything more in the way of business hero than to solicit advertisements through some advertising agent, who, in most cases, acts as advertising agent for several other papers and has no- control over the rates to be charged or the space to be. given. It is hardly to be supposed that Congress Intended the Federal Circuit court to exercise such comprehensive and far-reaching jurls- when a case coming strictly within the language of the statute is made o-ut. "The proper disposition to makft of this entire group of cases would seem to be to grant these motions.

By reviewing such decisions in some- test cases the plaintiff may the jurls- dlctional question settled and neither side be exposed to the unnecessary burden ot' trying the case on t.he merits with the chance of the. appellate court setting aside the Judgment for lack of Jurisdiction. Tfce question presented Is one- of great importance. Probably there are but papers In tho United States which -do not publish advertisements in this- city or which do no-t solicit "such advertisements here. 1C this and the adjoining (southern) districts are, for that reason, be considered the proper forum for suits against the owners of such papers wherever they may reside 'and condu-ot their business of publishing and circulating such business, It seems probable that "our calendars may be seriously over-burdened.

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