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Show COALVILLE TIMES. MISTAKEN FOR C. R. JOKE I, tditer end RmImm Rmh Tawr awl U PwUit ti CvttrUi Mv f, UH, M iMoal-CU- o - YOUNG Vimh vum or iiMcumoii, PVM fei Oil TlOoww hw til AaMta mi mi iWM flkm n tllfll tl imw iM h Mtt t w 4 H4 M M 41 MAN SHOT BY R EVOLT-CtX- O BEAR N VICTS. Thirteen Oesperatt Prisoners Escape From California PenRentirv- - A Thirteen desperate prisoners confined in the state prison of California, Distressing Accident in Logan Canyon at Folsom, made a break tt the breakfast hour Monday morning They Results From Fact That a YoungWarden Wilkinson, his grandseized With Too Was ster Handy son, Harry Wilkinson, Captain of the a Gun. , Guard R. J. Murphy and several other News has been received of a most officers and guards. And, using fhera s distressing accidert which occurred as a shield against the fire of tbe guns, proceeded to the armory in the mountains east of Logan. Mona guard who sought to day night. Niels Jensen, a youth of 16 post, overcame amed themselves with them, in Bear Is stay 17 whose home or years, River City, Box Elder county, was rifles and pistols and escaped terms shot and killed by a companion named tbe prison ranch into Eldorado county. A desperate fight took place in the John Calvin, who mistook him for a bear. On the evening that the acci- captains office, where the prisoners dent occurred, according to the story made their break. The convicts were knives and razors, and brought down by other herders, Jen- armed with sen and Calvin pitched camp near tbe with these they assaulted Warden Wil bead of what Is known as Cowley v, "THE COUNTRY I! ALL RIGHT; THE ONLY TROUBLE IS IN WALL canyon, on the right hand fork of LoSTREET." gan canyon. They had been annoyed for some time previous by bears, which startled the sheep at night, and hence were on tbe lookout for bruins. About 11 o'clock young Jensen arose after hearing a commotion among the sbeeep. Calvin raised up In bed, seized bla rifle, and, not knowing that Jensen had gotten up. mistook him for n bear, and. without any warning The boy fired at him. whatever, for a still and forward pitched lay moment, then, rising to his feet, exclaimed: John, old fellow, you have killed me!" and staggered over towards the bed. Calvin was simply terror stricken, but, recovering possession of his senses, got his companion into bed and attempted to stanch the flow of blood that rame from a large hole In the lad's bresst After be had succeeded in doing so, he tore madly over the hills in tbe darkness to another camp and summoned help. Jensen lived about half an hour after Gat-tling- UTAH STATU NEWS. A rang of crooks bar been systematically operating in Park City of lata, a number of petty burglaries being repealed. E. Newman, a miner employed la tbe Golden Gate mine at Mercur, sustained a badly fractured blp In an while at work lat week.'jr There is quite a bit of building activity in Richfield at present, several new residences and building blocks being In course of construction. Miss Emma Ramsey, the gifted Utah singer, has been obliged to cancel her summer concert tour of southern Idaho because of an attack of appendicitis. The 23rd was Old Folks' day in Lehi, between five and sis hundred guests of honor being entertained at a banquet which will long be remembered by them. A cloudburst in tbe mountains east of Mb Pleasant on Saturday caused a heavy flood down the creek which runs through the town, considerable damage being dona. - It is regarded aa probable that one ef tbe first branches which the San Pedro will build will be n line from Frisco, Nevada, to the Cactua mines, owned by Samuel Newhouae. , Utah sheep men havt realised $160, 000 to $200,000 loss on their wool than they did a year ago, according to the estimate of buyers who have been in the field during the entire season. The northern half of Ephraim was flooded on Saturday, one of the heaviest rainstorms in the memory of the earliest citizens striking the town. Host of this year's crop of alfalfa is damaged. A Denver dispatch says almost every railroad contractor in Denver has gone to Salt Lake City, where they have put In bids for construction contracts on the 8 an Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake road. Dennis thy, ..who- - alleges that the sight of both his eyes has been practically destroyed aa the result of a missed shot explosion in the Annie Laurie mine, baa sued that company for $30,000 damage. William Anstler of Sprlngville had his home burned to the ground on the night of the 22nd. The building stnd its contents were n total loss. There was no one at home at the time the fire started. There is considerable talk among the baseball fans of an organisation of the "Savler and 8an Pete league, the Intention being to incorporate the most promising teams from both counties in the organization. Roy Larkin, aged 15, was drowned at Saltair Thursday night while bathing. He, in company with Ross Wells and Miss Christie Pomeroy, got beyond their depth and could not return to land because of n stiff breeze from the shore. Miss Pomeroy, after fighting the waves for two hours, reached shore. Wells kept the when he boy flooring until i L sank. Well being thrown onto an laland in an unconscious condition. A Weary Willie went to sleep on the railroad embankment near Ter race one night Inst week and la his nleep placed his hand on the rail when n train came along and crushed his wrist to n pulp, necessitating the amputation of his arm near the el- nt y J n, kinson and his officers. The warden's clothing was slashed into shreds with a razor, but the blade did not teech the flesh. In the fight Guard William L. Colter waa killed and four other guards seriously-wounded. The other prisoners made no attempt to escape, otherwise there would probably have been much bloodshed. The convicts went to n fanners house, seized his four horse team and wagon, gutted the house and everything of value it contained, took the farmer with them as n driver, and are now headed for Bald mountain. The Alabaster cave Is situated near this mountain and it is believed that the convicts will take refuge therein. Tbe fact that the prisoners have exchanged their garb for that of the officers will make it doubly difficult to secure their capture. Calvin returned. Nsw York Herald. CONVICT! AT LARGE. Battle Between Officers and Escaped Criminals Is Hourly Expecttd. Of tbe thirteen convicts who escaped from the state penitentiary at Folsom, Cal., Monday, twelve are still at large. Joe Murphy, who was servsentence for robing n fourteen-yea- r bery, deserted his followers soon after they left the prison. - He Is heavily armed and It Is not known in which direction he sought safety. A negro convict named Sesvls. who was reported wounds In the first encounter with the officers, appears not to have been Injured. The eleven outlaws who remain together are making for the Sierra Nevada mountains. They are closely pursued by the sheriffs of Sacramento, Eldorado and Placer counties, each backed by numerous deputies and n company of militia. About twenty guards from tbe Folsom prison are also engaged is tbe chase. It is believed that the fugitives will be surrounded and a desperate battle is anticipated, as all are heavily armed. PANIC IN PANAMA Governor's House Raided and He Seeks Safety. Consol Gudger at Panama has made the following report by cable to the stats department of the episode at that city: At about 10 oclock soldier, headed searched by the commander-ln-chlef- , the governor's house. The governor escaped, tried to reach the consulate but was Intercepted. Took refuge at the nouse of an American. , Streets Pedro, Los Angeles A Salt Lake railroad, ia in Los Angeles. Clark says preparations are well under way to close the 300 mile gap in the road from Callentes. Ner., southwest to n point near Daggett on the Santa Fe road. In Mr, Clarks opinion the road between Salt Lake and Los Angeles will b In operation in less than two years. Clark states that until the road In finished the main offices will be divided between Los Angeles and Salt Lake. FIGHTING PARSON. lined with soldiers. Arrested secreKentucky Preacher Shoots Tws Man tary of state and departmental emand Then Asks Blessing. ployee., Department Juamqjiey., After killing one man and fatally Another dispatch from Mr-- Gudgef' another, Robert Lee, a minwounding tenhays the governorship hat been in Casey county, Kenat ister Linnie, to not kmwn whom. but is it dered, said at the jail table in tucky, grace It is added that the altiation is grave. Lee became involved In n Liberty. Acting Secretary Local has decidlated to await further adr.ee before tak- quarrel with Ellis Woods and the son and the shooting followed. In ter's ing action. It happens that the navy whten the preached proved more than ia weak on the Pacific dde at this mon match for both of hla opponents. He Paof the ment, owing to the absence killed Woods and fatally wounded the DRUNKEN OAGOS FIGHT. cific squadron in Alaska waters. But son. Twe Men Klllsdjnd,One Wounded In case of need either tie Bancroft or The "fighting parson" was arrested 1 the Panther could be epeedtly disat Glllztt, Wyo and taken to jail, where he peacefully Colon to a and detachment of returned thanks at the table with the Aa n result of n drunken quarrel be- patched other prisoners. tween anumber of Italians at Felix, marines sent by rail to Panama. six miles west of Glllett, Wyo., two Trains on Salt Laka Rout Will Be A letter from the Acre territory men are dead and another la so badly Running In Two Years. Brazilian army la persays that-thwounded that be will probably die. J. Roes Clark of Lot Angeles, a ishing under fever attacks. Six hunJoe Datrl and Domlnlx Eggle got brother of Senator Clark of Montana dred officers are ill. Some detachInto an kltercaUon and Datri struck end Interested with hla In the San ments of troops are without medicine. Eggle over the head with a bottle, Inflicting n severe scalp wound.' Eggle BIECEU PICTURE PUZZLE. stabbed , Datri three times, inflicting fatal wounds. Frank Beilagalla and Nick Eggle, a brother of Domlnlx. then entered the fight, taking opposite Sides. . Rellsgsln shot and instantly killed Nick Eggle. Domlnlx Eggle and Bellngslla then exchanged several shots, the latter being killed and e the former badly-wound- HEDGES ADMITS KILLING PEDDLER. MRS- - AURORA Declare Ryan Attacked Her and She Killed Him Unaided, After Which She Feared to Give Herself Up. On Sunday, Mrs. Aurora Hodge, a woman, 19 years of age, whose home Is in Denison, Iowa, walked into the police station at Grand Rapids, Mich., and declared that she wished to give herself up, saying that on July 11th, she had 6hot and killed William X. Ryan, a peddlar, near Salt Lake City. Mrs. Hodge, who claims to be 19 years of age, says that she had left her husband in California and came to Ogden. Here she met Ryan, who engaged her to accompany him in his travels over the country and act as bis bookkeeper. When near Salt Lake City, she claims, he made an assault upon her, when she shot him in She Intended to give, herself up to the police, but her nerve failed her and she took what money she could find upon Ryan's person and bought a ticket for Denison, Iowa, where her brother and foster parents live. She claims she told her brother what she had done and he advised her to surrender herself to the authorities or he would tell them himself. She then left Denison and went to Chicago, where, through an employment agency, sue secured a position ns waitress at a hotel at Spring Lake, near Grand Rapids, Mich. Then sne made up her mind to surrender and went to Grand Rapids for that purpose. This is the womans story, but it is not credited by the police, although they believe she was implicated in the murder. On the afternoon of Tuesday, July 14th, the body of William X. Ryan, a spectacle vendor, was found in a willow thicket two miles east of Murray. The body was In advanced stages of decomposition and presented a horrible sight It had been carefully wrapped in blankets, and investigation showed that death had resulted at least forty-eigh- t hours before th discovery waa made. That murder had been committed waa apparent Evidences of the crime were found in profusion. The peddlers dog was fastened to the tongue of the wagon; his horses were tethered near by. The body was found When tbe lying face downward. blankets were removed n deep gash was fonnd In the mans head. The physician, however, said that thia wound did not cause his death. His legs were bound with a whipcord. His hands were fastened rigidly with s his cord, while n strap encircling oody was bound tightly around hla neck. It developed that the crime was committed at midnight July 11th. Nelgnbors In the vicinity of the, corpse declared that they had seen a woman with the wandering merchant on the day before the crime was committed. It is believed Mrs. Hodge had assistance in tbe crime and further developments are expected. She will be brought back to Salt Lake City .at once. Boys Poisoned. boys In the State reform school at Whittier, Cal., are suffering from Illness, the cause for which has not yet been determined. 8tx of the boys are in a serious condition and were Sunday delirious from what la presumed to be poisoning of some sort Dr. F. H. Hadley, tbe physician In charge, ia Investigating the sudden epidemic, and until the Investigation Is completed It will not be known whether the sick boys are suffering from ptomaine poisoning contracted from f6od given them or from poison intentionally mixed with the Seventy-fiv- e Seventy-fiv- e food. ed. Wife to Avoid Paying Alimony. Rev. H. D. Hilson. n negro preacher, shot and killed hit wife In n confectionery store In Kansa City, Kan., bow. Tuesday night Hilson shot his wife Mercur iame near having another four times, three of the shots taking disastrous conflagration last week effect, and she lived but n few minwheq the residence of Dan McQuery utes. The woman had sued him for end pending tbe trial of tbe and an adjoining house were burned. divorce case the court had ordered him to pay Other property was saved by bard her temporay alimony acd her attorwork on the part of the fire depart ney fees, llllson had failed to make meat hla payments promptly, and his wife had threatened him with arrest which n M. Line brmkeman Short J. Wells, led to the shooting. fell from the aide of n freight car in 8alt Lake City one day last week. Hr Was 8carsd by Coppers. succeeded in keeping his body froir Julius Wlltrsck, the under the wheels, but his right hand hoy who was the chief witness for was so badly crushed that it had to the state in the prosecution of his be amputated, father and mother for the murder of It 1 said thartrthe westerarpa Paul Pasxkowskl, whose body was clflc,th proposed new coast line found in n shallow grave in the outwhich is now arranging the prelim! skirts of Chicago several months aw, marie for a coast line to Salt Lake now denies all the damaging stateCity, follows the route which has jbeer ments he had made against hH parlaid out, tt will be one of the most di- ents. He swore when called to tbe witness stand by the defense that he rect lines ia the United States. had been terrified into making thee W, Cyrus Dallln. the Salt Lake accusations by the police. - ' sculptor, now residing in Boston, has Fall Results In Death, just completed an equestrian statu John D. Long, United States consul for the Louisiana Purchase exposition. It represents a Sioux chief pro- general at Cairo, Egypt, tried Tuesday testing against the taxing of the Lou morning at Dunbar. Scotland, where ialana territory by the white men. he had been visiting friends. His Rose Wilson was painfully death was the result of na accidental 'Mr fall. In the dark Mr. Ixrrg missed his though not seriously burned last week footing and fell from the steps of the while rescuing her sister, Mrs. Wil- house where he frartur-lnlis Cbugg, from her burning horn hla skull. He was touring Sect-lan11 Lake City.' Mr. Cbugg was preparatory to returning to the in bed and would undoubtedly havr United States. Mr. Long, whose home perished had it not been for the hero- a a in St. Augustine. Fla., wss apism of her sister. pointed consul general at Cairo In October. 1900. He was 57 years cl 1, Killed WOMAN KILLED RYAN WP-W- H Is i ' eleven-year-ol- d . g, g d. W 3 iz- V- r $ - ; Thla Policeman la a Candidate for tho Gallows. Mrs. Charles F Ritter Is dying In Cincinnati nnder unusually distressing Her husband is a circumstances. have been separatThey policeman. ed for ten months. She says he broke into her apartments at night and poured carbolic acid all over her. Ritter later met another policeman and explained that he burned hla hands and clothing while trying to prevent hla wife from committing suicide. Ritter cannot be found. PANAMA IN STATE OF PANIC. General Cobas About to Seize the Reins of Government A special from Panama, Colombia, under date of July 20. says: Not since the days of tbe last revolution, a ben an attack upon the city by the liberals was feared, ha there been such a panic In Panama aa occurred last night. Shortly .after 9 o clock tbe office of El Lapiz, the ora gan of the liberal party on the isthmus, was visited by officers of the general staff of the army, who destroyed yesterday's edition of the newspaper. One of the directors was slightly wounded, but managed to escape. The news spread rapidly. In the Santa Ana neighborhood, where most (K the liberals reside, sentiment rose to a high pitch and a few of the prominent people counseled retaliation They took no action, however. The next event came like a bombA company of soldiers, apshell parently under the orders of General Vasquez Cobos, commander of the national forces, surrounded the residence of Governor Mutis, but tne governor and his wife, who is an American woman, having been warned a few minutes before the arrival of the troops, succeeded in escaping. General Huertas, commander of the be battalion of Colombia, when learned of the El Lapiz Incident, retired to headquarters, where he found General Cobos. According to current reports, the latter ordered General Huertas to remain In quarters. Exactly what has taken place is unknown, but it is said that Dr. Aristides Arjona, secretary of tbe government, Fernando Arango, chief of police, and Etram Navia, a member of the departmental superior tribunal of justice are under arrest, the last named for trying to argue with General Cobos the illegality of his action. An attempt also is said to have been made to arrest Senor Guerra, secretary of finance, but he refused to accompany tbe officer who went to arrest him. When the officer returned with - soldiers to effect his capture ouerra bad departed. The only civil official on tbe street this morning was Mayor Ossa. Governor Mutis spent last night at tbe British consulate, but It Is rumored that be will take refuge In the American consulate. It is rumored that General Cobos offered the governorship to different conservatives, who refuses to accept, and that he himself will assume civil 'command. It Is said that Consul Gudjer attempted to send a cablegram to Arthur M. Beeupre, the Unit-,-e-d States minister at Bogota. but that tbe agent refused to accept the mes, sage. IN HANDS OF MOB. Rioters and Officers Clash at Danville, ills.. Mob Being Foiled. A race war broke out at Danville, Ills., Saturday night.' While a mob of ?00 men was on its way to the county Jail to lynch James Wilson, a. Bloomington negro, who had con- Mrs. Thomas fessed to assaulting of a wife farmer, an unBurgess, known negro shot and killed Henry Getterman, white, a member of tbe mob. The murderous negro, a refuge from Evansville, Ind., named J. W. Mayfield, was then lynched by the mob and three other negroes who attacked the whites were beaten badly. The mob finally resumed its march to to the county jail, determined lynch Wilson. When the mob reached it was fired upon by the sheriff. Nine persons were seriously wounded and the crowd scattered. jll - Peanuts Cure Insomnia. If you wish to be cured of insomnia cat a pint of freshly roasted peanuts Just before, retiring. Secretary Wilson assures his friends that thla romedy Is a sure thing and that a pint of peanuts every night has rw 'leved him from an Insomnia with which he has suffered for years. A number of prominent men who have tried the secretarys remedy say that t works like a charm. The goobers must be freshly roasted and a full plot of them consumed. , , Woodchopper Was a FlQhter.' Pittsburg Miner Win. James Casey, a deputy constable, The conference commission of the coal miners and operators of the was killed at San Audres, Cal., by southwest at Pittsburg, Kans., finally Tullus Demartlnl, a woodchopper, who reached a decision, which later waa was arrested by Casey for making a accepted by tbe interstate convention. listorbance. Demartlnl walked peace--abl- y The new scale, which affects 50,000 .to- the jail, and when he reached miners in Kansas, Missouri, Indian i door he turned suddenly and cell he Territory. Arkansas and Texas, goes 'hot Casey twice in the body killing uto. effect on September 1st It provides for 72 cent a ton, an increase him Instantly. Deputy Sheriff Thorn of 7 cents a ton over last year, an in- was standing a few feet away and crease on day wage scale of about 25 opened fire on him, but per cent, eight hours for a days work missed his mark. Three of Caseys and a complete recognition of the brothers followed Demartlnl, and In a union. fight that ensued he was fatally Whir Is Her Chaperon 7 Hold-up- s Ware Foiled, Hanged a Negro Woman. Deadly Fumes Destroy Men. Money in Box of Cigars. . ' d waa The the Information negressr Jennie Speer, who ad by Two men are known to he dead and The secretary of war has sent to ' an ministered poison to Jennie Dolan, Pacific Southern says olnciecs, on as direct the six injured," fatally, the treasury department a box of daughter of John Dolan, from that Its cigar end $200 which was received result of the blowing out of th cylinder- Oregon City, Ore, dispatch, .he effects of which she died, wrf held was he to train -head up Sunday night of aa engine attached to an from the Department of Texas. It apnched by a mob at Shreveport. La. th passengers returning to .Port- The woman was pursued by a posse, pears that Colonel Clem, chief quarter- ammonia pump In. the Jacob-- ttuppert and land from the assembly vho fonnd her crouching In a hay master of the department, found the Brewing companys ice plant In New at Glads lone, a Chautauqua about three !oiL She refused to come cut. and place box of afs on his desk, and upon York City, One hundred and fifty men miles north of Oregon City, were to 'd to he dragged from the place. A1 largo force of officers Ihe asserted her innocence, hut was opening it he discovered that It waa were, kt work at the time, and as soon be robbed. detailed"to the dectified. The mob took her to a from a contractor who was doing some aa the engine stopped working the am- were Immediately was patrolled for roarby tree, placed a rope around her monia flowed from the pump, the scene, and the track work under the qnvto.rmaSters svrp a considerable distance. In adJltion to vision. In the box was the money. fumes spreading to all parts of the this the train was brought Into Port leek and again asked her to confess, mt she declared her innocence to th , Most men of the treaa-orybuilding. escaped The money will be placed the land nnder a guard ' last , , by getting on the root where all unclaimed funds sro. W wktr 7 3 BFW; rec-rive- - 1 -- -- -- |