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Show HERALD .070 our busi: hepdst PROcnEss OF . : . UTAH ircMDiilST ::0KTJWifST NOTES Three t i.awk "sale twenty ni' mpped th'1 . Reriew of the Work of tie Reda- inalion Service Sect to Congreii :.ed men entered lb Mo id Coldfleld. lined up. the who were J a theplace, register and took the at)Out - ting iway-li'fih by Secretary Garfield. . il IBS cassed a biH providing that applicants or divorce tn Nevada mOBt ne resi-j.mnf the state for two years "la- vu stead ot six mooiuB, . is re ads. 1 .Senators Clark- and Warren have Dwells7-Upo- ' WashlngtonA comprehensive review of the work ot the reclamation service . in Jtbe - inferior department was given to the house committee on irrigation-Thursda- y by Secretary Gar-Mr. .Garfield said", that In the con- structlon of the big- irrigation plants every attempt had .been made so to construct' the plants that the cost ot be aa year to year-wil- l repair n-small as possible. ThesecreUry dwelt upon the importance of the co- - S v-A- MTo leave vfl . - - nmviriifie for the sterilization of. oi)t'raflon"onheniiatGsndthrfed' the criminal Insane and' confirmed eral government in the development d a of Crunlnals. y lands. T; He gave the commitcriminal Is any one who has of arid tee some suggestions b to the future more In terms er the three served " entret oftn irrigated lands,. ;. "Jt 7 penltlntlary."There should be no relaxation ofl . Pmnlf Allen K former ralprer and the re'(ilremenf3hattne r"monsjUex' randy manufacturer of Livingston, on "those lands must be" ' ponded lu suicide committed Mont., to the government, and there Montj tjKlrij? carbolie acid. He , but should be no permission granted for was a ploneet and once bad lost all Afliii was out ot work and the postponement of the first . pay-menl .- he said. "The time "has" - ar- despondent, r Fred B. Sigui accused $zprtfP$ rived for the first, payments to be notes imountint to $460,000 with Uie made on-- some of the project,' and. many requests for an extension of name of James A. Murray, have been made. time before capitalist, pleaded" guilty; of at 'If be court; payments are": to he postponed Brown, superior Judge Oakland, Cal., 1 one of- - the five or . payments . teattrely abandoned, . counts "against fca. , .there will not long- be a reclamation - -While at work n an Irrigation profund.--- , 4 . . : ' ject near G lend e, Mont., i General "..The secretary approved in unquall-ne- d Foreman James 1 'aaldson was killed terms the Water TJsersassoelft- and a inhnrpr milled W 'M. KlBHiitur tlon saying that. theyare absolutely J y an explosion ot fatally injured successful managenecessary 1n-t- he ' dynamite. The men were thawing ment of an irrigation plant,- - He fa!i a It exploded. the" dynamite vored the small lzd farm unit in lis William Fox. plo commanded Genrlgated sections. eral Miles' pack' train In the Indian s campaigns In Moana and the . GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTERr in tie 70 a, died on February He was Verdict ' In Case of Man Who 6 at Anaconda, d, d 57. for in order saving general praised Actor. Who Stole Hit Wife. Miles' supplies by prsonal heroism. Denver, Colo, Within less than son. and Paul Esstck. a 1 ' year-olhours after argument of counsel two Robert Edward Fi.er, alias Arthur ' ended Thursday afternoon, the had were arrested at Davis, a Jury In the case of JJurdette Bell, who Colorado Springs I t week, charged with the murder of .'liarlee P. E&slck, shot Cuvler Dury to death a. month the aged clerk of dike's Peak camp ago, returned a verdict of guilty of No. B, Woodmen a- the World, 'who,' voluntary manslaughter.1 Contrary to on the Eight of I oeraber 27, was expectations. Bell did not plead the "unwritten law," but Justified the Walter Johnson, i onvlcted ,0f the bhootlng of Dury on the ground that xo, of Spokane, inurderof Elnur T he was defending his own life. was hanged at Sal- ,, Ore,, February During the trial Bell's wife told the t. The crime occur d In thelmoun-tain- s story of her relations with Dury, say-ln- g near liliishoro Ore., --whHe-tae lhat she was attracted to him by men were on a timUr cruising expe- his promise of a career, on the stage. dition. Rol.bery las the i motive The shooting occurred In the hallway Johnson confessed his rlrtieon the of a rooming house where Dury and ' Y ' Mrs. Bell had been living together. gallows. In hls 'fight for port iU ';ot, his Riders to Stand Trial on Mur-father's estate, Ceoa D. j Winters, Night ' rseman v son of the former wtaltby '; der Charge. and rancher, of "Reno; Nov. declares Fort Smith, Ark. Charged with years murder in the first degree, fifteen that he had worked tbirty-ot'superintending the firm and, horses, men, farmers of Scott county.-- were during which period te received but placed on trial Thursday at Watdron, wub aa occasional bouid ...and . clothes, ..... H Arfr, ;:, Defendanta-;V- fcre accused V of ionr-OTpiece;in a' mob which three The cave recently discovertd near membership months ago called 'ouPJohtTTJalley in who man a Codyy Wyo., by fas and lynched him. The murdered man pursuit of a wild cat, has proven, upon had beei warned to Seave the counto of be the largest oti8 Investigation, of his refusal to bold his . In tha world, i An exploration party try because for higher crop prices. A gang of penetrated, the cave a distance if sevvisited his home riders" "night 0 sixty feet 1,2 to of a and miles eral depth and called out later nlshts several the below the surface, without findi; ! Fialley and huf1 housekeeper, whipped limits of Its' many passages.. the woman severely and lynched the : By a vote of S2 to 27, the Oi"on man. .... ' leKislature difeated tlie bill making it a misdemeanor to take -- taU!!ient What It Costs to Produce a Bushel ot No. 1 or any similar pledge,' anif the Wheat. . : senate bT a1 tie vote rtfuKeJ ti r : "Av'ashlngton.'-Declart- ng that the "vote' to eider, the by which the bil much profit as should receive armer make 4 misdemeanor the circnl; jon of any Initiative or referendum ytfe Sn his business" as the manufacturer or the merchant, and .that the tninl-nuJ tlon for motley was defeated. of wheat on - the farm The' Union ;.; Pacific , investiga.ng should price 11.25 per bushel, the Amer-cabe board, appointed to place respond Society., of Kqulty haa..transnTit-'e- d ltv for the wreck of the Orenon a paper to congress showing the presf at Dana, Wyo., hen one r toBtibt: he farm, jmaterials and masou was killed and fitty-twInjni ,, amount of capital ahd th has decided that a sec Ion forotu it chinery, vhich It la necessary for a farmer to was responsible, having failed to tl.x nvest before beginning the raising 'of i the. train" at a u k s," n . I. bed. which v ; oroducibg w heat at il.l9i a A Miles City. Mont, it;spatch says )ushel. 'that authoritative aii'.i-.- ncennf "of " the' proposed cu'r n of tin.' Woman Kills Husband. . ra!:s-. in.lu Tongue- rlyer by - Cripple- - Creek, Cola-Wlth- . her two a Chief. Engineer Roub, : Is in rehildren by her sMe in bed, Mrs. t that ceipt oi Information to a revolver front took Iurham lira few days contracts t be- Hard- - ".'nder ler pillow and shot and -l- aed for the consruetSe.a of the Hoe killed her - hti!ibiind.-;-Altti- rt tantly the entire distance, abimt l"5 miles. "uvham.Mj miner. Aeeorditig to Mrs. croFii. of a hv .wer iv$ "lurbam her huh n'.l ";is abusing Sior i'h the city, light ;, ";(. a new cd- had. thr.-to Vill her. Plio in Tacoma fa, ; tit ays she intens; to s!;oot ovr hist Anhur a .'ead.-'It list Mr, and; ?.:';. is 'Miin R.""0hr-v " .';- f.;.t ' - '; 1" Iiig'l5.L!u.;i.. -- on - I' ii nm .iy;?W- Ft4- nt presented a memorial of the "Wyoming tpsrlslature in the senate, asking con-i pub-llof acres giess to donate. 1.000,000 land to tie state of Wyoming, for , lie maintenance of public roads. newspa-"pgrmaa .Donahue, pioneer "Joe" of jTrlppleCr)k apd Gold- field, and well known as one of "the iblest mining' writers in the west. Is i.ead at Goldfleld of pneumonia and uraemia poisoning, after an Illness of '" States and th ' eraTGovernment. In the Osvtlsp-we' of Arid Lands. jho.u one week. lmportahcof n of the. t. , ii . -- jaKk" -- wviijj Z4tn ; con-Arme- c. . 'yn 11 . r t . l:m r k I An"d7sm"geryHrq . '. Ana-Kwid- well-to-do- t.' 1 - - xinA " leti(1l . their J - m-- V - son-lnla- . i iineiBiLii tetter. Revealsense of Humor of Yhich This 7 lzX Was ' Possessed jGreat - That Culminated . rr.TTT - " n o t!,e-roa- si.' V- -- Bo-lell- !';.-- - - eff-.-c- -- : ! r -l . "Tragedy" in Joke cn SpringfieldCitizens Among" legal records in the possession of Mr. John P. Geetlng. prominent Chicago attorney and editor of American Criminal. Reporta, la the fol-- . lowing letter written by Abraham Lincoln 1311841 It appearedjriglrially in the Quincy Whig of April 9, 1846", and in that article, probably written by Lincoln himself ifor tt iff known lhat he took muchTtfiterest la the features of the case) the following lines appear: "On the next Monday Myers ar rived at " Springfield, bringing with him the now famed Plsher, in full ' life and proper person." Evidently the letter of IJncoln watwrttten before ' Usher had been found. 1841. Dear June 19, gpringfleld, had sta,te the We highest have Speed: of excitement here for: a week past that our community has ever , witnessed; and although the public feeling is somewhat allayed, the curious affair which aroused it is very far from being over, yet cleared of mystery. It would take a quire of paper to give you anything like a full account of It. and I, therefore, only probrief, outline ::T;:::'rr;;-i- J pose The cbtet personages in the drama are Archibald plsher; supposed to be murdered, and Archibald Trailor, Hen- IJ Tuesday," at 1 o'clocl p. m'; William and Henry started boie, without him. In a day or two Henry and one or t woof "his Clary - Qroye- - Tielghbors came back for him auia, and ; adve Used hls;disappearirnsitnrthe papers: The "mass "of the"pl$Diec6mmenced a systematic search the" dead body, while Wickersham wfe (dispatched to arrest Henry Trailor atXhe Grove, and Jlnt Maxcy to Warret to arrest Wil-11a, On Monday - Bat, Henry, was brought in, and'showej an evident inclination to insinuate Jhat he knew Fisher to be dead, anl that Archibald WjULam haOilleJ b!m,,iie sald be guessed the bodytould ''be found in Spring creek, betwn the Beards-town road an4 Hlckoi's tmili. - 'Away the, people swe'pIike herd of buffa-lo- , fi and cut down 'Hlox'a mill-da- nolens volens, to 4ra: the water out of the pond, and the went up and down, and down and n the creek, fishing and raklng,;and ..riklpg and ducking, and diving for tji o days;: and, after all. no dead bodji found.. In the meantime a sort of leuffling-grounhad been found in the brush in the angle, or point," where ; he into the weeds pal the brewery, in est the brick and tha one fefT'.e ground the mek.FrtrvL grove d W'UHara Trsi!orirm!p-posery, Trailer and stin""" .'" The was the To have murdered him. r of slzss SatOn . brothers. thre Traitors are to .t urday 'evening, being the 2?th Of May, -- William ,caino, to.'.Henrys dearborn. p" I i' In a i'6"e-horsSunday; guyed" npr thre te;!- - ' er- :r - ', : " -- He' swore that, when William and Henry left d road-leadin- lea-lin- "i Capt.-- Ransdell.-- s these-wa- 't e C 841 Archibald and Henry were both present. Lamborn prosecuted, and Logan, Baker and your humble servant de; fended. A great many witnesses were Introduced and examined, but I shall only- - mention those whose testimony seemed most important. The first of , . Springfield for home on Tuesday .be- fore mentioned, they did not take the direct, route which, you know, leads by. the butcher shop; but that they foK lowed the street north until they got opposite, or nearly opposite. J Henry was then introduced by the prosecution. He swore that, when they started for home, they went out north, as Ransdell stated, and turned down Into the woods, West by the andjthere met Archibald! that they proceeded a small distance further, when placed as a sentinel to watch for and announce the. approach of anyone that might happen .that wayTthstWilh"am and Arch, took the dearborn out of the road a small distance to the edge of the .thjeket, brick-yar- he-w-as where they stopped, and he saw them lift the' body of a man into it; that they moved off with the carriage in the direction of Hickox's mill, and he loitered f about' for something, like ian hour, When William returned with the carriage, but without Arch., and said had piirtlm Tn a "safe "piacethat" not know they went somehow, he-dexactly how, Into the road close to the brewery, and proceeded on to Clary's Grove. He also stated that Some time during the day William told him that he and Arch, had killed Fisher the evening before; that the' way; they did it leas by him. William) knocking htm downjiflth a club, and Archibald then choking him to death. , y - An old man from Warren, called Dr. Gil more, was then introduced on the part of the defense. He swore that he had known Fisher for several years; that Fisher had resided at his house .of the... different a-- 4oBg-U- me -"lls; once while he built a barn for end once while he wasdnrt.oreit some eluvaic Ul&ea&e; lhat tWlLjk Fi&her had a" serious 'of a ' ' t , W id at,.-eac- -- -- on his return, about 11 o'clock, found Fisher at his, house In bed, and appa ently very unwell; that he asked him how he had come from Springfield; that Fisher said he had come by Peo- Reed Smoot..;.. ria, which 'showed that he at the time P'. ;E,Looie..,..., of speaking did not know where he bad been wandering about in-- . state ' IHolbrook, Eoger Farrer, of derangement. He further stated John B that In about two hours he received a note from one of Traitor's friends adJOS T. rAr. vising him of his arrest and requestGeneral hankie' ing him to go on to Springfield as a witness to testify as to the state Safe deposit bm health in former times; that he immediately set off, calling up two of his neighbors 'as . company, and riding all evening and all night, over took Maxcy and William at Lewlston in Fulton county. That Maxcy refusing to discharge Traitor upon his statement,' his two neighbors retprned," and ' he came to Springfield,. the ended,-anHere the testimony , Traitors" were discharged Archibald r and William expressing, "both in word and manner, their entire confidence that Fisher would be found at the dot-torAnd' get by Galloway,' Mallory and Myers, who a day before had been dispatched wiring v for that purpose; while . Henry still " on earth could trie lir' protested that ever show Fisher alive. clean, I - When the doctor's story wfts first methotl made public, it wfts amusing to scan: e"countenances, and "contemp1aTeTh ', Office. 95 and hear the remarks of those who ' Both I had actively engaged in the search for the dead body ; some looked quizzical, some melancholy, and sbme furiously angry., Porter, who - had bpen very active, swore .he - always knew the man was not dead, and that he had not stirred an inch to hunt for the hiA: Langford, who had-takmllk lead tn cutting 4am, and wanted to hang Hickox lor jt. objectlng.'ltxjked most awfully woebe-gonhe seemed the "wlctlnl of unIn requited aSection," the comic almanacs we usedNa) laugh , -- Se -- . r?i L1C 's no-pow-er . State P en down--Hickox- 's overrlhdTaT'Trthettte-dVaytnaId It that hauied; Molly home was too. def ined bad to have. soJ nUeh troiiTjlgjand no hanging after all. l commenced ihM letter -since""! 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