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Show HounS-C- p American Fork World Bf UTAH. UTAH NEWS. creamery company. with a capital $3,000, has lxcn organized at IIi'Iht. A. V. Wertz, an Ogden ticket broker, fell dead in his uilice from epilepsy, A Df the 23rd. Trout are so numerous in Fish lake that a pitchfork plunged into the water rarely fails to impale one of the flnuy on tribe. A milk train has Wen started on the Ralt Lake A Ogden railway. It leaves Salt Luke at 3 a. m. and Farmington nt fa m. The situation is not half so gloomy as it was pictured in regard to fruit Wing killed by frost in Box Filler county. Sheep are Wing sheared at the rute of 2.000 a day at the corrals in Price, and the clip is rapidly sacked and stored in the, wool warehouse, which is already nearly tilled. Max Solir, the paint man. has, no he says, acquired a whole mountain of material near Monroe which ia suitable for the manufacture of paint. The material carries some gold too. Messrs. Keith and Ivors of Fark City have purchased eight tine draft horses in Logan for use at the Park. On account of the scarcity of mouey they got them at an average price of less than $100 each. Harry McCune of Nephi was last week brought to the state penitentiary from Cache county for bigamy. Last winter he took a second wife without putting away the first one. His sentence is for one year. Kinney, a former Salt Lake attorney, but a resident now of llavaii and a confidante of the government is in Salt Luke. He In on a mission to Washington looking toward annexation. Mrs. 11. H. Spencer of Ogden, wife of Muyor Spencer, has patented a window sash. The sash is double, the inner piece containing the lights, revolving ln a pivot, so that the outside of a window may lie washed from the inside of the room by merely swinging the frame. Mrs. James Iattorum of Hooper was badly hurt by the falling of a hpuvy timber upon her while crossing the bridge over the AVclier near Ogden. Her team ran away and threw her out while she was unconscious from the effects of the blow. Her condition is lerions. Eight thousand people attended the funerul of J. H. Hamilton, the Salt Lake man whose wife is charged with hia murder, on Sunday. The services were held at the Tenth ward meeting house, and the largeness of the crowd attests the general interest taken in the case. M rs. Hamilton's people were W. A. all present The verdict over the remains of a man fonnd near Echo, on the Union Pacific tracks, was that a murder had been committed. The remains were identified as those of I. Weir, of Ogden. The last seen of Weir alive was when a clerk at the Central hotel, of Ogden, gave him a $10 bill to get change. Weir decamped with the money and is supposed to luive liccn murdered for it Mrs. Fink, of whom the police of Ogden received warning from the chief of police of Denver, has arrived in Ogden. She is said to be a fraud, but the Ogden police believe thut she is as she She represents herself, a claims to have lost her purse and ticket at Columbus. (., and is trying to reach California. She has letters from many prominent railroad men Indorsing her claim. denf-innt- e. The state lxxird of pardons at its last session liberated three prisoners from the penitentiary. They are Albert Swigart, A. G. Griffin and James Murphy. Murphy was sent up from Box Elder county on a charge of burglary. He proved, to the satisfaction of the board, after conviction, that lie could not have committed the theft at the time, having liven camping out in Morgan valley. Bartlett of Park Valley, foreman of John Hlyth'a sheep herd, passed there en route fore George ('reek. While stopping at the winter range one day E1. discovered the laxly of a man. It waa buried only at a small depth. There was nothing but the clothes and skeleton left. Mr. Bartlett examined the akull, but found no bullet holea, so he the remaina and went on. Rome think there may have been a murder committed. Ed. ed p W. E. SMITH. AMERICAN FORK, Awwirlullon Fleet Officers. HELL) FOR MURDER. Chinoi.k. Mont., April 37. The associaNorthern Montana Round-Ution held its third annual meeting to- CORONERS JURY HOLDo MRS. HAMILTON. day, wiieh brought together a representative lot of commix-io- n men und railroad a Plea of Not Guilty to the Charge men. Hie meeting was attended by Enter! Hedilon Liberated After Making a about 4ni and arrangements were initdi Statement Damaging to Mrs. and oilier buHamilton. for the spring round-usiness of the association. Conrad Kohrs ttyts elected president for the ensuing Salt Lake City, April 3(1. Mrs. Lou und year; John Harris, Hamilton, charged by the coroner's secre-arF. I). Kingsbury was with the murder of her husband, jury and tre usu rer. John H. Hamilton, has Wen arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty. Thomklk Died of Klsrvulkin. P. Seddon, Mrs. Hamiltons brother-in-laas News received 27. Laramie, April at whose home the killing took from Jackson's Hole states that fully who was also held by the and 75 per cent of tlie yeurling elk have place, coroner's jury, has Wen liWrated, It died of starvation in that region. On he made a statement to alleged one raDch alone it is necessary to herd Wing officers more than he did at the from telling the at night to protect the hay Tlie stutiw'.ent that he is alof elk. herds inquest immense onslaught of the to have Mrs. Hamilthat made, were leged them of 3.000 It is estimated that ton wus in the front yard when he enclosure the to gain endeavoring Tlie found her after the shot was fired and where the. stacks an ranchmen are going alxiut in compan- not in the hall as he had testified, ies piling up dead animals for crema- makes the chain of circumstantial evidence more strong. tion as a hygienic precaution. That it was murder and not suicide is not longer doubted, as it was demBRIEFLY TOLD. onstrated to lx impossible for HamilTlie price of coal in Denver will be ton to have held the weapon so as to reduced from $3 to $2.50. have Inflicted a wound similar to the The lortnenf and Bear rivers are al- one which caused his death. If the ready so high as to ihxxl the low lands statements made at the inquest that a in southeastern Idaho. woman was seen in the yard after tlie Mrs. V. M. Berry of Telluride, Col. shot had Wen fired, coupled with the endeavored to light a fire by the aid of alleged Seddon statemenOs. it will W kerosene last Monday and was burned hard for tlie accused woman to estabto death. lish her innocence. Some features of the tragedy have An old pioneer, named James A. Ellis fell from a railroad bridge at Fossil, not as yet Wen explained away. The near Montpelier, Idaho, and was identity of the man in the alley who was seen there at the time of theshoefc drowned. Idaho woolbuyers have organized to ing and was seen by two or more persons to run away has not yet Wen eskeep down the price of wool, so some tablished. this mysterigrowers contend. The attempt will ous individualConcerning is it intimated that he fail. an emissary or representative from was Jack Davis, alias Diamondfield .Tack, to witness the interview Wtween who killed John C. Wilson on Deep Pavey Hamilton and his wife, regarding the Creek on February of last year, has divorce proceedings which were been convicted of murder in the first alleged to W instituted. If the police know degree at Altman, Idaho. his identity they will not divulge it All permits to hunt und fish on the until he has Wen apprehended. Fort Hall reservation are being re fused Mrs. Hamilton is Wuring the strain hf Indian Agent Irwin and he is can- well, remorse showing neither celling all issued by his predecessor-claimin- g nor feav. That she is grief, under laboring their issue is a violation of a greut strain is evident, but not by the statutes. word. She maintains her innocence Two holxws seized Watson Lippin-cot- and refuses to talk alxiut the tragedy. a Montana rancher living near Gregson Springs, tied him and threatTalked About llrr. ened him with torture unles he revealLake Salt City. April 27. At the ed where he kept his money. To save examination of Mrs. Lou preliminary himself he disclosed the hiding place Hamilton here was gleaned it today of the few dollars lie possessed. Hamilton had that talked very dispar-aboA law pusxed by the recent Idaho his wife, he having told legislature requires the warden to go different after prisoners sentenced to the peni- the townparties that his wife was on and leading a life of tentiary instead of allowing the vari- shame, etc. of tlie family Knowledge A ous sheriffs to bring them, triul troubles was bruited about in this has shown that the state will be greatmanner Wfore it lieeaaie public by ly benefitted by tlie change. reason of the killing. When informed A bottle was found floating in Snake of these rumors by A. II. Kelly, in river near W'eiser, Id alio, which con- whose employ she had been, Mrs. Hamtained the following written on a scrap ilton said she would kill her husband of paper: "April 10. 1897. W. C. Cook. if he did not stop blackening her charI was shot last night by an unknown acter- This is the first evidence of party. I am mining on Snake river at threats upon his life coining from any Big Bend. I am dying. Yours, W. C. other source than from Hamilton himCook. self. Travel is impeded and great damage A MINERAL ARCHWAY. property is Wing done by high water in tlie Boise river. At Boise City, Ida- A Plan to Advrrtlae the Great Reonrrea of ho, a bridge has been swept away and t'tah In a Novel Manner. everything along More Creek has Wen Salt Lake City, Utah, April 26. A washed out, while further damage it has been formed to present to the plan feared. A man named George Ureen a striking feature representing the eye has Wen drowned. mineral resources of Utah by the erecDavid A. Brake, a prospector, was tion of an archway of mineral specilocked in the county jail at llutte a few mens at the entrance to I.iWrty Park. days ago and will W examined as tc The idea originated with Councilman his sanity. His particular hobby u Wiscomb and is one to which the minthat he is alxiut ready to patent a ma- ing inen of the state readily agree. It chine for turning out full grown men. contemplates the erection of an archwithout the necessity of having them way that shall lx the main entraee to go through the preliminary stages. the pnrk, the same to W constructed of minerals from the various mines and each camp having a pluce in it. To nutory Repeals ItMtf. "Ferdinand! what are you doing with this he invites the thse bloomers at thin time of night?" of mine owners and managers, The voice of Mrs. Peckklgh waa and asks that such ores as they may lie tern and severe as the tat up In bed. to contribute to the arch may disposed I I am only sewing on W sent to him as stxui as possible, that tome buttons, my dear, meekly prevaricated her husband, who, In reality, when the season has opened tlie work deEolng through the pockets for may W completed. The feature as Mr. Wiscoinh to be mall change to buy promises sodas. signed by one of the most attractive at the park Ob, you dear little husband, you! Mrs. Pecklelgh exclaimed, with appar- and should meet with ready response ent remorse, but chuckling secretly, from those who are interested in thu for she saw through hla excuss, and ahe advunccmeut of the mining industry. rose and got out five other pair of bloomers, and Mr. Pecklelgh had to Earthquake at Cairo. tay up all night sewing buttons on them to make good his llttls bluff. Cairo, 111., April 26. A severe earthquake was felt here at exactly 10 o'clock tonight. It lasted about twenAhead. Trouble Johnny Ma, do you believe in ty seconds. The largest structures were shaken with a swaying motion ghosts? and people rushed in terror out on the Ma No. "Pa does." streets. No damage lias been reported. "What makes you Chink so?" "A man aat pa to meet him dows The silk commission is now ready to town last night, and pa said he would rewive for eggs from those if he could get away from the old who applications to do work in sericulintend any spook." Cleveland Leader. ture tu is summer. SIOUX CITY A WESTERN. cattle-grower- Donald Mrl.ran Say Everything Is Ktaoly for Work. Sioux City, la., April SO Donald McLean, the builder of the Pacific Short Line and the projector of the Sioux railway, has returned to Sioux City, after an absence of four months in Ogden. Salt Lake and San The Sioux City Francisco. He said: k Western will lie built. There is no longer any doubt about it. At no time was there in my mind any serious doubt of the consummation of this icheme. To get this right of way clear through lius been long and tedious work, f.ut that work has been accomplished. The several companies whose alliance was necessary to the ceincting of the system have lieen organized and almost all the right of way has liccn secured. That part which is tuking the time is the strip through government possessions, which only need replatting. The right of way through the Itcckwilh pass is mine. The work of instruction will be commenced in lune and will be started simultaneously from O'Neill, Ogden and Salt Lake. City A Western A RICH DISCOVERY. Wyoming's Reported find of Rlrh Ilntl-uuDeposits. John S. Watkins of Laramie, Wyo., reports what seems to lie the richest m itrike ever made in Wyoming and one that will greatly increase the state's of the precious metals. production Watkins says that he has discovered a platinum lead fifteen feet wide, between walls, showing a white gold quartz on the fixt wall and also the white quartz in the middle of the lead. The foot-wais a granite schist; the wall is a porphyry, showing a banging true contact. Ore from this body was sent to Denver, and the owners received word that it contained 3 per cent platinum. Some of the rock was taken to Laramie snd assa.Vd at the state univer-iity- . The result has created a big sensation, as the assay gave a return of 120,000 per ton, including gold, platL num and copper. ll A Railroad From Casper to Natrona Boise, April 37. A deed of trust from the Wyoming A Northwestern Railway company and H. W. Ionian is in possession of County Clerk Wheler d( Casper for record. This is said to be tlie longest instrument ever recorded in the county, and numbers 7,500 words. It is to secure the title and trust company and Mr. Lcinun in the eum of $1,500,000 in selling gold bearing bonds, with which to build the above named railroad from Casper to the western bonier of Natmna county. The proposed terminus of the road is Ogden, Utah. Pardoned for ricking Ip a Stick of Wood. Helena, Mont., April 37. Joseph M cElhancy of Dillon, who picked np a stick of wood to bind a load of wood on his wagon in lleaverliead county, and was arrested and sentenced to ninety days in jail at the complaint of a personal enemy, and acting on the advice of mistaken friends who told him to plead guilty, was today pardoned by the governor. In his letter pardoning the young man. Governor Smith pays his respects to the officers who sent him to jail, and advises his immediate release. G. A. It. State Encampment. lloise, April 37. June 17th the state encampment of the G. A. R. will n and continue for three days. A committee of the local post has been appointed to feel the pulse of the citizens toward milking preparations and aiding for the reception of the old soldiers. They find that all seem willing to contribute in every way possible to make the encampment a success. The ground near the G. A. R. hall has been secured and the post will ereet tents sufficient to aecoinimxlatc all the visiting veterans. Blankets and kettles will lie procured from the barracks and those ixteupying the tents will do their own cixiking. The plan is to revive the conditions of the. time when the men of the G. A. 1L fought for the maintenance of the Union. lie-gi- A Queer Cut. Dubois, Idaho, April 37. A queer discovery has been made in a care near here. The cave is a large one and near the east wing a rumbling sound, like rushing water could be heard. Investigation proved tlie noise to be caused by a strong current of air coming from a crevasse In the south wall. The following day it was discovered the air was being sucked into the opening with as much force as It had been blown out the day before. live-stoe- k s, p t, y lix-ate- t, ut "W-wh- y, ice-crea- m OODEN BANK FOBBED. Rather SrnMtlnnal Story That Urlis Onl) Direct Continuation. Ogden. Utah, April 27. A report hai gained circulation here and is generat least the stoally given credence affirmed is by those who ry negatively are in a position to know that the Utah Loan A Trust Company had been robbed of $6,000 in gold. According to the report, on the 8th day of February, at the close of business, the discovery was mane that $6,000 in gold had mysteriously disappeared. No one had been seen to take it and suspicion pointed to no one. Shortly afterward Bert Trader, an engineer in the building who had boasted that he had large sums of money buried, was arrested for stealing a paper weight and given sixty days, hoping that something would develop to connect him with the robbery. Nothing came of it and he was recently released. Alxiut four weeks ago Chief Davenport left for the east and it is announced has discovered in an Iowa bank to the credit of a young man named Graves who left Ogden about that time, a sum approximating $5,000. Graves, it is said, had some trouble in meeting some checks issued by him on banks in which he hud no funds, and the posession of so much Another young money is suspicious. man named Barton is also suspicioned as he disappeared about the same time as Craves. The boys are about 18 years of age. Arrests will immediate ly be made. ROBBERS FORTIFIED. Prepared for a Long Siege la Their Mums talnoos Stronghold. Green River. Utah, April 57. With the failure of the Green River posse to intercept the Castle Gate robbers the last hope of their capture short of the San Rafels was abandoned. If they are ever to be dislodged it will be 'ut a great expense and sacrifice of life. Thab the robbers are prepared for a long siege in their stronghold is not doubted here. A few days prior to tliu robbery two women who stay with the bandits in the mountains arrived in town and took the westbound train. One of them, it is learned, stopped in Price and lxught all the cartridges in that town. The other one proceeded to Salt Lake, where the supply of munitions was added to and with other The man provisions shipped here. who brought the women here remained over four days und took the supplies back. OGDEN TRAGEDY. AN John Russ Kill! Lena Carter then Ends Hit Own Life. ' Ogden, April 36. John Ross last night shot and killed Ijena Carter and then blew his own brains out. The tragedy occurred at the Union Depot just lxfore the departure of the evening train for Butte about 8 o'clock. Few words preceded the occurrence when three shots startled thase around. Only one struck the girl, it entering near tne heart, causing death within an hour. Ross then ran a few steps and screening himself from the public by a box car sent a bullet through his brain, dying immediately, A letter found on his person proved that the murder was premeditated as Ross asked the public to not judge him harsblp as he loved Lena too well t live without her. Ross claimed he was married to the. girl seven months ajjo. Since then she had began a life of shame, taking on another fellow. Her refusal to have more to do with him led to the shooting. 1 NEGROES HASTILY QUIT Th! Town of Ardmore, amt Not a Colorci Sian Remain. I. Ardmore, T., April 36 As a result of the warning given to all negroes in the flown of Davis, last week, by a mob of masked white men. not a colored man remains in the town. The federal grand jury which was called together by Judge Kilgore to investigate the outrages, examined a small army of witnesses, but reported that it had been impossible to identify any of the raiders. When it became known that no indictments had been returned, the colored people hastily quit the town. The murder of a white man by a negro was the preliminary cause for the trouble at Davis. Leaped Overboard. New York, April 26. Gottlieb Struts of Jackson, Cal., whose brother is said to lie a wealthy brewer of that place, committed suicide on April 13th by jumping overboard from the steamer Weimar, on which he had taken passage from Bremen for New York, "Poor Jagsle, he took out lomi l urance Just the day hs died." "Firs, I supposs?" Cincinnati Commercial Tribuas. |