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Show h So ffilbev Stews TANDUta W1XOM, ............ 1. sssead slau mstisr. TO OOItBESPONDENTS. taUalMd from all tarts sf Itsmi ot aavi ar tSotoualry. Writ upon sbs aids at th. oat. Writs pro par bsbss plainly. ! srdar to pmtsat let publisher from Im- liras possible peraone, the full Eltlooa from autbar should be signed te all t9r The identity of correspondents Will ba withheld whenever desired. PUBLISHED SALT LAKE BARBER CONFESSES TO HORRIBLE CRIME. Prank Danbys new bco'Pigs in Clover, is altogether unique and mos fascinating. The sale of this hook has Frank Rose, a barber, called at the police station in Salt Lake City Sunday morning and Informed the officer in charge that he had murdered his wife on Christmas day and that her body was still lying in the bed at home, where he had shot her. Although the police discredited his story and thought Rose was insane from was made, drink, an investigation which confirmed his story in all Its horrible details. The body of the woman was found In bed, clad only In undergarments, while beside its mother lay a child, the little ones clothing being saturated with its mother's blood, but, despite the fact that the baby had remained in the room alone for two nights and a day, it has apparently suffered no ill effects. Rose, in his confession, declares he shot his wife while they were lying in bed, and that she lived for an hour and a half after the shooting, kissing him and the baby before she died. After she died he went up town and commenced drinking, not giving himself up until he had spent all of his money. He declares he killed her because she had been untrue to him. ItAXOdO, UMm. INVTKUOTXONS BOOK NOTES. Murdered Wife on Christmas Afternoon and Left Child to Guard the Body for Two Nights and a Day. 6t K Ratorsd U tho Past 0(1 oo m Brigham City as TBOM DEATH ON THE K AIL NEW KINK IN STKIKES JIDBDERED HIS WIFE - Proprl.tor. HUn or WJBSCEUTION: tasTsst, la Utum Jfe Hobim Tans Months . EVERY THURSDAY. UTAH STATE NEWS. It Is estimated that fully 2,000,000 head of sheep win graze upon tha ranges of Utah this winter. The gross receipts of the Salt Lake City postofflce for 1903 exceed the been something phenomenal, five edi. tions having been printed in as It Is considered by able critics such as The Bookman, to be the most powerful novel of the year, certainly none is more popular. Had one never heard of the book, t'oelr attention must needs be called to it by the remarkable and Striking cover. It is most elaborate and expensive. By the B. LJpplncott Co., Philadelphia. many-months- Laura Golden The Windows, new book of fables foi Richards old and young, will prove a charm Ing sonrce of delight to those who love the best In literature, and parents will find on Its pages much that will be helpful in shaping their children-lives. The stories are simple and graceful, and each one has Its lesson and moral. The book Is handsomely bound and Illustrated and Is without doubt the leading story book of the day. By Little, Brown & Co., Boston. Price, (1.60. gross receipts for 1902 by 10,730.78. Courtney E. Phillips suicided In OgHe had den by taking strychnine. The Real Latin Quarter, Funk & once before attempted to take his life. Wagnalls Co., New York, is a recent The wool clip for the year 1903 is publication whose author is F. Berkestimated at about 10,000,000 pounds, ley Smith. It gives captivating and er about 2,000,000 pounds less than realistic glimpses of the manners, the clip of 1902. life and character of the famous BoThe Republicans of Ogden will, on hemia of Paris, contains more than the 4th, celebrate their recent victory 100 original drawings and snapshots by a ball and banquet, 700 Invitations by the author, and caricatures by faANOTHER RAILWAY HORROR. mous French artists. It is a handhaving been sent out InThe farmers of Sevier county are Seventeen Kilted and Thirty-onsomely bound book and one of absorbjured Near Grand Raplde, Mich. ing interest throughout. making a vigorous and united effort Seventeen persons are dead and to secure a beet sugar factory for thirty-onMarjle of the Lower Ranch," by Injured, several of them fathe local consumption. as the result of the collision near Francis Parker, published by the C. tally, The cost of labor employed In tha M. Clark Co., Boston, Publishing various processes of manufacturing su- Grand Rapids, Mich., of two passenger which was head-on- , takes precedence over almost all the gar In the state of Utah during 1903 trains. The collision, waa caused, according to a state- latest fiction. The theme of the amounted to a little over (200,000. ment Issued by the officials of the road story is evidently laid somewhere in election conIn the at the general offices In Detroit, by the mountains of Montana, as that Lake In Salt seat for a the City test the high wind blowing out the red state was nnce the home of the auCouncil, Dean, the Republican candisignal lamp at McCord's, where the thor. Frequent reference is made to winner. declared the been has date, westbound freight, No. 6, should have Salt Lake and points in Idaho which The Utah state building at the stopped and received orders to pass give the book special local Interest. It Louisiana Purchase expositon at St the eastbound train at Fox. Is a ranch story written by a real build-InLouis is about completed. The The trains met with a terrific crash, ranch girl who has woven Into her will cost between (8,000 and (7,000, the baggage and smoking cars behind breezy western romance pictures of T The yield of wheat In this state dun each locomotive being instantly re- ranch life from the viewpoint of a duced to a pile of kindling wood. No Ing the past season Is estimated at nol person occupying the cars other than girl who has lived on Montana less than 3,000,000 bushels, as against the baggage and smoking cars, with ranches from childhood. Marjle, the tor the previous very few exceptions, were seriously heroine. Is a natural, 4,000,000 bushels Injured. year. girl whom everyone will love. It is a thrilling story and will meet 8TILL POUTING. E. Petit, a farmer living near Salt with a hearty reception, especially In Lake City, was Injured In a runaway Colombians Will Go Home Unless this locality. It Is handsomely bound accident last week, when he fell beTheir Requests Are Granted. and illustrated with full page four-coltween the horses, his leg being fracUnless the United States, in the reillustrations. Price, (1.60. tured. which Secretary Hay will make ply A statement made by the Salt Lake to the note of General Reyes, accords Some of the best of recent fiction banks for the past year show a total that measure of satisfaction Is being published by the John Lane Increase of deposits of (1,426,816, and Colombia from her point of view, she Co., New York. The House on the an increase of loans and discounts of which, feels herself entitled to with respect Sands," by Charles Marriott, is entit(1,302,717. to Panama, both General Reyes and led to a top place on the list. Mr. The body of Thomas Jones, the well Dr. Herran will leave Washington. The Marrlot The is the author of known mining man who died from a hope la entertained both by General Column" and "Love With Honour," dose ot cyanide ot Reyes and Dr. Herran that In the and by this latest work again potassium in Denver, will be brought event of a refusal by Mr. Hay to admit proves himself one of the greatUnited States their the contentions, back to Salt Lake City for buriaL writers of fiction of the may agree, as a last resort, to a sub- est law 16,632 mission of the propositon to The Under the homestead The story Is a powerful day. acres of agricultural land were proved Hague court of arbitration. political one, and yet brings the readup by settlers during the year 1903, er, in its lyric moments to the point LOOTED THE BANK. while the total area of public lands of nature. It is a novel of brilliant disposed of during the year was Bandits Dynamite Safe and Secure strength. acres. About (2,800. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Slot machines .have again been A gang of five bank robbers looted placed under a ban by the Salt Lake the bank In Kiowa, I. T., Sunday Come, by John Fox Is a novel of police force, and henceforth only ma- morning, and escaped after several great beauty and charm, distinguished chines which pay In merchandise will hundred shots had been exchanged be- above all present day novels by Its be allowed to remain In saloons and tween the robbers and a poss of fifty simplicity and pathos. No serial for many years has attracted more enthucitizens of Kiowa. other places of business. The dynamited the safe and siastic comment The author has picThe records of the state hoard ot securedrobbers about (2,800 in cash, some of health for the past year show a con- which is believed to have been muti- tured emphatically boy life among the life In blue tinuous Improvement In sanitary con- lated by the explosion. The hank Kentucky mountains, In the simple days bewas grass the college wrecked, partially building a state ditions throughout the and damage to the building being about fore the war; class feeling between marked decrease in the number of (1,600. the mountaineer and the "furiner cases of contagious disease. Weiser Woman 8erlously Burned. which persists to the present day; The mines of Mercur in 1903 By an explosion of gasoline the resi- the way in which Kentucky was rent 66,336.62 ounces of gold, for dence of J. D. Dudley Smith of Weiser, asunder by the civil war; and the rowhich the producer received (1,160, Idaho, was badly wrecked and burned, mantic glory of Morgans men. The 832.97, while In addition to this output and Mrs. Smith received serious burns whole book Is bound together by beautiful love story. Charles Scribof the yellow metal quicksilver of the on the hands and face. Mrs. Smith ners Sons, publishers, New York. value of (20,000 waa retorted. was engaged in cleaning window cur Price, (1.50. The ' total output of Utahs coal tains with gasoline, having on a pair mines during the past year foots up of rubber gloves. She was using Royal Palaces and Their Memories," with considerable of the fluid in by Sarah A. Tooley (A. Wessells Co., about 1,762,500 tons. This was pro- tub It. It rather cold on the porch duced In 300 days, the strike inter-ferln- where being she had the tub, she carried it New York, publishers), is Indeed with the output, which, other- Into the kitchen, where there was palacial edition. Bound in royal wise, would have been much greater. hot fire. In a moment there was an purple and printed on the very finest explosjon and the room was in flames. of linen, replete with illustrations, Judge W. H. Dickson Is hovering beprinted on plate paper, of all EngMet Horrible Death. tween life and death at his apartments A dispatch has reached Douglas, lands royal palaces, it Is without In the Knutsford hotel. Salt Lake, as doubt one of the very finest contrithe result of Injuries received by slip- Wyo., conveying the news that Mrs, butions to a book loving public put thirteen-year-oland Messersmith her on hack of his the the Joseph tile floor, ping the market in recent years. Behead coming In contact with the hard daughter, Florence, of Doug- upon with Windsor Castle, foundginning floor. las, were burned to death In a fire ed by William the Conquerer, it takes at which home which the destroyed The production of refined sugar In up in detail each of the subsequent 111 Utah during the year has aggregated they were visiting in Braldwood, places of royal residence, recounts the fire started at night and Mrs. which many events of importance about 47,000.000 pounds, turned out by The overwere and her daughter within their historic wall? the factories at Lehl, Ogden, Logan come. Frank Smith, a neighbor, in transpired up to and including the reign of the and Garland, 200,000 tons of beets be- attempting to save the lives of the beloved Queen Victoria. It Is of abail his three sorbing own, ladles, lost interest throughout and ing used, for which the farmers were two bodies being found close together, should pccupy a prominent place in paid about (1,000.000. burned beyond recognition. the library of all book lovers. In 1903 the Inland Salt companys 8an Domingo Said to Be in a State of A Suggestion to Cavendish.n plant at Saltair produced 20,000 tons Riot and Revolution. Major C. is exceedingly fond of th? of salt, which, valued at the average The Clyde line steamer New York game of whist. On one occasion h? price of (5 per ton, gives the total was of the way in which ad of (100,000 for the years output. The has arrived at New York City from versespeaking luck will some times pursue a been Santo subjecthaving Domingo, average number of employes at the man and remarked that he once played ed to considerable delay in loading and a whole week salt works Is fifty. at the White at ports of their Springs and never held a trump.Sulphur Some While- walking on Main street In discharging cargo revolution-swep- t Cabin pas one in the company suggested that island. Salt Lake City, Sunday afternoon, Mrs. on board said that the whole that was Impossible, because he must Miriam Ford, mother of Colonel John sengers country was in a turmoil of riot, an- have held at least one trump every D. Ford of the national guard of Utah, But the archy and revolution within revolu- time he dealt the cards. accidentally fell against an Iron pillar tion. Communication between ports, major replied : and fractured her skull, causing al- they said, was suspended and all teleEvery time I dealt It was a misgraph wires were down. deal." most Instant death. Edward Clarey, a blacksmith em- Commerce Between Canada and UnitGetting loo Close Home. ed Statea Makes Rapid Gain. A Yorkshire socialist, who was once ployed by the Black Diamond mine, at Stockton, met with an accident which The department of commerce and explaining to a friend the principles of may cost him the sight of his right labor, through Its bureau of statistics, socialism, remarked that all posseseye. While cutting off a piece of red shows that the commerce between sions should be shared equally, you bad two horses, said the friend hot iron, the small end flew np, strikCanada and the United States has would you give me one? Of In him the eye. ing made a rapid gain during the year course," replied the socialist And If At a recent meeting of the Utah jUBt ended. The years commerce with you bad two cows would yoa do the Eastern railway stockholders, the plans Canada will aggregate nearly (200, same? Of course I should." Well, said the friend, slowwere changed so that the line Will run 000,000, against less than (100,000,000 supposinghadnow, two pigs, would you give from Heber City westerly over Into In 1893. The Increase occurs both In ly, you Eh! Tbas gettin' the Duchesne country, so as to pene- imports into the United States from me one of them? near home," said the other shytrate the Strawberry valley to a point Canada and in exports from the Unit- ower tha knows I've got two pigs." ly; on the eastern line near Charleston. ed States to Canada. e e e warm-hearte- 166,-66- E FUNERALS . HAVE LABEL. MUST UNION THE Some Were Roasted by Fire, While Others Were Sjowly Scalded to Death, Every Passenger in Smoker Meeting Death. Undertaker Adopts Plan of Placarding Hearse, Proclaiming Vehicle Waa Owned by People Paying Union Scale. were lost and lives thirty persons injured as the result of a passenger train wreck at Laurel Run. Pa., when the through passenger train from Pittsburg to New York on the Baltimore & Ohio rai'rt ad crashed into a pile of lumber. The killed were most'y foreigners who were In the smoking car just hack of the baggage car. They were literally roasted to death, the baggage and smoker telescoping the engine and immediately catching fire Many of their bodies are lying burned to a crisp in the baggage room of the Baltimore & Ohio depot to be removed later to the different undertaking shops in the city. A peculiar feature of the accident is the fact that not a woman was injured, except a few slightly. The wreck was caused by the breaking of castings on a carload of bridge timbers on a westbound freight train which had passed Laurel Run not more than fifteen minutes before the passenger train. The wreck occurred on a curve and it was Impossible for Engineer Thorley to see far enough ahead to detect the obstruction on the tracks. A big Atlantic type engine plunged into the timbers at a velocity of sixty miles an hour. The engine plowed into the embankment and the baggage car was thrown into the Youghlougheny river. The smoker followed the engine and landed squarely on top of it. This allowed the escaping steam from the engine to fill the car. The smoker was packed to its utmost capacity and all the passengers were cooked alive. Not a single passenger in this car escaped alive, and It is estimated that at least forty of the dead were in the smoker. Members of the Chicago Livery Drivers' union met Tuesday to consider an arbitration plan to settle their strike. While arbitration was being considered news was received of the first Union label funeral since the strike began. The funeral was arranged by Undertaker G. M. Marks, the corpse being removed in a dead" wagon bearing the placards proclaim Ing the vehicle was owned by an undertaker paying the union scale. The carriages containing the mourners were similarly labeled. A conference committee to receive in expected peace proposal from the drivers union was appointed by the Joint liverymen and undertakers executive committee. Sixty-thre- e Contrary to current rumor. President Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners did not return to Pueblo, Colo., to make a test case of the action of the police department the city. ,n ordering him to leave Chief of Police Shoup is armed with a warrant charging Moyer with inciting riot and it will be served so soon as Mr. Moyer attempts to hold any more meetings in the city. THERE ARE OTHERS. d Eastern Legend More Ancient n. That of the West. In Korea the people tell a Cinderer story that is much more anoint tw that familiar to western people, n! key to the latter story Is the slipn? but not so theirs. Peach Blossom tv Korean Cinderellas 1,1 name, was family drudge. One day as the moth! was starting oft with the favonu daughter to a picnic she said to Peach You Blossom: must not leave tU you have hulled a bagful of n and filled the broken crock with water.1 While sitting there bemou ing her hard lot she heard a witter and a fluttering of wings. Looking she saw a flock of sparrows peckjjj, the hulls off the rice. Before recov ering from her surprise a little imj jumped out of the fireplace and m skillfully repaired the crock that but a few minutes of work was require? to fill it with water. Then Bhe went to the picnic and had a royal time On another occasion the mother You must stay until you have said: pulled up all the weeds In the Bela." This time a cow came out of the foreet and ate up the weeds in ten mouthfuls. Peach Blossom followed the co into the woods and was led to wher? there was an abundance of ripe, ha. cious fruit. Gathering a large qHM. tity, she went to the fete and was th? most welcome guest. Her sister asked about it and on being told determined she would get some of this fruit for herself. When the next gala day came the sister stayed at home and let Peach Blossom go. The cow came out ot the woods as before and the sister followed It through tangled brier and thorn hushes, with the result that her face was much scratched and her beaut; all gone. I English Soldiers Experience with American Singer. Lord Kitchener, noted as a woman hater and as a military hero, for whom many English mothers have laid snares on behalf of their daughters, is quoted as saying to a friend in London that Miss Minnie Tracey, the American singer, is the only for the preservation of her Integrity. The officials here recognize that the In Cate of War Between Russia and remnant of Chinas sovereignty In Manchuria is lost if Russia succeeds, Japan, Neutrality Is Impossible. and see the of China avoidA Peking dispatch says: The Chi- ing becoming difficulty entangled in a war on nese officials are awaking to tbe peril her own territory. confronting China In the event of a Young Couple Meet Death While on a war, and they are Pleasure Trip. greatly distressed. Wu Ting Fang A Denver special contains the Inforhas been urging the United States lemation that the bodies of John Ryan gation on his own responsibility, to and Miss Leonora Zornig were found seek a special audience of the dowager in Berkeley lake. They want skating empress and impress on her Chinas Saturday evening and fell through the ice. Ryans parents live at Grand perilous position and the need of a Junction, la. He was about 19 years strong army. China will attempt to of age, and came-wes- t a short time remain neutral, though doubtless she ago for bis health. Miss Zornig also will be subjected to strong Japanese came from Iowa, but she has a sister pressure to participate in the conflict living In California. CHINA IS IN PERIL. Russo-Japanes- e COMING EVENTS: THE UNVEJUNG OF THE STATUE OF PROSPERITY at cannarsTttatiBAitt TOBACCO. Figures Show That Americans Hav? That Diatinction. An expert has figured up th? amount of tobacco annually consumed In the United States. The total is k large as to be slightly beyond the reach of the ordinary mind. According to this statistician, the quantities used In this country every year read like this: 280,000,000 something pounds of manufactured tobacco, 10,. 000,000,000 cigarettes and 7,000,000,000 The value of the tobacco cigars. chewed and smoked annually In the United States, exclusive of cigars and cigarettes, is more than (500,000.000. Since Japan yearly smokes 3,000,000,-00cigarettes and China only half that number, the United States is the banner consumer of the little paper roll?. With regard to the use and abuse of tobacco, a New York physician says that in the case of men tobacco is sometimes harmless and possibly beneficial, but because of their peculiar nervous susceptibility should he let religiously alone by women and growing youths. Of the several ways of using the weed the most harmful is said to be snuff taking, followed In order of harmfulness by chewing, cigar smoking, pipe smoking and ci- cr the garettes. The Christmas 8pirit The Christmas child am J. May I com? In?" The busy man of cares looked up and frowned. Begone! Begone, I sayl In this hard world. Where rich men's hearts in poor men'? tears are drowned, And close upon the heels of want treads crime. Men have for such as you no thought or time. The host of angels sang at Jesus' birth, Good will to men, good wilt and peso? on earth. 'The Christmas child am I. May I coo? in? The widow touched her robes with meaning hand. 'The veil that shuts me In shuts sunshine out, My only joy Is In the other land. For me there is no Christmastlde of cheer, The torch extinguished left the hitter tear. The host of angels sang at Jesus birth, The Christmas child am I. May I com? in? Gay fashion's leader stood in haughty pride, "Another beggar? Lo! Theyre every- - BICE YOTHEKuSVdS rmt &mmTuuonaaimM. False poverty is ripe at Christmastide." She spoke with scornful air and accent cold, And tossed from jeweled hand a purse of gold. The host of angels sang at Jesus birth, Good will to men, good will, ami peace on earth. The Christmas child am I. May I corns In? The invalid, on weary bed of pain, With outstretched hands gave swift welcome glad, And strove the childs sweet confidence to gain. The little one, with sigh content and deep. Crept close within her arms and feu General Reyes Drops a Gentle Hint to Colombia. War on Panama means war with the United States," is the substance of cablegrams which General Reyes, the Colombian minister, is sending to Bogota and to his more Influential followers throughout Colombia. Realizing the gravity of the situation. General Reyes is endeavoring to bring tbe Colombian people face to face with the situation as he knows it here. He is convinced that the United States will not permit a Colombian army to land within the territory of No time will now be lost Panama. by General Reyes In completing his communication to the state departKilled Sister-in-LaSamuel W. Lee, aged 30, shot and Florence Lee, killed his sister-in-laaged 22, at his home at Kansas City, and then attempted suicide. Lee was whose a widower and his sister-in-laname was the same as his own, has been his housekeeper. She announced her Intention to marry a man In Kansas City, Kan., and made preparations to leave the house. After vainly trying to persuade her to marry him, Lee shot the wotaan four times and then fired two bullets Into his own breast OF "Good will to men, good will, and peace on earth. MEANS WAR WITH UNCLE SAM. ment USERS 0 The French government ie happy over the possession of a small surplus over expenses for the current year. Uncle 8amuel smiles. woman of all he has met who didnt The friend in try to marry him. question says Lord Kitchener is as much of a woman hater as ever. He met Miss Tracey in Cairo, and gave several dinners in her honor there. Miss Tracey is a daughter of Col. John Tracey of New York and Washington. She has been singing in grand opera in Europe and America for eleven y&rs. She is 33 years old. It is said her action in refusing to receive a casket of jewels sent her by some young men of Cairo caused Lord Kitchener to seek an Introduction J GREATEST DIDNT WANT LORD KITCHENER. 1 pro-duce- - LIVES BLOTTED OUT IN FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. SIXTY-THRE- Poisoned and Thought She Had Been Dead. Dropped Dead because she thought she had been poisoned. was the singular verdict pronounced by Coroners Physician Springer In Chicago, after perof forming an autopsy on the body colored an aged Virginia Jackson, woman. The autopsy was performed in the belie? that the strange circumstances of the womans death were indicative of murder. This woman thought she had been afpoisoned, said Springer, and It fected her heart to such an extent that it killed her. The heart actually A neighbor gave her medicine burst. and she concluded on feeling ill Immediately that she had been poisoned. The fear of death killed her. asleep. The host of angels sang at Jesus birth. Good will to men, good mill, and peace on earth. Boston Transcript. His Incentive. In one tiny hand the little fellow cake (his held a slab of eldest sisters first attempt), while to the other he grasped a stick of pepper-minwhich he was very anxious to gave his devuor; yet he manfully whole attention to the cake. "You seem anxious to get rid of that cake, Georgle? said an amused visitor. Yes, gulped Georgie, I promised mummy Id eat it all up before 1 touched this sweetstuff. Well, why not let me put the In my pocket? Then jo wont be tempted to break yof word." No, thank you, replied Georgia, If I don't have the philosophically. sweetstuff to keep looking at I dont fink Ill have the strenf of mind to fi lsh tbe cake! stony-lookln- g t, General Merriam Denies That He Talked About General Wood. In reference to the alleged Interview attributed to Major General Henry C. Merriam to the effect that the proposed promotion of General Wood would be harmful to the army, Secretary Rbot has received a telegram from General Merriam, dated Denver, in which he declares he has not authorized any publications on any It Is understood that the subject. generals statement will be regarded as satisfactory at the war department. British Consul Will Not Interfere. Rioting in Georgia. Harvard V. Pearce, British consul Pursuant to a telegram received at Denver, has notified James A in Atlanta, Ga., on Wednesday night, Baker, the member of the executive from the officials of Lowndes county, board of the Western Federation of asking tbac troops he sent to Hahira, Miners, who, as a British subject, apGa., near Valdosta, to prevent a riot. pealed to him for protection on the Governor Terrell ordered a company plea that he had been unlawfully Imof militia at Valdosta to report to prisoned and driven out of the Cripple the sheriff. The information regard- Creek district by the military, that ing the reported riot was very meagre, be bad decided not to take up his case. and nothing could be learned from The reason given Is that the district Valdosta further than a request had is under martial law, and foreigners been received there by the sheriff for as well as citizens must obey the orders of tbe military. troops. Turk Apologize to Consul Davie. Attarian, the naturalized American, whose arrest by the Turkish authorities caused United States Consul Davis to leave Alexandretta, has been liberated. The governor of Alexandretta on Tuesday made an official call upon United States Consul Davis and formally apologized for the indignities suffered by the consul. Admiral Cotton left Alexandretta, Syria, on the United States steamship San Francisco for Beirut. Woman Sentenced to Death. Mrs. Mary A. Rogers of Bennington, Vt, has been found guilty of mar-de- r In the first degree of killing her husband, Marcus D. Rogers, Aug. 12, 1902. The verdict carried the death penalty. Mrs. Rogers met her from whom she was separated, on pretense of effecting a reconcllia-tion and assisted by Leon Perham and Stella Bates, gave him chloroform. The body was then thrown Into the river. Love for another man a desire to get her husbands lifeand in-j surance was the alleged motive hue-ban- Banker Wanted Information. In his memoirs Adolf Kussmaui relates a curious story of a Heidelberg banker. This banker was known fof his haughty, forbidding manners; consequently Dr. Nuhn, the professor of anatomy, was much surprised one da; when the banker came and sat with him In a railway car and, after a pleas ant chat, asked him all sorts of questions, especially about the anatomy of the heart. The next day he even called by permission in the medical department and watched the professor dissecting one of those organs. Then he drove home and committed suicide by skillfully plunging a dagger into his heart. |