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Show " THE KEP01 RECCED.. ' INDIAN WAR. IN WYOMING., Passenger Train Plunges Into Creek. Sheriff's Posse arid- Indian's '' Engage in second 5kirmi3n. A second battle, between the Sioux Indians '"aii'd the;' sheriff's posse was fought Monday on llorseshoe creeks northeast, of .Lusk,' .Wyo. Ten Indians were killed, several wounded and nine jdftptured. '. It Is known that the In dlans have, been reinforced 'and aso that' the country Is swarming with ranchmen and other whites who are determined 'that' none of the Indiana shall escape. Governor Chatterton Is Investigating this last report and If It Is true and the situation is as alarming as lndlcated, he will at once send troops Into the 'field t6 suppress the Indians. ' " The governor has made formal demand on the commissioner of Indian affairs that the Indians be surrendered to the civil authorities at once. Full reports freiii the battle of Saturday evening on Lightning creek between Sheriff Miller and twelve deputies and a band of twenty-fivIndians show that the Indians resisted arrest and opened fire on the officers. Sheriff W. H. Miller, of Newcastle, and Deputy Louis Falkenburg, of Douglas, were killed. Four Indians were killed and were burled on the field. Four others, one a squaw, were so seriously wounded that they y.ill die, and were taken to Lusk. A number of Indians were captured and were taken to Newcastle. The Indians were led by- Eagle Feather, alias .Charlie Smith, a full blooded Sioux Indian, who Is a graduate of the Or.rlisle Indian schcol and who formerly played on the Indian football team. Eagle Feathers was seriously wounded, being shot through both lees.- TSlack Kettle, a notorious Sioux disturber, was among the - IWIM COOK, raUMM wiPMi,;,,: rMarlatera '.1 utah. UTAH STATE NEWS. , . Father Mlchelson, one of thej oldest ifrttlers of ParQwan, ,1s. .dead, after a brief Illness. Nimews enterprising. cir.ize.ns are initing to secure for themselves an. electric light system. There are a number of cases of scar- ..lej .fover ifl FairVlew, four families be-- , ing now under quarantine. The annual meeting of the Gongrer gational Association of Utah was held In Salt Lake ...City last week. i ." It la estimated that, over half a million pound sugar beets are bolng shipped dally from Sevier county. . It is claimed that there is In the vicinity of American Fork a deposit of nitre which is the largest in ex lstenco. It is claimed that the Ute Indians on the Uintah reservation were never in a moro prosperous and happy con dition than at the present time. R. Burch, a resident of Ogden. fell under a train at Winnemucca, Nev., .. ....! f . will probably survive the shock. ' Mrs. Lewis Balscr of Kanarra at-- . tempted to close a heavy gffte when It fell from Its hinges, pinning her to the earth and breaking her !thigh. Mrs. Caroline Snow of Mantl Is dead as the result of Injuries received In a runaway accident recently In which an entire family was Injured. It: Is estimated that there will be between 300 and 350 carloads of sugar beets shipped from Sevier county this season, netting the farmers between ; $35,000 and $40,000. ot ladies Twenty-fivIndignant to one tried night recently Sclplo break Into a cellar where cider was Btored, to empty the barrels, but the crusaders were unable to get In. E. P. Johnson, the "trusty" who escaped from the penitentiary recently, has surrendered to the prison declaring he could see no hope of escaping from the country. President Roosevelt has Issued a formal establishing proclamation Aquarius forest reserve In Utah." The reserve consits of C39.000 acres pf Aquarius plateau. In southern Utah. Notwithstanding the fact that' 3,000 gallons of water per minute is gushing from the Honerine tunnel at Stockton, the tunnel continues to advance at the rate of about five feet dally. The farmers of Sanpete county are awakening to the fact that there Is money In raising beets. It Is now a common thing to see carloads of that product beaded for Lchi from that county. W. J. Payne and J. W. Harries, two Salt Lake groecrymen, were last week convicted of Belling counterfeit olive oil, the charge being made by the food Inspector. Sentence, was suspended In both cases. It Is said that with the opening of the Uintah reservation nest year the military post at Fort Duchesne Is to be abandoned, and that the buildings and other Improvements are to' be sold to private persons. 0 John E. Russell, former partner of Benjamin HolHday In the old overland transportation line between Missouri river and Salt Lake City, and other stage Hoes In the territories, is dead at I'lec&ter, Mass. Eric West, the Finn who stabbed Max Ooddard to death at Frisco, has been held to the district court without bonds on the charge of murder In the first degree, two of the witnesses claiming to have cr n West tab e God-dar- d. Three robbers attempted to loot the merchandise s'ore of II. J. Jones at Kelton one nipht last week, but were ecared away before hy secured much of Talue. a passing citizen opening fire on the trio, who took to their bee's! . , . - e train No. DESPERATE FIGHT, OCCURa.VN m'u? D EJR OF P E N,N bound,, Santa Fe passenger Gblorado-'Chieag'known 6." as.' 'the 's'VlVANIA GIRLiCLEARED'uP. WESTON COO'NTY, WYOMING, y iVFlyor,' In which, was one 'car filled ' ' 'J ''X '.- ".- ,r '. Sheriff and Hisf Deputy Killed by Quarreled With Sister Because She bound ,f from, California," was derailed at dlans, While t;;Three of the Red BruChoee Her: Own Friends and 1:30 , o'cjocjc; Friday morning at Num-,.. Men Meet Death and a tally .Assaulted Heri'. Beating. .: .miles east of creek, thirty-five- , ber Are Wounded; '; Pdeblo Cplo. and ,breakingdown the Her to bea'th. .' steel bridgT' the engine, and;fpur cart t T. aAttn A special irom iJougias, vvyo., vaja. Thomas Bechtel. who was .beld fllpw1hJInoged 'io thf. bed. of th evening-obattle a In foyght Saturday, a in on the charge creek, where they wre , piled awaiting irive'stigation, the Cheyenne river in" the north-ea- st of 'murdering his sister,. Mabel H. mass of wreckage. ' Thirty Vr more part of Weston conhty between Bechtel, at her home In Allertown, Pa., trainmen and, .passenqts' were in a few days - ago, committed r suieldo Jured, and,' that nop,e .were killed out- the sheriff of tliat county arid a posse band o? Cheyenne Indians, tho Thursday afternoon In his cell at. the right is regarded as 'almost miracu- and a his fleputy were killed .and. and sheriff central police station. '. lous. v:v w. !'' of his posse wounded, whllo several Bechtel had laid himself on the floor slain .and a hum Met Horrible Death, three Indians of his cell and cut his throat' '"with a ' wounded: knife. He was dead when found.. The 'A Helena, Mont.1 special' says: Fred ber of braves The Information was brought knife lay near him on the floor. Bech- Qchuck, I troop, sixth cavalry, an ex-, by Sheriff McDermot of Contel was a single man, 30 years, old. He pert horseman, was "dragged1 to death " , was' a laborer and- had been a police- .Friday by an untamed br'pncho. The verse county. it was, McDermott Sheriff From man.He had been a hard drinker halter of the "animal caught In of band Cheya Schuck's gauntlet and the horse with learned that roving and when intoxicated was easily n been had. enne braves a dash Jerked' the cavalry man off his hunting and. prone to fight. three portion of Weston county The funeral of the murdered girl feet .and." galloued , madly The took place In the afternoon, the ser- times around the corral before It and bad defied the authorities. was - notified MASTERY OF o ..-- Api-Bhap- - -- It e 1 a 1 ' , ! - an-gere- d the-norther- . vices being held at her late home. As the girl lay in her coffin her appearance told its own story.,. Both eyes were discolored as though they had been struck with a clenched fist. There was a big bruise on the nose and several smaller ones on the cheek and ear.' ? ' Since the" suicide of Bechtel, the police officials have told the story of Bechtel. It ap the murder pears she was engaged to one man and went out one evening .with another, which so ' enraged her brother that he brutally beat her to death. Members of the family attempted to Bhleld the murderer and circulated a unstory of assault and outrage by conknown parties, her body being cealed In the hone all night and placed in the al'yway at daybreak,, where It was finally discovered. . , - of-Mis- could be brought to a halt by clubs of 'other troopersi . Schuck's helpless form was hurled against water troughs, posts and other objects, and was frightful to see. His arms were broken and nearly torn off;, the head was burst open and the brains ooaed out and covered the man's face. The body was. also'badly mangled. MASSACRED WHOLE CREW. s . Bo-don- e, Weston county sheriff and he at once Organized a 'posse. ,"( This was on Friday. band the traces of ho got Saturday and came upon them In the early evening. A pitched battle followed, which the officer and his chief deputy were killed and others "of his. party wounded, whilo tho Indians suffered a loss of three killed and a number wounded. A big party of cowboys armed with Winchesters left Lusk Sunday morning and another posse headed by Deputy Sheriff Cook left In the afternoon for the scene of the trouble. Another largo posse left Lusk Sunday evening. . ' , Booth-Tucke- . , Booth-Tucker- Booth-Tucke- r, - e Booth-Tucke- Burbat-l-Haidar- l. the-buffal- $18.-870.11- 7. ba-r.aa- r. - THE HORRORS OF WAR. VV. In se!f-d- r VgSvH it fgfrL fene. . sentenced to Mrv n fix months' Imman was prisonment. The F.t ?h made a tru-'jaIl and thu3 escape ss easy. y Fifteen Mangled Victims Taken From Ruins of art Excursion Train. Fifteen persons were. killed and over fifty Injured, some fatally, In a collision In the suburbs of . Indianapolis, Ind., between a epeclal passenger train on, the Big Four railroad and a freight engine with a train of coal cars. The passenger train of twelve coaches was carrying 954 persons, neirly all of whom were students of Purdue university and their friends from Lafayette to Indianapolis for the annual football, game between. tho Purdue team and the Indiana university squad for the ttate championship, which was to have been fought. In the first Saturday afternoon. coach back of the engine were the Purdue foot ball" team, substitute players and managers. Three players, Uie assistant coach, the trainer and seven substitute players cf the university were killed and every one of other persons In the the car were either fatally or serlously Injured. SITUATION IS DESPERATE. . . fifty-thro- e Arbitration of Butte Trouble Seems-tBe Impossible. The committee of mediation, acting at the request of the chamber of t commerce of Great Falls and with of the representatives of the United Copper company and tho Amalgamated Copper company, after a session lasting two days came to a conclusion Saturday afternoon that It could not find any solution of. tho n Butte situation, and ad. e. . journed sine dlej There Is great disappointment at the failure of the committee to come to some agreement with tho parties o tho-consen- shut-dow- la interest Men are leaving Butte and Anaconda on every train, and a general exodus is expected. DOLE GETS GOOD JOB. Governor of Hawaii Given a Position. Tho president on Saturday made the following appointments: Sanford B. Dole to the United States district Judgeship for Hawaii to succeed the late Judge Morris M. Ksteo. George R. Carter, secretary of Hawaii, to be governor of the sam, to succeed Governor IoIe. The appointments will be sent to the senate soon after the convening of congress. Minister Powell Declares Uncle Sam's Warships Are Needed at San Life-Lon- g Domingo. to pany In Salt ll-- City br 'the timely rrlral of a watchman, but not before the cracksmen bad badly mutilated the safe. Wv . n Too Prosperous to Stay in Jail. Alvln Nay. asrd lf, while riding a horse near Rlchf.rld, rar,e tear tel.ig Robert Or'enwall, an Inmate of the Into a ho, Portland, Ore., killed, the horse Mcpj-IrW) o recently fell a rod. break- be'r to part, of ajn, throwing the loy about larse crtntc In Penning five ribs. The hor., was Instantly sylvania, rf wl irli Ms share is rail and back to be 1ZZ(J-((ba n.ade Ms escape-froklld. having Its broken. the Jail en-- l no trace of him ran Safe cracker!? were prevented from bo fo ind. (lr en wald was convicted" css.-completing fhrir work In the nTTia, of of Mcai'np f,f cartridge the Morrison Merrill Lumber com- from a local department store and ii'-c- a Chunchu Tribesmen In Manchuria Attack Russian Cargo Steamer. killed. The robber Chunchu tribesmen who recently entrenched themselves at LYNCH BLACK FIEND. a 'town on the' Sungacha river, Men of Hl Own Race Hang Brutal Manchuria, had previously attacked a Nearo Murderer. Russian cargo steamer at a station on a negro, was the Manchurlau railway near Bodone. Joseph Craridock, lynched by a mob, composed chiefly They rnasacred the entire crew and of blacks, at Taylortown, La., MonARMY LOSES GREAT WORKER. then attacked the Russian railroad day night. Further reguards,' killing forty-five- . r Killed In a Railway inforcements have been ordered from Croddook killed Wesley Chambers. Mrs. Harbin- - to Bodone , to... dislodge the Wreck. colored, with an ax, and frightfully Chuncbus. ,: , mutilated the "body. He then crept consul in Mrs. Emma" upon Dan Washington, a negro, and America of the Salvation Army, wife, FARMERS IN A TRUST. struck him on the head with the ax. of Commander and sec' Coin? to the Chambers cabin. he of William Booth,, found-- , Will Attempt to Secure Equitable called Mercer, the brother of Wesley ond daughter Prices For Products. thnmbers. beat. him down with tho er of the Army, was killed In tho The advisory, board created at the ax and Injured him fo badly that Tie wreck of the .eastbound California died. Washington cannot nossIbJy train No. 2, near Dean Lake, Mo., convention of farmers' soeletles held live. eighty-fivmiles east of Kansas City. In Chicago In September, 1903, has IsCraddock was captured by a small '.C. sued a call for & meetlng'ln that city posse of white men. but a crowd of Thursday night. Colonel Thomas ' between 125 and ISO. composed lnrce- Holland, in charge of the. Salvation December 1. The object Is to bring ly of negroes, took possession of 'the Army at Amity, Colo.,"was fatally In- about concert of action aniong all the prisoner. He was at once hanged 'to Twenty others were injured. farmers' societies and organizations a tree and burned l?noatb It after be- jured. r leaves seven chil- "to secure equitable prices on farm Mrs. ing pronounced dead. The men killed dren. products, and to guarantee to consumwere Inoffensive negroes. t food products at a fair price and ers Chinese Fear Famine. TOWN DEMOLISHED. not loaded down by trust profits." Advices from Pekln state that the Dividends Are Not So Large. In 350 Persia Kills Chinese and Earthquake foreign office is alarmed at ot Entire Town. Industrial disbursement , dividends the the project Destroys Philippine governbuffa30.000 water to November will be, according. to ment A dispatch to the London during purchase Dally so to in those far made, $15,977,800, the South China Mail from Simla rays terrible earthloes replace reports quakes have occurred at TursheZ, which have died of the pest. United smallest monthly aggregate In several These figures ' compare with near In Persia. In States Minister Conger has asked the years. which .150 person1? were killed and authorities to remit the export duty $19,854,525 in October and $17,828,400 numbers were Injured. One hundred on because, the project is In September. In November a year payments amounted to and eighty-fou- r carpet factories were charitable, but Ling Fang, secretary ago the To a considerable extent tho deft roved and only thirty-twstalls of the foreign office, replied that he off In next month's extent the falling were left standing Id Ihe great doubted, whether there were 30,000 falling off month's grand total Is due The entire town was practical buffaloes In China, and said he feared to the" retirement by the United States ly demolished. the Chinese farmers- - would sell all SteeL corporation of $130,411,000 preferred stock under the conversion Killed Hit Two Brothers. they had aud that famine would scheme. Worked Into a frenzy as' a result of an altercation with one of his brothers, Benjamin Franklin Weissenger. living on a farm several miles from lN.tfsvllle. Pa., on Monday afternoon hot and killed bis two brothers. Louis and Fredprlck, attempted to kill bis sister. Mary, and a sisterdn-law- , wife of Frederick, and held a large posse of policemen at bay for nine hours before he was captured. The tragedy occurred on the farm of the father of the men. Wilsringer Is believed to be Insane. Saved Horte But Killed Man. While renting the efforts of Of ficer Oliver Tufts of the Colorado Humane society to compel him to stop working a pick and abused borse, Charles Heine, a teamster employed by the Colorado Packing company. tr was shot and killed in Denver Monss-Hsr-day evening. Tie officer doing the fdiooting clain.s that HMnze drew a revolver first and wounded him in the ritrbt rrr.i. wt.f-- the officer drew Ms pistol vita b.ft band and fired - WAR WITHE RED MEN" When Jpan and Ruitla Really Get Duty It Will Be a Terrible Blow to the Reading Public. Minneapolis JournaL Minister Powell has again cabled from San Domingo that the revolution which centers at Puerto Plata Is Increasing, and he suggests the advisability of having a United States warship thre. As the cruder Baltimore, whlrh sailed Saturday for Puerto Plata cannot arrive until the mid die of next wwk, the navy department Is arranging to hirry the Dixl, now at Guantanamo, rrog to San |