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Show ) KANSAS MURDER Cite Itcpublic vr. L. ROE AI Bodies of Vic tint a Thrown Into Abandoned X! no Shaft. F OBME, Publisher. UTAH- NEPHI, - UTAH NEWS. Joseph Elsimore ol American Fork considerable time to the growth of tobacco. The trial of Mrs. Lou Hamilton on a charge of murdering her husband, will be begun October llth at Salt Lake. The haystack of Henry Parry of Mill Creek was destroyed by fire on the 9th. The fire is supposed to have been started by children. Twenty thousand sheep are trespassing on the Uintah reservation and the authorities will demand 10 cents per head damages. A woman who gave her name as Gushner was found wandering aimlessly about the streets of Salt Lake City one night last week, clad only in her night-gowJohn Brady, aged 11, and Willie Arnold, aged 9 years, of Salt Lake City, are in jail on a charge of burglary and petit larceny. They purloined a watch and chain and a revolver. Fire burned about 200 ton? of hay belonging to Abraham Ilunsakers.fonr miles east of Brigham City, Sept. 9. The hay was in stacks and the cause of the fire was unknown. A tin box containing 8150 mysteriously disappeared from the New Resort pool room at Salt Lake one day last week, while the proprietor was at lunch. It has not been found. Mr. John Beck of Lehi, Is making extensive preparations for converting his immense crop of grapes in Lehi Into wine. A total yield of 26,000 gallons of wine is looked for. A five days' encampment of the national guard of Utah came to a close the llth. This is the first time all the companies have been together. Camp was established near Murray. Governor Wells and Colonel Kent, of Fort Douglas, inspected the guard and pronounced enconiums upon them. Joseph Stay of Salt Lake City, while being conveyed to court for examina-tias to his sanity, snatched a pistol from Deputy Sheriff Levy and fired two shots through the hack window, one bullet striking a store window breaking the plate glass and cutting several whips in its course. Nobody n was injured. Shurtliff of Ogden has returned from a trip to Omaha in the Interest of the exposition. While there Mr. Shurtliff visHon. L. W. Trans-Mississip- ited Florence (Winter Quarters) and being one who wintered there in the early fifties on the journey to Utah, was much Interested in driving over the famous country; but he found no relies of the days of the early emigration. The reported arrest of George O. Weeks, alias Charles T. Case, wanted for the murder of the three boys at Pelican Point, may prove to be a eanard. He was reported as under arrest at Delphi, lnd., but the officers there disclaim any knowledge of the man. The news of his capture came through a Pinkerton sgency, and he may be being held for the promised reward. Two very peculiar animals somewhat resembling the salmandar, commonly known as the water dog, but differing from it in that they are not amphibious, have been taken from the reservoir east of Kaysvllle by J. F. Roueche. They .have large flat heads and tapering bodies about seven inches long and each is provided with three pairs of feathery fins, as well as four will be sent to the legs. One of th.-Brigham Young college museum at Logan. Howell P. Myton, the newly f"" pointed Uneompaligre Indian con n Is liouer, has arrived in Utah from n.s home at Garden City, Kan., with his family, to begin work with the other members. James Jeffreys of Tennessee and Ross Guffin of Kansas City are the other members. The commission will allot land to the Uncompah-pre- s as follows: To every head of a family, farm land not to exceed 160 acres, and grazing land not to exceed 160 acres. To every other single perd son, farm and grazing land not to reservaacres The each. eighty tion is to be opened April 1 next. Pat McAfee who came to Salt Lake from Mercur last March and created a sensation by getting drunk and making a cover of 513,000 in greenbacks and certificates of deposit, which Spree he ended by marrying a woman of questionable repute, has been granted a divorce. James T. Monk is suing Sheriff Lewis Bf Salt Lake county for 825,000. Sheriff Lewis recently had Monk, who Is confined in jail for contempt of court, placed in a dungeon because he declined to attend Sunday religious services. Sheriff Lewis was severely censured for h act. The farmers in the vicinity of Spring-vin- e who are digging beets are much pleased with the way they are being received. Every beet, whether small or largo, is taken, as the farmers are told not to top them as close as in former years. ex-see- I'olu nbu-va i., sept. 15. A story if cri ues rival, mg the deeds of the no-tio is ik-ler family comes to light in a murder trial now in progress here in the district court. Ed. and George Ma.llebaek, brothers, and their mother, Mrs. George Wilson, are accused of the murder of Frank Galbraith, in June last, at Galena, Kan. The evidence is so direct that George Staflleback and his mother were speedily found guilty of murder in the first and second degree respectively, and the trial of Kd Sta file back is still in progress. The family were keepers of a dive in Galena. Galbraith was shot to death and robbed in the place, during a quarrel with the mother and sons over the Iiis body was woman's daughter. thrown into an abandoned mine shaft. Mrs Cora Statlieback, wife of George, and two other inmates of the house gave testimony as to the facts of the murder, and from these witnesses evidence of another triple murder at Galena has been secured. Their story is that two girls from western Kansas were visited at the Wilson dive by an acquaintance, Mike Stafflebaek, another son of the Wilson woman, who is now in jail, charged with burglary, became enraged on account of jealousy and killed the man and the two girls with a hatchet. The bodies were thrown into an abandoned shaft. At Galena a force of men are pumping out the shaft in an endeavor to find the bodies of the murdered persons. Boj Sentenced for llfe Fresno, Cal., Sept. 15. The jury in the Leon nill case returned a verdict convicting the defendant of murder in in the first degree and fixing the penalty at imprisonment for life. Last June Hill shot Lloyd Duke to death The near Coalinga, west of here. scene when the verdict was read was most affecting- - nills father, a prominent rancher of the county, was on the jury panel. The old man was permitted to leave the jury box and take his place at tne side of his wife and son. When the verdict was read Hills mother became hysterical, and Miss Jennie Barnes, Hill's fiancee, had to be The supported from the courtroom. defendant is only 18 years of age. Alaska Central Incorporated. The Alaska Phoenix, Ariz., Centra 1 Railway company was incorporated here today by the filing of its articles with the Territorial Secretary. The capital stock is $5,000,000. The Incorporators named are John Underwood, E. F. Greenlaw and A. F. Lyon, and the road projected is from Tidewater on Prince William sound, up Copper river, and across the divide to a point on the Yukon river near the international boundary, a distance of 100 miles. Behind this scheme are reported to be Elijah Smith of the Oregon Improvement company, John W. Cudahy and P. D. Armour, the Chicago packers, and several California capitalists. Sept. 15. Yellow Fever Situation The books of the board of health show the following recapitulation in the yellow fever situation: There had been re ported to the board for investigation cases which the attending twenty-siphysicians considered suspicious. Of these thirteen eases had been found Buffering with a harmless fever, and only five cases yere regarded as susNew Orleans, Sept. TEXAS TORNADO. SENSATION. 15. x picious. Inml I. Its. Wert Dost and Many Demolished. MESSAGE Bnlld-lo- g Port Arthur, Tex., Sept. 14. A tornado, terrible in its intensity, struck this city at an early hour this evening, Six people are known to have been killed, while many others are injured. Many buildings were blown down, Including the railroad round house, the natatarium, the bank building, townsite company's barns, Hotel Hayden, the Strong fc League building, shifted off foundation; Brennan building, Colonade hotel, Spence & Lyons building, C. J. Miller's grocery store, several barns, the Kanadis saloon, the Herald office, Alfred Wolfs saloon, the Hayes building, and S. M. Solin-ski'- s grocery. Several residences suffered severely, that of Dr. W. A. Barraclough being carried across the street. Many other buildings were completely blown away. From early morning the sky was threatening and a stiff gale blew. No rain of consequence fell until 4 o'clock and then it was accompanied by a heavy wind that i.ereased in intensity until it reached the enormous velocity of 80 miles an hour. Every building in the town is of frame construction, except one brick, the Port Arthu Banking company building, the faiV end and roof of which was blown awy. MINERS STRIKE. Situation in Hnzelton District U Onn of Unrest. Two hundred miners at Buck Mountain, which is about thirteen miles from Eckley, went on a strike. At 4 o'clock the miners marched on the Eckley mines and forced the miners to quit work. It was stated the miners had been roughly handled. The situation in Hazelton district is one of unrest. All the colleries in this district are apprehensive of danger. Requests have been pouring in to General Gobin from tbe various mines asking that he send troops to the places in order to prevent any possible outbreak. The general states that he will not send troops to any point unless an outbreak does occur. The general declines to give the names of the oollieries, as all the men in them are still at work. The operators, however, are apprehensive of a strike, and want to be prepared for any emergency. Women Arretted for Marching-4 Emma Tittsburg, Pa., Sept. 14. namms, the miners' Joan d Arc, and three other women were arrested for marching at Plum creek this morning The attempt to by Sheriff's deputies. make the arrests precipitated an incipient riot, in which the deputies fared No one was seriously hurt, badly. but scarcely a deputy escaped a clubbing and Superintendent DeArmitt was cut on the hand. Two of the women arrested carried babies. The arrest was the result of the carefully-planneattempt to prevent the men at work at Plum creek from entering the mines. There were twenty-fwomen and about fifty strikers ive concerned in it. The plan was to have the women march in front with their babies, with the design of working on the sentiments of the men who would be going to work and to act as a shield to the rest of the party. The women were to crowd around each man as he attempted to go into the mine, take his dinner-buckfrom him and throw it into the ditch. . d et one-fift- h . Anaconda's Dividend New York, Sept. 15. The annual re port of the Anaconda Copper company of Montana, the largest stockholders of which are J. B. llaggin and Marcus For the Dalv, has been made publie. 30th the June receipts year ending were 522,910,393, against $16,945,697 the year before. The profits amounted to $3,136,048, an increase of 8S78.1.M over the previous year. Dividends amounting to $3.0 4. no. were declared, against $750.0 before. year Fit on DrmtF Logansport, lnd.. Sept. 14 Excitement prevails in this vicinity over the with a mescapture of a carrier-pigeo- n The writing is sage signed Andree in English, bnt it is thought that the explorer sent out the messages in all languages. The bird was seen to fly over a small town called Idaville, and was next seen when it alighted on Farmer Weekwan's house in an exhausted condition. Its capture was easy, hut in getting the bird down it was injured and died this morning. Its right foot had a small aluminum hand around it on which was inscribed No. 21, and the letter A. Under the left wing was a parchment containing some badly disfigured writing of which only the following could be read: August 29, pole. The next was erased, , then came the signature, Andree. The action of the wing had worn the parchment and erased the writing. The whole had been tied on the body of the bird and while not loose, it had evidently been in all kinds of weather. At first it was thought that a prac- tical joke had been played, but the exhausted condition of the bird disproves that. FOR KLOND1KERS. for National Government Petitioned sistance. 4 lows: To the As- the United president The alarming reports of president.) Fainter and Decorators Cnlon. Denver, Colo., Sept. 14. At a mass meeting last night under the auspices of the Painters' and Decorators union, to protest against government by in. junction, J. R. Hogan, organizer for the Debs Social Democracy in this district, created a sensation by saying: In this country everything is for sale ifrom a mans conscience to a woman s virtue. Rev. T. H. Malone, one of the previous speakers, entered an emphatic protest against this statement, and left the hall followed by Lafe Pence Mr. and a majority of the audience. Hogan then delivered a violent tirade against Father Malone. Another Victim Identified. Denver, Sept. 14. The woman killed and partly cremated in the Newcastle railroad wreck, who had a watch inscribed Mamma to Mamie, has been Identified as Miss Mary E. Johnston of Pomona, Cal. It is believed that the trunk clasped in her arms was that of her friend, Miss Nellie Davis of Pomona. The charred remains of seven unidentified victims of the accident arrived in Denver today and will he buried here. Comptroller Eckles on a Tour. Butte, Mont.. Sept., 13. Comptroller Eckles and party, who have been tourfor ing Montana and the National park Colorado for Butte left a week, will Springs, from where Mr. Eckles The comptroller go on a hunting trip. is out on a pleasure trip and refuses to discuss p dities or silver, though he did say he had seen nothing in the west that would lead him to change his well known views on the silver Anaquestion. lie visited the famous was taken and mines conda copper 1,200 feet below the surface to see the ore taken out by miners. SHOT SHEEP. LIKE ud Forty Woanded by Deputy Sheriff, Killed Hazleton, Pa,, Sept. 11. The strike situation reached a terrible crisis on the outskirts of Latimer when a band of deputy sheriff's fired into a body of miners. The men fell like so many sheep and the excitement was so very intense that nothing like accurate figures as to the number of killed and wounded could he obtained. The strikers left Hazleton about 3:30 oclock and it was their intention tc go to Latimer. As soon as this he came known a hand of deputies were loaded onto a trolley car and went whirling across the mountain to the scene where the bloody conflict followed. After reaching Latimer they left the car and formed into three companies, under Thomas Hail, E. A. Hess and Samuel B. Price. They drew up in line at the edge of the village with a fence and a line of houses in their rear. Sheriff Martin was in entire command and stood in front of the line until the miners approached. They were seen coming across the ridge and Martin went out to meet them. The men drew up suddenly and listened in silence while he once more read the riot act. This finished, a low muttering arose among the foreigners, and their was a slight forward. Perceiving this, the sheriff stepped forward toward them, and in a determined tone forSome one struck the bade advance. sheriff and the next moment there was a command to the deputies to fire The guns of the deputies instantly belched forth a terrible volley. The report seemed to shake the very mountains, and a cry of dismay went up from the people. The strikers were taken entirely by surprise, and as the men toppled and fell over each other, those who remained unhurt stampeded. The men went down like ten pins and the groans of the dead and wounded filled the air. The excitement that followed was simply indescribable. The deputies seemed to he terror-stricke- n at the deadly execution of their guns, and seeing the living miners fleeing like wild, they went to the aid of the unfortunates whom they had brought down. The sheriff is almost universally censured and condemned. A meeting held by bankers and coal operators petitioned the governor for state troops, while another meeting attended by thousands of citizens requested that troops he not sent. In an interview Sheriff Martin was asked: When you met the men, were they on the companys or the public road? They were on the publie road, he replied. Were they marching toward Latimer? i Yes. Had they up to that time committed any overt act, or acted any way but peacably? I ' ' 's-- rtlrtwn & R. G. WRECK. Killed Outright and Many SKor Injured. Newcastle, Colo., Sept. 11 A terrible wreck caused by a blunder on th part of a conductor occurred near her early this morning, in which it i known that thirteen lives were lost tnd about twenty people seriously injured. It is also supposed that several bodies were cremated, rendering it impossible to state how many fatalities resulted. A passenger train running forty miles and a freight running thirty came together in a head-en- d collision. The engineer and fireman Df both trains were instantly killed. The freight was running out of time ind was trying to steal a station. The passenger was an hour behind time, but had the right of way. So great great was the shock vi hen the trains ;ame together that the track was torn up for quite a distance either way. Cars were piled one upon another and in explosion of gas ignited them, and It is feared some were burned alive who were in the wreck. The coroner's Inquest held the conductor of the freight responsible for the wreck. The ;onductor, however, says he was running with authority, and the recoids of the dispatlier's otfice will be d to settle this point. pro-iuce- AT AN END. The Coal Miner Strike Settled In Ohio Indiana and IV est Virginia. Columbus, O., Sept. 12. The great miners strike, which was declared on July 4, was brought to an end last evening, so far at least as western Pennsylvania, Ohio Indiana and West Virginia are concerned by the action Df the interstate convention of miners which has been in session here since Wednesday. After a day of voting and wrangling, the convention adopted a resolution accepting the proposition the Tittsburg operators. The vote was 495 for and 317 against accepting the terms of settlement, and 11 votes were not east. The delegates from Illinois, who had 250 votes, were unanimously against a settlement. In diana and West Virginia voted solidly to accept the operators proposition, but there were scattering votes among the Ohio and Pittsburg delegates against it. of IDAHO PRISON SENSATION. and Drags Found In tbe Hand of the Convict. Boise, Ida., Sept. 13. The investigation of the penitentiary conspiracy ha developed some astounding facts. It is understood the discovery has been made that a limited number of keys have in some mysterious manner fallen Into the possession of convicts, with which they can open their cell doors. It also develops that drugs and other dangerous articles have been smuggled Into the prison, thus creating consternation among the prison authorities. The officials are determined to get to the bottom of the matter and the result of their investigation is liable to No. implicate some who would never be Why, then, did you order the depu- suspected by the public. Warden Van-de- r ties to fire? is fully alive to the situation and I did not order the deputies to fire; has matters so arranged now that the someone else did that. First came a plans of the conspirators will be alsingle shot and then a volley. I gave most impossible of further execution. no order. How many were killed? Will Hasten Reforms. There were 12 dead when I left and Madrid, Sept. 13. The minister for about 40 wounded the colonies, Senor Castellano, has deWere any of your men Jiurt? cided to hasten the application for One of my deputies was shot Cuban reforms. The law providing for the election of commission for Cuban through the arm. Sheriff Martin, when he reached administration will shortly appear. was scared. The municipal elections have been Wilkesbarre, badly Though he claims to have been bru- fixed for Oct. 10. The application of tally assaulted, when seen he did not the provincial law will follow and have a mark on his person and no finally the application of the necessary show that he had been roughly han- laws and regulation for the council of dled. All classes of citizens in this administration, which will commence city and county unite in condemning work on March 1, when the reform Sheriff Martins hasty action. are generally applied, will be next in order. Worse Than Reported. ill-fat- 1 D. move-moveme- nt Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 13. The viciousness of the attack of deputy sheriffs upon the marching miners grows with time. The facts developed make it almost wanton murder. That 150 armed deputies found it necessary to kill twenty and wound forty others out of a total number of 140 miners, whose arms consisted only of pocket knives, is very hard to believe. It is also made more incredulous by the fact that many of the wounded were shot in the back. The state militia is patrolling the Believe III Wife wa a Victim. town to prevent more bloodshed. WarGlenwood Springs, Colo., Sept. 14. J. II. Gunning of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, rants have been issued for the arrest is here looking for traces of his wif of the sheriff and a number of deputies but they have taken refuge within who was a passenger on tbe New the near wrecked was which military lines and no officers are train Castle last Friday morning. She wai allowed to molest them. More Snake Kier Gold. to have met her husband at Ouray, and her failure to arrive caused an inBlackfoot, Ida., Sept. 13. Considei-abl- e vestigation vi hick makes it practically gold has been taken from the certain that she was one of the victims banks of the Snake river in the vicinof the disaster. ity of Blackfoot in the years gone by, and some good finds have been made KicU Piece of Ore. recently. Colorado Springs. Sept. 13. Colonel Mr. Isaac Erickson had n. S. llrvav, president of the Cripple sample some sand from a an old miner placer claim Creek Consolidated Cold Mining com and he reported that $50 a recently, Cre pany, returned from Cripple day could tie made by sluice washings bringing with him a piece of from dirt like the sample weighing over 1I0 pout is. which is W ithiu sitrht of t : .vn. oa la u i owned literally nine with free gold and which by John V. mt by Vi .11 Mont ginnery will carry values aggregating fully nnl a parin', i; lit.- - a rich gnimry was taken ore 5100,000 to th ton The fin of a layer of sun I h l en made from a new fi id made Saturday on the 61.x feet Below the surf av ra iiif resin many May Queen elaim an is three feet deep aad of considerable find ever nsat'.onal s, most the pects California (lets the Water Front San Francisco, Sept. 14. The cele brated Oakland water front case has been decided by the supreme court. The opinion was written by Chiei Justice Beatty and contains about words. It goes into the intricacies f the case, and carefully considers the arguments of the conflicting claimants. The greater portion of tin water front is declared to be the prop ertv of the state of California. A small part is awarded to the Oakland Water Front en.ininy, lint the city oi Oakland gets not i n r mftde in t'rio 45,-00- of States: shortage of provisions and impending starvation of American citizens on the Yukon river are fully authenticated. The chamber of commerce of Seattle respectfully urges the general government to take immediate steps to invesdetigate the condition with a view to The relief. vising measures for early lack of any local government in Alaska imposes the duty on the federal government. (Signed, E. O. Graves, r MINERS NORTH. Seattle, Sept. 14. The Seattle chamof commerce today applied to the ber nazleton, Pa., Sept. 14. Hazelton of the United States for president quivers on the edge of a voicano. governmental aid for the people who Troops are marching on the mines of have gone into Klondike and will unCoxe Bros, at Eckley, eight miles from of them, have to face here. Telegrams to brigade head- doubtedly, many The the winter. starvation during quarters indicate an alarming condito the presideht was as folappeal tion there. Preparing for a Winter Trip. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 15. John E. MinLancaster of the Chicago-Alask- a ing company is in the city making preparations for a winter overland trip to Dawson City. Mr. Lancaster will leave Seattle October 10th with a party of ten men and 20,000 pounds of Silver Reserve. provisions. He will have a team of 20 13. The announceLondon, to enter Sept. he and expects says dogs, Dawson City with colors flying in the ment that the Bank of England has decided to hold of its reserve heart of winter. in silver has greatly astonished financial circles and has aroused a storm of Delegate, to Home Seeker.' Convention. Boise, Idaho, Sept. 15. The gover- protest Heretofore little attention has been nor has appointed the following delegates to the Home Seekers convention given in England to the reports of which meets in Chicago, Sept. 20: R. Senator Wolcott's work and the pres-es- t rumor would not be believed t unM. Quinn, of Caldwell; S. IT. Hayes, ol Boise; C. n. Moon of St. Anthony; G. less the Times had given it currency. W. Walker, of Kendrick; C. D. Mor- As a matter of fact, the low tide of silton, of Weiser and G. W. Brooks, of ver makes the opposition stronger. The possibility of an advance of the Chicago. bank rate has agitated the money marYellowstone Robber Bonnd Over. ket somewhat, but the movement is Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 15. The two again delayed, although the Bank of men arrested in Montana, charged with Germany has raised the rate to 4 per robbing stage coaches in Yellowstone cent. The weakness of New York expark, have had a hearing before Com- change is interpreted as foreshadowing Silver is somewhat missioner Meklrum at Mammoth Hot gold movements. Springs, and were bound over to the firmer on account of the small amount United States court at Clicyenne for and has advanced to 25 ' per ounce. trial. THE Carrier Excitement Created by In Indiana. AID MORE FROM . Key Usury Sbeckle for a School Fund. Boise, Ida., Sept. 13. It is understood that several of the counties are considering the advisability of causing action to be instituted in behalf of the connties against parties who held or hold usurious mortgages on real estate or personal property in the county, for the purpose of collecting from such mortgagees for the benefit of the school fund of the county, the penalty prescribed by law for taking usurious contracts. This law has been a dead letter. Teller Scores Hayt Denver, Colo., Sept. 13. The Rocky Mountain News quotes Senator Teller as having said to its representative at Rio: If Havt has accepted the McKinley re pul li.'an nomination he ought in common decency to decline the silver republican nomination. I stand by what I said in my speech at Glenwood Springs. It is not necessary for me to say more than that. This utterance is regarded as a repudiation of the silver nominee for justice of the supreme court, who has accepted the McKinley republican nomination also. Fatal Gasoline Stove Explosion. Mass., Sept. 13. Miss Ilarri ett C. Sheldon, 82 years old, and Miss Matilda Sheldon, 86, sisters, were burned to death while cooking with a gasoline stove when its explosion occurred. Both died in horrible agony. Lynn, |