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Show TII2 SPANISH rozx PRESS MET DEATH BRAVELY TOM EXECUTED. HORN and Declared His Innocence to the Last Tom Horn, the cattle detective convicted of the murder of Willie Nlckell, son of Kola P. Nlckell, the an Iron Mountain ranchman, was hanged In the Laramie county, Wyoming, jail at 11 oclock Friday, his neck being broken by the fall of the trap. Horn died game, even meeting death with a grim smile on Ills lips, and protested his Innocence to the last , Just before marching to the gallows be wrote the following letter: Cheyenne, Wyo., November 20. 10:45 a. m. John C. Coble, Esq., City: I die in ten minutes. I did not kill Willie Nlckell. I never made an admission to Lafors, Ohnhaus or Snow, and all swore to lies, Including Irwin of Laramie. Signed, Tom Horn. Ten minutes before he was bound for the scaffold he lay on his cot Bmoklng a cigar and looking out at the Met Death With a Smile AKJKtrtr JKSKX, SPANISH FORK. PETER MORTENSEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF JAMES R. HAY. WiUIkMt UTAH. KOIiTIIWKST NOTES. Protested His Innocence to the Last and Maintained Hia Wonderful to the Last Moment. Self-Contr- Fire at Wasco, Ore., destroyed $134, worth of property, the shifting of the wind preventing a much larger lost. John A. Stevens of Preston, Wash,, Who v ..s mistaken for a deer and shot by bis brother, has succumbed to his wounds. An organization, consisting of forty of the business men of Rawlins, Wyo Is to be Incorporated at once and will open clubrooms. The Ontario fish hatchery, on the Snake river, which Is the largest Institution of Its kind In the world, la now COO M I 1 H r ! In full operation. The exodus of coal miners from Trinidad, Colo., to other sections since the strike was Inaugurated Is estimated to aggregate to date 1,000 men. Last week the Elks of Cheyenne, Wyo dedicated their new home, Just completed at a cost of $100,000, about 600 local and visiting Elks being pres- ent In a panic In a church at La Puenta, N. M, caused by a wax taper setting fire to the altar trimmings, two children were trampled to death and fifty adults were hurt. . The Homestead tunnel on the Virginia & Truckee railroad In Gold Hill was entirely destroyed by fire last week. Loss, $10,000. It will be two months before trains can be run Into Virginia, Nevada. Lars Hansen, 65 years old, committed suicide at his ranch near Dillon, Mont, by blowing the entire top of his head off with a shotgun. Hansen, who was reputed wealthy, was undoubtedly Insane. n Michael Harrington, one of the athletes In Montana, Is dead at Butte as the result of the bursting of a steam pipe. A flying fragment of Iron struck Harrington on the head, fracturing his skull. best-know- Mrs. Julia Kurtz of Rawlins, Wyo., Is dead from the effects of burns received six months ago. At that time her body was covered with deep wounds which required such a length of time to heal that bed sores developed and this was the Immediate f clonth - . The state of Wyoming will soon make application of tho general gov ernment for a patent to 45,000 acres of land In Big Horn county, which will bo the largest tract ever segregated under the Carey act. This tract has been reclaimed by canals and large agricultural colonies will be es- tablished. The news comes from Cheyenne that Froseeutlng Attorney Stoll has announced that he will prosecute without mercy all of the witnesses in the Horn case guilty of perjury. Besides Miss Klmmell, Horn's sweetheart, Stoll claims that several promlnont people are guilty of having perjured themselves. Tom Horn, mho mas executed at .Cheyenne on Friday of last week, mat burled at Boulder, Colo., on Sunday. John C. Coble, tho wealthy cattleman, In his confession whom Horn said his him for and who crimes, paid spent trying to save Horns life, attended the funeral as one of the chief mourners. son Walter Marlow, the $15,000 In Peter Mortensen, the convicted murderer of bis neighbor, James R. Hay, was executed at the Utah state prison Friday morning, about 100 persons being present at the execution. Morten-sewas shot to death, meeting his end while seated In a chair In a corner of the prison yard. Four bullets entered his body, two piercing his heart and two passing directly under It. His life was snuffed out Instantly, and physicians say his death was ab- n solutely painless, Mortensen died game and protested his Innocence to the last. In a statement be prepared for presentation to the public through tho press, be said, among other things: To the world I want to say and swear by tho heavens above, by tho earth beneath, and by all things I bold dear on this earth, I am not guilty of that cowardly murder of my dearest I ask, therefore, ' no mans friend! pardon for aught that I may have done In life. The condemned mans last night on earth was spent In calm and peaceful sleep, and be ate a hearty breakfast on the jnornlng of the execution. Mortensen did not ask for nor receive the services of a clergyman on the day of the execution. From his attitude the day previous It was expected that he would desire spiritual comfort during his last hours on earth, but not once did he even speak of such d 1C, 1901, and Mortensen was convicted on June 14, 1903. Hay had gone to Mortenscn's home to collect a sum of money which Mortensen owed the Pacific Lumber company, for whom Hay was employed. Mortensen and Hay loft the formers home together, and the latter was never again seen alive. Ills body was discovered later. It having been burled in a pasture. The man bad been shot In the back of the bead. Mortensen was charged with the crime, and after a hard legal fight, has paid the penalty with his life. f Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Marlow, was killed by a bull at Durango, Colo. Some cnttlo mere being driven by the choolhotise when a bull broke Into Body Buried in Prison Yard. the school yard and chased tho llttlo The body of rotor Mortensen, exo boy until ho fell, and tho bull trampled cuted for the murder of James R. on him and broke a rib and Injured Hay, was Interred In the plot of him Internally. ground reserved for the felon dead Miss Gwendoline Klmmel, Tom at the Utah penitentiary. Public , other than tho Pottorb Horns sweetheart. broke down and sobbed violently mhen she received field, denied sepulchre to the body. Morteuseu's wish was that ho ho the rows of his death at her hotel. hurled in Ogden near the home of the Her trial for perjury will come up wife to whom he was deni d the sol shortly In the district court at Chey-enn- ace of saying farewell. This wits also the wish of his father ami brothers, hut the authorities protested. Tom O'Day mas captured by a posse near Summit In tho Fig Horn moun- Panama People Decline Overtures of Colombia. tains, 117 miles west of Casper, Wyo with twenty-threhorses, which, It H The Panama commission conferred alleged, he bad stolen. He made no at length Friday with the Colombian as the sheriff got the drop commissioners, headed by General cn him. Reyes, who arrived In Colon Thursday Deputy Sheriff John lllnman was from Savanllla on the Fr-nsteamshot near Trinidad. Colo., by a striker er Camtl.t. The Ihumi.ui refused tamed Gimhlollff. and died fmm hh every overture. de hiring their po.- l Injuries, Gouldollff, mho mas underthe lion to be i. rev and declare; influence of liquor, drew a receiver th it tl.ey would m-- receive any furand shot the officer mhen threatened ther e mini. Inns from Colombia she recognized tig republic of with srrest. Panama. The Helena police have arrested A Stubborn Fight. , John It. Dugan, believed to be the man mho killed Sheriff George T. Perry Quectum of Seattle and of New York fought Young of Dark county, desperately Charles rounds Under Sheriff to a draw at Vanand twenty Bellor, wounding killed a man named Beaver Is No- couver. rt C. Q icetmn had tho best of the bout mint of tho rounds, and vember, 1501. i porting turn were Inclined to After 300 citizens, summoned by a n riot call sounded by the city flreholl, think that tho tbch hrn gave him a tin' wont of it. iVt--- -r wu very had searched hkh and low for Clar-sne- s a'ndtf . : Mi-i forced the r i. ting for r-Angove. aged 8, be was found Iir. t i.'-- roiin bi. Ih-(pn-i-m took at 10 o'clock at night curled up In a t:.i 1. y i"., nu I ul hut Sc' la bis own boms la e"t. Tin- "in a e.nn" cone tip jiitt. closet asl-e- p f. c. h 111 ' i" ;"tcclt!h. Mid was lu llo Idaho City, Colo. danger to the en-- of the fight. cenu-terles- f Og-lo- e resl-tanc- ch - t -- I - ot v - s steadily. WOULD ANNEX CUBA. Senator Newlands Propose Statehood for the Cem of tho Antilles. Senator Newlands, author of the resolution annexing Hawaii, has introduced a Joint resolution Inviting Cuba to become a state of the United States upon terms of equality with the states of the Union. It provides that Torto Rico shall become a county or province of Cuba; that all present officers of Cuba shall retain their positions until their terms expire; that the Birds. The bee has k king tongue after tho manner of a busybody. lie has teeth, too. but Instead of chewing his food vertically, lie cuts It by a side-wismotion of his mandibles. e Buried Words. Burled words is a game played by two or more persons, one of whom gives a sentence In which a word Is concealed by being formed partly of one of tho words in the sentence and pnrtly of one or more Immediately following. Thus the word London Is Concealed or "burled In tho sentonce. "Fo not let tl' ruin fall on Don ur-Ins- . as will be seen If the prop, r letters be Capitalized, tine:. in m,t ,t the ram tall, ON pc'N Carlos." Tim one who gives out the scniii.ro mu-state thnt tbe burled word Is the tn:.i of a city, flower, nrilcle of fool, or whatever It may be, and the !1rt one who guesses It correctly a cores a Uu gu-sr joint. given out another sentence and the game goes on br any length of Hue gr, cd on. or until some one has scored a certain num'n-of points. After a little met Ice words can thus be burled very skilfully. Tim hardest ones to guess are tbu,e In which pronouncing the words gives no dew. Thus In the following "burled fruits" the former can bo guessed by pro. Bouncing tlm sentence slowly, whim Urn latter cannot: "fmno fairy on ANGE1 must have done tills." Tim baboon and at'R Alto both curious -u Where Turnips Are a Luxury In "A Woman Who Went to i ka, the woman herself tells d first encounter with a vegetable den on the way down the river : Dawson. Such luxuries ase the nary truck patch represents practically unknown on the As we neare. Yukon Valley. delectable spot, writes this ma;. perienced woman, the river i. were lined with canoes; manjrta stood looking at us from the s. and while stevedores handled wood, many passengers visited town. It was not long before came back with handfuls of tar Just pulled from the ground, i had these been the most luscious could not have been eaten with tail-t- he relish. 1 tried to buy one from j man, but he had evidently bea away from such luxuries, fiL fused to sell. Afterward Ills gu got the better of him and beg offered me one-hal- f of tbe t: which I took with thanks. "As my brother peeled the 1 asked him how long It since he had eaten one. Twop. he promptly replied. Knowing that he was fond of such things I ate a sii: and gave him the remainder.' e?p-- Tale of Two Badgert Two French peasants, sccottp by a dog, happened one day to su badger, to which the doggarccl The animal hid beneath I tree, it was got out and killed is commune or parish gave arena! slain badgers, the peasants to convey it to the nearest Can You Gucsa? When Helen Flske was $ years old she had a birthday arty, and all her little friends were Invited. They had a delightful time playing games and singing, and after supper they amused themselves guessing riddles for a time. Tho children toid some very good ones that were hard to guess, hut tho one that puzzled them most of all was the one that Mrs. Flske gave, and this la what she said: "You all know, children, that this la Helen's Sth birthday. Now, I never have had out seven birthdays, and yet you know that I am a great deul older few miles off. By Making a prP tRu roped-twigs- behind they dragged it and by the squeal of . n was heard, and they then satK badger following them. attempted to drive It a took no notice of them, but cm to the cloud badger and began u It. The men now gave up try to frighten It off, nnd again fell th glng their burden, whereupon tilld tbe beside down badger lay seized It gently by the ear, acJ allowed Itself to be dragged t village. Hero neither dogs s nor hoys could force the fallhfu-tiito leave Its mate. y CARPENTRY WITH PAPER AND T00THPICK3 tjtl With fr tool and rapor Tbe text of Foreign Minister still toothpicks t take the place of noto to United States Ambas611,1 T h..y and girls run "nnis, resador Porter, ockiiowledg'ng the I".1 "'Vf fl" b ,"aUnK Htttu ohAmtho Information of the that ceipt h'cK To tmi l,e a chair, rut the figure erican government had recognized the (a) twice out of a cardboard or a playgovernment of Panama, which was ing card. cabled Friday to tho slate department r the ch'si.-marked by at Washington, adds: On Its slds Tbe best plan lti burying a word Is dots, born small hob and stick the tho French government has decided to first to see whet her It contains an(,r niothtliri, ci recognize the republic of Panama and other word within It. Thus In burring low III has consequently Authorized Its agent the word "orange It Is recn th it t., ten. and th- at Panama to enter Into official rw went "rang Is so contained. A sen- MM,P wav chair Is ready fh). The '"!l wl.e a rrndbc (c). latlons with the new statu." Del-enss- Names of Four Try to Tie It Obtain a piece of string about a yard long and lay it out straight on a Take one end between the table. How the Ant Retires. and thumb of the right forefinger Of course ants go to bed and If you other end between the and tbe hand watch them you may see them do it. and thumb of the left hand. forefinger An ant hill, you know, Is made of Now try to tie a knot in the string tiny pebbles, which are piled about without loosening the bold at either an entrance hole. end. At night the ants take these pebbles Like most other tricks, this Is easy In their mouths and, carrying them to do when you know how. Simply to the hole, pile them one upon the other, fold your arms before picking up the as men build a wall. unfold them, and After the hole Is filled up, excppt ends of the string, knot tied In the an have you ordinary one tiny place at the top, the last ant crawls in and with her head pushes string. sand up against the hole from the Moat and Fort Puzzle. Inside, thus stopping It up entirely. Here Is a puzzle that is likely to Then all night not an ant will be seen, some peo- b :t about 8 oclock next morning, If prove very hard, although one looks very closely, one may see a pair of tiny feelers thrust out through the chinks between the stones. Then an ant pushes Its way out and begins to carry the pebbles away. Just behind the first comes another. and another, until the whole family comes Journeying out. rfut an ant does not sleep through the whole night; the lakes a nay two or three hours long. Sho does not have to undress, but whenever she gets tired she lies down on the ground, curls her six egs up to her body and goes i sleep so soundly that you could crush her with a feather without waking her. When she has had her sieep out she gets up. stretches her legs and yawns, pie think of the solution at once. Tho Just as you or 1 might do. Then she Inside square Is a fort, surrounded by a moat or ditch represented by the outwashes herself carefully all over. . After that she Is ready for her days side square. The distance from the work agalu, and a busy day she bas, outside edge of the moat to the wall too tending the babies, making new of the fort Is nowhere less than six rooms or getting food for the big foot. Some soldiers who wanted to get to tho fort had only two planks, family. each exactly 5 feet 11 Inches long, to make a bridge with, ami they had no Beeo Tongu. nails to fasten the planks together. How did the soldiers get to tho fort? bonds of Cuba shall become the bonds of the state of Cuba, with Interest reduced to 3 per cent, and 2 per cent to be applied to a sinking fund; thnt tho present rural guard of Cuba shall bo Incorporated Into the army of tho United States; that the money In tho Cuban treasury shall become tho money of tho stato of Cuba. Recognized by France. . squares In each row, up and down, across and diagonally. $35,-000,0- Russian Press Sarcastlo. The officials of the foreign office say Russia will doubtless recognize Panama In due time, and will welcome the construction of a neutral canal, is commerce will share In the benefit to bo derived therefrom. A portion of tho Ru :slan press Is sarcastlo in tho. tone of Its comments on the part played by tho United States In Panama. Tho Novoo Vremya regards the whole proceeding as being the last evidence tnvde.l to prove tho Imperial! tic tendency of tho United States. It Intimates that It will bo another Roman empire, uml recalls Lord remark: "Who controls the ! toifie controls tho woiil. The papers scoffs r,t tho Idea of the ecutrrllty of the Panama canal In ;lmo of war In which tho United Ptites s Involve!, if Hie canal Is built by the United States, on the ground thnt ibe runs! will bo subject to ber you tell me ho,, can be? Mrs. Flske was not Joking and little girl guessed h0w can you guess, too V panion. small white beans or peanuts would answer. This bowl Is placed at an dividequal distance from the equally each on a is captain ed party. There, side. He or she says: "The king is he who gets the most. One, two, three. At this the opposite captains run to the bowl, grasp as many pebbles or beans as he can In one hand, and dashes back to his place. Then the next two In line become captains, and do the same. After all have tried a count is taken, and those who have the most all go upon one side. There may be fewer on that side, but they ought to be tho best equipped, though they may not be at the second try. At this bount the strength of the two parties is decided. o ht than Helen. Can with tence must now be constructed word the while in it, the word "rang end with o, and just before must e. that Just following begin with a rang fandango, Thus "They danced very Edwards door bell, and behaved word It will be seen that the wildly. much more deeply Is thus "burled given. example than in the other the Most. King Is He Who Gets If this game Is played out of doors, a large bowl or basketful of small a bowl of pebbles will do; indoors spectators. months that During tho twenty-twHorn was confined In the county Jail there were frequent reports of plots to liberate him. Many of these plots had been arranged, but the publicity given them and the preparation made at the Jail to resist an attack had the desired effect. On August 9 last Horn, assisted by Jim McCloud, a notorious character, who Is alleged to have murdered Ben Minnlek in Big Horn county, overpowered Jailer Proctor and escaped to the street, but the Jailer had battled with them for nearly half an hour and the desperadoes were winded and did not get far from the Jail. At that time Horn attempted to kill Proctor. It Is estimated that the conviction of Horn cost Laramie county upwards of $35,000, and that Horn's friends spent a thing. even a greater amount In their efforts Peter Mortensen, who was execut- to free him. ed for the murder of James R. Hay, Horn was suspected of the murder was born In Richfield, Utah, thirty-eig- of a Mexican army officer, William years ago. His early years were Powell and William Lewis, Matt Rash spent there and when a young man and Isham Dart of Browns Park, he removed to Provo. It was while Colo., and two or three others. living at that place that he married a man. He Horn was a Miss Watkln, who Is the mother of and German, Spanish, Apache spoke five children. a number of Indian languages fluently. Mortensen lived for a time In Ogden, and while there engaged In the HOUSE PASSES THE CUBAN RECIPROCITY TREATY. lumber business. He owned a sawmill near there at one time, which afterto Secure ward was destroyed by fire. It bas Efforts of the Democrats Amendments Prove Unavailing. been claimed since that be burned the The house on Thursday, by a rismill himself. Since moving to Salt Lake City Mor- ing vote of 355 to 21, passed the bill tensen has resided most of the time to make effective the Cuban reciprocIn Forest Dale, and prior to his arrest ity treaty. Tho dissenting votes were for the murder of Hay was considered about equally divided between repuban upright and honorable citizen. Ho licans anil llemocratn, but there was is said to have been a man with a no record voto, tbe minority having great determination and a strong will, too few votes to order the yeas and and would generally suedeod In what- nays. ever he undertook. The Democrats, under the leaderWhen he was arrested for murder ship of Mr. Williams, sought to the on December 18, 1903, his wife left last to secure amendments to the bill, him and went to Ogden to reside with In accordance with the action of the her relatives. Mortensen never saw Democratic caucus, but were defeated her since that time. The refusal of Mrs. Mortensen to have anything more to do with her husband bas bad a great Influence on public sentiment. The general belief Is that she took this step because she was convinced of bis guilt The murder of James R. Hay, was committed on the night of December The Counting Puzzle. Here Is tho way to place the tached squares on the diagram of nine last squares as given In the puzzle of four week so that there shall be A double ladder Cd). c). a stretcher (f. a sleigh (hi, a wagon (l. J" a bench (ml, can he made of . simple means. 6 A table, (n) Is made W rurdb"nri1. id-- re of square In I he pic ture, and b,,ir Into Hi" '" r' Lntliplck nr paper is bent under. I"f 111,1 - li- - n H out basket Is made ring or a square tr sm.s, ,r round or square A - c honrd, os shown la ,llC ( f , f ju' |