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Show HErtfU .-- THE HBfHl. PLANNED BY FIENDS. RC03DM, ..... BRAINED HIS FA3IILY , Mine Officials Meet Death as Result of UTAH. UTAH STATE NEWS. Edward M. Webb raised 1267.44 worth of tomatoes on two acres ol land, at Kaysville. was Alex Thayne of Washington kicked by a horse cue day last week, his leg being broken. William Singleton, who came to Utah in 18G0 and moved to Kamaa In 1SC9, is. dead at the age of 74. A subordinate lodge of the United Commercial Travelers' association of America was organized in Oden last week. Westminster The Presbyterian church of Salt Lake City last week purchased a vacant lot on which will be erected a building at a cost of 130,000. rians are being made for the establishment of a Bohemian club In Salt Lake. Many of the doctors, lawyers, artists and others are interested in the idea. Earl Cunningham, aged 12, fell from a building at American Fork, but struck the ground twenty feet below In such a manner that he escaped with a broken arm. Frank Jacobs of Salt Lake, a brother of Bessie Knecht, the famous "sleeping girl," who died recently, has Insane as a result of worrying over family troubles. James Lynch, convicted of the murder of Godfrey Prowse, has for the third time been sentenced to death, the date for hid execution being fixed for Friday, January 8, 1904. N. C. Hancks, the young man who was very badly Injured in an explosion in the Mt. Ncbo mining district, Is progressing favorably, and bis eyesight may possibly be saved. A Malad correspondent says the people of that town are fortunate In having a good supply of timber In the , mountains, and are in a position to buck the coal trust to a finish. The Falrvlew Telephone company, an Independent concern, which ha3 been conducting a private line In that to (own, is making arrangements branch out in the very near future. As the rsult of a quarrel over a woman, W. II. Walker was shot in the back by Alex Doles in a saloon In Salt Lake City. Walker, it is believed, will recover. Doles is out on bonds. The San Pedro people now have rails laid to a point about seven miles south of Calientes. It is claimed rails will have been laid to a point eighty miles south of Calientes within three months. be-"co- Daniel Whipple and I McDonald, Bait Lake carpenters, were injured one day last week by the falling of a scaffold upon which they were working, precipitating them Into a pile cf old junk. Gvrge Masters, aged 28, well known In Springviile, where his parents reside, was killed Saturday as the result of a premature Mast while engaged in railroad construction work near FruKa. Colo. Mrs. J. W. Criger, an actrccs, attempted to kill her husband, with whom Fh? had quarreled, at a lortcing house In Salt City, attacking him with a penknife wl,I ho was atlf-cp- . CrSs'-r'wounds are not serious. "Nick" Haworth, bo was to have been cxeont'-.-- on Dumber 11, for the taur!r of Thorns Kanda.1 at Lnyton, on the r,l;bt if Marn 23. iV.0. ha his d aMi f rt. r,"t commute.-- to life lmprlFonjjur.t by the state board of Diabolical Plot. Charles McCormick, superintendent of the Vindicator mine, and Melvln H. Beck, a miner, were killed shortly before noon Saturday by an explosion in the sixth level of the Vindicator mlna at Cripple Creek, Colo. The explosion occurred while Superintendent McCormick and Miner Beck were in the cage. They were the only passengers. Just as the cage reached the sixth level the explosion occurred. It wrecked the level, cage and shaft at that point, and instantly killed both men. It Is positively asserted by officers of the Vindicator Mining company that the explosion was caused by an infernal machine. This statement was made after a thorough examination had been made of the shaft. The infernal machine, containing many pounds of dynamite, was placed in the sixth level, which is part of the abandoned workings of the mine, within a few Inches of the shaft. Then a loaded revolver was fixed in the shaft, with its muzlo pointing directly toward the infernal machine. To the trigger of the revolver was attached a string, which was thrown across the shaft In such a manner that when the cage came down and encountered the string the revolver would explode, the bullet striking the infernal machine. Pieces of this revolver have been recovered from the bottom of the shaft, but not a vestige of the infernal machine can bo found. BATTLE WITH MOROS. Three Hundred Are Killed During Engagement With Americans. Three hundred Moros are known to have been killed and many others were carried off dead or wounded as a result of five days' severe fighting in Jolo between the American troops under General Lenoard Wood and the insurgents. Major II. L. Scott of the Fourteenth cavalry and five American privates were wounded. General Wood landed near Sietlake in Jolo, November 12th. The Moros were soon located and fighting began immediately and continued until November 17th. Major Scott was taking Panglima Hassem. the Moro leader, who had been taken prisoner, to Jolo. While en route Iiassen asked to be allowed to see his family. His appeal was granted and be thereupon led Major Scott into an ambush, where the American detachment was fired upon. Major Scott was shot In both hands. Iiassen succeeded in escaping during this unexpected attack, but is supposed to have been killed the follow. ing day. ' WILL HE GET IT? President Marroquin Asks Aid of Former Enemies In Central America. President Marroquin of the republic of Colombia has sent a circular to President Zalaya of Nicaragua, asking for his moral support In dealing with the present situation on the Isthmus. President Ztlaya has telegraphed to the presidents of all the Central American countries proposing to them that they combine with him In an answer to President Marroquin. The idea has been accepted by the various executives, but It has not yet been decided what form the combined answer shall take. President Zalaya was recently President Marroquin'g bitterest ctiftiiy. aiding the Colombian liberals in their efforts to overt jrqw Marroquin during the last revolution. cpf-nl- CAUGHT y FIRE TRAP. IN to Find Themselves Surrounded by Walts cf Flame. While over 1 Italian railroad were nri cp in a fhanly near Lilly, Pa., the builling r aught r re an I before the men ruuM f &rain at leant twenty-sevewere burned to death and a Frore cr m ,re were seriously injured. The fire is su;io e,) to have sfartel an overheated siove In the eastfrom (anions. ern end. The building burn' d like UnRobert L. Kinsr. twico sentence'! to re ujmn tiie men der, and the flame death for complicity in the murder of any of tbm were aroused. Godfrey Prowse. in Fait Ike City, Thf n began a ntniesle for the outside has at last been rcleaaei from cus- and life. They fought and scrambled for the door. in the weaker were tody, the prosecution having f!ccld--- i crushed flown and trample-1- . Others there was Insufficient evidence against were roasff.i to ka'b there. King. Another Mine Horror. Jud Grant has been arretted in Fait The Lake City on a charge of pacing Hill Farm district In counterfeit money. It in believed that Pennsylvania, on f aiir !a- - added ten Wore victims to Its Mark record. Just Grant is the man who has set In a greater portion of the l a I as the day shift ha! nearly cemnlefel money which has been found in the its labors and were about 1 leive the o Wk. a ter Ferguson mine at capita! city of lafe. rific n rent exp'osu tin v!,f l min" The road supervisor at Green River and nineteen were workminers Is having a hard time collecting poll In the tirirs!tr re ing thrown In all tax from the Italian in that district, ten direction, m,n Ulled. All heing attacked by one of them who men cf the ki!T''l except r,n,, were carried a long knife, one day last HvrT f,r' the injured foreigners. . rec-kThe Ita ian is no awaiting will probably die. on a criminal trial charge. la-lirr- 1 b'-for- 1 rir-cnlati- 1 in? HORN EXECUTED. MET DEATH BRAVELY) Met Death With a Smile and Declared HORRIBLE CRIME OF AN INSANE MILL HAND. Crushed the Skulls of His Wife and Children With a Hatchet and Then Shot Himself. A message from Laramie, Wyo., says the police on Wednesday afternoon found in their home there the bodies of Gus Olson, employe of the rolling mill; his wife and their two boys, aged 3 and 1 years respectively. Olson and the younger child were dead and the others dying. It is supposed that some time during the previous night Olson committed the deed, crushing the skulls of his family with a hatchet and then shooting himself twice with a shotgun. Olson is said to have been acting Btrangely for some time and he is Relieved to have been insane. BOILED IN GREASE. Five Workmen Deluged by Many Gallons of Scalding Fat. Five workmen have been injured by the collapse of a huge lard rendering vat in a New York City establishment. Three of them will probably die. The men were at work in the basement when the bottom of the tank containing many gallons of scalding gTease suddenly gave way and the men were literally boiled. Instantly the grease became Ignited and soon the basement was in flames. The cries of the men could be heard by pedestrians in the street, and aid was quickly rendered by the police and firemen, but three of the men had almost been boiled alive before they could be rescued. The others were very seriously hurt, but will probably recover. GAMBLED IN CHURCH. Catholic Priest and Italian Quarrel Over Game of Cards. Rev. Felix M. Lepore, pastor of Mount Carmel Catholic church, of Denver, and another Italian named Joe Sorlci were fatally wounded in a duel supposed to have arisen over a card game they were playing in the priest's apartments In the church building. Father Lepore was shot twice In the abdomen and once in the face, and Sorlci was shot once in the abdomen. There seem to have been no of the affair, and all those who were near the scene are very reticent. Doth men were taken to SL Joseph's hospital, where it is 6aid they cannot recover. eye-witness- New Canal His Innocence to the Last Tom Horn, the cattle detective convicted of the murder of Willie Nlckell, son of Kels P, Nlckell, the an Iron Mountain ranchman, was hanged in the Laramie county, Wyoming, Jail at 11 o'clock Friday, his neck being broken by the fall of the trap. Horn died game, even meeting death with a grim smile on his lips, and protested his innocence to the last. Just before marching to the gallows he wrote the following letter: "Chey0:45 a. enne, Wyo., November 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 smoking a cigar and looking out at the ld 20.-1- spectators. During the twenty-twmonths that Horn 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 allegod to have murdered Ben Minnick 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 even a greater amount in their efforts to free him. Horn was suspected of the murder of a Mexican army officer, William Powell and William Le Matt Rash and Isham Dart of Brown's . Park, Colo., and two or three others. Horn was a man. He spoke German, Spanish, Apache and a number of Indian languages fluently. HOUSE PASSES THE CUBAN RECIPROCITY TREATY. o s, self-educate- d Efforts of the Democrats to Secure Amendments Prove Unavailing. The house on Thursday, by a rising vote of 335 to 21, passed the bill to make effective the Cuban reciprocity treaty. The dissenting votes were about equally divided between Republicans and Democrats, but there was no record vote, the minority having too few votes to order the yeas and nays. The Democrats, under the leadership of Mr. Williams, sought to the last to secure amendments to the bill, in accordance with the action of the Democratic caucus, but were defeated steadily. Treaty Signed. The isthmian canal treaty was signed Wednesday at the residence of Secretary Hay by the secretary and Philippe Bunau-Varillthe minister from Panama. The treaty Is a much simpler document than tho treaty, though it follows WOULD ANNEX CUBA. its general lines. Absolute sovereignty is awarded the United States over Senator Newlands Propose Statehood the canal strip and the convention, it for the Gem of the Antilles. is stated, in every way meets the reSenator Newlands, author of the quirements of the Spooner acL resolution annexing Hawaii, has introMurder Most Foul. duced a joint resolution inviting Cuba Lying half covered up with brush to become a state of the United States In an Irrigating ditch a short distance upon terms of equality with the states below Reno, Nevada, bas been found of tho Union. It provides that Porto by Italian laborers tho body of a nan Hico shall become a county or provin an advanced stage of decomposi- ince of Cuba; that all present officers tion. His feet and hands were tied to- of Cuba shall retain their positions gether with a heavy rope. Ills skull until their terms .expire; that the bonds of Cuba shall beoomo appeared to have been crushed as if with a rock. Ills body was not recog- the bonds of the state of Cuba, with nizable and nothing; about the clothes interest reduced to 3 per ceut, and 2 revcale.j his identity. From appear- per cent to be applied to a slnklnt? ances the murder had been commit- fund; that the present rural guard of ted a Hiontb ago. Cuba shall be Incorporated Into tho army of the United States; that tho Epidemic of Suicides. money in the Cuban treasury shall beDiscouraged by business reverses W. come the money of the Mate of Cuba. C. HiMrrbrant, ton of a prominent Russian Prece Sarcastic merchant of Reno, Nev., committed The officials of the foreign office say uld! Wednesday nfcht by shooting will doubtless recognize PanRussia Mmeif through the head at his faama in due time, and will welcome When the door of ther's home. of a neutral canal, construction the If. C. Donalds' room at the Overland will as commerce share in the benehotel was opened Its occupant was found dead with an empty glass of fit to be derived therefrom. A porcorrrsive sublimate near by. , On his tion of the Russian press is sarcastic person was considerable money and in the tone of its comments on the letters from a wife and child at part played by the United States In Cal. Panama. Free Trade With Philippines. The Novoe Vrcmya regards the It Is believed that the bill to admit whole proceeding as being the last free of duty all goods from the Phil- evidence needed to prove the Imperippines, except sugar and tobacco, ialistic tendency of the United States. will finally pa?3. Sugar and tobacco, It Intimates that it will be another Roman empire, and recalls Lord tinder the bill, will pay but one-hal- f remark: "Who controls the the present duty. The measure Is not looked upon with universal favor by Pacific controls the world." The papers scoffs at the Idea of the those of the states, Dor do the representatives of the to- neutrality of the Panama canal In bacco producers want it to become a time of war In which the United states law. otherwise it will be to the ad- I Involved, if the canal Is built by vantage of the faf west, especially to the United States, on the ground that th rnai wiii be subject to her ILe Intermountaln country. a, Hay-Herra- n $35,-000,0- Men Awake l TOM So-nor- a, Pal-mersto- sugar-producin- g creignty. 00 PETER MORTENSEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF JAMES R. HAY. Protested His Innocence to the Last and Maintained His Wonderful to the Last Moment. Self-Contr- ol Peter Mortensen, the convicted murderer of his neighbor, James R. Hay, was executed at the Utah state prison Friday morning, about 100 persons bei ing present at the execution, Morten-Be- n was 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 absolutely painless. Mortensen died game and protested his Innocence to the last. In a statement he prepared for presentation to the public through the press, he said, among other things: "To the world I want to Bay and swear by the heavens above, by th,e earth beneath, and by all things I hold dear on this earth, I am not guilty of that cowardly murder of my dearest I ask, .therefore, no man's friend! pardon for aught that I may have done in life." The condemned man's last night on earth was spent in calm and peaceful Bleep, and be ate a hearty breakfast on the morning of the execution. Mortensen did not ask for nor re-- , ceive 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 a thing. Peter Mortensen, who was executed for the murder pf James R. Hay, was born In Richfield, Utah, thirty-eigyears ago. His early years were 6pent there and when a young man he removed to Provo. It was while living at that place that he married a Miss Watkin, who is the mother of five children. Mortensen lived for a time in and while there engaged in the lumber business. He owned a sawmill near there at one time, which afterward was destroyed by fire. It has been claimed since that ho burned tho mill himself. Since moving to Salt Lake City Mortensen has resided most of the time in Forest Dale, and prior to his arrest for the murder of Hay was considered an upright and honorable citizen. Ho is said to have been a man with a great determination and a strong will, and would generally succeed In whatever he undertook. When he was arrested for murder on December 18, 1903, his wife left him and went to Ogden to reside with her relatives. Mortensen never saw her since that time. Tho refusal of Mrs. Mortensen to have anything more to do with her husband has had a great influence on public sentiment The general belief is that she took this step because she was convinced of his guilt. The murder of James IL Hay, wan committed on the night of December 1C, 1001, and Mortensen was convict- cd on June 14. 1S02. Hay bad gone to Morlcnsen's borne to collect a sum of money which Mortensen owed the Pacific Lumber company, for whom Hay was employed. Mortensen and Hay left the former's home together, end the latter was never analn nlitf. His iHwly was discovered later. It having been buried In a pasture. Tho man had been .hot In th back of th? head. Mortensen was charge, j with the crime, and after a hard fight, bas paid the penalty with bis life. ht Og-de- n, fir-e- Body Buried in Prison Yard. The body of Peter Morten&cn, executed for the murder of James It. Hay, was interred In the plot of ground reserved for the felon dend at tho Utah penitentiary. Public, other than the Potter's sepulchre to the body. Mortensen' wish was that he be buried in Ogden near the home of to whom be was denied the solace of saying farewell. This was also the wish of his father and brothers, but the Ogden authorities protested. cemeteries, field, denied the-wif- Panama People Decline Overtures of Colombia. The Panama commission conferred t length Friday with the Colombian Commissioners, beaded by General Reyes, who arrived In Colon Thursday from Savanilla on the French steam er Canada. The Panamans refused every overture, declaring their posl- Hon to be Irrevocable, and declared that they would not receive any fur-thcommissions from Colombia unless she recognized the republic of Panama, er i |