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Show he Ifcer STAND! NO A WiAOM. yews Proprietor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION; Yr, in One hts Monlb Tare dvnc 11.25 .06 Mouth. 86 t Brtgfcaia City a olau msusr Katertd atth Post Oflce aacomd BXUim STANDINU, Editor. INSTRUCTIONS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Turn of aevt ar aolioltad from all part of country. Writ upon on aid of th paper only. Writ proper name plainly. In order to protect the publisher from Imposition from Irresponsible persons, tbe full name of tbe author shnu.d be signed to all com niuntoations. Ibe Identity of corroapoodeote 111 be wUhts.d whenever desired. IS PUBLISHED I EVERY THURSDAY. TAli STATE NEWS. M. Webb raised of tomatoes on two Edward von h $207.44 of acres land, at Kaysvilie. was Alex Thayno of Washington Kicked l)y a horse .no day last week, his leg being broken. William Singleton, who came to Utah In 1800 and moved to Kamas In 1809, Is dead at the age of 74. A subordinate lodge of the United Commercial Travelers' association of America was organized in 0;den last week. The Westminster Presbyterian church of Salt Lake City last week purchased a vacant lot on which will be erected a building at a cost ot $30,(100. Plans arc being made for the estab lishment 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 atruck the ground twenty feet below In such a manner that he escaped with a broken arm. SJalt Lake, a brother of Bessie Knecht, the famous "sleeping girl, who died recently, hag become Insane as a result of worrying oyer family troubles. James Lynch, convicted of the murder of Godfrey Prowse, has for the third time been sentenced to death, the date for his execution being fixed for Frank Jacobs of Friday, January 8, 1904. N. C. llancks, the young man who was very badly Injured In an explosion In the Mt Nebo mining district. Is progressing favorably, and his 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 Fairview Telephone company, an Independent concern, which has been conducting a private line in that town. Is making arrangements to branch out in the very near future. As the rsult of a quarrel over a woman, W. H. 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. Daniel Whipple and L. McDonald, PLANNED BY FIENDS. Mine Officials Meet Death as Result of Diabolical Plot. Charles superintendent of the Vimlliator mine, as.d Melvin li. Beck, a miner, were killed shortly before noon Snturila by an exp'osion In the sixth leu ot the Vindicator mine at Cripple Creek, Colo. The explosion otcmrc.l while Superintend) nt McCormick anil Miner Beck were in the ae. They were the only passengers. Just as the cage reached the sixth level the explosion occurred. It wrecked the level, rage and shaft at that lKiiut, and instantly killed both It is positively asserted by of fleers of the Vindicator Mining company that the explosion was caused This stateby an infernal machine. ment was made after a thorough ex amination 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 tho Infernal machine. To the trigger of the revolver was attached a string, which was thrown across tho shaft in such a manner that when the cage came down and encountered the string the revolver would explode, the hul et striking the infernal machine. Pieces of this revolver have been recovered from the bottom of tho shaft, but not a vestige of the infernal machine can be found. I ni'-n- . BATTLE WITH MOROS. Three Hundred Are Killed During En gagement 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 Slet lake In Jolo, November 12th. The Moros were goon located and fighting began immediately and continued until November 17th. Major Scott was taking Pangiima Hassem, the Moro leader, who had been taken prisoner, to Jolo. While en route Hassen asked to he allowed to aee his family. His appeal was granted and he thereupon led Major Scott Into an ambush, where the American detachment was fired upon. Major Scott was shr.t in both hands. Hassen succeeded in escaping during this unexepected attack, but is supposed to have been killed the following day. WILL HE GET ITT President Marroquln Ask Aid of Former Enemiea In Central America. President Marroquin of the republic of Colombia has sent a circular to President Zalaya of Nicaragua, asking for his moral Btipport in dealing with the present situation on the isthmus. President Zeiaya 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's bitterest enemy, openly aiding the Colombian liberals In their efforts to overthrow Marroquin during the last revolution. CAUGHT IN FIRE TRAP. Salt Lake carpenters, were injured one day last week by the falling of a Men Awake to Find Themselvee Surrounded by Walls of Flame, scaffold upon which they were workWhile over 100 Italian railroad laing, precipitating them into a pile of borers were asleep in a shanty near old junk. Pa the building caught fire and Lilly, G (Jorge Masters, aged 28, well known before the men could escape at least In Sprlngville, where his parents retwenty-sevewere burned to death side, was killed Saturday as the result and a score or more were seriously of s premature blast while engaged in injured. railroad construction work near The fire Is supposed to have started Frutta, Colo. from an overheated stove in the eastMrs. J. W. Criger, an actress, at- ern end. The building burned like tintempted to kill her husband, with der, and the flames were upon the men whom she had quarreled, at a lodging before any of them were aroused. Then began a struggle for the outside house in Salt Lake City, attacking and life. They fought and scrambled him with a penknife while he was for the doors, and the weaker were asleep. Crigers wounds are not seri- crushed down and trampled. Others were roasted to death there. ous. n Nick Haworth, who was to have been executed on December 11, for the murder of Thomas Sandal at Layton, on the night of March 29, 1899, had his death sentence commuted to life Imprisonment by the state board of pardons. Robert L. King, twice sentenced to death for complicity in the murder of Godfrey Prowse, In Salt Lake City, hat at last been released from custody, the prosecution having decided there was insufficient evidence against King. Jud Grant has been arrested In Salt Lake City on a charge of passing counterfeit money. It is believed that Grant is the man who has set in circulation a greater portion of the bad money which has been found in the capital city of late. The road supervisor at Green River Is having a hard time collecting poll tax from the Italians In that district, being attacked by one of them who carried a long knife, one day last week. The Italian is now awaiting trial on a criminal charge. E. A-- King, familiarly known throughout the state as "Doc King, died at Alameda, Cal., Sunday. He had lived In Salt Lake City for over thirty years, and at one time was employed by President Brigham Young aa a guard at the famoua "Bee Hive house. The proposition to erect an Iron smelter in Ogden has been revived, and it is thought that this attempt may prove successful. There Is an Inexhaustible supply of rich Iron ore in the mountains about Ogden, and a smelter wonld be a great boon to that I I lty. MET DEATH BIIAVELY Another Mine Horror. Hill Farm district In Pennsylvania, on Saturday added ten more victims to its black record. Just as the day shift had nearly completed Its labors and were about to leave the Ferguson mine at 6:30 o'clock, a terrific explosion rent the whole mine and nineteen miners who were working in the vicinity were thrown in all directions, ten men being killed. All of the men killed except one were Several of the Injured foreigners. will probably die. The Row Among Peasants. 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- Peter Mortensen, the convicted murderer of his neighbor, James R. Hay, was executed at the Utah state prison Friday morning, about 100 persons being present at the execution. Mortensen 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 1L His life was snuffed out instantly, and physicians say his death was absolutely painless. Mortensen died game and protested hla 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 say and swear by the heavens above, by the 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 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 he ate a hearty breakfast on the morning 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 a thing. Peter Mortensen, who was executed for the murder of James R. Hay, wag born In Richfield, Utah, thirty-eigh- t years ago. His early years were spent 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 Ogden, 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 he burned the 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. He 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. The 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 R. Hay, was committed on the night of December 16, 1901, and Mortensen was convicted on June 14. 1902. Hay had gone to Mortensens home to collect a sum of money which Mortensen owed the Pacific Lumber company, for whom Hay was employed. Mortensen and Hay left the formers home together, and the latter was never again seen alive. His body was discovered later,' it having been buried in a pasture. The man had 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. Body Buried in Prison Yard. The body of Peter Mortensen, executed for the murder of James R. Hay, was Interred in the plot of ground reserved for the felon dead at the Utah penitentiary. Public cemeteries, other than the Potter's to the body. field, denied sepulchre Mortensen's wish was that he be buried in Ogden near the home of the wife to whom he was denied tho solace of saying farewell. This was also the wish of his father and brothers, but the Ogden authorities protested. Panama People Decline Overtures of Colombia. The Panama commission conferred at length Friday with the Colombian headed by General commissioners, Reyes, who arrived in Colon Thursday from Savanilla on the French steamer Canada. The Panamans refused every overture, declaring their position to be Irrevocable, and declared that they would not receive any further commissions from Colombia unless she recognized the republic of Panama. . A Stubborn Fight., . According to a dispatch from Vienna, Croatian 'peasants of Nagylak, near Nagyenyed, in Transylvania, Friday last organized a murderous attack on their Hungarian neighbors. The Croatians assembled during the day and armed themselves with revolvers, sticks and hay forks, and at nightfall stoned the Magyar houses and dragged the inmates Into the streets. One farmer was beaten to death and most of the Hungarians were injured, many severely. Used Drug Once Too Often. Queenan of Seattle and Charles Seiger of New York fought twenty rounds to a draw at Vancouver, B. C. Queenan had the best of the bout most of the rounds, and most sporting men were Inclined to think that the decision gave him a shade the worst of it. Seiger was very strong and forced the fighting for the first few rounds. Then Queenan took the heavy end and ail but bad Seiger out. The "iron man came up pretty fresh In the eighteenth, and was in no danger to the end of the fight John L. Jerome, a prominent capitalist and former treasurer of the Colorado Fuel & Iron company, was found dead in bed at 9:30 Sunday morning at his summer home at Buffalo park, about forty miles from Denver. He was discovered by his housekeeper, who had instructions to call him. His death was caused by an overdose of trlanal, a drug which he had been in the habit of taking to Induce sleep. Death was evidently accidental, and the coroner so reported. Prize Fighters as Hold-up"Terrible and "Dutch Reagan Chamberlain, two prize fighters who have been appearing in boxing bouts recently in coast cities, were arrested at Vancouver Friday, charged with several hold-up- s which have occurred in the east end of the city during the last few days. The men were billed to fight In the preliminary to the Queenan contest at Vancouver. The robberies were very bold, and Reagan la said to be the man who held the gun. Perry . CXECUTED- T0M H0RN - j RESORT TO VIOLENCE. BRAINED HIS FAMILY and Chicagoan Assaulted INSANE AN OF Fired Upon. CRIME HORRIBLE Policemen is MILL HAND. The street car strike in Chicago and assuming alarming proportions, Crushed the Skulls of Hia Wife and violence has been resorted to. On car man who Children With a Hatchet and Then Tuesday a non union bams companys Shot Himself. of the out ventured was set upon, presumably by pickets, A message from Laramie, Wyo., and given a chance to leave town. He beatafterhesitated in his answer and was jays the police on Wednesday noon found in their home there the en up, thrown in a box car, and the bodies of Gus Olson, employe of the door locked. The car was part of a was carrolling mill; his wife and their two departing freight train. He dressed. not wounds 1 3 his and respectively. years ried away, boys, aged Olson and the younger child were A wagonload of bedding intended dead and the others dying. It Is sup- for the barn barracks was saturated Thirty-nint- h posed that some time during the pre- with oil and burned at the vious night Olson committed the deed, street corner. A shot was fired into the Englewood crushing the skulls of his family with a hatchet and then shooting himself police station from the darkness, the twice with a shotgun. Olson is said bullet narrowly missing a desk serto have been acting strangely for some geants head. time and he is believed to have been Peace negotiations looking to an Insane. amicable settlement of the struggle Chispectators. between the management of the BOILED IN GREASE emmonths that During the twenty-twcago City Railway and its striking Horn was confined in the county Jail indicathe and Galhave begun, Five Workmen Deluged by Many ployees there were frequent reports of plots tions are that both sides of the conlons of Scalding Fat to liberate him. Many of these plots to submit their difFive workmen have been injured troversy will agree had been arranged, but the publicity of a huge lard render- ferences to arbitration. given them and the preparation made by the collapse at the jail to resist an attack had the ing vat in a New York City establishFIGHTING AT SAN. DOMINGO. desired effect. On August 9 last Horn, ment Three of them will probably assisted by Jim McCloud, a notorious die. The men were at work in the The City is Again Being Bombarded bottom of the tank by Insurgents. character, Who Is alleged to have mur- basement when the dered Ben Minnick in Big Horn coun- containing many gallons of scalding situation in San DoThe political and the men ty, overpowered Jailer Proctor and es- grease suddenly gave way The insurgents are serious. is boiled. Instantly the mingo c caped to the street, but the Jailer had were literally Generals the city. bombarding battled with them for nearly half an grease became ignited and soon the Francisco Juan and Figuero hour and the desperadoes were wind- basement was in flames. Sanchex are refugees In the foreign The cries of the men could be heard ed and did not get far from the jail. legations. At that time Horn attempted to kill by pedestrians in the street, and aid The city is completely invested by was quickly rendered by the police and Proctor." men under Pichardo and four 4,000 It is estimated that the conviction of firemen, but three of the men had al- other generals. before boiled alive most been they Horn cost Laramie county upwards of A general attack Is expected within $35,000, and that Horns friends spent could be rescued. The others were very next few days. General Wos y the even a greater amount in their efforts seriously hurt, hut will probably re- Gil refuses to capitulate and it is becover. to free him. , lieved that the fighting will be severe. Horn was suspected of the murder GAMBLED IN CHURCH. The situation is desperate, and fightof a Mexican army officer, William in the streets is likely to occur Powell and William Lewis, Matt Rash Catholic Priest and Italian Quarrel ing at any moment and Isham Dart of Browns Park, Over Game of Cards. The United States cruiser Baltimore Colo., and two or three others. Rev. Felix M. Lepore, pastor of has been compelled to leave to reHorn was a man. He Mount Carmel Catholic church, of coal. United States Minister Powell spoke German, Spanish, Apache and Denver, and another Italian named Is endeavoring to protect American ina number of Indian languages fluently. Joe Soricl were fatally wounded In terests with the limited means at his a duel supposed to have arisen over disposal. A German naval vessel is HOUSE PASSES THE CUBAN RECIPROCITY TREATY. a card game they were playing in ready to land troops at a moment's the priests apartments in the church notice. Efforts of the Democrats to Secure building. Father Lepore was shot Washed Up by the Sea. Amendments Prove Unavailing. twice in the abdomen and once In the The bodies of two more men, vicThe house on Thursday by a ris- face, and Sorici was shot once in the steamer South ing vote of 335 to 21, passed the bill abdomen. There seem to have been tims of the wrecked to make effective the Cuban reciproc- no of the affair, and all Portland, have been washed ashore ity treaty. The dissenting votes were those who were near the scene are near the mouth of the Siletz river, about equally divided between Repub- very reticent. Both men were taken says a Newport, Ore., dispatch. To licans and Democrats, but there was to. St Joseph's hospital, where it is one of them a life preserver was partno record vote, the minority having said they cannot recover. ly fastened, which bears the words, Steamer South Portland. Both the too few votes to order the yeas and New Canal Treaty Signed. bodies were fully clad and a gold nays. The Isthmian watch was found in the pockets of The Democrats, under the leader- canal treaty was signed Wednesday at one, but with this exception nothing to of Mr. the Williams, sought ship the residence of Secretary Hay by the was found on either body that would last to secure amendments to the bill. Bunau-VarillIn accordance with the action of the secretary and Philippe Indicate their identity. The finding of Democratic caucus, but were defeated the minister from Panama. The treaty the life preserver tends to confirm is a much simpler document than the steadily. the supposition that the body of the treaty, though it follows unknown man which floated ashore a WOULD ANNEX CUBA. Its general lines. Absolute sovereignfew days ago was also a victim of Senator Newlands Propose Statehood ty is awarded the United States over the same wreck. canal for the Gem of the Antilles. the. strip and the convention, It in is remeets the FAITH CURE IN OHIO. stated, every way Senator Newlands,' author of the of the Spooner act quirements resolution annexing Hawaii, has IntroChristian 8cience Wins in the State duced a joint resolution Inviting Cuba Murder Most Foul. Supreme Court. to become a state of the United States Lying half covered up with brush court of Ohio has renThe supreme upon terms of equality with the states In an Irrigating ditch a short distance dered a decision which is taken to of the Union. It provides that Porto below Reno, Nevada, has been found mean that Christian Science may be Rico shall become a county or provby Italian laborers the body of a man practiced in Ohio. Some time ago, a ince of Cuba; that all present officers In an advanced stage of decomposiof Cuba shall retain their positions tion. His feet and hands were tied to- family by the name of Bishijj, In Hamilton, O., was tried and acquitted until their terms expire; that the gether with a heavy rope. His Bkull on a charge of manslaughter for havbonds of Cuba shall become appeared to have been crushed as if the bonds of the state of Cuba, with with a rock. His body was not recog- ing permitted a child to die without interest reduced to 3 per cent, and 2 nizable and nothing about the clothea giving it medical aid. The state carper cent to be applied to a sinking revealed hia identity. From appear- ried the case up on exception and the fund; that the present rural guard of ances the murder had been commit- supreme court overruled the excepCuba shall be incorporated into the ted a month ago. tions. army of the United States; that the Epldemio of Suicides. money in the Cuban treasury shall beNo Use for Irreconcilables. come the money of the state of Cuba. Discouraged by business reverses W. Eleven irreconcilables of the comC. Hilderbrant, son of a prominent Russian Press Sarcstlo. mon class were arrested on the streets of Reno, Nev., committed merchant The officials of the foreign office say Of Colon Tuesday and shipped on the suicide Wednesday night by shooting Russia will doubtless recognize Pansteamer Trent to Cartagena without himself fahead tbe at his through ama in due time, and will welcome time to go home for their When the door of being given the construction of a neutral canal, ther's home. to say farewell to their H. C. Donalds' room at the Overland clothing or as commerce will share In the benefamilies. The steamer Seguranca is hotel was opened its occupant was fit to be derived therefrom. A porfound dead with an empty glass of the first ship to leave the harbor of tion of the Russian press is sarcastlo corrosive sublimate near by. On his Colon with the flag of the new repubin the tone ot its comments on the person was considerable money and lic at Its peak. Commander Delano of from letters a wife and child at So- the United States part played by the United States in ship Dixie sailed nora, Cal. Panama. for New York on the Seguranca. The Novoe Vremya regards the Free Trade With Philippines. Federation Not Fighting Smoot. whole proceeding as being the last It la believed that the bill to admit President evidence needed to prove the Imper- free Gompers of the American of duty all goods from the PhilFederation of Labor and James Dunialistic tendency of the United States. ippines, except sugar and tobacco, can, first vice It Intimates that it will be another will president, said, relafinally pass. Sugar and tobacco, tive to the Roman empire, and recalls Lord Pal- under dispatch that the federathe bill, will pay but f tion was endeavoring to merstons remark: Who controls the the present duty. The measure is not appointment of Senator prevent the Paclflo controls the world. Smoot of looked upon with universal favor by Utah on the immigration committee, The papers scoffs at the Idea of the those of the if such an endeavor was being states, that neutrality of the Panama canal In nor do the it was without the official sancrepresentatives of the to- made time of war in which the United States tion of the federation. They could is involved, if the canal is built by bacco producers want it to become a not undertake to prevent, they said, It will be to the adthe United States, on the ground that law. Otherwise any person affiliated with the federathe canal will be subject to her sow vantage of the far west, especially to tion from the intermountain country. canvassing on any queserelgnty. tion in which he had personal interest Commits Man for Trial Whom Judge Mexican Meets Hie Match. Recognized by France. He Believes Innocent of The text After 'fifteen rounds of hard and Foreign Minister Russell Bolles was bound over to the note to United States Ambasfierce fighting, Jack Cordell, a recent criminal division of the district court sador Porter, acknowledging the rerecruit from the amateur ranks, was In Denver, Wednesday, by Justice given the decision ceipt of the information that the Amover Aurelto Herfor on trial the charge of hav- rera, at erican government had recognized the Byrne Cal. It was a good Oakland, murdered Harold Frledborn, a boy government of Panama, which was ing who was killed on New Years eve, fight, and Referee Eddie Smiths decision was cabled Friday to the state department 1901, when defending his sister from Cordell satisfactory. at Washington, adds: On its side a criminal assault In giving his de- earned the decision by outboxing the Mexican. Herrera fared badly in the the French government has decided to cision the justice expressed his own s and nearly all of his belief in the prisoners innocence. recognize the republic of Panama and Bolles was arrested punches were neatly blocked recently near by the amateur. has consequently authorized its agent Cordell had no force B. where C., Vancouver, was he going reat Panama to enter into official behind his blows, otherwise there under an assumed name. new lations with the state." might have been a different ending. George Turner, of Wash,Was Largest Man in the World. Hanna Will Succeed Morgan, ington, who has returned from the Lee Trickey, said to have been the The senate committee appointed by meetings of the Alaskan boundary Ihe Republican caucus to fill biggest and heaviest man in the world, commission, states that he Is vacancies not seekat Newport, Ark., Friday. died the Democratic nomination for on standing committees held its first ing Trickey, who was known to amuse vice president ot the United States. meeting Tuesday. Senator s as John Lee, traveled with The Spokane Chronicle quotes him as ranking Republican member Hawley, of the 1 am not a candidate for a circus a number of years, and this saying r canal committee, has asked vice presIdenL It Is of coarse a very to be relieved from 648. down scales to the duty on the comspring pulled nice compliment, which I mittee because of ill health. The reAt the time of his death he weighed to be considered by ones appreciate, friends, but port that Senator Morgan will withhut 619. He was 21 years of age and all I can say Is, as was said by an draw from the committee when he is was born in Wisconsin. Trickey eastern politician, that ths vice presi- desposed from the chairmanship, stood 6 feet 9 inches high, wore a 7 dency would probably go to the mid- which it has been decided shall go to hat and a 7 shoe. About the stomach dle west." Senator Hanna, is not credited he measured more than 8 feet either Republicans or Democrats. by Met Death With a Smile and Declared His Innocence to the Last. Tom Horn, the cattle detective convicted of the murder of Willie Xickell, son of Kels P. Xickell, the an Iron Mountain ranchman, was county, Wyomhanged in the Lara-ii- o ing, Jail at 11 o'clock Friday, his neck being broken by the fall of the .rap 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: Cheyenne, Wyo., November 20. 10:43 a. m. John C. Coble, Esq., City: I die In ten minutes. I did not kill Willie Xickell. 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 A Non-Unio- n Wen-cesla- d Hay-Herra- n . Attempt to Cross From England to France Is a Failure. Mr. S. F. Cody attempted to cros, the English channel from Dover to Calais in a fourteen-foo- t canvas lapsable boat, attached to two special kites, but failed to make the passage owing to the unfavorable conditions of Colonel Codys Kite Boat. There was a breeze during the morning from the northwest, which it was thought might prove sufficiently strong to enable the novel trip to be accomplished. About midday Mr. Cody and a companion, both wearing lifebelts, made a start, amid the cheers of a crowd of spectators on the sea front, says an English exchange. As soon as she was launched the little craft sped away at a good pace towards the French coast, but after she had traveled some distance it was seen from the shore that the kite lines were slackening. On reach ing the lightship the boat encountered rough water set up by a strong easterly current and as the wind veered rapidly to the west the kites began to point up channel. Ultimately one of them fell into the sea and, it being obvious by this time that the French coast could not be reached, the attempt was abandoned. the wind. LAMENT OF THE AUTHOR Unhappiness Caused by the Obstinacy of the Critic. With dreams of riches and renown We take our pens in hand to write; While others frolic through the town We scribble on. night after night; Our valiant heroes love and fight. And many a hopeful sigh is heaved O'er masterpieces cruel spite! That end Among the Books Received." Encased in covers green and brown And red and blue and gray and white. Our heroes strike the villains down. Or mouth cheap epigrams and trite; By humor that Is subtle quite The tragic pages are relieved, And then our hopes are put to flight At last Among the Books Received." The critic Is a spiteful clown. Who thinks his duty Is to smite; He takes our books up with a frown. As If expecting them to bite. And, dropping them, the scurvy wight No doubt feels that he Is aggrieved In having had them in his sight Theyre named Among the Books Received.' LENVOI. Fate, shall we ever reach the height Whereon they stand who have achieved The glory 'tls not theirs to blight, Who flx the lists of Books Recelvedf S. E. Kiser. Mouse Won His Freedom. During the digging of hcles for telegraph poles In New York not long ago, the workmen noticed a mouse which had fallen into one of the cavities. For hours the tiny prisoner raced frantically around tne enclosure. Then he seemed to get over his hysterics and set his wits to work, boon be began systematically to dig a spiral groove, round and round the inner surface of the hole, which was several feet deep. Night and day the busy little captive worked away digging little pockets here and there as his improvised staircase got farther from the ground, so that he might rest from his hard labors. The workmen kept him supplied with food, and after the third day the indefatigable little creature eached the top, and enthusiastic cheering welcomed bil freedom. Natural History. one-hal- sugar-producin-g Del-cass- mix-up- ment-lover- much-heralde- d Teacher Bees live in a hive, but they call it a cellar, for it is full of cells. Bees also make money. They make It fine by combing it with fine honeycomb. Moose Track North. According to observers in the Adirondack woods, at least three moose have been seen, recently, working their way north into Canada, and it is Inferred that the attempt to stock tbe north woods with them will fail, and that moose placed there will take tbe same trail to Canada that was taken years by their ancestors seventy-fivago. e Coin In Circulation. , There 1b over $100,000 In quarters, dimes, nickels cents in circulation, about $80,000 in silver dollars, $75,000,000 in dollar bills and $45,000,000 in two lar bills. half-tars- |