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Show American Fork World 11 Ending nf tlia Ufa of John II. Ilnnilllon I'uder ClrruuiiitiiiM-tH- i Whirl) Huggeat Murder-Il- ls Wife Maj lieCou-fruntn- d by thn Charge. s UTAH NEWS. The jury in the 1 1 allow adultery rase at Richfield brought iu a verdict of guilty. Alticrt G. White, non of Alliert White of Kamly, died at Park City on the lOtli lust., of typhoid fever. Arhor day waa celebrated at Saltalr hy the officers at Fort Douglas and a party of eastern excursionists. Assays from tin Copper brought in from the Itlue uiountiiins show as much as 23 per rent of that metal. The reinuinsof Raymond Orr, who died at the I'liioii I'ueille hospital. Ogden. will be tuki-u- . to Newton, Ku:i., for huriul. A. N. I .arson of Highland has been arrested for allowing his sheep to befoul the waters in the creeks alsjve American Fork. The Pipe line of the Pioneer Power company is completed, ami after it has lsen inspected, water will lie turned into it to start the machinery. At the inquest held over the remains of Edward Roberts. of Salt Lake City, the jury brought in a verdict of death hy carbolic acid poison; Mrs. Rouinania 3ALT LAKE TRUNK UTAH. Earl, the aged lady who waa injured in a collision on Second West. Salt I dike City, is recovering from the shuck. Her injuries were nut so severe as was supposed. Adjutant-Genera- l Cannon went to Mount Pleasautly recently to receive the state property from company C, whose time in the National Guard service has expired. II. M. McCune of Logan pleaded guilty to the charge of adultery und Judge Hart sentenced him to one year's imprisonment iu the state prison, April 30. On the morning of the 13th Irst. the mail train delivered eighty ."our sacks of Cnited States mail at Milford. This given a rather vivid idea of liow that section of Utah is coming to the front. dut-ingfro- m Kearns &, Welter have commenced work on the Silver King dump. There is in the neighborhood of 50.IKX1 tons of ore to lie worked nnd a force of or thirty men will be emtwenty-fir- e ployed. A New York dispatch says John J. I)aly of Salt Lake City, is resting comfortably in Roosevelt hospital, nnd his condition is showing marked impmve-mne- t. An operation was performed upon Mr. Duly, after being a long sufferer front appendicitis. James Whitaker of Salt Lake is making a legal attempt to get possession of the premises known as the corner store at Deseret, the disputants of his claim being J. Grcenwixxl, Caroline ltlack and Hurnham. Hanna. Hunger & Co. Irovo attorneys are looking up the east. William Rolx'rts, an inmate of the Salt Lake county poor-faraged 82 Ixxird him in to asked allow the years, eusli each month whut it will cost to and let him keep him in the poor-farinuke his own living on the outside. The request was granted, und he was allowed S per month. The decision of the supreme court of the Cnited States in the ease of the American Publishing company nguiust the A. Fisher brewing company, appealed from Itali. in which it is held that a verdict liy less than twelve jurors is void under the territorial statute. u fleets a number of important east's, now pending on appeal from the territorial supreme court. The funeral of Jnsie Winberg, who was accidentally shot by her cousin, took place from the Nineteenth ward Salt Lake City, on the meeting-hous13th inst. and wus attended hy a large concourse tif friends. The scenes at the funeral were touching. Many of the girl's former schoolmates were in attendance to pay tlicir lust tribute of affectum. e, Jim Fitzer, the Salt Lake man who was taken to Montana for defrauding the state bv shipping wolf nciilps there and gaining a Isiunty of S3 each, has quite talkative since his arrest. He now claims to have been confined in any number of Insane asylums, and that he killed the superintendent of one of them, lie has also intimated that he knows more about the bomb found tied to James Iines door in Salt Lake than he has admitted. Salt Lake City, April 3d. Salt Lake is in the throws of an excitement caused either by a sensations! suicide or an atrocious murder. John II. Hamilton, a young man of good standing, Is the victim. The inquest has not yet been finished but the circumstances are sueli that it may find either that Hamilton killed himself or that he was murdered. In the latter event the verdict will probably be that he met deal lint the hands of hia wife from whom lie hud lived apart since March i rmi from whom lie wus seeking a divorce, 'I he cause of their domestic infelicity was alleged criminal intimacy of .Mrs. Hamilton with W. !!. Pavey. a wnodenware dealer, There is in existence a written confession of such intimacy purported to have h,H-written and signed hy Mrs. Hamilton and its genuineness is attested by a sister of tin; dead man who claims to have licen present when the dxumeiit was signed. Mrs. Hamilton denies her guilt alleging that the confession was wrung from her under duress. Iavey also strongly denies the accusation hut other circumstances tend to confirm it. In either event. John II. Hamilton lies dead at the morgue with a bullet hole in his heart He called on his wife at the house of her sister, Mrs. Thomas 1. Keddon, at 229 West First South street, by appointment, to talk over their troubles preliminary to instituting divorce proceedings. He never left the yard alive, and the manner of his death is only judged by circumstances. public opinion being divided between suicide and murder. Mrs. Hamilton says the dead man had just taken leave of her, and as he did so, threatened to do something for which she would lie sorry. She closed the door and almost immediately heard a shot. She heard no more than one, although others testified that six shots in all were fired, one ball in the fence and one in front of the house having lieen found. When she came out of the house she found several persons in the yard surrtjumlir- - Hamiln ton's hotly. liwuun SI rise. Eureka. Utah. April 20. One of the greatest t trikes ever made lias lieen un- SALT LAKE STIRRED BY ANOTH ER TRAGEDY. W. E. SMITH. AMERICAN FORK, A MURDER OK SUICIDE? Tbs KsppnM-- MYSTERY. Victim la Uvlng sail Has Ills Iitantlly. Chicago. April 19. Oliver Dike, thy supjxired vietiiuof ilie Salt Lake, Utah, tr. nk mystery, has turned up. He lias written to liin mother and friends at Fayette, ().. where his body was supposed to lie rejKising in a grave in the Fayette cemetery, and after meeting with some opposition has succeeded in Dike, it establishing his identity. seems, disappeared from Salt Lake in 1894. and according to his own story, went to Dnget sound und later to California. where lie is known as Harry Driee. He assigns no reuson for changing his uame. The history of the.trnnk mystery is as follows: In the summer of 1894 a man bxik to the Union Ducific freight depot in Salt Lake a box which he shipied to Chicago us household goods, paying the freight thereon. The box was never delivered, und after lying around for two yours the company sold it at auction to got storage charges. The liox was found to contain a trunk, and tlie trunk a sealed zinc case g the decomposed remains of a human lieing. There had disappeared about the time of the shipment of the box a Frenchman named Prosser Chaz-zeHis friendM at once claimed it to be his body in the trunk, believing he had been murdered for the jewels he usually wore. An uncle of Ihke. however, appeared in Ch'ieugo and identified the remains as those of Dike, and secured them for interment. It has sinte developed that he stated he would prove they were Tikes remains if it cost him $20,000, the settlement of an Mate being involved. con-tain- l. WHISKY THE CAUSE. Im Indiana Fight a Duel, With fatal Itnulta. Spokane, Wash.. April 30 A Spokesman Review special from Lewiston. Ida., says: Tom and Mike Wilson, two brothers. Nez Perce Indians, fought a duel 80 miles from this place yesterday. Tlie fight occurred on the Lapwai road, in Soldier canyon, and it was witnessed by a settler's wife at a distance. They first fonght on horsebick; then they dismounted and fought on foot. The attention of the settler's wife was attracted by the angry screams of the combatants. When her husband returned iu the evening he went to the scene and found the dead body of Tom W ilson. The brothers had lieen drinkUntil a short time ago they ing. were highly respected by whites and Indians alike, but they could not stand prosperity, due to the distribution by the government of large sums in payment of ceded lands. Mike is in jail here. He claims his brother's horse fell upon him. HOBBS IS DISCHARGED. Two Krs Several persons claim t.i rare seen a man standing around the house prior to the shooting and two testified to haviug seen him run away after the shots had been fired. Others testify to hairing seen a woman run into the Scddon house after the shooting, while a young lioysnya he saw a man fire the shots from an alley next the Soddon house. The police are working hard on the case and expect a solution soon. Hamilton was a driver in the employ of the Troy laundry, while Mrs. Hamilton was a bookbinder, and since the trouble had been working for t'onimlMlonrr Malone Declined to Wait Kelly & Co. Longer for Evidence. Ogden. Utah. April 19. Saturday RELIEF FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS afternoon Thomas Hobbs, who has lieen in the cast sly of the officers for a couple of weeks waiting a preliminAn Urgent Appeal From th Orerfloweil ary heuring on the charge of train robDistrict. in connection with the Uintah Vicksburg, Miss.. April 2ft(Midnight) bery wus discharged. affair, Major J. II. Willard has just rewived Judge Maginnis for the prosecution, from master of tlie a dispatch the Steamer Florence, ordered last night to asked for a fnrthereontiniianee of the Coon's Landing, La., asking hiiu to heuring on the charge, on the ground send all skiffs obtainable by the first that Inspector Wuterhnry. one of the steamer, as people urc drowning and main witnesses for the government, eould not lie present on Monday aftercannot le reached except by skiffs. noon. Hut Commissioner Malonev reA dispatch arrived at midnight from to fused grant a continuance, and the the water is Ashwood, La., saying was discharged. prisoner into the swamps of rushing rapidly Saturday morning Captain Xieliols. Tonsil parish, which is iuni ly . and Detective Wheelsteamer, und this dispatch aroused Mr. Wuterbm-yfrom returned Sucramento. Inspecing many apprehensions. Later. A dispatch snvs the calamity tor Wuterbury leaving immediately for at Coon's Landing is tine to a break iu Topeka. Kan. the levee then and that another has COPPER MINE SOLD. occurred opposite Rodney. No details Hold to Five Denver Men have licen received, Itoats cannot 1m? The CupMr Gulch by K. II. MrKulg. sent befon morning. Denver. Colo., April 30. The r Gulch mine, located 350 milessouth STATE UNIVERSITY BONDS. of Salt Lake Pity, was sold to five iMiieof Vion.noil nf Ihuiilsln Arciinlanre prominent mining investors at the With an Act of the legislature. Drown Palace hotel lust night by R. 21. Helena. Mont., April State Uni- II. McKuig, a mining man of Salt Ijike bonds of $oo.-00- 0 City. amount to the versity Mr. McKaig is associated with Thomwere sold toduy at a premium of as O. Merrill, formerly tf Montana. '35. by State Treasurer Collins at private sale. Tlie interest and principal Negotiations for the transfer of this are to lie paid from the sale und li- property have lieen going on for sevcense of state lands and state timlNr eral days, and have culminated in upon state lands. They draw interest what will doubtless result in the format fl per cent. Karson, Lcuch A Co. of al transfer on May IsL The consideration is kept guarded, Chicago and New York lmught the homls. The bonds are sold in accord- but it is between 8100.0(H) and $150, (mh). ance with the provisions of an act pass- The identity of tjie three owners of ed by the legislature authorizing the the Utah mine will not be divulged, issue of tloO.OOO in bunds for the pur- nor that of the quintette of Denver poses of completing and furnishing the people who have given notice that they state university at Missoula, will, in all probability, accept the e Cop-pe- terms covered in the South Swansea. A vein of ore. assays from which show 37.470 ounces of silver to the Gin. has lieen uncovered. The ore. also euaries some copper, and experts say gold will go with the copper. All stockholders are correspondingly happy. How extensive the strike is, is as yet unknown. Bodies of ore like this are e usually not extensive, yet in t'Mol-liof this strike a of Gibson Aspen, nuture payed $5,000,000 in dividends in a remarkably short time, That as many ounces as this could be derived from a ton of silver bearing rock was challenged by not a few, und to quiet their doubts officials of the various smelters were interviewed. Euch agreed that it was possible to obtain 29,100 ounces troy from a ton. BY DESTROYED FIRE. Maor Lyman's fnrml anil a Grtat Mill n 1'sniwan Wiped Out. Pa rowan. Utah. April 19. The grist mill here was discovered to be on tire about 2 o'clock Saturday morning, and an alarm given at onei. Before the people arrived it had caught Mayor Lyman's corral, where, with desperate fighting, it was finally checked with the loss of the corral and some stock. The grist mill, with its contents. 150 bushels of grain, were destroyed. The loss will amount to about $5,000, with no insurance. The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. The mill was owned by W. C, McGregor and Mary A. of the late George A. Smith. Whn-duught- er IT. 8. Internal Kr venue Collector. Colorado, Springs, Colo., April 20. Private advices received here today are to the effect that the name of Frank llowbcrt of this city has been decided upon by the authorities at Washington for United States revenue collector for Wyoming and Colorado, to succeed A. L. New of Denver. Mr. Howliert says, however, that the report is not official, as Mr. New's term will not expire for some time to come. Mr. llowbert was a prominent McKinley leader during the national campaign. I (nine's luhllr Ilullilltig to lie Ilegun An. 1. Washington, April 30. Representative Gunn has been informed by the supervising architect of the treasury that lie has sent to Boise for a report upon the grade of the ground on which the public building there is to be erected. It will require about ninety days after receipt of this report for tlie preparation of the plans for the The supervising architect building. belief that work will be the expresses on the begun building by August 1st. Completed sail Accepted. Cheyenne, Wyo. , April 20. Work on the seventeen additional barracks, which has been in progress at Fort I). A. Russell, near this city, for the past six months, was inspected today by Major Barnet and Colonel Tilly of the quartermaster's department and accepted. and the contractors paid the balance due upon their contract, which amounted to $88,000. Fort Russell is now one of the most substantial military posts in the west. Howbert . WAR IS DECLARED. TURKEY GOADED TO A DECLARATION OF HOSTILITIES. on tlie Frontier end tfeavy Fixating Megan General Atlvmire Ordered Grrerk Steamer Sunk liy Turkish Kmr Proven. Hut-tri-l- ee Constantinople. April 19. Turkey has declared war upon Greece and has instructed those in command of the troops on the frontier to lxgin in aggressive campaign. An official communication to the newspapers states that the Imperial government lias spared no pains to preserve peace, but that Greece having sent troops to Crete in defiance of tlie wish of the powers, and having Ixgun hostilities on the frontier, lias compelled Turkey to defend her integrity aud retaliate by an act of war. The minister of war has given exacplicit orders to Edhem Iusha, in apan decree, with cordance imperial proving the decision of tlie council and adopting the plan of operations formulated by the military commission. The irade throws the entire responsibility for the war npon Greece. On the other hand Greece seeks to throw the entire responsibility upon Turkey for the beginning of hostilities, .claiming that instruction to Greek commanders has been to conduct a defensive campaign, whicji has been done, Now. however, since active hostilities have been lxgun by Turkey. Greece will adopt offensive tactics. Passports have Ix'cn asked for and granted the representatives of Ixith nations, and all diplomatic relations severed. Heavy Fighting llegun. Athens. April 19 The Greek steamer Macedonia was sunk at the entrance of the Gulf of Arta by Turkish batteries. The crew were landed safely in small boats. Immediately the Greeks began a bombardment of 1revesa. a strongly fortified Turkish stronghold near by. which is still in progress. Turkish batterh s, according to Greek advices, had been shelling Actiuiu. a Greek fortress opposite IVevcsa. for four hours before Greek gnnlxiab arrived and opened on lrevesa. Fighting has been going on at Karyu. on the Greek frontier, near for three days. The Turkish loss was quite heavy for a skirmish Alxiut l.VOOO Greeks engagement. were in the engagement. Gunnell of War. Constantimbb-April 19. , Advices from Turkish headquarters in Macedonia state that a council of war is being held. A general advance for tomorrow has been ordered and a great Turkish troops battle is immin.-nt- . are eager for a general engagement. Advices of another attack hy the Greeks on Turkish forces near Zarka have just lieen received. VIhwsI at Washington. Washington. April lb. The grare situation excites .lively interest here. In diplomatic circles particularly, where tlie possibilities of a general conflict in Europe are always regarded as more or less imminent if any of the powers become engaged in war. the situation wus deeply considered. BRIEFLY TOLD. Secretary Sherman, in hr interview, stated tlmt tlu United States would The Northern Pacific has four carremain strictly neutral, having very d loads of Chinamen at little commerce with either nation Hope. Idaho, waiting for fkxxls. to to lead complications. The likely The Martin residence, built in the scene of war was so fur removed as to palmy days by tlu Hank of California lx of little concernment. Should it for its agent at a cost of $10,000, the lx come necessary, however, to mainfinest residence on the Comstock, has tain a Heet in the scene, tin .Meditebeen sold for $4.MH). rranean squadron is handy and well Cattlemen of Converse county, Wyo- provided for. No eunqilications, howming. are said to be feeling jubilant ever, are expected to arise. over the conviction oj William McGinGREEK VICTORIES. nis. the rustler who has caused so much trouble in the past. They ('apt are Mrnrn suit Destroy lh Fort remit t Frevemi. Further results of Wyoming's great London. April 20. A dispatch to the blizzard an coming in. In Converse Frank' Ycnlon, who Daily Chronicle from Athens, dated at county midnight, says tin Greeks have capruns his stock on the head of Hox ElMenexu after revere fighting. tured der creek, lost 300 nut of C(H) head of Turkish losses were very heavy, Tlu rattle, and a sheep man near Powder the Greek comparatively light. The out of 1.000 slieep. river last The Greek fleet correspondent afjds: A numlier of ranchmen from upper lias linlf the fortresses at destroyed Pass creek, Wyo.. tell almost incredible Irovesa and silenced the guns. I am stories of the amount of snow in that assured thut the bombarding will be country. They all agree that nothing continued tomorrow (Monday) morn-iuof the kind was ever there beside-tracke- 1 g. known fore, and that when the breuk-ucomes they will have to drive their stixk out on the bluffs and hold them until the danger is over. In 1894 a train loud of Swedish settlers from Chicago arrived at Idaho Falls and others have followed from time to time and now there is a settlement four miles west of Idaho Falls p -- called New Sweden, of 800 people. They have built a comfortable school, a church with a resident minister, hnve a library association and liave organized the Kcandivavian Sick Benefit and Benevolent society. The latest news received here tonight is that the Greeks heve ruptured and hehl all the positions except Ana and Milouna along the Thessalian line. l have had acres to an important document from a European capital, showing that the powerx have done nothing for several weeks because they hoped that Greece would lie either financially ruined or soundly beaten by Turkey. If Turkey secures Larissa she will remain there until Greece evacuates Crete. It was Germany that urged Turkey to declar'. war." |