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Show I'M WEATHER FORECAST Fair and warmer day (air. OGDEN CITY, UTAH. SATURDAY MORNING. VOL. D. NO 133 RAINSTORM BEATS UPON i HOMELESS HOUSE Puts Finishing Touches on Miserable Situation la Tornado Stricken Town of Snyder. Crazed Italian Said Spirit Told Him Murdered Wife Was to be Found There, Okla., May 12. A very storm visited this town today which caused much distress among the homeless ami those whose been have partially belongings wrecked. Considerable damage has already been done to a number of clock of merchandise which was not materially Injured by the tornado, the building has been unroofed or otherwise laym rendered incapable of rendering protection from the rain. This wUf add to the total of property loss to the extent of thousands of dollars, Those whose nouses were damaged, a number will suffer added loss, while few of the rooms which were available for sleeping purposes last night will not be rendered unfit fur occupation owing to dampness. Washington, May 12. A man, who said his name 1 Daniel Constable, an Italian, was arrested by Policeman Hopkins, while trying to forre nn entrance at the rear door of the White House, shout midnight tonight. He was locked up at the polire station. When questioned aa lo the reason for being on the White House grounds, he declared a spirit had entered hi head and told Mm that his murdered wife was to be found in the White House. The man was hatless. He waa first seen by a negro cltmhlng over the Iron fence surrounding tlie grounds of the White House, and attention waa then attracted by the sound of an attempted entrance nt the rear door. He wa slugging frantically at the door and shouting Franreaca, It ia I." Policeman Hopklna rushed up, hurled him to the ground, when ha men made a dash for liberty and six were necessary to hold him. Snyder, Race Day at Emridge On Train In Drugged Condition By Negro and Dies. May finally the negro wrote while Croker dictated. The address was Bliss, Oklahoma, care 101 Ranch." Immediately after the train started Croker fell into a deep Bleep, snoring loudly. Later he grew quieter. Aa the train neared Newton, the conductor, who wished to take up Crokera ticket, shook him to arouse him and found him dead. There are no marks of violence on the young mans body, and the officers here do not believe he died of heart trouble, aa he waa of fine physical development. Beside the letter from Zach Mulhall, Introducing Croker to Joe Miller, of 101 ranch, Crokera papers contained a letter of introduction from J. D. Carroll of New York to Miller, a letter signed Carter from New York, and an affectionate letter from a woman on West 22nd street, New York City. The two latter letters were not made public. At the race track Crokera manner was not such aa to excite notice. Tod Sloan, the jockey, who rode for Richard Croker, and who waa well acquainted with Herbert;! brother, was at the track all afternoon, and he did not even hear that Croker wai In town. It appears that Croker did not make his identity known any where in this city. Ine negro who put young Croker oh the train last night was Charles Woodson, a porter at the Coates hotel. Woodson says that Croker arrived at the hotel about 8 o'clock last night In an Intoxicated condition. After checking a small valise at the hotel, Croker, the negro say a, asked him where there was a hop Joint After repeated requests Woodson says that he agreed to accompany Croker to such a resort They went together to a Chinese resort on Sixth street between Wyndotte and Delaware street, where they remained an hour. Woodson says that he then took Croker direct to the train. Crok-ervalise is still at the hotle. Croker did not register at the hotel and it la not believed that he stopped at any other hotel during hia brief stay in the city. Woodson, the negro porter, tella a straight story and the police do not think that he waa guilty of robbing Croker or otherwise abusing his con- 1 2 .Herbert V. ftETSSm'of Richard Croker. the leader of New Work, dd on a aouthbound.. Santa early train near Newton, Kanaa iifound Fa morning and It la supposed he ewrn, where an inquest ia being it in expected ane performed to cause of death. From paper that (bund on the deed man, it appear York to la wai on the wny from New the 101 ranch, ipmd vacation nt ?eld and where aaiopay will be deter-aineth- win. Oklahoma. Ho atopped In Kinnan pty not treat yeaterday, ter at a hotel, or ao far aa known, nr hi He vialted (fternooa, Track Is Put identity known to no one. the Elmrldge race in the but hia conduct waa not BDUSUftl. In At 10 o'clock last night Croker, a condition of ntupor, wan put on board a chair car on n Santa Fe train by n purse containiaegra. who gave him ng m in money and a ticket to Bliss, 0. T. broker Immediately lapsed into a Hia fellow heavy sleep. noted hie sleep became passengers quieter. No attention was paid to hia condition until Newton had been nearly niched, when the conductor, seeking to arouse him to collect his ticket, a found him dead. The coroner at New-totonight at began an inquest vhlch trainmen testified that Mr. The Croker did not smell of liquor. waa adjourned until to-quest The police of this city found the Mite who put Mr. Croker on the train. was a porter at the Coates house, used Woodson. He said that Croker, vita at the hotel, asked to he taken ts ii opium Joint, that he took him He UKch'a place that was kept by a CkUk and that Croker stayed there tot a hoar and when at hia request, ifadtin took Croker to the train and on board. The police believe Woodson's story, sad he has not been arrested. helped Wm Kauai City, May 12. Herbert V. Croker. of Richard Croker, New York political leader, was found dead on a aouthbound Atchison, between Topeka and Santa Fe i ra the train Jury la Excused. Newton, Kansan. May 12. Thf coroner's Jury in the Croker case was excused tonight until tomorrow morning, after examining the trainmen. The testimony Introduced at the inquest by the trainmen tended to show that Croker was not drunk, but had been drugged. A brother of the dead man la coming from New York to take the body home, according to a telegram reeclved here Bliss. Oklahoma. The tret newa of the death of young Croker wai received Iq Kansas City at four o'clock this afternoon, when the local police were requested to hunt tor a negro who la said to have placed Croker on the train at Kansas City. According to a telephone message from Newton, Croker waa found dead la a car seat just before the train leached Newton, early today. The body tonight MOTHER AND SISTERS HEAR GLAD NEWS wu taken from the train at Newtoa. Bis identity did not become known vstil a message waa received from Richard Croker at New York several hour later, asking the authorities to hud the remains and stating that he voahl leave the east Immediately for Can Hardly Believe Newe That BeKswton. loved Nan is at Length The first clew to Croker! identity Really Free. w a letter found In the dead man's focket, addressed to Zach Mulhall, formerly of Oklahoma, who la now Washington, May 12. The first intiholding a wild west show in New York mation that Mrs. Patterson, mother of City to Joseph 8. McMiller, manager Nan Patterson, had of her daughters J be famous ini ranch at Bliss, release, was contained In the Associat.i?L ,m" inquiry by telephone ed Press bulletin from New York. elicited the information that Croker Mrs. Patterson tfc first would not benot known at the Bliaa ranch. lieve the news, but when convinced he was on the way to the ranch that the report waa correct, she colfor n outing. and physicians were hastily Following a message of inquiry sent lapsed sent for. When the Associated Press 15 "'w York, the coroner tor charge bulletin was caried to the family resibody and empanelled a Jury. An rjhe dence, Miaa Patterson's three married iuest was begun this afternoon. sisters, Mrs. J. Edward Taylor, Mrs. 1.5c?T,,,nK to stories of passengers H. P. Lowell, and Mrs. V. L. Mllburn, he conductor on the train upon were seated on the porch. Mrs. Patterinch Croker died, the young New son refused to be seen, but the news w Ptoce on the train at was carried to her by the two last Kansu city, shortly after ten o'clock pained. negro. Croker 1L"fht by The first member iff the Patterson he under the influence of to hear the new waa Miss family The negro waa seen to brother, C. H. Patterson, who nfl him a sum of money and a rail-rk- was found at hia place of business. He before J,,rt the train also at first was unwilling to believe he Jumped off and uivlJ because he aald for a year When the conductor came the news, the family had been misled by untrne to collect Croker fare the reports of hia sinter's liberation. When RleeP- distwaa urb the passenger. 0 he did not finally convinced that the report true he stated: himself all night That la what we have been praying flye o'clock this morning, rt5?r'Fconductor for for a year. It seems too good to fSJ- collprt h,B made another un--at-5-u be true. The agony which my mother ticket He waa of ua have suffered is now all and rouse Croker and upon an end. at nation found that he was deaL After restoratives had been admin1 coroner at Newton was notified istered. Mrs. Patterson rallied and the traln twachetl Mrs. Lowell sent word to the ndPHbi,he body M removed to an through outside that her one desire reporters "aklnK blishment. nev-KJ now was to see her daughter. It was Si at" before the young The news of the release of Mrs. J. MT received uapected. k, tir Morgan Smith waa likewise the n beieurned Croker memUrsa Yn manifestation! of Joy by with o City early on of her family. Mrs. Patterson, bers Pn,.1he efternoon at the upon recovering from her fainting He la known to Instated on knowing all that waa to. eompany of several apell Already telegrams of conhappening. track before he gratulations are beginning to arrive at ln for the eouth. PIt2the the Patterson home. ?Lthe train took partic-ifilftelar . Croker young was hpJ TO RESUME SERVICE. cha,r car at the Union in br negro, be g!?f?' C,tywaa 1!. The Pacific If frnra belples. aa gto Francisco. May 4? negro is preparassisted Steam Navigation company . nd then gave him ing to resume its steamship service a p7rJnl railroad ticket between this port and Valparaiso, lit be money out to and ao far have arrangements been Croker. ' cn',Tln made that It i announced that the first tST beard Croker sir; vessel will be in this port in August. of the a,,t ?' to send me ihe rest of j. is said to lie the purpose far cnmpanv to send their vessels as on L; Croker o write noith as Victoria and Van Couver, but Croker refused and Puget Sound. Evl-jent- ly Pat-teno- disap-JJWrc- - d. T S. nr-Kn- Thurs-EiinrMp- arr" .? iw ff iT- THEATRICAL MAN VICTIM, New York, May 12. Sam 8. Shuhert, who died at Harrisburg, Fa., today from Injuries sustained In yesterday'! wreck, waa one of the moat successful of the younger theatrical managers in the country. From a newsboy in Syracuse, less than twenty years ago, he and hia brother, Lee, rose thorugh the ranka until now the partnership controls several theaters in this city, n dozen or more In other cities in this country and one play house In London. It was only recently that they secured control of the London house, the Waldorf. In addition ' to the theaters, the partnership owns several com panlea which have produced successful play. T Strain of Land Fraud Trials too Great for Jurist. May 12 Judge Portland, Ore., Charles Bellinger, of the United Slates district court for the district of Oregon, died late this afternoon of a complication of diseases. Judge Bellinger wai taken seriously 111 Just after reading hi decision on the plea In abatement filed by United Bute Senator Mitchell in the land CONDUCTORS MAKE APPEAL. fraud case. Tha strain attendant upon momentous a such of the preparation Portland, May 12. The greater pordecision weakened the jurist and one tion of today's session of the order of followed to Railway Conductors was taken up with complication after another aap hia vitality. This morning Judge the revision of the of the Bellinger, surrounded by hia family, order. Addresses condemning the treatlapsed into unconaciouNies. Powerful ment of Americana In Mexico were stimulants were administered, but made and resolutions directed to with no good effect, death ensuing this President Roosevelt asking for a more afternoon. strenuous policy in behalf of radioed For the past year Judge Bellinger men in Mexico were adopted. The hai been listening to the unfolding of government control of railway ralea the story of the Oregon laud frauds. by a commission was discussed and He has seen men whom he knew and resolutions faroring the appointment respected for years drawn Into the of such a commission will be subnet of the government, Indicted and mitted to a vote at tomorrow ' charged with crimes and misdemeanor and has been compelled in the strict performance of hia duty aa Judge of a United State court to put aside g ties and all friendly feeling and to decide points at leiie which meant either the ruin of these friends or their acquittal of ell charges. In almost every case Judge Bellinger found It hie duty to decide against hie friends, and this weighed heavily upon him. Charles B. Bellinger waa horn at Maquokn, Illinois, November 21, 1829. Hia parents brought him to Oregon in 1847, when he waa 8 yeara old. Judge Hellinger'e education waa obtained in the common school of Marion county, Oregon, and at the Willamette University, Salem. He waa admitted to the bar In 18(13, hut practiced law for only a year, when he became a editor of the Arena, a Democratic newspaper, published in Salem. Poor health terminated hia connection with the paper two years .later. He pursued the mercantile business for a the newspaper year and business aa editor of another political publication, the States Right Democrat, of Albany. Aa a result of the Chicago, May 12. Three aevere prominent part he took In the political field, he was elected to the legislature blows were dealt to the ranae of the on the Democratic ticket. He came to teamsters tonight and ai a Portland to reside in 1870, and ' as- striking sumed editorial control at the Dally result the governing body of the orNews, which he held about a year, ganisation, the teamsters' Joint counwhen he was appointed prosecuting at- cil, will meet tomorrow night to torney. During the war he served with decide whether or not the strike shall uch distinction aa colonel of hia regiment, that he waa commended for be called off. The decision to call this gallantry la action by General Wheeler. meeting of the council followed two Judge Bellinger waa a lawyer well hqura' session between tho official of versed in the knowledge of his profes- the Teamsters union and the Team sion. . In addition, he possessed a finely balanced Judicial mind, aa la evidenced Owners association. The member of by the number of hia decisions sus- the latter body have ell through the tained by the appellate court. His present strike been favorable to the idea of equity waa strict, which, with teamsters, rather than to the Employthe fact that he had no political afhowever, filiations with, or antagonisms to the ers' association. Tonight, indefendants in the present land fraud the , Team Owners' associationcause teamsters that their the formed to him with fitted try, peculiarly rases, wu lost and that the beat thing they Justice, case which Involve thA prom- could do waa to call off the strike and inent representative of the Republican do at once. The teamsters deIt reabar. For now nt the these party son a, Judge Bellinger death came at murred, but the Team Owners' associaan inopportune time, and ia regretted tion waa obdurate and the meeting of waa set for tomorrrow equally by all persons connected with the council the important cases. What bearing hi night. The second blow also came from the death will have on the land fraud cases Is, at present, purely a matter of Team Owner' association, when the resignation of John C. Driscoll, Us speculation. secretary wa tendered and accepted. Secretary Driscoll has been an official of the association since Its Inception several yeara ago, and during the present strike, has been a potent factor on the aide of the teamsters. The third Mow waa administered at the meeting of the Illinois Manufacturers' association, which is made up from business men from all parts of the state. At a secret meeting held tonight, the members of the association derided that they would uphold the cause of the Employers' association, which had been conducting the fight egainat the strikers, and that they would do all in their power to make the Employers association a permanent Institution. by-la- STRIKE life-lon- MAY BE CALLED CORPSES Gruesome Evidences of Snyder Tornado are Removed. fidence. Kansu City and Newton, Kansas, tods y. He had died during the night, evidently from the effects of some drug administered at Kansas City, where he took the train last night for PRICE FIVE CENTS 13, 1905. WANTED F IN WHITE heavy rain tcr MAY Team Owners Advice to Unionists Is to Surrrender. Snyder, O. T, May 12. Nearly one hundred corpses were burled here last night and today, removing the most gruesome evidence of the tornado y which nearly destroyed the town night None of the injured died during the night Some of them have been kept alive only by the skillful efforts of physicians and nurses working in the emergency hospital. A soon aa daylight came people were ai work getting ready to perform the ant rltea for the dead. Three carloads of cofflni arrived during the night from Oklahoma City, together with a- dozen undertaken from the convention of undertakers In session there. Workmen alee came ia on a special train furnished by the 'Frisco and the work of burial wan carried on with the utmost dispatch. During the morning a heavy rain came up and rendered operations diffid cult. The floor of the morgue was with water. Moat of the buildings that remain standing admitted streams at water, through the roofs, and tha temporary hospital where the injured remained leaked like like a sieve, wetting a number of the patient. The rain, which was accompanied by some wind and hall, served to frighten the residents, but those were able kept bravely at work throughout tha water and mud, caring for their suffering and injured and burying their dead. Several of the newly made graves were filled with water. Two more injured were discovered unddr some debris early in the morning, but neither wee ldentlikHl. They were pinioned under a house beam. One, a man, waa delirious, and the other, a boy, was unconscious. Owing to the failure to keep any records at the outset there has been great difficulty In securing an accurate list of the number dead. The Associated Press reporta had the first list approaching completeness on Thursday afternoon, and but few alter12. While Casper. Wyo.. May ations have been made. The two or Sheriff Webb was giving water three bodies that have been found Deputy to a prisoner in the county Jail tosince have not been identified. night. he was overpowered and disarmed by Ed. Lee, Martin Trout and struck mine. William Wardlowa, prisoners, who made their escape after securing guns, Merchantman Refused Aid and Jap ammunition and clothing from the Ship Probably Sunk. sheriff's office and horses and saddles from the stables. They hound and Chefoo. May 13. 8 a. m. A merWebb's wife and choked her, chant vessel which has arrived here gagged but before departing removed the confirms the report that the Japanese gag and bade her good bye. The trio transport Sheyutau with 1,800 tone of rode away in the direction of the Casprovisions, bound for New Chwang, per mountains. Deputy Sheriff Harter struck a mine May 4th near the organised a posse and started In purMiaotao Islands. The entire after part suit. overtaking the bandits near the of the vessel was blown away. The summit of the mountains, seven milet Sheyutsu signalled the merchantman rrom town, wnerr a battle occurred. that she wa.i in distress, but she Citizens, wih Add glasses watched refused aid when she ascertained that the beginning of the fight, hut night the merchantman was a Chinese ablp. came on and the result ia not known. The captain of the merchantman was xormerly a deputy sheriff, state that it seemed Impossible that and knows every Inch of the country. the transport eould live in the storm He waa awaiting trial for horsethat was prevailing at the time and stealing. Trout Is charged with stealbe believes she sunk. Wardlowa Is charged ing cattle and A second posse hai with forgery. TO MAKE GOOD, left Casper and a third win Join th chase at midnight. Milwaukee. 'May 12. Comptroller of Arf.. May the Currency Ridgely. ha levied an 12. John Bishee. assessment of CO years of age, was per cent on stock- Sterling, a Ju,r holders of the First National bank of struck by a passenger train on tbe this city to raise $1,000,000 to make El lao and Southweetern today and On hia person was good the capital stock cau-e- d by the Inatamlv killed- defalcation of former President Bige- foiin-- l a card from the stonecutters low. union of San Francisco. . Wed-nesda- - cov-ere- EIGHT WITH transport Ie 2-- 3 FOUR KILLED BY EXPLODING GAS HOLDER Other Are Burned aed Many Buildings Within Half Two Score Mil Are Shaken. Philadelphia, May 12. Four men were killed and two score other were more or seriously burned today gas by the collnpr of an immense holder at he point Breeze works of the United Gas Improvement company in the southern part of tho city. THE DEAD: George H- Waheln, a tin roofer, Jaa. OGilbie, hia assistant, - 1 Owen Brady, Sun Saturday. Robert Fleming, employe of tbe Gaa company. The gas holder collapsed from om unknown eaue and the great volume of gae which the bolder contained exploded with auch force that building! within a radius of half a mile were shaken. It Is believed that when the ga escaped from the holder It wee causIgnited by the tinner's fnrnuce There were more ing a great flame. -- hortdistance from than fifty men a the tank and nearly all of them were cither badly burned or tcoicheJ. SEVEN ARE KILLED IN Seven Sackfuls of Human Remains are Gathered up as Result of Accident on Heinze Property. Butte, Mont. May 12. Seven men were killed and one injured, probably faulty, lu au explosion in the Com mine, one of the liclnze properties, this afternoon. THE DEAD: Daniel O'Brien, John lloulaha, R. II. Hill, Dave Gill. Nt-lWampa, Jno. Kramer, Daniel Halley. INJURED: Hugh McGIUla, concussion of the brain, condition critical. The cause of tbs ez plosion a not known and can only be surmised. Nets Wampa waa carrying au armful of about forty atlcka of dynamite, approximately twenty-fiv- e pounds to be used for bleating purposes. He waa climbing a ladder to Join hia companions on tbe fourteen hundred foot level when the dynamite exploded with terrific force. It la believed that Wampa touched bia candle to the ezphvLi. Wampa waa blown to bits, fragment! of hie body being found severu! hundred feet away. Two men working near liy were blown to pieces, their remains were picked up filling arven lacks. Four others working about 100 feet distant were instantly killed though their bodies were not mutilated. The drift in whlrh tbe unfortunate were .working wu completely littered with human fragments. While Foreman Thomas Varrirn waa groping in the dense amoks In effort to rescue men he found half of tbe top of Wampa'a head hanging to an eluctric light wire over a hundred feet distant from the scene of tha explosion. Several of the rescue party were overcome by the terrible eight DISCUSSED Producer' Fruit company end others. Those who paid and received less than a fifty per cent rebate were Stephens and Humphreys, 8. U. Roper. Srlinadel Brothers, George D. Kellogg and others." He aald the net cost of ice to the Armour Car line on the New York Central was $2 a ton, on the West Shore roads $2.60 a ton, on the Baltimore and Ohio $2.50 e ton, on the Penneylvania lines $2 and $2.60 a ton. Streyckmena declared that the profit a to the Armour lines on the icings ran aa high aa 6uO to 600 per cent The profits jier car on shipments from California to New York, aald the w it ness, were on en average $86.50. HAL MUCH IMPROVED. RL Petersburg, May 12. Spencer U, Eddy, secretary of the American embassy, has relumed hem from He found Secretary Hay After completing greatly Improved. the cure the secretary will go to London, uiling from the United States, June 7th. Mr. Hay Informed Mr. Eddy that there la no truth In tho reports that it la hia Intention to resign th secretaryship of state. MOflNGS SUSPECTED HOME MATTERS. Washington, May 12. Home matters of importance were mnaiderrd informally at today's meeting of the cabinet but ao derision of questions pf . concern were reached. . Much of tbe liras of the meeting was taken up by the President in discussing the details of hia wefern trip. No definite discussion of the rase Involving Secretary of State Lonmle and Herbert W. Bowen, United State m at Caracas, took place. Secretary Taft had the nutter under consideration in ahaenc of the President and had arranged with Mr. Roosevelt to talk upon the cas? tonight, when they will go over the matter fully and wlil decide unjust what method of pro- ccedure shell be followed. Think Him Man Who By Threat of Death: Extorted Money ARMOUR CODE FOR REBATES IS EXPOSED Tella Formsr Hew Stenographer Messages About Interstate Con-mer- e Were Sent ' I Sen national testiChicago, mony aa lo an ellegcd secret code used by the Armour car lines in making rebates was given today before the inter-dat-e commerce commission here. The testimony waa given by II. Streyck-manformerly employed by Armour Wit and company, as stenographer. neaa read from a I wok some of the codo words and their meaning ae follows: "luiighnome rebate rebate luunch better arrange there, launching can make rebate. "1 uura handle rebate matters carefully. pay rebates from cash on hand. Laveallo rebates must be confidential. commerce Woodpath Interstate commlasion. Here there wa a ripple of laughter among the shippers present. The Incommissioners terstate commerce smiled. Blreyckmana continued: Wood print avoid service of summon from interstate commerce commission." The laughter grew more audible. Foot note meet interstate commerce commission. "Imprinted Judaon C. Clements, of Georgia. Imprinting J. C. Ynemcns. "Imprison Charles A. Prouty. "Improhitaa J. W. Fifer, "Impomly A. R. Moseley. When the code words, standing for the names of the Interstate commerce commissioners were read, laughter and hand clapping among the shippers caused Chairman Clements to rap for order. Questioned regarding prices paid by various railroads for icing cars, Mr. Streyckman replied: "The Northwestern billed ice at $1 a ton. That furnished by the Chicago, Milwaukee and Bt. Paul waa billed at $2.60, with a rebate of $1, being granted on a counter claim. In the case at the Erie, it wa $1.25. This gave large profits to the. Armour May 12. s, Itnee. Showing what he claimed to be discrimination among shippers. Btreyck-man- a declared that former Lieutenant Governor Aldn Anderson, of California, paid 66 per cent of the tariff rate on hia shipments. Among those who recelred more than n fifty per cent rebuts, said the witness, were Frank II. Buck, of San Franclxco. the Karl Fruit company, tbe Porter Brothers company, the Cairo, His., May 12. Tom Wither spoon, a negro, waa taken from officers at Belmont, Mo., fifteen miles below Cairo, at 8 o'clock this evening by a mob of several hundred persons and hanged In the public square to a largo whig. Early this morning a negro aald to be Witherspoon, who only recently returned from tbe Missouri penitentiary, went to the home of Fred He, three miles below Belmont, and at the point t a rifle demanded $600. Hnas, who waa formerly a member of tbe legislature, told the negro he did not have that much money in ihe house. Tho negro ordered him to go to Belmont and get the money. He compelled Hess to hitch up w horse and buggy and ordered him get in with hia wife and child. Tha negro then saddled another horse and, mounting it, told Hess to drive toward Belmont and when that place waa near the negro forced Mrs lies and the child to get out of the buggy and enter a deserted shanty. Tbe negro then told Hea to drive to Brimont and to send the money bark by a negro preacher Inside of one hour, or he would kill hie wife and . t. child. Hess hurried to Belmont and got the money and sent It back by a negro preacher. Tha desperado immediately mounted the horse and rode up the Iron Mountain tracks. A posse was organized nt once of Belmont and Columbus citizens and a small party followed tho negro in a switch engine and' discovered that ha had taken refuge In the swamp around First Ike. Bloodhounds were secured from Charleston and the negro waa followed into a deserted shanty where he waa captured and taken to Belmont hy the officers. A mob of several hundred persona had formed in Belmont and they Immediately took charge of the negro, hia beggings end pleadand, ings, they rushed him Into the puhlfo square, secured a rope from a large swing, and strung the negro up aa the guilty man. de-pi- te BROTHERS FOUND DEAD. Proa pact ora' Cabin Scans of and Muider. Suicide Vancouver, May 12. Two pro pec-tor-i, brothers, named Knllngs, have been found dead in their cahin near Three Fork. B. C., under circumstance which point to murder and suicide or double murder. One of the bodies ly on the bed with terrible gaabes la the b?ad, the other on tbe floor with a shotgun grasped in one hand, the gun being partly under the body. The door of the cahin waa loeked and the glass in one window was broken. Nothing is known of any trouble between the broth era. They were working a claim in tbe vicinity of the cabin. BRYAN ADMIRES IT. Kansas Cily, May 12. Wm. & Bryan was the guru of honor and tbe principal speaker at a dinner gives by the Knife and Fork club of this city tonight. In an Interview Mr. Bryan said that, he admired the poet lion of President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft Uf m tbe question of railroad legislation. |