Show T J I SOUTHERN CENSOR BUTTE DANKER KILLED Shot Down bf DEO U CIIOSHV Jr Editor and Publllier UTAH RICHFIELD Mendicant Whom Ho Had Befriended Butte Mont Jan 11 — Patrick A Larpey president of the State Savings bank and one of the best- known citizens of Butts was shot and killed in tho bank building by Thomas J - UTAH NEWS Original pension of 80 has been grant ed to Francis Selby Bingham canyon President Burt of the Union Pacific has been in Utah getting acquainted with the country tributary to his road Janies Christian Madsen a pioneer of Richfield where he has resided for about thirty-fiv- e years died last week at the ripe age of 93 A L Thomas has been appointed postmaster of Salt Lake City and will assume charge as sooa as his bonds-arapproved The Lehi Sugar factory is signing contracts for next season’s beet crop paying an advance over last season's prices and also making a reduction in the price of seed The jury in the Eggington murder ease on trial in Salt Lake last week brought in a verdict of voluntary The penalty is one to ten fears Twenty-fou- r of Utah’s fairist women will contribute to a composite photograph for the Omaha exposition They will compete with a like nnmber from every state west of the Mississippi for the place of honor on the reverse side of the medal to be struck by the exposition management Edward Wright formerly of Salt Lake was killed in a sawmill at Gallop Mont recently He was engaged In Bawing some planks when a piece was broken off and struck him over the beart He lived but a short time Wright left Salt Lake in 1833 going to Idaho thence to Montana The estate of Thomas Crowley a diner formerly of Bingham amounting to 8330416 has been escheated to the state as no heirs could be located although he had three brothers and two sisters living in the east This is the first estate escheated to the state under the law since its passage many gears ago The state board of horticulture at a meeting held in Salt Lake Jan 7 to issue a bulletin during February In the bulletin the board will call the attention of Utah farmers to points of practice-ifruitgrowing that have been woefully neglected Rales regulations and formulas for orchard disinfection were adopted Utah stockmen are to form an association to promote their interests in various ways The meeting of the national association to be held in Denver the 25th is responsible for calling into life the association Several former to attempts organize this important which industry represents millions of have failed capital - man-laught- er de-sid- ed Deputy Sheriff J L Smith of Carbon county recently held a shooting tournament with County Attorney Warf at which neither of them did any damage except to the dignity ci the peace has been held to the district court in 81000 bonds After having emptied their revolvers at close range without effect the officers have taken their troubles into court who The last legislature passed a law placing upon the 6tate the burden of half the expense of transcribing the State Auditor Mormining records gan Richards has decided not to recognize a claim from Salt Lake county for 8147997 on the ground that no appropriation was made for this purpose It will require legislative en actment to reimburse the countie having claims In pursuance of a wager made a gentleman accompanied by a young lady friend recently made application to the county clerk in Salt Lake for a marriage license When the customary affidavit was prepared and the man requested to take the oath as to eligibility to contract marriage he refused because he was already married The young lady however took the oath and wod the wager Comptroller of the Currency Dawes at Washington D C has given out an abstract of reports of the condition of the eleven national banks in the state of Utah The average reserve held since the last report has decreased from 4313 percent to 2764 per cent Loans and discounts have increased The reserve $2461800 to 82574593 has decreased from 81 618283 to fcl403-B7- 6 of which gold holdings decreased from 8099200 to 8680376 and local resources decreased from 87208783 to The deposits increased $7003901 from 83925321 to 83535242 Money Stringency In InSla London Jah 11— Today the govern- ment invited tenders for India bills to the amount of £1000000 for the discharge of bills payable on the 22nd The stringency in money in India is so great that it is believed gold shipments will be necessary Special allotments of telegraphic transfers on Bombay were made today at 16£d per rupee So great is the urgency for money in India that the India council is considering plans to increase the Bupply of currency In order to facilitate the coinage of silver against gold notes at the rate of Kid per rupee it is said the council will receive on behalf of the India bankers or merchants in London gold for deposit In the Bank of England against which orders or transfers will enable silver coin to be drawn from the Indian currency departments A small charge beyond the rate of 16d will be paid to cover the cost of the transaction It is hoped that this scheme even if not greatly availed of will relieve the tightness and avoid gold shipments to India Rlioy Riley entered tha bank five or ten minutes before the bloody act lie called Lurgey to the cashier’s window aud the two tnlked for five minutes or more They were conversing in ordinary tones and there was nothing to Indicate that their talk was otherwlae than fricudly Suddenly Riley drew a gnu and shot through the window at The bullet struck the latter Largcy in tho left arm nnd shattered the bone Largcy stooped down and had he continued in that position he might have escaped with his life as he was protected by the counter However he rose partly and as he did so Riley fired a second shot The bullet struck Mr Largcy square in the forehead and he fell over on the floor dead Tha murderer then started for the HANNA IS SENATOR street but stopped long enough to take a shot at the clerk in the front of Until Hi Successor Is Elected Ilnnnn Holds the Ohio Senatorohlp the building narrowly missing Frank Holmes He was arrested soon after Washington Jan II — Senators who have examined precedents say that the reaching the street “Jle fooled me too long” exclaimed appointment of a senator by a goverRiley when he arrived at the county nor as in the case of Senator Hanna jail “and I killed him He kept prom- holds until the legislature elects or ising me work but be did not give me adjourns Cjngress having provided any nnd 1 could not stand it any by law that a legislature cannot elect longer Now if you want to hang me until it has been in session two weeks for it all right Give me a quick would provide for a vacancy if the appointee of the governor held only untrial and end it" In the past In contradiction of this statement it til the legislature met is known that Largey helped Riley senators appointed by the governor often both by securing him positions have held their offices until the legislannd with money Largey’s interest in tures have appointed their successors the man was because he was injured In one case a senator held throughout the entire deadlock of the legislature In the great explosion in Butte in 1895 and tried to retain his seat after the of powder in the warerooms of the Butte Hardware company of which legislature adjourned but after the iustitntion Largey was president Tnatter was discussed in the aenatet Riley lost a leg there and was one of a the seat was declared vacant on the number who held unsatisfied claims adjournment of the legislature of the state for damages sustained at that time It is alleged a conspiracy existed to Favors International Bimetallism kill more than one of the managers or Jan 11 — Senator Chan Washington owners of the company dler had a conference with President Threats of lynching were so strong McKinley upon the subject of bimet that Riley and four other murderers allism and he said after the close of were taken to Deer Lodge and lodged the interview: in the penitentiary for safety They “The president stands firmly in fa were smuggled out of town in the poor vor of international bimetallism as farm ambulance promised by the St Louis platform He considers the negotiations with the SEMINOLE VENGEANCE European powers only temporarily suspended on account of the peculiar Blood of Innocent White Molt Pay For Incondition of affairs in India and it is dian Burned at the Stake the president's intention to again send Wichita Kan Jan 13 — Reports have his envoys to Europe as soon as the reached here of the direst kind of mas- conditions are favorable for continuing sacres of women and children by a negotiations” band of Seminole Indians variously Senator Chandler added the opinion estimated at frem 100 to 300 who are that the president is as earnestly in said to be avenging the death of Linfavor of bimetallism the use of both coln McGeisey and Palmer Simpson metals as standard money as the sentho two Indians who were burned at ator himself the stake for the outrage aud murder To Rescue Murderer of Mrs Leard Reports are contradicChicago Jan 11 —Chris Merry and womtory The killing of twenty-fiv- e Jame s Smith the potato peddlers acen and children near Maud postofifice cused of kicking and beating Mrs s nffiirrned and denied Merry to death last November and The train from the east tonight who were captured in Kentucky after brought to this city a car containing eluding the police for nearly a month every woman and child at Earl bora were in Judge Horton’s The passengers confirm previous re- court arraigned A large crowd of yesterday ports and say a pitched battle between friends of the two prislooking rough the Indians and the settlers took place oners filled the corriders of the court this alter noon near Maud postoffice but they were denied admitbuilding resulting in the wiping out of several tance to the court room and an extra families A latr ’ispatch from Shaw- force of deputy sheriffs was detailed nee says: to watch their movements on account A message calling for men and arms of rumors of an attempt at rescue has just been received from Earlboro California Murderer Caught In Idaho a town of about 100 inhabitants nine miles east of here saying that nearly Sacramento Cal Jan 11—Sheriff 300 Indians have declared vengeance Frank T Johnson is in receipt of a telou the town and are moving toward egram to the effect that 1'om Lawton the place declaring that they will one of the gang that murdered old man burn the place Tullis in 1878 has been located in Grave fears are entertained for set Idaho and can be arrested as soon as Law-totiers on the border A special train requisition papers are received was made up from here and 150 men is the third of the Tullis murderers armed to the teeth left for the scene of which Troy Dye and Edward AnTh trouble was caused by farmers derson both of whom were hanged for burning two Seminoles who ravished the crime were the others In their and murdered Mrs Leard last week confessions Dye and Anderson Implicated Lawton but he escaped The whole country is aroused n Idaho Juilf Censured Boise Jan 12 — The supreme court has reversed Judge Stockslager in the case of Work Bros & Co vs P II Kinney as sheriff and his bondsmen appealed from Hailey The sheriff disposed of a 86000 lot of attached dry goods crockery boots shoes and groceries under the perishable act making no return and the district judge held he did righL The supreme court re- Big Wyoming Cattle DeU Fort Worth BURNED AT THE STAKE NORTHWEST half-bree- d many people The men implicated three other Seminoles and squads of white settlers are bunting them through the country around Maud The mob declare that the burned bodies of McGelsy and his confederate shall not be removed from the tree until the others are caught and pay the same penalty for the brutal murder Swindling Railroad Compaala Kansas City Mo Jan 10 — A conspiracy has been unearthed at the Kansas City stockyards by which it is alleged railroads have been robbed of thousands of dollars on live stock shipments False affidavits of lire stock received have come to the claim department of the Missouri Pacific anc shippers have it is said been paid fot the number of head of stock reported to be missing The robbery has been going on systematically for years and nearly every railroad entering Kansas City is said to have been victimized The amount paid for fraudulent shortage claims during the last five years will run up into the thousands of dollars Railroad men refuse to talk further than to say they have been victimized out of thousands of dollars and that arrests are expected within twenty-fou- r hours The robbery is laid at the door of the local yard employees aud the shippers KING ON CUBA Awfal Beyond Expression Tampa Fla Jan 10 —Congressma King of Utah is back from his trip c investigation to Cuba Speaking of hi trip he said: “I made it to learn just what cond tions were and I found that no one ha ever half depicted the awful horrors c the teconcentrados These people naked and emancipated are a' ill dyin like steep in tle streets of the town when they are still huddled To real ize just what this means one must se for himself “il found that the Spanish peopl haveevidently very little faith in th new lutonomical government for the are sfyongly in favor of annexation and want it at once General Blanc has net succeeded in his efforts t allevii te the suffering for he has no had financial means to carry it out’ tdnapped by an Insane Man Cedi Rapids la Jan 10— Ear Colem n 13 years old son of Presidio) Elder M Coleman was today ki in front of his father’s ree nappe deoce y Fred Champlain who start towan the woods with him Cashi Miller f the First National bank tempt to rescue the boy but Chai plain ove him back with a revolve and bt ore a posse could be organiz the pa ' had disanpeared The larm was at once given and party egan scouring the woods 11:40 t night Champlain was discove ed in t e basement of the opera hous and fol a long time he held the excit crowd t bay He was armed heavil and as ie was apparently insane was fei ed that he had killed the bo but sh rtly after midnight he car from tl basement and was soon the cit jail The boy was not I Tex Jan 11 — The Western Union Beef company has just sold 8000 steers off its west Texas ranch to Clin ton Anderson of Wyoming 0 The consideration is said to be jured The Western Union company is Provision are High disposing of all its stock and property B C Tan 10— T A M Vancrlver located in Texas Colorado New Mexico Rae-oIds city has just received and Montana and will retire from frlra his letter brother Archie McRa combusiness It is the largest cattle Dawftm in in which he stat City in the United States pany that he fused 81500 for 200 pounds verses him and says: d Stole a of Ore “It is not often we are glad to say provisio $J Flour f 11 probably be scarce befo Butte Mont Jan 11 — Elling Elling that we are tailed upon to pass upon fresh meat is plentiful a record which shows such a complete son is under arrest here and Phil Mur- spring 81 a in stealHelena on the charge of and inexcusable abrogation not only phy pour He rep ts that claims worth wor of the plain provisions of the law but ing a carload of ore from the Golden also of those ordinary rules of justice Chief mine in Jefferson county The )ng are s ing for 85000 for 20 squa In no day three men shovel which are supposed to be inherent in ore which was worth 86000 was ship- feet boxes of a cla’m on Bona into sluii to the judicial minds for here the Colorado smelter ped za creek f 1000 treatment is 8175-00- f Car-loa- was the popular sport In Virginia City Nev on Christmas W R Lee of St Clair Churchill county Nev’ has shipped 320 cases 7483 pounds of honey to Indianapolis Irtd At Selish Mont on the Flathead reservation Peter Lucier was dangerously wounded by the accidental discharge of a shotgun James Burke of Steamboat Nev reminds Californians that gold discovered on January 18 1848 and that making the 25th the anniversary Cock-fightin- Earlboro 0 T Jan 10— A mob oi Lincoln thirty white settlers chained Seminole McGelsy and another to a tree near Maud postoflice Seminole nation and burned them to death for the murder and outrage of Mrs Frank Leard whose husband hai land leased from the Seminoles The sight of the charred bodies is as awful one The flesh is burned from the bones and lies in greasy and particles in the ashes on th ground The fingers and hands are burned from the frames and ths ghastly skeletons bereft of feet an ankles stand on blackened bones in thi ashes on the ground Every vestige of Hair and flesh are burned from the heads and the clinched teeth of the dead men show the great determination to endure their awful punishment in silence in which condition the red men died The scene is a fascinating one for the curious and has been visited by 1 NOTES and Meet a Bwlf Awful Death Oklahoma Bavlsher g not ' is wrong Reports from Duckwater Nev state-thathe range cattle in that section in are poor condition and a number-havdied during the recent cold weather At Wilbaux Mont John Nettleton t and William Moore cowboys fought a duel with pistols over a girl whom both loved Moore was badly wounded but Nettleton escaped severe in- jury Mrs E Erdman living on Indian creek north of Lusk Wyo committed suicide recently by taking concentrated lye Mrs Erdman tried to kill her infant child but failed The woman has been sick for some time and had become deranged James Corbett a New Yorker went to Butte recently after Edna Diamond because she failed to return east on transportation furnished by him After an interview he knocked her down and is then alleged to have drawD a sillc handkerchief from his pocket and attempted to tie it about her neck and strangle her Her cries brought help In a saloon at Rockey Ford Colo on Christmas dav Hez Inyard was on his finger whirling a when it slipped and fell to the floor exploding The ball passed through the neck of a man named Hogle of Pueblo making a dangerous if nob fatal wound This is the third or fourth man Inyard has gotten with his six-shoot- er six-shot- er The body of Barney Flannagan who died from injuries received in a railroad collision in Wyoming has been laid to rest in Eureka Nev Tho extent of his injuries were not realized until the coffin was opened when was seen that he had received tho full force of the escaping Bteam from the exploded boiler of the train on which he was riding The wolf hunt on Bush creek Wyoming ended in the party jumping up seven wolves near the head of a small stream on the other side of Bush creek but the snow was so deep that it was Impossible to make any headway in the chase The snow was nearly three feet deep in many places and it was out of the question for either hounds or horses to run in it At Miles City Mont a dullChrlst” mas wound up at night with a murder Two bullets were fired by an unknown person through a window Id the Wong Chong laundry The first bullet struck the floor aud the second struck Ling Gee in the left temple He was ironing clothes when shot is suspected Lee Gee’s murderer was & fellow countryman Gilbert Kitchen of Great Falls Mont employed at the Boston and Montana mill was worked up to a high state of nervousness by adversity at his Canadian home had a premonition of danger and thinking it would happen in the mill left in his undershirt and overalls and walked all night He was chilled through next morning when he reached Fort Shaw twenty-eigh- t miles lie thinks now he was headed for Canada Privates Davis and Murphy of Fort Yellowstone who were detailed for the winter at Mud geyser Mont started on a nineteen-mil- e tramp for mail but Murphy gave out while Davis kept on Murphy reached the Lake hotel the next morning having been out all night The temperature was 25 degrees below zero and his ears and feet were badly frozen Davis was found frozen stiff Governor Richards of Wyoming has this to say anent tho coming meeting of cattlemen in Denver: “While tho ' value of cattle is greater than that of any other kind of live stock in the western states and territories at the present time sheep are a close second The returns for assessment purposes in Wyoming for the current year show that dcring the past ten years the total valuation of cattle has decreased 60 per cent horses have decreased 55 per cjnt while sheep have Increased 293 per cent and swine have increased 217 per cent This has been a good year for those engaged in either the cattle or sheep business and both branches of industry should bo equally well represented in this convention” it It Li |