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Show t COALVILLE TIMES. C. ft. JOKES. u4 BnhU EilUr lw. M tho TtmuMr la CtolvUI. CUh, a mh4 Mav U tm. M Muar. Moa4-Oa- or nwciunio. tuu hlM iOdM la Dm U TNr..M.. Mentha. Am Pl . ' .. ................. Hoatha Ceplaa...., Wt M 11 MM . u - knocked Mra. George Stoddard Mown by a runaway bona In Ogden, fnataialng aertous injuries. Tbs" University of Utah football eleven ts to play the University of . l BUT Southern Cali torn la at Los Angeles os New Tears day. Everything looks favorable for the Installation of a sugar beet factory in San Pete county, providing aufflcidbt acreage is guaranteed. William Brown of West Weber was badly hurt in the Ogden yards by a Union Pacific switch engine while be was driving through the yards. A number of saloon men of Ogden aro to be prosecuted for selling liquor to boys, several boys having teen arrested while Intoxicated recently. In compliance with nn act passed by the legislature two years ago, the school board Is preparing to establish free kindergarten lb Salt lake City. A. A. Smitn, the Salt Lake postof-fic- o employee who admitted opening letters which contained money, has been sentenced to two and a half years bt tbs penitentiary. J. Manning, n lineman who was en-- v gaged in stringing an aerial cable along the trestle of the Lucin cut-off- , eras struck by sn engine on Sunday and tnstantlyjrilled. HUNTER SPRANG A PRISE UPON BANDITS. 8UR- - Youths With a Winchester Puts to Plight Pour Men Who Were Hog Ing to Commit a Train Robbery Near Portland. Two Firtmtn and One Citixsn Kll While Fighting Flames. Fire which broke out In the pbdtr graphic supply house of the O, H. Pfd company on Fifth street South, Mil neapoils, at It). 30 o'clock Tuesd night, spread to adjoining, buildl a and caused a loss roughly estimate at 13,000,000. The Peck building ws r entirely gutted, while the furniture house of Boutell Bros., on of the largest establishments of Jt kina in the northwest, was ruined all a number of smaller buildings also d strayed. The Powers Mercantile cJB puny, an Immense department . sto Just across First Avenue South, threatened with destruction, but 0 heroism upon the part of the Minn spoils and St Paul fire departmest prevented the destruction, althougi immense damage waa done to thf slock by water. , For a time the best part of the r tall dlstrW t of the city waa threirt ened and the firemen seemed unabk to stay the onrush of the flames, whirl were driven by a high wind from north. By allowing the buildings already on fire to burn themselvea out and ronflning their efforts to adjacent buildings, the firemen had the cotfle gratlon well under control at 2 oclock Wednesday meriting One man was reported killed - by coming in contact with a live wire, and two firemen are also believed to have been killed slx-ato- Four masked and beavjly armed men waiting to hold up the Spokane fiyer on the Oregon Railroad ft Navigation companys line at Montarllla switch. Just east of the city limits of Portland, Ore, Monday night, wera met by a young man named Bert Tetter, who was returning from a hunt ing trip. Tetter waa carrying a rifle and when seen by the bandits waa commanded to throw up his hands. The young fellow refused to do so and the robbers opened fire on him, which Tetter returned. Tetter was hit in the stb and (tightly wounded, and from the fact 'that be heard one of the men cry out: "Ob, God, I'm allot, Joe,r Tetter thinks that one of bis bullets took effect The night was pitch dark, and Tetter was unable to see what became of the men who abandoned their attempt to bold up the train. Tetter states that he waa walking along the track, and when nearing the Montavllla switch he auddenty saw ASSASSINS SENT TO PRISONi the phlte switch light change from whit to green. He contalnued on layer "of Russian Minister ef Intent along the track and when near tbs v I Escape tbe Gallows. was horrlflsd to see four men, light In see who. the dim light he could Sasoneff, who threw the bomb whjdl were masked and heavily armed, wait killed Minister of the Interior S Ing for him. As soon as they discovered him the bandits leveled their Plehve. and Slkorifsky, his accqw weapons on him and commanded him piice In tbe crime, were found gulq to throw up his hands. Instead of by the court of appeals, sitting in 0 complying he swung the Winchester law courts building in St. PetersbuInto position, hut before he could disThe former was sentenced to Impylf charge the gun he heard a sharp report and felt a stinging sensation In onment for life, with hard labor, aid his side. the latter to twenty years' imprlsq He wss slightly stunned by ths ment. force of the bullet, but recovered himThe trial had been expected to lad self Just as one of the men turned and flrel at him again. Tetter says that at least two days, but it was rushet be fired In the direction of the flash and beard the robber cry out in pain. Russian Rstreat for Last Stand. Win-cheat- - Willi and Ruth Call of Woodruff bad the misfortune to lose their little boy by an overdoae of laudanum, that he took from n bottle that waa left on the table. WORK OP LAWMAKERS. In 1901 there were ICO applications for divorce in the courts of Utah; In House Passes Pension Bills, Senate Considers Philippine Government 1903, 203; In 1903, 2G9. The yeer 1904 Is not yet completed, but It already The house transacted quite a largo business promises a much larger number than amount of miscellaneous heretofore. Monday, starting with pension bills , 8amuclflon and Williams, the Utah and considering the Hill financial bill " bicycle riders, yob third position In later in the day. A number of bills of the great alx-dabicycle race at Madl-no- local character were passed, and an 8quare Gardens, New York City, adjournment waa forced for lack of riding 2,388 miles and 8 laps, and win-slu- quorum when nn attempt waa made to past the Joint resolution granting n purse' of 17-- 0. The Utah state board of health win too use of the Washington monument lot for tbe American railway appliwith the movement ance heartily exhibition. Inaugurated In the east for Inter-stat- e The bill transferring the forest relegislation looking'' toward the sup- serves from tbo department of the inpression of the cigarette, and parttcu- - terior to tbo agricultural department, which ha been lending In congress larly He sale U persons trader ag 4 for several years, was pasted. Civil service examinations for post-- . The senate had under consideration the purs food and Philippine govern.tloDS a teachers la the Phlltpplne ......... ' - will be held in Salt Lake City Decem ment bills. Debate on tbo former was confined to calling attention to ber 28. Salaries range from 11.000 to the Inadequacy of the protection 81.200. Appointees an eligible for prothe people of the United States motion to men lucrative situations in against Impure foods sod drugs. The discussion of the Philippine the same branch. bill related solely to the question of A record run for the Lehl sugar fae- the guarantee by the Philippine govon tory Is reported, la six hours 950 ernment of the Income or Interest of railroads in those t Islands, sacks of tugar wsrs produced. At this bonds Mr. Spooner (Wls.) leading in the crit. hour rate, one day' run twenty-four icism. 4 would result In the production of Workmen Turn to Politics 2.900 sacks, which, at per sack, Russian Get Into Trouble. and mould bring 822,800. f A workmen entered the of group B. L. White, an electrician of 8at town at hall Russia, on Ekaterinoslay. Lake City, with two companions, will of the munia session Monday, during 1 on a prosleave Salt Lake March council and attempted to adpecting tonr, in the course of which cipal on tbo present councillors dress the he expects to demonstrate the value condition of the country and the aims an which he of the working classes. Much exciteof electrical has 'but lately perfected. ment followed, and the president adthe meeting, but the apokes-ma- n journed waa Michael killed In the . Hennesay of the group continued, his words --r Sevier Consolidated mins at Kimber- being cheered A by his comrades. ley. A round of shots had been fired number of srreste were made. in the mine, all but one of which exDrink Cauaea Three Deaths. ploded. , Hennesay was told of the fat)-urThree deaths have occurred as ths of this shot, and It la supposed he of a shooting affray in W. L. result was trying to pick out the shot when saloon St Silver Bell, AriCrowell's him. it exploded, killing a zona, camp. The dead are mining An Ogden young lady successfully known mining prosa well Jim Fagan, played the leading male role In the and two Mexiof this section, pector annual play which ha Just been given who waa wodnd-e- d can minora Crowell, by the Junior class at Wellealy colln the fight, is lying at the point of lege. She la Miss Ray Taylor, and Tbe tragedy In the hospital death She presented the leading male role to was caused by a gang of Mexicans, the play, "A Bachelor Romance. said to have been intoxicated. InvadinCity Quarantine physician R. E. ing the salooa and beginning an discriminate shooting. Steele states that Lehl la ths moat healthful city of Its siss In the state. Psace Agreement Signed. During the month ef November there wss not a case of typhoid fever, diph Peace agreements between the govtheria, smallpox or any other contag- ernment of Paraguay and the revoluious disease in the town, nor even a tionists were fixed for singing Sunday x case of pneumonia. on board t.-- Argentine cruiser El Ths Oregon Short Due and Union Plata at Bueoot Ayres. Juan B. a Pacific railroads have been mads dewill be elected president. It is fendants fa n suit tor damages brought said be has already accepted tbe office by a wholesale hardware company of only after much entreaty by partisans Sait Lake City. The hardware com- of the government, as well as by the pany all gee that the railroads have Revolutionists. Gaooa is a banker been glvea rebates on freight contrary and business man who bis never to law. taken part in politics. Tbe cabinet It is reported in American Fork that will be formed of member of both an attempt to poison Joseph Feather-- ' parties. stone cf that risen, who is laboring in Favors the Whipping Feet. ' Japan on a Mormon tnissitn, was made n Thomas C. V halloo, of the A short since. time Judge poivery deadly i son was given him in some way, but Indianapolis police court, long an adhe did not receive sufficient to kill vocate of the whipping post for wife him, although he waa very sick. beaters, has found encouragement in The Salt Lake Route Is making im-- . the message cf President Roosevelt. portant improvements in the town of Judge Whallon is at work on a bill pro4'aiiente and has now nearly com- viding for the whipping post, which he 111 introduce In tbe legislature this pleted the erection of big Coal chute and twelve two-storframe dwellings winter. The bill provides that the for ths use cf their mechanics, who are wife beater, shall bo fined not more to be employed In the new seventea-stal- l than 11,000, shall be Imprisoned in the roundhouse county Jail or workhouse not exceeding one year and shall be given not ex-i- r llnr ins to ipee oo the bar back. d BIG TIRE IN MINNEAPOLIS. UP TRJtlli 1 UTAH STATE NEWS. i FLANKED TO HOLD n Ga-on- -- CfttfiELS IN NEVADA. Company to be Organized to Make UaS ef Bsasta on Great Desert. A epeclal- - from Reno, Nevada, aays a party of men passed through that to Tonopah and Gold field recently, Waa Deed of Social Revolutionist! to city where they will endeavor to organize Overthrow Autocracy, and Plot a company to capture the'camel in Waa Deliberately Formed the deserts of southern Nevada and us them in packing freight between The Indictment on which Sasaon& Tonopah, Goldfield and other mining the assassin of the Russian minister c skips In that portion of the state. of tbe interior Von Plehve, and There are no railroads and very few bis accomplice, will be tried teams In the deserts in. that mining on December 13, Is a formidable docu- district, and it ts thought that camels ment, reciting tbe history of the as- will supply the means of transportasassination plot, detail of the crime, tion better than anything else. There and revealing interesting facts about are a large number of camels near the accused and confessions made by Tonopah and they could be easily capthem, winding up with the formal tured. These camels were brought to Nevada in 1851 by Major Henry C. charge. The document alleges that both Wayne, acting under orders from the It was and Sikorifsky belonged to a United States government fighting organization of social revolu- thought that they would be better tionaries, the central committee of than horses and they were used for which was organized abroad in 1903, years in carrying wood from the to Overthrow autocracy and replace it mountains to the Virginia mines and with a republican, socialistic regime. salt from Washoe City to Virginia The document describes the manner City. In which the party formed secret NORTH SEA INQUIRY DATE. circles for the distribution of proclathe peasants. Commission Will Meet in Paris on mations, organized Stirred np university Peeerrher- ?(k -students, fomented agrarian dissensions, preached The International commission to interrorism and the murder of states- quire into the North sea incident is men Who sustained tbe autocracy and expected to meet in Pans December took steps to suppress political dis- 20 a'bd proceed with the selection of ' turbances. a fifth admiral to complete the comit lays the murders of 9lplagutne. mission and arrange the procedure e Yon Plehvea predecessor in the Tbe real work will only begin early in of minister of the interior, and Bogdanovttch, governor general of AMERICAN 8ITS AS JUDGE. Ufa, and the attempts on the lives Sf Prince John Obolensky, governor general of Finland, and Pobedoncat-eff-, procurator general of tbe holy Synod, at the door of the fighting of Vo which condemned finixatlon, death soon after his appointment. The attempts on Von Plehves life were frustrated by tbe police on April 13, at the Hotel Dunrod, by which Pokltoloff was blown up with a bomb, similar to the one that killed Von Plehve. The Indictment revoals In this connection a scandal in high life, a room adjoining the one In the Hotel Dunord occupied by Pokltoloff having been occupied by a nayal cadet and a woman of noble birth, who escaped death by being at supper at tbe time. The execution of Von Plebves death sentence, the Indictment says, was then undertaken by Sasoneff, a student at Moscow university and the son of a merchant of Birsk, and Samuel Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis, Nevl Sikorifsky. aged 20. a leather-workhas been appointed to serve on who of Kdyshin, in the province of North sea commistbe Grodno. sion at Parts, and who has accepted the position, won fame in the Spanish ADMITS THREE MURDERS. war aa being the man to whom tbe Indian Kills Woman Surrenders and town Of Ponce, Porto Rico, surrendered. He was then in command of Boasts of Other Crimea. tbe gunboat Dixie. Rear Admiral Dala-ii- n , the Nawlttt is a native of Massachusetts, and vis ' who murdered a Kloocbman of was graduated from tbe naval acad-hm- y the tribe some weeks ago. has, with In UN! Ho ban been connected his 'complice, Siwaah Jack, given with several expeditions to determine himself np to the police, and both are differences in longitude. For n short now in custody at Alert bey. says e time be served as superintendent of Victoria. B. C, dispatch. They will tbo naval observatory. be brought to Victoria for trial. January, but it will be Interrupted by has boasted that tbe Russian Christmas holidays. the Indian woman whom he slew was Admiral Fournier has ' arrived at tbe fourth victim of hts ixt and knife. Paris to take up the arrangements for He induced the woman to accompany the forthcoming meeting of the comhim some distance Into the woods, mission. Tbe members are expected to turned her then and upon suddenly, truck her over the bead with an arrive In Paris shortly for the first axe and then cut her throat from ear session. Foreign Minister Delcasse to ear. Tbe motive for this crime was has designated a staff to facilitate the robbery, tbe woman having (100 se- work of the commission. cret ec In her garments. Tb other three murders Include a IMPEACHMENT OF SWAYNE. white man who la said to have become separated from the surveying camp Florida Judge to be Ousted From His ybere he was employed semeax. years Office. His ago. He was killed with an remains were plundered and then as a grand jury, the house Sitting buried la the woods. The other two of representatives on Tuesday, with murders were those of Indian tribesa full membership, adopted a almost men. All" were commute! In the aame fashion, either for plun- resolution providing for the impeachder or revenge. ment of Judge Swayne, of the northern district of Florida, for hign MAKES GOOD FOR THIEF. crimes and misdemeanors. Throughout tbe session intense inMint Superintendent Surrenders His , Home for Dishonest Subordinate. terest was shown by members. FolSuperintendent Frank I each o' the lowing the adoption of the impeachSan Francisco mint has made good the ment resolution, provision was made defalactirn of former Casher Walter for the appointment of five members to notify the senate of the ImpeachM. Dtmmick, by turning over his Oakland homo to tbe surety company ment and for a committee of seven to which Was on Dlmmlcks bond for case to the senate. TuesThe company paid that present the 825,000.' were the first of proceedings as and. days (he amonnt to the government law makes the superintendent respon- their kind since the Impeachment, in sible for the shortcomings of hlajsub-ordlnate- 1876, of General W. W. Belknap, who be has reimbursed tbe cof waa secretary of war in General Grants cabinet. poration. Safe Robbers Maks Good Haul. First Bill Goes Through House. cn tbe leghouse The Friday passed Tbe reported robbery of the express islative, executive and Judicial appro- office at Truckee, Cal., has been conpriation bill almost a It came from firmed by the officials of Weils, Fargo tbe committee, and adjourned until ft Co. Tbs amount taken was 11,200, Monday. The civil service commis- constating of a $1,000 package and sion provisions disposed of, there was $200 In small amounts.. An investigation has shown that tbe local agent, no long debate on any Item. ThroughG. F. Winters, a trusted employee, out tbe session the policy of retrench- carelessly left the safe unlocked On ment held full sway, and all attempt Sunday night, and it la supposed that to lncreaae salaries failed. Tbe bouse some one aware of this fact took the Demoney. Tbe agent has an assistant, passed n resolution to adjourn on cember 21st until January 4th, for but he does not know the safo combination. tbe'Ususl Christmas holiday. DETAILS OP MURDER OF RUSSIAS MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. Slko-ylfsk- Baa-one- of-fo- Anglo-Rus8ia- ' a WILL CAPTURE WILD er - ore-finde- r, REVUL PLANS DFASSASSI1S to a speedy completion In view of the possibility of revolutionary denonstra-tiona- . The trial was behind closed doors and all entrances to the betiding were guarded, and only persons who could produce summonses were admitted. Even members of the bar were treated as outsiders. Large police reserves were stationed within the building and in the courtyards of the ordnance factory, while mounted gens dsrmes patrolled the aides of the building. Sasoneff's apologia is declared to be a remarkable document, showing the prisoner to be a man of superior Intellect and learning. It fills severs) closely written pages, was draws up while he lay in the hospital, and sets forth the alms and purposes of the social revolutionary party, and the fights Ing organisation, the reasons and motives for the murder of Minister Von Plehve, and also' his version of the crime itself. , SIGNED PEACE TREAT Revolution In Paraguay Now it End, for a Few Days. A treaty of peace between the government of Paraguay and the revolutionists waa signed on the 12th on board the Argentine warship L Plata, by President Escurra and General Ferrlra. The treaty marks the complete triumph of the revolution and is based cn the resignation of President Escurra and the election of Senor Gauna, a supporter of the revolution, to the presidency. Then the Light Went Out , Thousands of shoppers in the big downtown department stores of Chicago have had a scare when the electric lights suddenly went out Tuesday night leaving the Interior of the buildings In darkness Prompt action by tbe clerks and floor walkers prevented any one from being injured. An accident in the power house of an electric light company was the cause ef the trouble HuMiu'-was partially para'ysed In the a!Ir ted territory for nearly an hour Fit Subject For Asylum. Frank Preston a laimor living Mlk, body, -- - stake" s, Fire near shot himself through the bui-entering just above the heart. He nan tried to hang himself, but tailed so took a Winchester rifle and dll in- - shooting The bullet pa sed threuah Ins laxly When ashed by his wife ,n t!P ui,j said 'that the lxrd roid him he should klfl himself, snd if he did not succeed he would Im- taken and burned ar the Sturgis, the cold-bloode- d In a Mine. The Scholl mine at South Barton-vill- e, lll.i was discovered to Be on tire In the main entry at tbe foot of the abaft Friday morning. There were 100 men at work at the time, and for a while great excitement existed. The men, however, were taken to a second shsft a mile distant, and all made their escape, seme of them being overcome by smoke and gas. Tbe origin of the fire is a mystery, but It la supposed to have started by tbe lama of the trapper boy. Child Slavery in New York. Two men. one the manager of a candy factory and the other a partner in a woven wire mat factory, have been arrested in . New York City on charges preferred by a fat tory tnaptw-to- r for violation of the child labor law. One of the fatry inspector found at tue tandr r.ak-r- s two girls of 13 and tl years who worked aixty-etghour in six days, for which they received 33. Une of the children had been fined in cent for talking during business hours and 2 cents for hating been five minutes late one morning. ht 1 i L. COSSACKS AN ANTI-WA- CHARGE RIOTERS DEMONSTRATION R COMES TO UNTIMELY END. Soldisra Charge Upon Mob, Which l Driven, Screaming With Terror From 8treete of St Petersburg. A popular demonstration, the participants in whiclrtn eluded large numbers of students of both soxes, began at midday Sunday, in the Nevakl prospect, says a St. Petersburg dispatch, and lasted about two hours. Hundreds of police and mounted gbns darmes were bidden In tbe court yard of the public building, emerged suddenly and charged the crowd at full gallop, driving the demonstrators In headlong confusion and screaming with terror upon Bklewaika and Into adjacent streets. This led to aerious encounters, fifty persons being more or less severely Injured. Large numbers were ar- rested. Not since the riots of 1901, when Cossacks stretched across the Nevk! budding to building, prospect charged down the bonlevard from tho Moscow station to the Neva, has the lived through such a Russian capl-a- l day of excitement as this WOULD STOP THE WAR. United States Asked to Intervene In Conflict. As president of the union, Representative Bartholdi of Missouri has brought to the attention of Secretary Hay the resolution adopted at St. Lmls September 13, urging the powers which signed Tha Hague treaty of arbitration to intervene for the stopping of the war between Russia and Japan. Mr. Bartholdt suggested the pro priety of tthe United States taking the Initiative in urging a ceisation of hostilities, and he pointed out that tha treaty, which was signed by Russia and originally sugg.Tted by that power, contained a provision that by a third party shortd not be considered an unfriendly act. Hq contended that in resenting tha pro-lsfor mediation. Russia had violated not ony the spirit hut the letter of thi3 compact. Sretary Hav haf promised to orlng tho action of ths union to the attention of the president at an early date. Russo-Japane- WAS COWARDLY CRIME. Victim Enticed to Deaert, Shot andl Left for Dead. H. C. Lawrence, the former postmaster at Hazen. Nevada, has been sentenced to serve a term of fourteen years In the Carson penitentiary fof attempting to kilt James Garrison, ay business man of Hazen, a few months ago. His crime was one of the most foul ever committed In the state of N vad. and in sentencing Lawrenoe tbe fudge severely reprimanded the prisoner. The evidence In the caso showed that Lawrence, with the purpose or murdering Garrison, enticed him Into the desert near Hazen and there shot him. The flrt shot entered Garrison's neck, and be fell to the ground. - Hie assolisnt then emptied his revolver Into the body of tbe fallen man and returned to Hazen. Bank Robbers Operate in Broad Day- light A daring bank robbery waa commit- ted In' the hoart Of Peoria, 111, at 1:30 oclock Saturday afternoon, when tbree men wearing slouched hats entered the Peoria National bank, anL while two of the men covered Fred- erick A. Bfiacaen with revolvers, tho third readied through the tellers wlnj dow and re zng about 500 in currency made hla escape. A large crowd waa soon in pursuit of the robbers, into & buggy which they had left standing in front of the bank, but liberal of revolvers frightened the crowd back, and tho men made their escape. who-Jumpe- dl-pl- INAUGURAL PARADE. Will be Grand CVlc aa Wall aa Military Affair. Lieutenant General Chaffee, chief of staff, has been appointed grand marshal of the Inaugural parade, and has eontradieed reports that the parade would be a "military affair gnd that civic organizations are not wanted." He aaya: "It is the intent'on to secure the partlc'pation In the parade of civle organizations from ail parts of tho country, and special attention will be given to the leature." Three Men Blown to Atoms. An explosion of a tank of glycerine blew to stoma three men, totally demolished three boats, splintered a big raft cf logs, smashed many windows along Front street, and did much damage to property along the river front at Catlletsburg. Ky. The explosion occurred on the rlvdr below the wharf, lrom causes which will never be known. John and James Brown, brothers, and Alexander Me Guire were taking 290 quarts of explosives to Maysvtlle, where It was to have been used In shooting wells. Street Car Jumped the Track. result of a street car jnmplng Aa a the track in Tacoma. Wash., Commissioner of Public Works Welsh was to such an extent that be bad to he removed to the hospital, where he is now receiving medical treatment Peter Debroo, superintendent of tbe city water mains, waa thrown from tbe car and sustained a scalp wound. James Lee, a well known street contractor, received a bad cut in the head, and Curley Doana, a resident of South Tacoma, waa bruised about the and body. lc |