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oi. XLVI. No. 287 --10 Pages. Salt Lake City, Utah, Thursday Mobkxstg-, Jantjahy 28, 1904, Five Cents. 1 fl
EIGHT A
SUICDE
oter and Fi
:ier Prefer
Death to
il Servitude
z of Potassium!
Drug which He
Short His Life
fflth; and It Was
V ken While Doom
8 as Pronounced.
I
f4 -f -r 4- -r-
2 udon, Jan, 27 --A poet mortem
jlhatiun lias shnrn that Whit- -f-
fovrlphf commit tod Mdcldj by -f
ig cyan!iie of ptlasslum -f
Jjj jtavestlgntfon made iuui.ntes -f
ft fl'hight must have s-.vnIlo-.ved -f
1 poison while standing before -f
! co Blgham. after receiving
A3 icntence It 5s recalled that
ii? jSt pulled a handkerchief from
pocket and appeared to wlpo
1 face and It la surmised that -
ir- E cover of ihls he took tho .
050.
'Site, Jan. 27. The Inquest over
iKalns of Whltaker Wright, who
DBggftddenly yesterday after being
ijwlto seven years' penal servl
iVfraud, will be held tomorrow.
glc event Is the one topic of In
md everywhere Is discussed In
features. The possibility of the
&s escape from justice by sul
clearly foreseen by Detective
Who brought Wright from New
Acting on hints dropped by
during the voyage, Willis gave
ft' officials a special warning to
closest guard over him. To
pe conclusion of the trial, espe
luring Justlc Bigham's severe
if it became evident that there
ijly be one verdict, eo If Wright
term'incd on self-destruction in
it of his conviction he had time
ire a method for outwitting the
as he muet have foreseen that
srse verdict was Inevitable. A
document uas found on the
court which had been occupied
Bht, showing that he had a pre
n.of his sentence. This was a
fi blotting paper on which he.
Ibbled during the Justice's sum
?. -The Roman characters "VII"
jlclcly scattered over the whole
This was before the verdict had
todercd, but the number coln
Ith the sentence he received. In
Idle of the sheet appears the
Tnfent," the last word Wright
jpposlllon papers continue ma
finehant comments on the Gov
,tT "which," they say, "declined
is-, duly for reasons now shown to
lisn absurd in lav and which are
repugnant to common sense."
JhaiidHnir of this matter," says
fitminpter Gazette, "has reflected
EUscredst upon thu Government
ts' other mistakes with even
1 consequences Distinguished
trove Involved and some of them
Ml lutppj escapes."
Financial News says: "Wright
Shave made disclosures which
ijave seriously discomflttod some
Jbut he was loyal as well us
ppns and he carried his eccrets
Brave. To prevent others from
BE what ho choso to conceal ho
d many papers, thus complet
reported that a six-cbambored
f, fully loaded, was found in
r? Pocket by the police.
P post-mortem examination of
p! of Whltaker Wright his fea
fcowfed no trace of the suffering
Klhave endured before death. His
la-cahn and peaceful. Ills brain
Bind to have been abnormallv
Rod. as the examination profane-
doctors found evidences of
tot potassium, which confirmed
fjgevlous impression of the cause
POSSIBILITIES F RADIUM.
Jviissan Soientist Declares Tliat Its
Discovery Will Revolutionize
Modern. WRrfare.
4- St. Petersburg-. Jan. 27. Ptlnco
Tarkhanov, the sblentint, lcclurlnK' 4-
-i- before the Jlilltary assoclntlon, 4-
4- made soma interesting statements
4- in regard to the possibilities of r?.- 4-
4- dluni. Ho prosfiited two cancer 4-
4- patients who had been cured of nin- 4-
4- Hgnant growths on the face by tho 4-
4- ugo of radium, and cxprcKsal the 4-
opinion thct tho problem of dctor- 4-
4- mining the ei of children, which 4-
4- Prof. Schcnck had failed to solve, 4-
4- avUI shortly ba, settled by the aid 4-
-t- of radium. 4-
t- When large quantities of radium 4-
4- were available, the Prince contend- 4-
4- cd, the whole syptom of modern 4-
4- warfrre would le revolutionized 4-
4- as powder magazines, whether in 4-
forts or In the holds of vcspels 4- j
4- would bo at the mercy of radium 4-
4- ras, which could explode them at 4-
4- long distances. 4-
4-4-4- 4--r- 4-4--f-r 4-4-
NAVAL BUILDING PLAN
Secretary (Vteody Concludis
? His Recommendatiens.
Washington, Jan. 27. Secretary Moody
concluded his recommendations today be
fore the House Committee on Naval Af
fftlrs. He presented two plans prepared
by tho general board of the. navy as
the building plan for next year.
Tho first was based on an expenditure
of $34,O00.MO and Included provision for one
battleship, one armored cruiser, throo pro
tected cruiser?, four scout cruisers, two
squadron colllcre and two submarine
boats. Tho second plan provides for an
expenditure of 3CD.CO0.000 and is a dupli
cate of tho first progvarnmo with the elim
ination of two of tno scout cruisers.
The Secretary recommended building
naval Bin lions at Guantannmo. Cuba, ann
Subig Bay, P. I. The station in Cuba ul
timately Is to cost J12.000,(nX) and the one
in the Philippines $3,OX,0CO. One million
dollars Is usked this j-ear for tho Guan
tanamo station and a little less than that
amount for the one In the Philippines.
Whllo nothing definite was decided Qn.
general discussion in committee of a per
manent naval programme revealed a de
sire that the strength of the navy by
1S1S should be forty-eight battleships and
half that number of armored cruisers,
with auxiliary boa.ts in proportion.
BURTON BEFORE COURT
United States Senator Pleads
Not Guilty.
St Louis, Jan. 27. United States Sena
tor Burton of Kansas, indicted by tho
grand Jury of thla county on charges of
nccccpting a bribo of $2500 for his Influ
ence in having sot aside a fraud order Is
sued by tho poslofflcc authorities against
a get-rlch-quiek concern, appeared in
court today and gave bonds of JOOCi for
hiB oppenrance, at the same time cnter:
lng a olea of not jrullty.
Senator Burton asked the court for an
early trial- United States District Attor
ney Dyer stated that an early trial was
satisfactory to the Government.
Senator Burton was then ordered lo ap
pear in court on Monday, March 7th.
THREATENE9 BY FIRE.
Timely Discovery of a Blaze at
Weiser, Idaho, Prevents Cost
ly Conflagration.
ITRIBL'NB SPECIAL.
Weiser, Ida., Jan. 27 BuL for timely
discovery and prompt action by h bucket
brlyaue, this city would hnvo besn the
theater of a destructive lire thla morning.
Shortly after 2 o'clock the roof of tho
pumphouso in the rear of tho. Wclacr
hotel was discovered on fire. By harou
lcan work tho blaze, was extinguished.
The piunphouse Ih located within fifteen
or t-nty feet of the hotel, which con
tains moro tlian K'J rooms and Is sur
roundwd by boxes, wood and ether In
ilaumbl material, which had It Ignited
ivould have takon the nnt!r block and
caused a daronge of J103.000 or more.
I
Currency Act Passed, at Manila.
Manila, Jan. 27. Tho net for main
taining the parity of the currency has
been passed.
It provides for the purchase of Mexi
can silver coin as bullion, und Imposes
a tax on all contracts made In debased
curroncy after October 1, 1904.
IpPERADO TAKEN IN
IPUTLAWS' STRONGHOLD
gjl. ITRIBU.N'E SPECIAL, 1
ipftul Junction, Colo.. Jan. 27. Sheriff Struthcvs landed here in Jail to
yjBj V. Bee, who Is charged with cattle-stealing In this county.
4 K-1 '8 considered a remarkable one,- ils Bee waa taken in .'-what
K'1 "a tiie "Robbers Roost" country, thirty miles south of the
gjwlver. in Utah.
ylfr str"lhers arrived at a place called Nongicrs, kept by a Frenchman,
"fXt7 emilns: He located Bee, seated In the tavern, and. colled on him
,jjus up." This Bee quickly did. thoutlng: "Don't shoot, don't shoot: I'm
rtgVlo thieves flee to the "Robbers Roost" section and consider themselves
pro. This Ir the first arrest mude there in years.
RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE DIPLOMATISTS
REVISINSU REPLY.
Mikado's Representative at St. Petersburg Summoned to a Con
ference With Czar's RepreseatativeKssia Desires to So
Shape Note That Conflict Will Be Avoided in the Far East.
Paris, Jan. 27. Ofliclal uuvlces re
ceived herefrom St. Petersburg show
that Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, be
fore giving Russia's answer, has called
In the Japanese Minister, M. Kurlno.
The two Ministers are now conferring
with the view, of so shaping the re
sponse ns lo avoid a conflict- This is
considered to be an explanation of the
dispatch from Tokio saying Japan has
requested Russia to hasten her reply.
An Count LamsdorfC and M. Kuvino are ,
having conferences prior to the sub
mission of the reply it Is regarded as
evidence of Japan's Insistence of an
early answer and of Russia's desire to
avoid a response which might preclpi
I tate hostilities. Count LamsdorlT's
I course In conferring with M. Kurlno
before answering Is cited as showing
Russia's willingness to go to the last
limit in order to avoid war. But. it is
added, if the efforts of Russia fails
fihe will be prepared lo strike very hard
blows from the outset.
All Information reaching the highest
quarters here tends to show that the
crisis continues acute. It appears to
be the accepted conviction in Govern
ment circles that the final determina
tion between peace and war cannot
long be deferred. The ofllclals continue
to hope for peace, but they make the
reservation that the discouraging as
pect which tho situation assumed dur
ing the last few days has not been
ameliorated.
A cntegorical denial Is given so far as
France is concerned to the Peking re
port that the French Minister is taking '
IRRIGATION PROJECTS.
State Engineer Doremus, F. S. Rich
ards and Utah. Delegation in Con
gress to Discuss projects.
TRIBUNE SPECIAL.
4- Washington, Jan. 27 State Engi-
neer Doremus of Salt Lako City
4- arrived In "Washington today, and -f
-V tomorrow, Jn company with F. S.
Richards, will have n conference
-f with Senators Kearns and Smoot 4-
4- and Representative Howell to dls- 4-
cuss matters which it Is desired to 4-
-f secure action upon looking to Irri- -f
4- gatlon projects In Utah. 4-
4 At a meeting tomorrow tho va- 4-
4- rlous projects will recclvo thorough 4
4 discussion, and subsequently tho 4-
4 Utah delegation In Congress will 4
4 take the matter up with Secretary 4-
4 Hitchcock and Prof. Newell of tho 4-
4 geological survey. 4
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HEROINE QF IROQUOIS.
Identity of Child Who Saved. Pifty
Lives in the Theater Fire Is
Disclosed.
Chicago, Jan. 27 At the Samaritan
hospital, her head and left side swathed
In bandages, lies Carrie Anderson, the
child whose deed of heroism at the Iro
quois fire was recounted In brief during
the Coroner's Inquest, but whoso name
has never been learned until today.
Through the steadfast bravery of this
fourteen-year-old girl at least fifty llve.s
were saved on the fatal afternoon. She
Jt. wai who, despite the fact that her en
tire left side was being lapped by flames,
caught the end of the ladder thrown
across the alley from the Northwestern
university building and guided it to a
firm resting place on the Are nscapo of
the second balcony. Across this ladder
many men, women and children scram
bled to safety.
She was In the balcony with her
mother, who was employed as a cleaner
at tho theater, and while cho escaped
her mother perished. The child docs not
know yet that her mother 13 dead. j
TRIAL OF MACHEN.
Prosecution Closes Its Case With
Testimony of Postal Inspectors
Defense Opens Today.
Washington, Jan. 27. In the trial of
Aucujt V. Maclien ni:d others charged
with conspiracy to defraud tho Govern
ment In connection with tho sale of
GrofT letter box fasteners, the prosoc.u
tlon today rested Its case. Today's tes
timony was confined entirely to Postofflce
Inspector Muyor. Inspector Meyer under
continued crosfl-evnmlr.ntlon declared that
ho made no promlso of immunity from
proxecutlon to D B, GroiT. Inspector
Williams and Inspector Farrcll detailed
their conversations In Toledo -with Dr.
ond Mrs. I.orcus prior to their arreet.
From Mrs Loren3. they said, they had
secured a statement that hIic never" know
or hoard of D. B. Groff and that she had
received no chocks from him and had no
knowledge of her husband receiving any.
Six Indians and $1200 in Gold.
Iis Angela;. Cal . Jan. 27. A special
to the Exprcar. from Bals, Cut, snvs
Six Indlaun and about $1200 In gold were
lost by tho upsetting of a. boat on tho
Colorado river, noir tho Indian reserva
tion a frw days ago Jamie Oundlff nd
FrtxJcrIck Loiismcye", prospectors, v.-If-newiod
iho accklont and managed to nwo
one o tho occupants of the boat.
4 St. Petersburg, Jan. 2S (6 a. m.) 4-
; 4 The Council of Stale, will moot to- 4
4 lay, under the Presidency of the 4-
4 Cr.ar, to consider the terms of 4-
4- Russia's reaponso to Japan's last 4-
4 note. 4.
-J 1 J 1 L J. ' l 1 1 i i i . i .
T-r-r-rr-r-r-T-r-r-r-r-r-r-rT--?-
part in negotiations with the view of
mediation of France. Great Britain and
the United States.
A cablegram from Tokio 6ays: It Is
understood that the Cabinet, assisted
by the elder statesmen, has completed
a financial programme which it is an
ticipated will be published Hhortly. It
is said to Include the issuance of ex
chequer bonds to the amount of 100,000.
000 yen, increasing taxes to the extent
of 50,000,000 yen.
i
TINKERING WITH NOTE.
Poace Diciples Trying to Find Way
Out.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 27 Tho exchanges
regarding the Russian response to the
Japanese note aro still progressing, and
the Foreign offico here announces today
that there is no chango in the situation.
Tho Japanese Legation does not credit
tho report from Tokio that Japan has re
quested Russia to hasten her reply. M.
Kurino, the Japanese Minister, has re
ceived no Instructions on the subject. On
the contrary, ho apparently realizes thnt
uie delay lo consequent upon exchanges
between SL Petersburg. Viceroy Alexlcft"
and Baron de Rosen, tho Russian Min
ister at Tokio. M. Kurino reiterates his
opinion that Japan will not press Rua
sla for a reply. The Admiralty Insists
i HARBISON EXONERATED
Chicago Executive Is Not to
Blame in Iroquois Fir.
Chicago, Jan.' 27. Mayor Carter IT. Har
rison was this afternoon ordered by
Judgo Tuthlll to bo Immediately dis
charged from custody, from any respon
sibility for the wholesale los6 of life in
tho Iroquois Theater fire. Tho Judge de
clared that the Mayor was in no way
whatever guilty or liable and that tho
Coroner's jury. In ordering Mayor Har
rison held to tho grand jury, had put an
tnjuat stigma on tho Mavor, who had
failed in no particular whatever, either
in omission or commission.
uM.n dJ-',lvering tho opinion Judgo Tut
hlll said: "I have gono over tho testi
mony of Fire Marshal Musham and
Building Commissioner Williams and of
tho Mayor particularly, and I cun say
without quaUIIcatlon oi hesitation that r
find not one word in the evidence, as fnr
as I hnvo examined It, which tends even
remotely, in my Judgment, to show that
the Maor hud any knowledge of this
matter, or that he was in any respect
negligent of any duty Imposed upon him
by tho laws or by the rules that com
monly apply to persons who are reapun
slblo for the safety of others.
"1 Ilnd that thero were gross violations,
not only of tho city ordinances, but of
common rules of safety that evorybodv
without any expert knowledge, would
hnvo said were absolutely essential at tho
Iroquois. But how the Mayor, who Is
simply the head of tho city government,
could Ho hold rceponsible for anv mis
conduct on his part In view of tlils evi
dence I cannot conceive."
Oldest Pv-ailroad Engineer Doad.
New York, Jan. 27. William H. Gor
don, the first engineer to become a bene
ficiary of the Pennsylvania railroad pen
sion system and Avho was believed, when
he retired In 1900, after flfty-slx years
service, to be the oldest engineer in the
country, Is dead at hiB homo in Plain
field, N. J.
He was among tho first to run tho
John Bull engine after it wa brought to
this country.
Judgment Against Sage.
St Paul. Jan. 27. 13. C. M. Hand wan
piven a verdict of STKO by th jury In
Jud?e Lewis's court today In Rand's suit
against Ruscsll Sago for services In con
nection with Sago's trusteeship of the
Hastings and Dakota, land grant. Rand
sued for 515,000.
4 IN HANDS OF ICE KI2TG. 4
4 4-
4 La Crosse, Wis.. Jan. 27. The 4
4 thermometer this morning, tho 4-
4 fourth day of the extrcmo cold 4
4 weather, was 23 degroea below soro. 4-
4 At Rhinolander, Wis., John Brunt, 4
4- employed In a lumber camp, was 4
4- found dciid two miles from town. 4-
4- Ho had attempted to walk to the 4
4- cniip. but was orercomo by the 4
4 cold. 4.
4 4-
4- St. Paul, Jan. 27. The mercury 4
4- dropped during tho night from 35 4
4- below to 23 below. There Is severe 4-
4 cold weather In tho Red River Vnl- 4.
4- ley, but at Rapid City, S. D.. tho 4
4- thermometer i 23 abovo and from 4-
4- thoro to the coast tho woathur Is 4
4 comparatively warm, Indicating 4
4 warmer weather for this ec-ctlon of 4
4- the country. 4.
4 4-
4- Indianapolis, Jan. 27 The cold- 4.
est weather of the winter, 7 de- 4-
4 grc?n bolow zero, was reoorded 4
4 here today, while towns Jn south- 4
4 crn Indiana reported 16 below. 4
4- 4 -f 4 4 4 . 4 4 ; t . &
that the movemcnt of Russian uhlps in
1ho neighborhood of Port Arthur aro en
tirely without significance, saying In ex
planation that they aro probably merely
routine change of station, and certainly
mudo without the expectation of a colli
sion. A prominent Admiral said, In an
interview today;
ADMIRALTY" LOOKS FOR PEACE.
"The Admiralty bollevc3 In the peaceful
termination of tno negotiations. Some of
our ships In the far ISost nro still In
reserve. The steps now being taken
should Iks described as precautionary ra
ther than warlike preparatlona"
Prlnco Khllkoff. Minister of Railroad
Commipsionp. will leave here In a few
days for Irkutsk, to Inspect the nearly
completed railroad line around Lako Bai
kal, which connects tho two ends of tho
Siberian road. Thin conneclloo, which
Would permit the movement of through
trains, Is considered of great advantage,
especially In the evont of winter mili
tary exigencies. The Czar, vhen voicing
his approval of Prince KhllkofT's mission,
sold in sub3tancc that he desired peace,
which he believed would not be broken,
but that it was proper to bo prepared for
all emergencies.
Some of tho Russian newspapers are
again becoming b?llloosc. The Bourse Ga
zette declarer that Russia has reached
tho parting of tho ways, and must now
choose her position and maintain IL It
discusses seriously tho "yellow peril,"
contending that It is the duty of the pow
ers to Intervene as they did after the
Chlna-Japancso war.
Tho Gazctto concludes its article by
soylng that if Japan persists in her war
like attltudo Russia Is not going to be In
timidated. Tho Novoo Yremya says the conversion
of the reserve battalions into regiments,
rchich was not canied out some months
ngo for financial reasons. Is now being
executed because more military unity aro
needed In tho East, and becauso Ger
many's Increase in recent years demands
a second lino of defense.
jBULLETS INSTEAD 8F COIN.
Mine Paymaster in Arizona Kills One
Would-Be Hold-Up and Wounds
Another.
Tucson, Ariz., Jan. ST.Ji Star 4-
4 spoclal from PatagonlR, Saiita, 4-
4- Cruz county, says that Michael 4-
4- O'Moro, a well-known minor In 4-
4- that Hcotlon, was held up yeator-
4- day In tho Patagonia monntaJne, 4-
4- whllo on tho way to his mlno, by 4-
4 three strnngora. O'Mora had J3CC0 4
4 on his peraon, which ho waa tak- 4-
4- lng to the mlno to pay off his mon. 4-
4- Tlio highwaymen called on him to 4-
4- halt, but. Instead of complying, 4-
4- O'Mera opened flro with a Winches- 4-
4 tor, killing one and wounding a 4-
4 second, who, with tho third, fled 4-
4- in such haste that they left their 4-
4 horses. It is believed that all threo 4-
4 were Mexicans. 4-
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COLLAPSES IN COURT.
Woman on Trial at Kansas City for
Killing Hor Husband Breaks
Down and Faints.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 27. Mrs. Lulu
Princo Kennedy, on trial a second tlmo for
the murder, In January, 1901, of her hus
band, Philip II. Kennedy, local contract
ing agent of tho Merchants' Dispatch
Transportation company, collapsed in
court today. Mrs. Kennedy had been In
tears all morning, and when her mother
assumed the stand and admitted that the
defendant had been oecrotly married since
( her conviction for the murder of her hus
band. eho fainted and It was necessary
to carry her from tho room.
A few duys before ho waa killed by
his wife Kennedy brought oult to have
their marriage set aside, alleging that
Mies Prince's father and her two bro
thers had forced him to marry her. She
was convicted and aentencod to ten yearn
In thi penitentiary. Tho Supromo court
recently reversed tho decision on a. tech
nicality. It developed today that nho re
married John Kramer, a local lawyer,
neveral months after her conviction. She
killed Kennody becauso h refusod to
1 !Ivo with her.
Will Prlnco was convloted nnd served
a s-entonco In tba penitentiary on tho
ohargo of conspiring with his sinter In
tho murder of Kennedy, and Albort 1C
Princo. another brother, who waa drowned
in tho recent wreck of tho steamer Clal
lam, off Victoria, B. C, was Indicted on
a similar charge.
NOOSE FOR TW0.
Denver Burglars Who Killed Woman
While Bobboing Hor Husband's
Store Are to Hang.
Denver, Jan. 27. Charles O. Peters and
Newton Andrews were tonight found
guilty of murder In tho first degree by
a Jury, which fixed tholr punishment at
hnpzlng. The crlmo for wnich thoy were
convicted wus tho killing of Mra. Amanda
Ycungblood while they, with a compan
ion, Fred Arnold, wero attempting to rob
tho little grocery store of Thoman Young
blood, the husband of tlu-lr victim. Ar
nold, who Is alleged to have been the
leader, and the one who planned tho af
fair and tired the fatal Bbot, Is to be tried
separately.
Ex-Con greseman Dead.
Fort Wnync. Ind.. Jan. 27. Judgo Robert
Lowry, former member of CongMse fron
tho Twelfth Indiana district, and one of
the beat known Jurist In tba State, died
at 3 o'clock thin morning nt I1I3 homo In
this city, aged 80 years.
CIL0RA19 DISASTER.
Mutilated Bodies of Victims of Ihde
pendenco Mine Accident Brought
to the Surface.
4; Victor, Colo., Jan. 2T. All of tho '4
4- bodleo of the vlctlma of yesterday's 4-
4- accident at the Stratton Independ- 4-
4- ence mlno havti been recovered, and -f
4- four, thoHo of John Scbeck, C. C. 4-
4- Staten, Joseph Overy and Harry 4-
4- Cogene, havfc been Identified. It 4-
4 was at first thought that none could 4-
4- bo ldentlllod, but this hau proved 4-
4- to bo a mistake, and It Is now cor- 4-
4- tain that quite a number of tho 4-
4- other victims will bo identified. 4
4- Tho bodlea are lying on two rows 4
4 of benches In a carpenter shop near 4-.
4- the shafthouse. They arc dl3em. 4-
4- boweled, dl8momberod, decapitated 4-
4 and otherwise mutilated. Only one. 4-
4- of tho victims. Edward Twiggs, 4-
4- waa recognisable from hiB features, 4-
4- and his arma and legs woro broken 4
4- and the back of his skull orushed. 4
4- There was not a particle of cloth- 4-
4- ing on any of the bodies or dls- 4-
4- nvombered limbs when recovered 4
AFTER THIRTY YEARS
Mystery of a Missing Rtan
Cleared Up.
TRIBT7NT3 SPECIAL."
Friendship, Mx Jon. 27. A letter re
ceived horo today from George. Gibson, o
Penrose, Utah, has cloarcd up tho mys
tery surrounding tho disappearance, thirty
years ago, of George Geycr, of this town,
whom every ono hero bcllovcd. to havo
died long ago.
Tho letter, which waa received by H.
M. Collamere. non of Mra. Melyn. Colla
mero, and nephew of tho dcoil man, nays
that Gcyor had died recently In Califor
nia, lonvlng considerable property, and
that unlcsn the property Is claimed by
relatives, It will probably go to strangers,
an hn left no heirs In tho Wo9t. Mr. Glb-
Hon announced that he would give details
if tho relatives would open correspond
ence with him.
The disappearance of Goycr was ono
of tho moHt mystcrlouo that tho State of
Malno ever had to deal with, and It was
flnully accoptcd oa a fact that tho man
had beon murdered, a body being found
later which waa supposod to bo hin. A
brother nnd slater, living hore, and an
other brother, Co-pt. Ellard Goyor of
Somervlllc, Moss,, are among tho heirs.
THIS FARMING'S NEWS.
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. The dead
In tho Pittsburg mlno disaster aro muti
lated beyond recognition. ...Twenty per
sons Injured in a street oar collision in SU
Louis.. ..Charge against Mayor Harrison
In conncotion with tho Iroquola disaster
dlsjiisaod.... Woman on trial In Knn."aa
City for killing hor husband breaks down
and faints.... Facta disclose Hint Carrie
Anderson, a fourtoon-ycar-old girl, saved
ftfly lives In the Iroquoln theator dlaas
tor... .United Stales Senator Burton glve3
ball at Bt. L-oubi.. ..Another dull day In
Wall street.... Important pension bill In
troduced In the Houso of Representatives
O'Brien and Ryan fight to a draw In Phd
adolphla. FOREIGX. Post-mortem devoIopB that
.Whltaker Wright commlttod suicide In
London.. ..Negotiations) on In SL Peters
burg for the eettlcrrusnt of tho Russo
Japanese trouble.
MOUNTAIN AND COAST. Mlno pay
master In Arizona kllla ono hold-up and
wounds another.... All the bodies In the
Viclor mine dlsnnter havo Iieea recovered.
....Republican State committee of Idaho
fixes day for convention. ...Gold-seeker
frozon to death at Skaguay... .Company
G, Colorado National Guards, aolr.o
armory building and contents at Puoblo.
STATE. Sensational developments
promised In tho trial of ex-deputy treasur
er of Cache county... .Park City miner
meets with painful Occident.... John O.
Allen is dead at Park Clty....Ogden Rapid
Transit conipany Is sued for large sum....
Good showing mado by Ogdcn banks....
Michael Brennan on trial at Nephi for
murder.
CITY. Death beat.i Clark In his raco
to bedside of hla wife.... Fuller found
guilty.. ..City Attorney Dey dociden that
old city salaries must stand. ...Death of
Mrs. Halo. ...City Council talks horae....
Bruco Johnson on trial. ...Whltaker
Wright gavo A. H. Tarbct a Uft....Lace
Houso goen Into bankruptcy.. ..Prepn at
the U. of U. declaro war....SoldIcra boatan
at Indoor baseball. ...Roal er.tato mon elect
officers... 131ks havo a successful social
session... .Real estato transfers, $1190. ...
Bank clearings, ?47C.C77....Ycnterday's
stock sales, 77.1CO shares, for $7230.87 Ore
and bullion ncttlements during the day,
?S7.-K0.
WON BY
DEATH I
Son of Senator H
W. A. Clark of I
Montana Beat- , I
en in Race I
His Wife Dies in New I
York City While I
He Is Breaking All 1 I
Records Across Con- I
tinent to Be at Her I
Bedside. H
In a nice across the continent with
doath, Charles Walter Clark, son of Sm
ator William A Clark, finished second '
and will reach New York city too lato
to sco his wife, who expired in thitt city
last nlcht. Mrs. Clark had been under
medical trcntment in New York for about
six weeks, but was not thought to be crit
ically 111 until Monday, when her hus
band and othor mcmbors of tho family
wcro notified to come Immediately. IH
Charles W. Clark, tho Senator's" oldest IH
son, was In Arizona at tho time. Ho
reached Albuquorojio, N. M., yesterday,
Ho at once chartered a special train on
the Santa F for Chlcogo, In order to con- IH
nect with tho Twentieth Centurv Llmlu d
3 , ? Lako Shore for Now York, Tho
special waa composed of an engine, prl- IH
vuto car and coach. It left Albuquerque
at 5"i vesterdav mornlivj- fM
It Is expected that tho run of 1277 miles lUH
from Albuquerque to Chicago will be mndt
In tv.-enty-nine and one-half hours, which HH
1b coven and one-half houra faster than
the tlmo of the Santa Fo'6 WLntbound Cal
ifornla limited botwecn the eamie points
and about three hours quicker than lh
time of tho weatbouud Lowo Bpcclal last 1
August. Mr. Clark will reach Chicngo
about 11 o'clock this morning.
The funeral will lako placo on Sunday. 1
cither from tho residence of Senator
Clark or from St, Thomas' church, and
tho interment will bo in 8ena.tor Clark's jH
mausoleum In Woodluwn cemetery. Mrs
M. L. Cunningham, Mrs. Clark's mother. IH
will roach the city tomorrow, and other IH
members of the family arc speeding- IH
toward New Yorlc.
Mrs. Clark waa married Juno 3), !,
at Butte. Thore has been no Issuo of IH
tlve union.
Topeka, RTan.. Jan. 2S. William A.
Clark, Jr., aon of United States Senator
Clark of Montana, passed through To
peka at l.SC this morning on a special
Santa Fe train which Ik making- il rec-ord-breaking
run. He was called to New
York by nows of his wife's Illness. Tho
Scnta Fo dispatcher's office reports that
Mr. Clark has not yet learned of his
wife's death.
An effort was mado to give him the
Atroclatod Press dispatch announcing her i IH
death, but the. train rushed through To- IH
poka at the rato of forty miles an hour.
No stops will bo mado until Kaneas City
Is reached, about 3:20 o'clock.
The Santa Fe had special engines ready
at all important stations between here , 1
and Newton to be used in case of accl- -dent.
None were needed, as no stops were vt
made except at u smull Htatlon for water
after Emporia was passed. Tho train
will reach Chicago about 11 o'clock to
morrow morning, In time for Mr. Clark IH
to tako the Lako Shore Twentieth Cen- IH
tury Limited for New York. ,
Tho run from Albuquorquo, N. M.. to
La Junta, Colo., 17 miles, was made In ,
S hours. This is 33 minutes fuster tinio
than was mado by the Lowe special over jH
tho same division lust August All thin IH
was through tho mountainous districts of
Now Mexico and Colorado, On reaching
tho Knnvivs prairies oil previous records
were left behind. Tho train luft La.Junt.i
at 2;0 and was due in Newton, Kun., at i
9:10. A slight delay w:vs encountered ac I
Dodge Cltv and It was 10:CO beforo the i IH
train left Now ton. The run of 135 mlle.t , IH
to Topoka was mado In two hours and .
lortv-tlve minutes. .M
Local Santa Fe officials say all past ' J
records will be broken and that the run 1
from Albuquerque to Chicago will be mado i
in less than thirty hours.
A Dead. Man's Million. ,
Escanaba. Mich.. Jan. 27. The v. in of
the lato Manuel Wells, & multi-mllllonairn I
of Milwaukee, was tllod horo for probato , )
todav. Tho estate Js valuol at anywbern ' If IH
between ton and twenty-llvo million dol- il IH
lars. It is left to his grandson, who in M II Jl
the son of Fanny Wells Norris, an only 'H
daughter. I Ml
Blackmailer Sentenced. I J
New York. Jan. 27. After administer- ,
lng a scathing rebuke to iho prboner.
Judge Fostor has sentenced Gforge- U. I
Stinaon, formerly Chicago repreeentati'-a '
of a mercantile agency, who wns cmviet
ed of attempted extortion, to three months
In tho penltontlary. SUnsou vnn accused , jM
of having tried to forco the company to VM
give him ?o000 for papers belonging to Iho
NEW WAR SECRETARY
GIVEN ROYAL WELCOME
Washington, Jan. 27. William IT. Taf t. the former Governor-General of th J;
Philippines and new Secretary of War, arrived here over the Pennsylvania road
at 5:15 this afternoon. His train was the regular connection of tho Chicago J
Limited. He was enthusiastically welcomed by a large crowd at the station. I)
LleuL-G-en. Adna H. Chaffee, chief of staff of the United States army; Assistant 'h
Secretary of War Oliver and Col. Clarenco Edwards, chief of the Division of In- il fjH
sular Affaire, formally greeted the new head of the War department It
Gov. Taft was eocortod down the long train sheds by Gen. Chaffee and As- I
slstant Secretary Oliver, and ater they reached the gatos and passed through a
lane formed there was a prolonjp2d outburst of cheering, which was repeated
vociferously by the crowd gathered outside. Gov. Taft, with Gen. Chaffee and ,
Col. Edwards, both In full uniform, entered one can-iase nnd Gon. Oliver fol- h" IH
lowed In another, and. led by Troop H. 'Fifteenth cavalry, from Fort Mcyor, ; jj IH
which had been drawn up In the plaza in front of the stand, thoy were rapidly i
driven to the War department, where Secretory Root formally welcomed his
successor.
From thoro the new Secretarj was driven to the Arlington hotel, whera j
apartments had been reserved; 5 JH