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E OGDEN, UTAH. MONDAY, MAY 4, 1 9
I GEN. SICKLES
I DIES AT 8
VI
I J New York. May 3 General Dan
I " J -fP e. Sickles, th Choleric veteran
.J of Gettysburg, died In his home, 23
-.9 Fifth avenue, at 9: in tonight Death
caused hy cerebral hemorrhage?,
'll rame quietly The gnarled old bat
J tie eagle whose life was one of con-
I iHJ tlnnal tempest, surrendered to death
I f! as peacefully as a child might He
t was 89 years old
1 At his bedside when the end came
J was hlr. wile, Carolina C. Sickles.
' who just three weeks ago returned
. to the old soldier after rwenty-nine
j years of absence; Stanton Sickles.
1 the old brigadiers son; John J. Kir
Jl by. attorney for Mrs Sickles, and
j5 Frascr Moseley, the general's faith-
i fnl negro body servant.
Dr J A. Spann. the old soldier H
jH physician, arrived a few minutes aft
Jj er the end came
1 The hour of death was by all means
,1 the quietest, the most peaceful of
any in many years for the old war-
"5 rior He had made his peace with
J all the world. He died in the faith
-J that he adopted on the battlefield of
f a Gettysburg where he lost his lg At
H that time, with the possibility of
-I death close by, General Sickles em-
A hraced the Catholic faith Since that
'I time and as the old-time vigor re
I tunipd. the general boasted of fear-
H ing neither God nor man But last
J week, with the softening influence of
H finath welling over him, the general
i asked for and received from Father
t Avord of St Joseph's the last rites
, of his adopted church
General Daniel Edgar Sickles was
1 the last of the great commanders
Kf' who fotight the battle of Gettysburg
I For a decade he was a fiphter by pro-
H teuton all his life he was a fighter
H hy nature.
I The gruff old warrior, with one leg
H sliot away in battle, his massive head
resembling Hlsmark's. was a plctur-
j que figure as he hobbled along on
J; ( rntches during the last half centurv
. f of his turbulent life.
M His indomitable fighting spirit re-
Inained to the last. Born In New
York City in 1825. Sickles, at the
age of 22. fought the Whigs as a
Democrat In the New York legisla
ture. At 28 he displayed his fighting
spirit as corporation attorney of
New York. It was he who secured
for his city its great Central park. At
this time his military career hegar
as major of the Twelfth regiment
National Guard. New York
Before he WM 32 ypars old Majoi
Sickles had served as secretary o
legation al Loudon under Ministei
James Buchanan, he had won a stat
spnatorship through a bitter cam
paien. and he was seated in the Thir
ty-fifth congress at Washington.
It was at thifl time that an evenl
occurred which became the sensatiOT
of the day Sickles had begun hll
second term as congressman in 1S59
when the national capital was stirrer!
by the news that the young repp?
(illative from New York had shot
and klllod Philip Barton Keys Olt
United States district attorney for th
District of Columbia Sickles dcclai
ed that Key had misled Mrs. Sickles
who was Theresa Bagioll. daughter
of an Italian music teacher. The trial
! lusted twent days, ending in the ac
I quittal of Sickles on the ground of
1 -unwritten law.' He then took his
erring wife back
l am nor aware of any statute or
code of morals.'' said Sickles to his
1 critics. 1 which makes it infamous to
forgive a woman. 1 cAn now see In
' the almost universal denunciation
I with which she is followed to my
I threshold, the misery and peril from
' which I have rescued the mother of
I bv daughter I shall strive to prove
I to all that an erring wife and moth
er may b lorglven and redeemed
Mrs. Sic kles dlod of a broken heart
a few years later.
At the outbreak of the Civil war
the young fighting politician, then 88
year6 old went to Lincoln to offer
his services.
"You have been a leader In New
York Democratic politics." said the
president "If you kept your end up
at that game surely yon 11 do to tuko
command of mpn In the field Raise
your regiments and you shall be
brigadier general In command "
Sickles raised the famous Excel
sior rigade in New York. taking
command of one of its regiments as
colonel Lincoln kept his word, and
in 1861 raised him to brigadier gen
eral. His fighting spirit early won
him his spurs On the Peninsula md
at Antictam he distinguished blmBelf
as a soldier and leader At Chancel
lorsville he led a division At Gettys
burg he led the Third corps, lost a
Iff, and became a national hero At
:J7 ears of age he had risen from a
"
teEK;DAM1EL SICKLE
colonel to major general of volun
teers. After the war his fighting spirit
led him into the regular army, and
he became first, brigadier, and then
major general. He continued active
service until 1869, when he was ap
pointed minister to Spain by Presl-
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At the court of Spam, Sir kit -' vig
orous personality made him a dom
inating figure. Four year? of bril
liant diplomacy brought him the
epithet of "The Yankee King of
Spain." Here he contracted his sec
ond marriage, with the beautiful and
distinguished Senorita Treagh. This
romance was followed by estrange
ment which was to last more than
a quarter century In addition to
this domestic trouble, came his inter
irrmce In the marriage plans of his
daughter to a penniless Spanish no
bleman. Father and daughter sepa
rated in bitterness, the latter to re
turn to the United States to die with
out reconciliation.
Returning alone to New York, Gen j
oral Sickles again entered politics .
lie served as sheriff of New York,
and at 67 he wns re-elected to con
gress. General Sickles" life drew to 3 I
lose with frequent romantic situa
tions He faced bankruptcy proceed-!
incs in his last years, though he had 1
early in life received a large share
of his father's $3,000,000 estate, but
his estranged wife and son came to J
Ins aid on several occasions
His last days were spent at 2".
Fifth avenue. New York, surrounded 1
by war relics and attended by his j
faithful negro servant.
waiter Imps to his
death whenwife 1
dares him i
Salt Lake. May 4 S G. Sweitzer,
a waiter at the Pullman cafe, commit
td suicide by jumping out of a sec
ond story window of his room in the
La .Mont hotel. State and Second
South streets, shortly before "' o'clock
this morning Sweitzer's ne k was
broken by the fall and he died a lew
minutes after he was brought to the'
emergency hospital. A month ago he
attempted suicide by cutting himself,
over the heart.
In the room at the time Sweitzer
jumped were his wife Grace Sweitz
er. and Mrs. Cylde McAtee and the
B year-old son of Mrs. Sweitzer. Both
women were hysterical when taken to
the police station and told a dis
connected story.
'He told me he was going to stand
on the bed ad jump straight out that
window,'' sobbed his wife. "I dared
him to, never thinking that he would
do it. Then he jumped "
Mrs Sweluer said that she was
married to Sweitzer two years ago
and that he was 32 years old She
said that they had quarreled fre
quently of late. She said she e
lleved he was very joalous of her
and that his Jealousy resulted in tem
porarj fits of insanity. There were
three bottles of beer In ihe room and
indications were that Sweitzer had
been drinking.
Mrs Sweitzer and Mrs McAtee
who is the wife of the manager of
the Pullman cafe, In the basement of
the New Grand hotel, were together
during the evening According to Mrs.
Sweitzers small son, Mrs McAtee
was urging Mrs Sweitzer to have a
drink, and he told her she must not.
It was at this juncture that Mrs.
Sweitzer declared her husband made
the threat to jump through the win
dow. The Sweitzers had been living at
the LaMont hotel for several months.
Mrs. McAtee lives at the New Grand.
BODY OF DEAD IN
FOUND IN SNOW
Salt Yake. May 4 An unidentified
man. apparently about 50 years of
age, was found dead in City Creek
canyon, a mile north of the big lake
yesterday afternoon, by Dr. W S.
Hudson of 1828 Park avenue and C.
J. Sproat of 526 Kensington avenue
The two men had driven up the can
yon about twelve miles and from
there had walked up a mile to the
lakes. Near what is known as the
big lake they saw tracks in the snow.
Following them up a mile further
they discovered the dead man. Re
turning to the city they reported it
to the police department
"We made no effort to examine
the body ' said Dr. Hudson last mcht
"We felt that was a matter for the
police to attend to and did not want
to disturb it in any way The man
looked as though lie had been dead
about two or three days. The tracks
appeared to be about that old. He
was lyinn on his side, apparently in
repose when he died. It is possible
that the altitude may have induced
apoplexy, thoush of course it would
be hard to say just what caused his
death until an examinUion is made
The body was only partly frozen."
Dr. Hudson said that be and his
companion were about to turn back
aftrr their hike when they noticed
the tracks He said they attracted at
tention because the man had evident
ly been circling nrouud In search of i
the main trail. He said that the
tracks finally struck the main tr.nl
and then went on up. It was about
a mile further on that the body was
found
There was evidence that the dead
man had attempted to build a fire.
Dr. Hudson snid, as there was a pile
of twigs near by Lying beside the
body also was a bundle containing a
pair of trousers, a shirt, a miner s
cap and a Stetson hat.
Dr. Hudson said the man was gray
haired and had probably a three or
lour days' growth of beard on his
face He was dressed in a blue!
serge suit and wore homespun gray
socks Dr Hudson judged that he,
would weigh 170 pounds and said he
wns very muscular apparently hav
ing been a laboring man
HUERTA WOULD
LEAVE MEXICO
Mexico City. Ma Joaquin D.
Casasus. former Mexican embassador I
to the United States, was hurriedh
ordered today to proceed to Washing
toil from Carlsbad, where he ha.s been
taking the cure The nature of his
mi-sion was not made public.
Mexico City. Mexico, May 3 The
Right Rev Manuel Riwra, RomaJi
Catholic bishop of Queretaro, died
suddenh today while driving in an
anti-American parade.
Vera Cruz Mexico. May 3. Per
sistent reports continue to circulate
here that General Huerta intends to
retire irom tbe provisional presiden
c'y of Mexico on condition that he be
assured a safe conduct to a port and
placed on hoard a foreign warship.
It is declared In some Mexican cir
cles here that General Huerta was
ready to resign a week ago, but was
prevented from so doing by Internal
dissensions in his cabinet.
The disappearance from the Mexi
can cabinet of Jose Lopez Portillo
y Rojas, the foreign minister, cou
pled with reports that there is a grow
ing undercurrent of feeling in Mexi
co City against the Huerta govern
ment, is interpreted here as fore
shadowing a change in the situation
In the federal capital.
Some of the closest observers or
the government s situation assert
that Senor Portillo s resignation may
clear the way for the appointment
of a foreign minister who, under the
Mexican constitution, could succeed
General Huerta as president In
these circles it is pointed out that
while Venustiano Carranza declined
to treat with General Huerta. he
might consent to enter into negotia
tions with his successor apd thus fa
cilitate mediation.
The effect of the continued rebel
successes in the north and the out
come of the pending attack on Tam
pico may, according to well-informed
opinion, bring about a rapid change
in Mexico City.
While the federal capital was re
ported quiet, people who arrived here
said the populace was beginning to
learn that General Huerta had been
deceiving the people by Issuing false
reports of federal successes over the
constitutionalists.
The news of the peaceful way in
which the Americans are occupying
Vera Cruz, it is said, has spread to
the capita! and has convinced Mexi
cans there that the American inva
sion of the port Is not for conquest
or aggression. Refugees assert that
the inhabitants of the capital fear
the coming there of Francisco Villa
more than they fear that of the Ameri
can troops.
The elements in Mexico City which
cling to the memory of Ihe late Pres
Ident Kranris I Madero are reported
to have been incensed by the arrest
of some of the deputies who were for
merly cast into jail on charges of
i onspiracy.
on
SERVICES HELD I
! IN IHEJTREET
New York. N Y May Lower)
Broadway witnessed the unusual spec
tacle this afternoon of a stern-vlsaged
clergy man, clad In full vestments of
the church, reciting the service of
the dead on the curb line opposite the
Standard Oil building. As part of
the "silent protest" against John D.I
Rockefeller jr. s, refusal to arbitrate
the Colorado strike, the Rev Will
iam Miller Gamble of St. Stevens s
Episcopal rhurch of Coytesville, N. J,
conducted a memorial service in hon
or of those who have fallen in the
Colorado conflict.
No more unusual than the service!
itseh was the congregation, which j
gathered about the minister. Avowed i
anarchists, atheists, cialist. free I
thinkers, as well as C hristlans of all
creeds stood reverently by, and the
pohglot population of the district
west of Broadway poured out to listen I
to the indictment, though the name
of Rockefellor or the Standard Oil
was not mentioned, or the great in I
du8trial corporation whose great head
quarters across the street echoed'
back the words of the divine. All
the while that the service lasted the
members of the "Free Silence league,"
arms draped with crepe paraded with
Slow measured tread back and forth
in front of the barred door of the
Rockefeller concern.
No disorder marked the occasion
There were no intemperate speeches.
Tbe Rev Gamble was vague and im
personal enough In his remarks. It j
had all been planned so The ob
ject was, in the heart of the finaucial j
district, to which labor traces all its
grievances on a Sunday afternoon to
express fraternal grief for the broth
ers who have fallen in the west, and
let the public draw its own conclu
sions
The servic e lasted an hour and i I
half All through the day the pick
ets had been patrolling past the Stand
ard Oil building But few specta
tors had been drawn thither earlier
In the day. As 3 o'clock approachc-d.
however, the crowd thickened, and
when Mr. Gamble stepped from al
nearby hotel promptly on the bout,
attired In his vestments, several hun
dred people quickly grouped them
selves about him where he took his
stand on the sidewalk at Broadway
and Morris street.
Upton Sinclair and his wife, Miss
F;lizaheth Freeman Miss Sara Green
wood, another well known suffragist;
Pierre Goddin. and others who have
been leadlug the free silence protest,
were there. Their followers contin
ued their slow picketing across the
street Pastor Gamble has a pow
erful oice and, exerting it to the
utmost, his words echoing through the
cavern-like entrance to the Standard
Oil buildiug, he read appropriate se
lections from the Scripture and the
prayer book, including the offices for
the dead, and then he plunged into
his discourse of the day.
It was a memorial service, he said,
for the husbands, wives and children
who had fallen because of the "strug
gle for life." That which occurred out
in Colorado he declared, under the
authority of laws of which state they
were killed, and that which goes on
In this section "in the buildings close
to this spot," all have a close connec
t ion
"It is fitting.'' said he. "to hold this
memorial in this section. And It is
well that the buildings are empty and
the blinds drawn on this day of rec
reation and rest, so that it cannot
be said that those who organized this
service are merely making use of the
holy offices of religion to draw the
attention of the occupants of the
buildings to the things that are in the
public mind.
"It is not the idea of vindication
or of vindlctivene8s that draws us
here. Not an eye for an eye, nor
a tooth for a tooth. Tbe right is not
always clear, and sometimes when it
does come out clearly it is cruel. But
tbe purpose of this service Is to com
memorate tbe death of those In Colo
rado in such a way as to bring home
to the social consciousness the close
connection, after all, between those
who produce and those who die."
The picketing was continued until
5 o'clock, when the patrollers went
quietly away, They will resume the
protest again at 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
NO FIGHTING AT
WATERWORKS
Vera Cruz. May 2. All was quiet
here today after yesterday's acute
alarm Many of the American sol
diers attended mass in the old catiied
ral, while in the afternoon great
cruwds attended the bull fight
Strict orders were Issued from head
quarters today for the American sol
ders and marines in Vera Cruz and
vicinity to remain in the same posl
tions and not advance or to bring on
an encounter w ith the Mexican troops.
During the alarm over the flurry
at the waterworks at El Tejar yester
day, detachment of marines ami blue
jackets were prepared for an immed
iate landing, but at the last moment
when headquarters had established
the fact that there was no need of as
sistance from the fleet, aU orders
were cancelled.
Official reports declare not a shot
was fired, but other sources are per
sistent in their opinion that shots
were exchanged by tbe outposts
The threat to take El Tejai is re-1
garded here as bavins been made by
one of the junior Mexican officers and j
not by General Maas himself.
Easy to Defend.
The outpost under Major Butler at
El Tejar. whic h has been increased to I
GOO men. with field pieces and ma
chine guns, is in a naturally strong
position easy to defend, but Is iso
lated roin the city
Lieutenant William E. Selble of the
Fourth infantry, with a corporal and j
some of his men, proceeded to the
break in the railroad where it was
torn up by the Mexican troops, and j
found a squad of the Eighteenth Mex
ican infantry regiment on duty The
Mexicans were carrying hundreds of
rounds of ammunition They were,
very friendly and Informed the Amen-
cans that a troop train had gone out
along the other line and it was in that
direction that the battle, if any, must I
be In progress The Americaus
thanked them and retraced their steps
to El Tejar.
Smoke Observed
A Mexican corporal during the meet-!
ing declared he did not know how far!
back General Maas was nor how
Btrong his forces were, except that 1
there was a party of forty men a few i
miles beyond the break In the line. I
Much smoke was seen along the
railroad and it was deduced that the
Mexicans were burning the ties and j
destroying the line.
Some vessels of the torpedo boat (
flotilla are leaing for the north and I
others are expected to follow shortly. I
The only communication between
Vera Cruz and Tampico is by means
Of the naval wireless Instruments, and j
through these Rear Admiral Badger!
is keeping In touch with the situation
there. All was reported quiet in that
port today.
The German liner Ypiranga is pre
paring to saL from New Orleans, but
intends to stop at intermediate pnjnts
along the coast to pick up German
retugee Oficials of the line dis
claim any intention of an attempt to
be made to land at Tampic the war
munitions whose arrival here brought
aliou' the seizure of the Vera Cruz
custom house.
Officials in Vera Cruz look forward
t a lengthy period of inactivity while
awaiting the result or the pending I
mediation.
The question or the rood supplv still
occupied general attention, but it has
not reached a stage which may be re
garded as critical, although manv
products have run short.
ROOSEVELT HAS
DLOODJOISONj
Para. May 3. As Colonel Roosevelt
comes down the Amazon from Manaos
to take Bhip here for New York, news
reaches here of a narrow escape that
he and his party had during their
canoe trip down the Rio Duvida.
In a telegram to Lauro Muller for- -eign
minister at Rio Janeiro, Colonel r
Roosevelt tells how. at one of the cas
cades when one of the canoes was in
danger of upsetting, he jumped out of
his canoe, reached the bank, and, lean
ing far out, seized the other canoe and
saved it from being swept over the
tails with its three occupants.
In this exploit Colonel Roosevelt re
cehod a cut on the foot, from which
blood poisoning developed later. He
has not yet completely recovered from
I this.
Six canoes were l.st in the trip
down this turbulent stream and two
of the native members or the party '
were killed, one being drowned in
the rapids and the other shot, by a
I comrade in a quarrel.
The colonel and Kermit are duo
here tomorrow.
CARRANZA WILL
NOT STOP FIGH1 I
El Paso. Texas May 3, Pres. Car-
ranza has declined the suggestion of
the mediators that he cease hostilities
against Huerta pending the outcome
of the plan of mediation. His note,
sent to Washington yesterday, was
made public here today.
No importance is attached here to
tbe report that the rebels and fed
erals at Tampico are arranging a
truce It is assumed that, if true,
the cessation of hostilities Is for the
purpose of burying the dead or remov
ing the wounded.
STILL THREATENS
TO COMMIT MURDER
New York N. Y May 3 Still ut
tering threats against the life of John
D Rockefeller. Jr. Marie Ganz was
arraigned in the Tombs police court
today and released in $r00 cash bail
ror examination tomorrow
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