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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
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NEW SERVICE,
CHICAGO SPECIAL,
FAST TIME.

On and after March 9Th, daily
service will be established, leaving
Denver at $50 g. m, arriving Lin
coin 1890 p. m, Omaha 11:55 P. m,
Chicago 2:15 p. m. following day.
Only one night on the road.
Pullman Vestibuled Sleepers, Din
ing and Free Reclining Chair Cars
This train makes direct connections
with all trains from points on the Or
egon Short Line and Rio Grande
Western Railways for Chicago and
all eastern points.
Be sure your tickets read via the
Burlington Route from Denver.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
Railway Notes.

Conference rates are being promulgated
by the several lines of railroad and the
advertising matter is being mailed to the
different points in this territory.
j. 3. Caldwell the freight claim agent
Of the Rio Grance Western, is just biz
more than happy these days. the reason
for the same being the fact that his wife
has presented him with 4 pair of twin
boys, which are just the finest pair of
twin bo:-s in this or any other Vicinity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
INTERMOUNTAIN ENGINEERS.
Plan Outlined at the Conference Ad-
journed at CHEYENNE.

Denver. March ga special TO the News
from Cheyenne. Wyo.. says:
The conference of state engineers was
conclEded today. 1t was decided that no
memorial to congress would be formu-
lated at this time. Each OF the engineers
will formulate plan in line with con-
ditions of mis- state and at a future date
a general memorial will be prepared and
forwarded to congress as n recommends
ton for future legislation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
Colorado Postmaster Short.

Denver. March s.-A special to the News
from Hugo. Colo. says: Postofice In
spector A P. Frederick has completed an
examination OF the accounts Of Post
master Henry of this place and found a
shortage Of 1885,. Henry was suspended
and the Office placed in charge of his
bondsmen, who Immediately made good
the shortage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
p. L. Dallman and Wesley Jackson were
arrested last evening for trespassing.

To make light, delicious and whole
some cakes and biscuits use o. S.
Baking Powder. Buy a trial can of
five ounces for ten cents and the next
time you viii enlarge it to a pound
cen for twenty-five cents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS.
Spanish semi-Official Announcement
Regarding Reports.

hIEdIUILS hCpOrlS-
Madrid. March S.-A semi-official news
agency of this city issued today the fol-
lowing announcement:
After brief uneasiness. there is gen.
eral BELIEF now that peace will not be
broken ard that the relations between
Spain and the United States will continue
anlicable-
Political peTsonages assert that the
late sensational dispatches are completely
wrong in attributing an aggressive tone
to the diplomatic relations between the
two governments. which have not for a
single moment lost their friendly char
acter."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
Madrid People Puzzled Over
BOurSe PaniCS.
WILLING TO ACCEPT
ANY KIND OF SHIP
SPANS Success Only Partial In the
Foreign Shipyards.

Government Took sters to Contradict
Reports About the Lee Incident
and the Pope's Sympathy For the
Cubans-Spanish Success In OBJ
tanning Money = Chances That
What Spain Buys Will Fall Into
Our Hands In War.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
Short In His Accounts.

Albany. Ore. March s.-Crosby Mat
thews. agent of Wells Fargo &c Co. at
Newport hes bsea arrested on a charge
Of larceny by baiIee. He was held in
900 bonds. II is said he is $4,000 short
in his accounts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09

An example Of fine tailoring ex-
olusively for boys is to be seen in our
Spring Stock of Boys Clothing-one
glance will convince you such goods,
tailored the way these are, have never
been offered at such low prices as
these. We start them at S1.5O the
suit-good ones too-made REFER
style, ages 8 to sand regular double
breasted style, ages 9 to 15-neat
Patterns-at $3.50. We can give you
IN all wool suit, as good as any SO. so
suit you ever saw = then we have
them at $500, $3.50, $500, $3.50,
$500, $500 and $3.50; also novelties
in vsstse suits for the little fellows Of
8 to 8 ut same prices.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
WILL DE OURS In TIME.

Continuing, the st. James Gazette
says: An American naval authority
now /, this country takes a cynical
view view of the six torpedo boats
building for Spain here, and OF three
already delivered, which might just as
well be paid for by Spain in the first
instance, and make valuable additions
10 the United States navy later"
The paper also points out that the
earliest time IN which the Chilean
cruiser, which cost $4,000, 600, can be
finished is three months, adding that
the other vessels purchased will take
longer to finish, so that in the event OF
war, which win come soon if at ALL
the ships win be useless. as interna-
tional law win prevent their delivery.
In conclusion, the st. James Gazette
remarks: "A feature of the warship
market at present is the small num-
Der of vessels available. Three crus-
ers and two coast defense vessels is the
best Great Britain and France can do.
1t is true these a-e not the only war
ships building. but the others. y Jap
anese and two Chinese cruisers and
eight torpedo beat destroyers for
Japan. are so keenly and Immediately
desired by their respective governments
that no price would buy them
IT is said that even if the Amazonas
should sail from here with 4 Brazilian
crew she will turn up in Cuban waters
with Spanish crew. ~he affair, nat
urally. has been kept as secret as pos
sible.
INTEREST OF BRITISH DEALERS.
The introduction in congress yester-
day of bill approprlating $4,000, 900
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
BOY BURNED TO DEATH.
New Mexican Youth Entrapped In q
Burning House.

Denver. March S.-A special to the News
from Las Vegas. n. NJ, says:
Charley Coin, Is years of age, was
burned TO death in a small house where
he was alone, at San Geronimo. about 20
miles west OF here last night. The house
the boy was probably overcome by smoke
before he could escape although he prob
ably made desperate effort. as his
charred remains were found near the
door.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09

The o. S. Baking Powder IS manu-
featured by the Utah State Baking
Powder Co. of Salt Lake City and
every can sold is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money will be
refunded by your grocer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09

his head and various other marks OF
rough handling upon his body.
Mrs -McDermott denied having STRUCK
him or bitten him, but showed a bad cut
over the right eve where She said ne had
struck her with a chair. Upon question
ing her more closely she acknowledged
TO having struck him. but it was after she
! received the cut from the chair. She was
very sorry for the affair and said that
they both had quick tempers and her
husband did not intend to strike her as
he did Mrs. McDermOtt is the woman
who figured recently in police court when
she had Mrs. LOTUS arrested for dis
turbinS the peace DR.. Root went to the
police station and sewed her head up last
night and she was allowed to go home.
Thomas Isherwoods was arrested last
evening on a charge of destroying prop
erty. It is alleged that he threw a valise
through a window of a rooming house on
South West Temple street.
Eph Kelly was fined so for drunkenness
yesterday.
vicious dog. was arraigned in police court
yesterday and discharged
John Jones. the boy who was alleged to
have broken a window in Ada Wilson s
house on Commercial street. was ar
raigned in police court on the charge of
destroying property and was discharged
Frank Smith was arrested by Officer
Everill yesterday on the charge of drunk
ennesS and begging. While Everin was
busy at the box, calling for the wagon.
Smith gathered himself together and went
staggering down the street as fast as he
could. EVerill gave chase and soon caught
the man, who was unable 10 make good
his escape on account of the load he was
carrying.
p. L. Dallman and Wesley Jackson were
arrested last evening for trespassing.
g @ g
Captain Jim Adams is still busy re-
cruiting for his company. which is to
whip the Spaniards. In speaking of the
probabilities of a war. Jim stated in a
most positive manner yesterday that the
United States could whip, single-handed,
all of the nations of the earth combined.
Sheets and Raleigh were equally We
hement in their assertions to the same
effect. Sheets remarked that if a Spanish
fleet. or in fact, any other fleet, would
sail into any unprotected harbor. the
Americans would simply carry out boat
load of giant powder. place it under the
vessels. stretch electric wires to the shore,
and when the boat returned. the powder
would be exploded and blow the who'll
feet from the water. No account was
taken OF what the Spaniards would be
doing in the meantime. and it has since
been suggested that invitations be sent
to the SDaniards 10 blow themselves up
and not wait for the Americans 20 row
out in plain view and place the explo-
siVeS under them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
FOR Over Eifru Years

I Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup has
/ been used for 'rcn teething. II
! soothes the child sns the gums, al
/ lays all pain, Go wind coiic. and
is The best remedy for Diarrhoea.
twenty-five cents bottle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
FEBRUARY FINANCES.
CITY AUDITOR GEORGE SWAN
MAKES HIS REPORT.
Sent In to the Council Last Might
Receipts and Disbursements For
the Month-Balance On Eand.

City Auditor San submitted his report
of the municipality financial transac-
tons for the month of February to the
city council last evening. The report
made the following exhibit:
TREASURER'S STATEMENT MARCH l.
=, .-,. 80 - q ~ -szsi5ets iss4-a-N -
ss0Gsr soa4aile; 1928 %
Special interest account not. re-
ported to auditor IasJ mouth 1.743 "A
sos. O52 >.
Treasurer 5 baiaGce .....-..-.-..... S45. G34 81
Bank of Sat Lake baiance.4,..... Is. 4J2 &c
$50, 4G7 So
Outstanding warrants. Feb. Is,
1855 -. ....................... 4.405 50
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09

Thomas Isherwoods was arrested last
evening on a charge of destroying prop
erty. IL is alleged that he threw a valise
through a window of rooming house on
South West Temple street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
LEAVE sALFLAKE CITY.

| LEAVE SAAI LAKE C1GGs
No. 2-For Provo. Grand juno
tion. and all points east. S:45 a. m.
Nc. 4-For Provo. GRAM juno
ZION and all points east TAO pm.
No, s-For Bingham. Lehi. Provo
field. Belknap. all intermediates
No s-For Eureka. Payscn.
Provo and all intermediate
No. &Fcr ogden and West...... SO p prn-
No. I-For Ogden and West ----12:so pm
No. 42-For Park City and inter
mediate points. 500 p. m.
ARRIVE SALT LAKE CITY.
No. From Bingham. Provo.
Grand Junction and the East. .12:20 pm.
Junction and East-.---..-...... s:O5 pm.
Eureka, Belknap, Richfeid.
Manti and al intermediate
No ooin 2Fro@ ogden and the 90 Pm
No EFron, Ogden and tne 80 Gill;
No "eT From Eureka, Paysoa. 80 I'm
Provo aud all Intermediate
No 4isFrom PARK city and in i!O'O' d. H.
termediate points. .--........... $3.50 am.
Only HE running through Pullman
Palace Sleeping Cars from Salt Lake
Lake City TO Denver via Grand Junction,
ard Salt Lake City to Kansas City and
Chicago via Colorado points.
Through tourist or family sleepers with
out change. TO Kansas City. Chicago and
Boston
Ticket once No 1os West Second South
Street Postofice Corner9
= vice S Peg Pres & Cen. Mgr. franc HS.
y. A. WADLEIGH. Cen Pass. Agent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09

Eph Kelly was fined so for drunkenness
yesterday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09

Sam Hepworth. charged with keeping a
vicious dog, was arraigned in police court
yesterday and discharged.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
Current Time Table.

IN EFFECT MARCH 9Th, 1898.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
Spring
ssss'.s':s ss the the s '2sss dIGFne


Experience teaches the impor-
lance of special care of the health.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09

John Jones, the boy who was alleged to
have broken a window in Ada Wilson's
house on Commercial street, was ar
raigned in police court on the charge of
destroying property and was discharged
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09

The introduction in congress yester-
day of a bill appropriating s5O,0OO,00O
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-06

| makes Belew desperate. If there are ghosts disturbing him there they must be those of Susie and Lewis Belew, the brother and sister whom he so cruelty slew.
 At one stage Belew might have been characterized as a stoic. but that stage has passed. At every mention of the murdered pair he cringes and signs that are almost sobs shake his frame. An effort was made during the after
 noon to get him to make definite statement.
 Frank" said his visitor. T am sorry to have to believe you guilty. want you to tell the truth now; it can not hurt you and it may have the effect of creating sympathy for you" So the plea went on trying to reach some ten
 der spot in the mans memory.
 At first he made no sound except
 one impossible to describe. It was the
 suction as he gulped, vainly striving to
 control his convulsive lips and the
 throat which would vibrate. Then he
 asked if his friends, his brothers. his lawyers had been heard from. It was hard to tell him that in his extremity he was friendless; that his brothers. convinced of his blood guiltiness, had cast him off; that his lawyers had sent no word. The man writhedson his pile | of blankets, his right hand fumbling the leaves of magazine he had been yainly trying to read.
 Frank" continued the visitor, think of the future; think how your | mind would be relieved if you would tell the truth. ;
 There was no response. The maga- zine leaves were more fiercely crum-
 pied. The f1ickering ray of the single candle standing on the floor revealed
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you held her hand?"
 For a time BeleW could not answer.
 ''I was sorry for her. l had nothing against her.'

Didn't you feel like a. hypocrite?" '1. was very sorry. 1 felt as bad as any one could have felt.
 How did you get a chance to use the poison!"
 Well, some of the folks had gone out to the gate and 1 dropped 1t ln while they were out there.
 You stayed in the house for hours afterward. How did you feel? Wasn't there a period of terrible suspense?
 'Yes, there was
 But you left the poisoned water there just the same?"
 Yes"
 f"Did you have the conversations with Bird which were printed in The Call the other day?'
 Yes"
 "You made all those admissions to him?'
 Yes"
 Thinking he wouldn't tell?'
 But I'm telling now, when l know the whole world will find 1t out Bird told the truth You know that now.
 ''You do not feel hard toward the pa pers, do you"
 Not toward The Call. It has treated me right"
 Did anybody know of your crime until you told Bird?"
 Nobody"
 Were you not afraid of being caught"
 Well, I've been caught. can't com plain about that
 You still claim not to be able to say why you committed these mur- ders?"
 T had no reason" Belew broke down and sobbed uncontrollably. He made no effort to check himself and the spasm passed.
 Would you sign all these state ments?"
 Eve signed statement that covers everything. There's no use in signing again. I'm guilty of the murders. I've signed that.
 The point was not pressed.
 Do you wish to add anything more?" he was asked.
 "I am willing to tell all, but I'm tired. 1 haven't slept 1 think I have told it all. I've tried to. If I can think of anything more I'll tell that too I've nothing to hold back now It's no use. I will be glad to see you tomorrow.
 Don't you feel relieved since you are rid of this secret"
 "I do; you told me 1 would"
 The mar had partly risen from his couch, and he sank back again, but
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His Friends Fall Away From Him, and in His Despair He Turns to Strangers to Ease
 His Conscience.
FAIRFIELD JAIL, Feb. 5, 1898.
To The Call Reporter:
 'I killed my brother and sister. don't know why did it. FRANK BELEW.''

In the presence of T. L. Robinson. Under Sheriff, with these words, signed by his own hand, the prisoner covering and sobbing in his vault-like cell tonight, has set the seal of certainty upon his guilt.
 During the afternoon the man was steadily weakening in his resolution. Friends and brothers had left him, no lawyer came near. Almost from the in stant the door had changed behind him he had had no word of cheer. The bur den was growing too heavy to bear He tottered under it. But now he has in a measure cast 1t off.
 As he lies on his blankets he seems but the wreck of the strong man on whom the handcuffs were placed on Friday morning, but he says he will sleep, that he feels better, that a great burden has rolled away.
 That Belew would make an absolute confession tonight was almost a cer- tainty And yet there was no reason able expectation that he would go into full details It appeared probable that, after making a fatal admission, he would become scared and decline to go farther, as half a dozen times he had reached almost to the final point and then sought the refuge of silence
 It was this evening that he yielded to conscience and importunity The pic ture of the dungeon was impressive. Still on his cot, the prisoner was glad to have company, no matter if before being left again with his thoughts he would virtually have fixed a rope about his neck.
 He looked up and greeted me more cheerfully than had been his wont Frank" said, you know you were almost ready this afternoon to tell me why you killed your brother and sis ter. Are you ready now?"
 There was pause, and again came from the deep chest of the wretched man a long, shivering sigh. Then he burst into tears and covered his face with his hands.
 'T did it! Oh, I did it!" he moaned.
 "WiII you sign a state ment saying SOP"
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-06

along the lonely corridor his broken sobs echoed until drowned in the clat- ter of the iron door.
 District Attorney Devlin, who had worked hard on the case, felt thrill of professional delight upon learning the result of the interview. He had not been over sanguine about 1t, but realizes now that his anxiety is over The man forfeit to the law has surren- dered to the relentless clutch in which 1t held him. He can struggle no more Sheriff Rush is equally elated, and Un- der Sheriff Robinson feels that his la bors have been rewarded.
 Robinson was the man who on the ranch placed handcuffs about the wrists of Belew, and yet from that moment the prisoner has regarded him as friend.
 The specific causes of the confession are not hard to name. The man was fairly bursting with sense of guilt, and yet the fear of the gallows haunted him. While he thought that he had friends, that his brothers intended to aid him, that a lawyer would hurry to his rescue, he withstood the impulse to throw aside the sorry. sham of inno- cence But, left to his conscience, his memory, and hearing only the voice of strangers, his fortitude forsook him. Tonight he has company. Near him sits James T. Wells, man who for twenty years has been trusted Deputy Sheriff. Wells t. guard him from suicide. If B g}se.ad kill himself he would; of this tnsee is no reasonable doubt, and Sheriff Rush will see that he IS denied the opportunity.
 The prisoners statements as to par ticulars are not all credible For in stance, his explanation of having had the poison for years and then used 1t without knowing why He has unbur- dened himself to several people to- night, and nobody can begrudge this poor boon, but to each he tried to give the impression that the statement then being made was the sole one ob- tained or obtainable
 HENRY JAMES.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-06

against which an umbrella was scant protection. But the gloomiest spot in Solano County was the Jail, and in the darkest cell of that desolate structure sat Frank Belew, sullen and silent, silent because there was no one with whom to converse even in his ordinary monosyllables. His friends have de- serted him and the truth has been borne in crushingly upon him. His brother Tom has gone, leaving no word except an expression of sorrowful doubt as to the prisoners innocence.
 No lawyer has seen him, and rumor is abroad that legal acumen is waiting for some visible token of a retainer
 Thus the prisoner felt alone, forsaken, his guilt his only companion Since his incarceration Friday morning not a mouthful of food has passed Belew's lips. The plate that is handed through the door to him three times daily is returned without a crumb disturbed. He has been offered stimulants and re- fused.
 On the way down from the place of arrest he had begged for whisky, but after the key had turned behind him he knew that he needed a clear head, and he knew that fuddled by whisky he would easily be induced to give ut terance to the confession he longed yet did not dare to make.
 The first sign of breakdown came when he realized that belief in his guilt was general and profound. He had calculated upon financial backing which is not forthcoming.
 Confinement is becoming more and more irksome If he had chance. the prisoner would kill himself. He is not troubled by remorse, but suffers in an agony of fear. His impulse towards confession arises partly from theory
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"I will. It's in me and has to come out. | killed them!o

lIICtiIs
 Then he signed the paper which ap- pears at the head of this column
 His fingers did not readily grasp the pencil, nor hold 1t firmly, but the name IS legible and distinct. The character istic scrawl of an unpracticed writer There was nothing left to save Belew from the hangman.
 Now, Frank, what is your motive in telling this?"
 Its just in me and has to come out I can't eat or sleep. 1 am miserable. It will make me feel better. 1 know ii will But 1 am sorry killed them" What was your reason for doing it?"
 T had no reason. I cannot under stand 1t myself I don't know. I would tell you if could"
 Were you jealous of their pros perity?"
 No, I had nothing against them" Were you dissatisfied about the di- vision of the estate?"
 T was not I had no reason. I just did 1t, that's all Now I have no friends and no hope and I am telling everything. There is nothing to hide any more"
 Where did you get the poison?"
 T got 1t in Dixon about five years ago"
 At what store?"
 Tt was so long ago that I forget have had 1t all the time"
 You didn't get it to kill anybody" Never had such an idea. It was rat poison
 And you put it in the kettle?"
 T put it in the kettle, the tea kettle , Had there been a quarrel or any thing unpleasant"
 "No."
 You just put it in the kettle for the sake of killing somebody" T can't tell"
 Had you been drinking?"
 T do not drink. Nobody ever saw me drink"
 'How did you feel when your sister was dying and