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ELECTRIC FLASHES.

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an H.v 1850 ~ ~. ' ,sn,,s. ~ ,heir
Apfl -, "'..'ass w. 49,, ,,,,,'.,.,,.
~ hi.h ~ ~. 'sh,. ~ ps,, A., id.s'
!" "''"h t''''" ''"'s y" '"' So
a number % Indians ate % wild
parsnlpn az Winnainue's, Ses. ~ ~.
t.senf' 'us " ',,i,a ..','ti,ta, $40.
n.in ~. Va s.'"e"' N"""'''V"' ""'
ie''nh h''"N "AV"s'
Coroner Trnchicr has completed the
inquest ln the f6~tnyiilc tragedy and
holds John and Paul zritncF for MUIR
der In the nrut degree findlng them
lshul suilV oi IN. ,h $1,000 "i "o,m -
~, N'H''"'''''' "'N
meyer
rrancisco. which includes Str. and Mrn.
Frederick Vanderbilt. Dr. Seward
Webb ana Others, win leave this after.
noon for New York. arriving there In
time 10 attend the NandurbNt-F"lf
McddlhF'
clifford Hayes. formerly a steward
ON mo ateainer Columbia. running be-
tween Tacona and The Hawaiian Ial-
ands. wan picked up last night In an
uncnnseloua condition az Stockton and
Markell rtreeis. Ito died on The way TO
the hospital from hemofthaEe
II stated that the Manhattan u.arh
HfUNHFfM. WNNTh embraces tho ORIENTAL
M Won AZ the Nanhattan Ilenrh ho.
80 Am prob,ily snnn fnii into IN,
,,,s.esi,n ~ thc Iir,,irivn It.pid Trust
nyndicate IA IL ssid the syn'irete mas
ais, benght tho nrirh,on ue,sh hotel
uoii,r innn.ci.r ch,,i,. 4 prlee Al,
"a I'eule. vho was indiet.d on "A
,.ba,t.,.,, N ,,.f.ftinis ilietsaI Re-. mas b.e,,
di.gh.rr.d an ,he Lac. .,iir,r, b,'
Imd@r tviitia ,,iarls IN ,hc ,.',,,r, ~,
srin,tu,i garre,,iinnn Juds, ei.,t
s,V, fh,,, ,yas nat e,,anrh cxideu,, ~
eanylet.
,,s,s"ns"r M y'ho Ye,s ,,,'.n,iY IN,
frotn london Nv Uirhari Iisrdins
paVia 10 deliver nersa,.en ahead ~ III.
malls 10 ftiends az Nr' paws in New,
York phlindrinhia and Chienga ne.
tly.d in London on Ma return min M
10 o'clock this morning.
Eh,ii'slu'h, uIoN,r tleNehnn was
asked TO-DAY whether ne expected TO at
mn W" y, ' i's ,,,, 'sn So 'sn1. I'm
ny, MA, ti,h Iii" m" s.,d n, h,a ~, W
cs,,sr an inyt,s,,on -, ~ &c.,
- ,,,,, ,h.' ti,,,,.., 80 a. no, H. ~sn
in the mansr. ''' ~"
~
Two passenger trains on tho liolt line.
one from Springfield. NJ, and the other
out FROM ~. Loula city. collided head
on az Haynes, seven miles above Al
ton, ILL.,. today, Dr. ", W. Porter OF
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LOSS OF THE RIVER BOAT.
Further Particulars Regarding he Accident on
the Mississippi -only -four lhci Lost,
Freight Cargo on Hoard
struck y snag.

~. Louis, March so.--A special 10 the
Post Dispatch from Cairo. Ills. says
The orr Lee was coming up tho river
at the time the Romcna Lee sank. and
at once began the work 81 rescue. she
was at Tiptonyilic. this morning. and
while there the Post Dispatch cofrrF.
pondrnt telephoned Sit. Eastwood of
that place aud learned from him that
only four persons worc lost. according
TO the report OF the officers u the ora
Ice.
rhc four arei
~. r. Kelly. mail clerk. Memphis.
Mr.. Chambers, a passenger.
Unknown woman, passenger,
Member Of orrw. supposed 20 be u
dcckhund.
The passenger list was small. and
among those on board at the time We're
clay Lewis uf cairu. freight agvnt 81
tho tra line. \. q. Humphrey aud
James Sullivan. lumber Inspectors 81
cairo. Mias Nellie Morvhouso of Menu
phiH who had been IN this city visiting
her sister. Mru. Coleman. There We're
some others whose names Il IL impoasi-
bic To learn az this time,
The explosion theory IN not enter
talnGd here, and from the hrst Informal
tiOn obtained the disaster occurred In
this way. The river II over the banks
and thu boat In landing ran W nim0it
10 The street " tho little town Of Tyler.
IN backing tu the landir IL u thought
that the boat ran onto stump and
broke IN two, She Heated down the
river some distance and sank She viii
probably prove total loss, The
steamer lcft here Tuesday evening and
Agent =, N. Halliday al the wharf
boat hero stated that she had a ilght
- ID llH4N IaHNN
The i.ec LEFT Cairo Tuesday evening
with llEht passenger and freight trip.
but picked up considerable below there
The runken steamer was the smallest
boat IN the i.er tive. She was lfd
feet long 90 feet wide and ~ feet hold.
tho was BUN In 1850 al Jencrsonyille,
Ind. and was valued at 10000 The
Ice line of Mississippi Packets has
Ind u run m bad 'Hnk during the last
ten yenra. The new James i.ec. one 81
tho fastest steamers that ever piled the
river runs, followed the older James
Lee In 1884, tho latter having burned
while mOpred az llupnold Bend. two
miles above Memphis.
Tine ROmenn ana the Rosa Lee.nnmed
after Captain Lees daughters. We're
continued In local aud upper MisHiAslp-
nj river service, The Rosa Ice was
sunk less than a year ago and disaster
10 the Homena Lee II the last chapter
IN the series ~ river horrors.
The Ice line u steamers was cs-
tnbished more than half century
ago by the father NJ the present cap
tain. james Lee, who bore the same
name The cotton packet and local
business was highly profitable until the
liver became parallelod 10 or 20 years
ago with railroads, and since the the
business has been gradually going from
bad TO worse,
The Lee line 10 tho last survivor OF
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sANpAIl.s rIn,n MI..INa.
III. tsint.a Clue Come. fs.m ogden by
rsispbans -nelns Carefully Investigated.



Layton. March %. y. m.-Therr is
little " anything new here at this hour
regarding the murder a telephone
message was received from ogden trll-
ms OF two strangers driving into that
city at very early hour yesterday
morning, and ~ some raiher suspicious
movements later These are ',einF care.
fully Inquired into and may 0r may not
develop something 20 interest
II nov HgomH that IN addition TO
RandhtiH revolver being gone, he aluD
lost SONG money. His family say he
had small purse IN his Possession
and that u contained few dollars IA
moncy-hll silver. This cannot b. found
ana the belief ir that Immediately after
being Killed he was diuposscssed of his
revolver. his body Hrarchri ana tho
money taken
Mr. Ellison. manager u the Farmers
Union. said a. the News" rrpreaentn-
tive today that De felt positive beyond
question that robbery wa the motive
behind the deed beyond that be had
no opinion and absolutely could auapcci
300 one, Continuing be- addict we
do not now feel altogether ccltaln thar
the murdercra SGT through the coal
chute In the basement, Il may be- that
they were recrulrd Ia the store. The
fact II the whole thing. ~ Ear ~ de-.
tails are concerned, ID mystery. and
We are left a. conjecture, but when
IL comes Ia the motive We haven't any
doubt. II was robbery and that IL al
therc n about II. SANDAL had benn
with ~ since the fall N 1898 and was
n careful, conscientious ana courteous
man lie had newer had trouble with
any one 40 Ear a. ! know, H. minded
hia own business and was gsnrrally
we'll liked
~ The mbhrry' concluded Sir. Eill-
Hon. was planned b. some one In this
nelEhhof hood some one who was well
known hy SANDAL % may be- that they
preferred killius him a. having their
Identity disclosed. am pn-suiulng
now. that thoy recognized him and no
them. And then had tho robbery been
undertaken by strangers IL may be
that they shot 60 defend themselves,
Sandal being armed. nut / don't Pre-.
tend O. say that these theories arc
right The most We can do IN 10 Try
ana reason the mystery OUT
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TESLA GOES ONE BETTER.


New York. March so--Nlooia Tesla.
while expressing Interest In sixnorMar-
coni'a achievement % tclcEraphinR
across the british channel without
wires. shows his admiration temper
atcly, however. because be- expects IN a
short time - NO the young Italian a
great many better. Marconi has tclc-
Efaphod thlrty.two miles without
wires Tesla expects TO telegraph 400
miles.
Marconla achievement which caused
% much amaEement iu scientific as well
~ popular circles. will. nccoriing Ia
Mr.. Tesla. be- Improved upon very noon.
''rhirty.tWo miles" he said. that IL
not far. Not far enough To- give hint
~ the real possibilities 81 wireless
telcgraphy, When I complies the work
which has absorbed me fof the past two
Year,. ! shall 10 much more than that"
How far do you expect to telegraph.
Mr.. Tesla"
FROM here 10 Europe" he replied.
THE necessary thing ~ 10 protect
these conductors from outside iniiu-
cncca. 10 inEulatc them completely. az
q were. l believe that have done
this"
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cruel and most unusual of murdercrs.
The crime for which he was executed
was the murder at their home nj Archie
near here Of his wife and two daught-
cfs, aged four aud six years respective
~ The murder had been deliberately
planned and was revolving. soper ran
n butcher shop. one day In April. 1891,
he announced that he had learned that
there was n blind tiger" Vt an Illicit
saloon In town. and that he could not
live In q place 50 wicked. lie sold his
shop ana disappeared. Four days later
ncighhors broke into the Sopcr homo
and found the mother and children
dead In bed. The heads of all had been
crushed with an AK. and blood and
loft note saying he could not properly
support his family and that he believed
they would be better on dead.
Sopcr won't 10 Portland. ore. and
taking the name Of Prentice married n
respectable widow. In April. 1897 he
deserted his second wife. taking their
two year old child with him.
lie afterwards killed the child. choh-
Ina II Into insenalblllty and burying u
alive. later sopcr. under the name u
Homer Lee. leased and worked n small
fruit farm near Ashland. calf. wherc
h. was captured June II. 1897. After
being landed In Jail here sgp.r con-
fcsscd not only the killing " his wife
and two children In Missouri ana his
child IN Oregon. but admitted the muir
der IN 1850 ~ his father. According TO
hla own story on the evening n the
last named murder roper started to
attend literary society. ON the way
h. met his father and shot ana killed
him.
Throwing his revolver away he pro-
ccodad To the society and took part In
the exercises as u nothing had hap
pcncd.
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year start on another voyage across
the Atlantic IN n tiny craft. The boat
VIII be- constructed Of aluminium and
canvas and will be small and light
enough when collapsed 10 carry under
the arm. The voyage. Captain Andrews
calculates. WIN take him sixty days.
u u FOR the purpose Of securing the
proper breed Of these animals that the
Thcue has been sent To the Arctic.
Lieut.. L. ~. Jarvis, who went north
a. rescue the whaicrs. will so out as
master " the Thctis and with him will
go sheldon jackson aud probably Ice
Williams. one uf the best Informed
whaling captains In the Pacific.
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ONLY ONE ARTIST THERE.

A meeting Of the local artists was
scheduled TO take place at the mons
OF the y. A. and 81, society at 2 .. M
today The meeting, however. was not
held. Only one artist WAS preHent,-a
lady. The immediate duty Of the
artists was the revision of the premium
list, Another meeting VIII be arranged
for to be held In the near future.
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Absolutely No New Light Thrown
Upon Il the Last "a Hours.
MANY THEORIES ADVANCED.
III" Revenge Idea secuted Sandal n
Nan without En.mic. was
rcsc..Lo,ing aud Qnict


Layton. March s0.-The trarlc death
or Thomas Sandal. na fully roport.d i'm
last evenings "Ncwr." is sim a mys.
tory. Not one conclusive clue may b,
said o. have iiren discovered. The ON.
GERS arc working hard o. rick IN a
thread somewhere that may lead TO tho
guilty parties. nut ~ yet ihey have
worked In vain.
Various theories are being advanced
as To The cause q killing. \ few have
spoken ~ the personal revenge idea,
thinking possibly h. might have been
slain BY nn enemy who wanted 10 got
even. nut that suFgaation II secuted.
Tor Sandal was poace-iovlnr and
lul.t man. who came 40 near being
without enemies - any man. Ife has
never had trouble with anyone - lar
an known. The statement that Inc
murderer. u found NJ AL. viii b. found
W or about Layton. IL not believed BY
thourhtful people here.
The theory " burglary niill reoins the
most plausible and the one Ia which
most pcnrle believe. Whether II viii
u proved. though. IL another thing
However. every rifort viii b. put forth
that human cndrnynf can exert The
inward NJ 500 for the apprehension ~
the guilty parties viii stimulate the
ofort 20 no small degree.
THE FUNERAL
The funeral will ~ announced. occur
on Friday afternoon. beginning at one
O'Clock ana VIII be- LARGELY attended.
Many friends N the deceased have Wis
ited HE glpom-strickeu home ard
commiseratci with HE family. who are
crushed at The awful blow that has
fallen upon them.
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ANOTHER narTnW voR MANILA
100 Men from ~. Loaf. are Ordered
Ihither.

st. Louis, March so.--ueritrai passen-
ger agents Of the various western lines
running out Of ~. Louis have been
asked by United States ouartermaster
Smith TO forward him at once bids for
the transportation OF one battery OF ar
tlllery, about 100 men and officers with
equipment from Jefferson barracks. to
tion il Manila.
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French nsr. Wrecked on welsh Coast.

London. March so.-rhe name board
OF IN, new French bark Marcchal Ian.
mes OF i,sii tons, Captain i.spc,it which
sailed fiom swansea day before yes
tcrday for San Francisco. togsih y
with large quantities u wrockarc.
including hatch and Hkyllght has
been washed ashore In broad sound At
tho western extremity u Wales and
near the entrance 60 liriHiul Channel
The fate 81 the crew II not known.
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LOCAL orricrns At WORK.
sheriff Howell aud D.patis. sun Keeping
"a sham tooloat.

Tho Layton murder case IL attracting
almost 30 much attention here as NJ
the town In which the tragedy was
cominltied Sheriff Howell and Dep.
utics cummock and Harris have been
pn the lookout all day but nothing new
has developed. II II tho opinion ~
several " the Salt Lake officers that
the mystery Will never b. solved rx-
ccpt on the old pIinciple that murder
VIII eventually out
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~. Louis. March ao--Nearly $1,000 oo
~ tho fve that the cltlzcn's OF ".
Louis have been called on 60 sub
scribe for the worlds fair In 1908 has
been pledged.
II In now cyldcn, that the entire stock
81 the exposition corporation Will be-
dispoHod 81 hefarc May iHt. the date
cX.Governor Francis predicted 40 the
limit for having raised the entire
amount From authoritative sources
u " learned that $4,000 has been sub
scfllird. The finance committee has
not yet made the list public.
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rIrsp IN HUMAN roRM.
Execution Of On. Of tho Most Cruel and
Unusual OF Murderer-.

Harrisonyille, Mo-. March so.-F.
Bates soper was hanged at $3.50 this
morning. lie refused 10 have any aplr-
ltual CONSIDERS.
lie fell a distance Of seven feet break
Ing his neck. dying without struggle.
The execution was private. witnessed
BY only forty persons,
". hates soper was one OF tho most
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gcant Robbins. scalp, moderated Com
pany. g. privaten bruce Macy, lhuul-
Knapp. thigh. severe Company y.
Oustavc Mycr. Knee. f"vcrc. Company
q. Lows Reed, chest, severn. Company
~. Mory w. groHsmnnn. arm, mnltr-
ate: Charles w. NounHH. thigh severe;
Company I. James Carroll. thigh. rc-
we're. Jos. a. Wuhoc, icg. motcratei
Company II. Corporal Monroe spence
foot. riigit.
Twentieth Kansas Major wilder =.
Metcnlf foot. severe; company Y, Pfi-
Yates Henry ilatciln, thigh. severn
Walter Kemp. abdomen. modcratoi
William T.. Ebert. hip, severe, Thad-
deus q. AlKcrman. thiFh. slight. John
y, iiaiiou, elbow, slight. company l..
Walter Wyatt, forearm. slight com
pany X. Sergeant Jor. Dewnld. wrist.
severe; Private y. u. Hatfield. wound
ed March "a aud since died.
First Montana COMPANY a. Cor
porain WIN w. Toibcrt. wrist. Severn.
company ~. soron n Smith, arm. mod
crate. Prvntcn frvd Wheaton, back
head. severe. company y, Edward H.
Tenth pennsylvnnin-com u.
Corporal Thomas Cfitchhcid. groin.
severn; priyatcs Patrick cumming
head, moderate company g, hniph
AZ w., iss siiyht. comnany "A. Alex
v.,,,,,, 49,, .iishfs ,,,uuanv 4 Archi.
s.Id ts,sYsu eibow severe.
seeend oseron-- Company X. Private
Thomas g. Townsend. foot slight.
Tenth nsyivhnln-inJured. Com
pany \. Private Alex. Coulter. groin.
slight
SUPPLIES ExcELLEST.
Washington. March lo.--'rhe following
,,a, ~, ,s".iy.a AZ Inc war depart.
nhs n''h ''''N'" w WV vs.
h..n,, A.. a .,,,,,.n, o.n..,,
,yash,nss,o,s euh.i.,ensr Stumble ~.
''ii.,'t s,,d ,.,,.r.taut N..ta de,.,i.r.
.,tns. A., I'D. No. cti,,at. 49,. ,.td AZ
s,n,9l. ,,s,,.u ~, hish ns,,r,. eens
.ller,bl. sarl bread soe,isi, WIN he
anne ~. Rnppil,ss IN III other Dc.
,,,,,,,',,. ~, ,e,irsi .,n,ii,-
abnndani
PREPARATIONS FOR ASSAULT
x,...,,,.,.a 49,. m ,v,,. h.
""."'"s''"' "" wv
American forceH wlihln 'hrcr ana
t.,.st In IN, military movements nnfth
', 80. 80 -, ..,,", an. s,','
~ NahllA hnn "nu"s IN"n'u VIC ,nl-
,lpn l1lnl, W. h,A,,u ~ tn'
VA. l'pAl.h, tpa INV Wv h'h, u
tht.N an' w. il,',a "l' l.ll' tihe
~ 81 s'1s " w." \, ans an5 ~,
lu'. Nl i,n.l ,t'li .l,.il,i'Vnts any W.
luhs " ~ Will " >. p,il,N',i
s,,' pN1Vis nsn, '"'""" w '''n''u'''pN
"'nu"u .n' .lts 49,. .,..,,.,,.. -, a..
~ .na, ,NVn Wv Htol.l"s ~ u'
w VS." .. N.u'u NV nes'n .nN, W'
tns'v ~ ~ Ne,sslu,s, nov
.N'is tnat Wy en n,,l ui.sailV" has no'
s 10y, p',a.'h ~ ,",ns, ~ aH '" III
~ ~ 'A'g 49, ~ W. .h
Wy 'iu" w. ~ W.
,t ii,'" "'A' "'' "'''u" ""''i "'h'n
NJ. si,,,.,n q, a.. ,,,,t,,.,, inf.
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San Francisco. March 10.-The United
States collier scindla has arrived from
Honolulu. She was one Of the supply
ships that lcft New York with the ore.
Fon and Iowa. when the former wha
ordered 60 Manila from Valparaiso tn.
Iris and fclndla went with her. ON the
way 20 Honolulu the crown plates ~
was left behind, ON arriving nt Homo.
lulu she was repaired temporarily and
now comes ON here for a thorough over
hauling.
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a number Of large local lines Of quar-
ter Of century ago, and recalls the
days when the James Lee and the Kate
ADAMS would race from Helena or Ar
~ the hfst bale ~ cotton and the ar
rival Of y big Anchor Line packet
loaded with sugar and molasscs was an
event OF more than passing moment.
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Troops Progress for More Than Two Miles
Without Encountering Enemy.
UTAH GUNS AGAIN IN ACTION.
Insurgents Endnvor Ambush the Troops Who Drive Them
Back Several Killed and More Than Twenty
woundcd-Trocps detng Ready for the Assault


sew YORK march w uispa'oh 70
tho Herald from Manila. Wcdnsai Jay
900.
.. .,.... 49,. ,.. ,o,..
Fhe ntniyr nnNHhor 'ouHy mas '"N-
erod moro than two miles before any
,..st.,ane. was orf.rcd
,'..,,,..,.-,.,.. -, r., ,o,,ra with
hN"'h'"r nav -" '"u"'
their throatn cut. This u UNDERWOOD
a., indicate that theY were thus nun.
,.b.1 for r,furinr Ia fah,.
80, t.it.,..t sh,, a., t,.ur.
" now pvleVe' ma' me 'hHu'
cents faith In AEninalod u destroyed
Aguinhldo with his family II said To
be nr,p.rlnr 10 fec from Maioioa.
., -. - ..,,,.... .....,,.
'f'N''" N'"'H''""t " "".s"h ''"'f
on nrmored nilroad car Tor futuf"
op.fationu.
80 ...t,,4 mi. .yty.ar..aa,, ,,o,p.
9" US.
ING the h,ing column with the Thiru
artillery and the Montana and Kansas
volunteers nm the i.ft of the raiIroad
49,, a.. ,..,',.,,,,..,,, a.,,,,, n.so,.
~ W. ", ~ , sS, .'"u ~, 49,,
~ -. w. 1917 ~ W.
49, ~ "o'''' "''""" WV ""''H "
''rn ".' u,,. 49,. A., d.. ,,,,,,,..
,,s,S ,',i n,',',, u. a ", ,hs, ,,na,..
~. ~, s"is','s, ~, ui' . nv uS ''Is
lean troops mover wavcrrd. Tho Ne.
,,.,,s sn i NJ, n .,,,,,n ~, ~. in. W.
-. -, y, ~ 49,. sr,,a ,.,.,,,,',,,t
~ &c. s,',,a ~. h,a ~, ,'',,,o,s.'a
frnw ~, ,,,iir,,s
Wonnd.d ins,,r,.,n,. ,,,o,,., ,haf ,h.
snrmy mad r,treat.d 10 Maiolos'
Ia ths Is.nn,xiyanin r,.gl,nrn, ,he,,
vss one hiiied and nvc wa,,na.a In
tbe Montana rruinent nvr we've
vnundes md In ,hr N.brnska raj.
ment one man was Killed and len
founded,
me A,,c.t,.au aavanr. ssua ,,ana.r.
fully rnn,d eo1nlderins that Inc enemy
tes,roysd The hsldr.e and tlri,
Ther. xns NJ, r.,aistnn.e al uisaa.
The troops advanced rapIdiy In con.
trarted iln.a 10 an, town IN ruirtinto
the p.nnryiyanih regiment creased The
b'ias. IS The aav.nee Euar,i.
ccaied IN Tho woods ahead Opened a
heavy tirs. Then the Kansas regiment
ana one battalion of the Routh Dakota
regiment rushed over the bridge under
nrc. Two OF tie Utah battery guns
and one Colt rarid fircr also came into
action. The insurgents had made
trenches across tho railroad. our loss
was several Killed and moro than
twenty wounded before the Insurgents
were driven on
ENIlf.IGN DIfINInNA
Washington. March aQ.-Among the
foreign attaches stationed at Washing.
ton the nEhtinE about Manila IL hginE
followed with critical Interest. They
.l'A ~ " W ta,hst serious terms lh'
pl,salhs Wow being thht ". lnrur'
'hs ~ h'.p w iohh NM hari.nn.
n Iun,,nk Mhl On. OF h' iorish
.pt.frnts VINO hnh .c,h long n,rNie.
,h' iar ranl sain that ,asuaile, OF
hny may seem small but wheh
,,nk .ont'nnrd reach diHeourasihh
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Mrs. Susie Biakesley to death Ia her
home In a NJ af Jealousy. lie died on
the same acaffold on which his father.
Martin Reed, died In 1894. for the MUIR
der of his wife. Jim Reeds mother.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-30

Kansas city. Mo-. March so,-James
iseed. aged ~ years. colored. was
hanged In the jail yard at the county
'ail At loico o'clock today. Heed shot
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-01-28
Among the Lesser Antilles.

all that any of them can boast in the
way of harbors. Piers thrust out into
the bay serve to land boats from the
ships, but only two or three of the
limited harbors are furnished with
docks. This, of course, makes calm
weather necessary for comfort in max
ing visits. ~ =.
'The population of these islands"
said Mr.. Shortall, *'is largely negro.
Some authorities say in the proportion
of twenty to one. Naturally the dwell
ings are such as might be expected
with such population. Sugar has
been and still is the chief product. It
has made many great fortunes, but
those days are past and many of the
best plantations have been abandoned.
Their tattered chimneys and slowly
disintegrating buildings present pict-
ures Of desolation. In the British Is
lands the subject Of assistance to su-
gar planters has given and is giving
the government very grave concern.
zone Of the most important products
of some Of the islands is chocolate
seed fheobroma cacao). This seed is
found in mass of white, viscous fluid,
is taken therefrom, the seed dried and
exported. Many persons are engaged
in growing the trees, as the production
of chocolate is relatively new enter
prise. The scenery of most of the
islands is now mountainous, and, of