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EDUCATIONAL.
IN WASHINGTON.

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MONEY LOANED
And insurance placed Maryland property.
PHIL. W. CHEW.
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ran downstairs and said Morris had
gone into a room where Benbrook and
the girl were that Benbrook had
gun and serious trouble might result,
as the men were talking loud. He also
said Benbrook had been drinking
Knowing that both men were. appar-
emily in love with the girl, / feared
trouble myself and went upstairs i'm
mediately. / found Bembrook alone,
having evidently left the room where
the quarrel started. and the girl and
Morris in another room. l first eau
toned Bembrook not TO have any trou-
BILE. and he replied: No; I'm not look
ing for trouble. Then / went into the
other room and told Morris he had bet
ter 90 downstairs. You are in Dusl-
ness. your folks are here. and you
can't afford to have any trouble l said
to him. He said: I could choke the
contemplate cur in minute and with
that Miss StrOmberg assured me that
she would see that there was no trou-
bic. and told me to go downstairs. l
did so, sending Ed Sanborn, hack
driver, for an officer. l wanted no ar
rests made. but wanted Morris taken
away. The hackdriver had been gone
but minute when l saw the police
going up and heard four shots. two to-
gether. a short interval and two more.
1 followed the police upstairs and found
things as they described them. aid
not see the girl"
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WHAT OFFICER CHASE SAW.
Benbrook Told Him It Was Not His
Gun

Officer Chase, who was the first po-
Iiceman to reach the scene, was called,
he said, by Hack Driver Sanborn. The
officer had just telephoned to the sta
ton his 7:3O report when Sanborn came
up to him.
"Sanborn said to me that Norris and
Benbrook were struggling; that Ben
brook had a gun, and that if L didn't
come at once there would be trouble.
Il started over rapidly, and when I
had gone about half the distance 1
heard four shots-two and then two
more-after a verv sleht interval. l
ran upstairs and into the room.
Morris was PROSTATE upon the floor,
face downwards, and Benbrook was
kneeling down beside him in the act
of striking him with the gun, when 1
reached over Albert Morris and caught
the gun from his hand. At the same
time l took hold of his arm.
It's not my gum said Benbrook,
and that is the only statement he made
to me.
But young Morris reached up and
said:
You are liar; it is your gun;
saw you with it.
'Benbrook did not go out of the
room. He submitted calmly when he
saw me. and made no effort TO get
awav. Detective Sheets and Officer
Eddington came I'D at once and took
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-18
CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT
COEUR D'ALENE MINERS VISIT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
Explain to Mr.. Mckinley the Situa-
ton Growing Out OF the Recent
Labor Troubles.

Washington. July I.-President Nc
Kinsey to-day was called up by soma
tor Carter. of Montana and Senator
Heitfeld of Idaho. accompanied by Ed
ward Boyce of Butte. Mont. president
of the Western Federation of Miners.
and w. r. Goldensmith, secretary of
the local miners union at Wardner.
Ida. The, last-named gentlemen are a
committee representing the miners late
~ engaged in the strike at the Ward
ner which resulted in calling out troops
under General Merriam at the request
of the governor of Idaho.
The interview with the president
lasted some time and the entire situa-
ton was thoroughly discussed The
committee informed the president that
the presence of the troops had been
represented in a false light and added
that in their own opinion the federal
authorities We're being uhed in an il
legitimate manner.
The president told the committee that
the troops had been sent only on the
request of the governor and were there
for no other purpose than TO preserve
the peace. After the interview both
members OF the committee expressed
themselves as entirly satisfid with the
attitude of the administra ton. which
they asserted had been misrepresented
by the local authorities
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Burton c. Morris, the florist, was shot
to death in an upstairs room of the
Merchants Cafe between 7:3O and 8
o'clock last night by John Benbrook,
a gambler. Both parties are well
known and the shocking tragedy caused
greater excitement than any like affair
since the killing of Walt Dinwoodey
by Harry Hynds three years ago. Ben
brook is charged with murder The
trouble was a girl, Leda Stromberg,
with whom both men are said TO have
been infatuated. and out of her visit
TO the restaurant with Benbrook the
killing occurred.
There is no direct evidence to show
that Bembrook killed Norris deliberate
~. He will plead self-defense. Prob
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Manila, July II (via Hongkong. July
1O.-The constantly increasing strict
ness of the censorship Of press dis
patches from Manila, which has pre-
vented the cabling TO the United States
of anything that did not reflect official
views of important events and condi-
tons, resulted in a united effort on the
part Of correspondents here to secure
ansabatement of the rigor of the cen
sorship. The Initiative in this direction
was taken a month ago and resulted
in the framing of a statement which
Major General Otis, commanding the
military forces of the United States in
the Philippines. with a request for per-
mission to telegraph it to the United
States
The correspondents also asked for
permission to cable their respective pa
pers all the facts and different phases
of events as they transpired here. The
correspondents had two long interviews
with General Otis, in the course OF.
which they claimed that the evident
purpose of the censorship was not to
keep information from the enemy, but
TO keep from the public a knowledge
of the real condition of affairs here. 1t
was also asserted by the correspond
ents that newspapers printed in Ma
nila,. which reach the enemy weekly,
the permitted to publish statements
similar to those which correspondents
are forbidden to cable 1t was made
clear to General Otis that the objection
was to the system and not to the CEN
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ALBERT MORRIS STORY.
Men We're Struggling When He En-
tered the Room.


tered the Room.
Albert c. Morris. the cousin of the
dead man. was the first to go into the
room after the shooting, and the story
he tells of the scene is graphic and in
teresting. although until late hour
last night he was very nervous and
unstrung over the affair.
Morris was eating supper in the main
room of the restaurant on the ground
floor. having gone in about 1880. He
heard three or four shots fired; he did
not know which.
steve Keene had come down stairs
and made some remark about trouble
which / do not recollect, and he was
hunting for a policeman" said Morris
last evening.
Soon afterward. very shortlys after
ward l heard the shots. / can't say
whether it was three or four. for 1 am
not certain. | did not notice any in
teryal between the shots.
But / rushed right upstairs, not
knowing who the parties were, nor
dreaming in the least that a relative
was in trouble.
Il turned into the first door in the
left where I saw the trouble was. The
door was OPEN The two men were
standing up scuffling. locked in each
others embrace, and Benbrook held
the gun in his hand. could see that
Burt was exhausted and he fell on
down TO his knees. In that position
Bembrook, standing over him, struck
him once with the gun on the back or
the top of the head, and he fell on over
against the sofa or a chair, l don't
know which. Benbrook raised his
hand with the gun and was about to
strike Burt once more, but l rushed
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window. Benbrooks wrist and tenn
nile were powder burned, and the right
SIDE of his mouth badly swollen, with
q slight cut over the eye. Two par
tiaIlv smoked cigars were lying on the
table in the room and had burnt holes
in thte cloth ard scorched the wood.
Much of the tragedy is shrouded in
mystery. a point to be determined is
where the Stromberg girl was when the
=hooting occurred. /; is established
tFat she was in an adjoining room a
few moments before, and was not seen
again until an hour after the shooting,
when she returned through the back
entrance almost FRUSTRATED with grief
and. excitement. 1t is rumored that two
Girls were in the case, the second being
a young lady in the employ of the
Oregon Short Line at ogden. Judge w
n Dickson, who was one of the first
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SENSATION AT WASHINGTON.
War Department Stirred Up Over
Correspondents Protest

Washington, July 1.-THE pubhca-
ton of the war corresponding formal
Indictment of General Otis manage
ment of the Philippine campaign
caused a sensation in the department.
here. Secretary Hay had received adj
vices as late as today from civil as
we'll as military sources in the Phil
ippines which led him TO declare that
the situation there was constantly i'm
proved materially and the prospects
for the future had frightened very
much. With the advices, the secretary
said, General Otis had had nothing To
do. and they were from DISTINGUISHED
persons, whose opinions must carry
weight. Generally there was strong
Discrimination exhibited by the officials
to discuss this last round robin.
General Miles. who was acting sec
retary of war in the absence or Sec
rotary Alger and Assistant secretary
Meikeljohn, would not comment upon
the dispatch and Adjutant General
Ccrbin took the same attitude
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MORRIS WOUNDS.
Fatal Bullet May Have Passed
Through His Heart.

Through His Heart.
Dr. Stewart hearing people calling
for a doctor. offered his services. He
went I'D into the room and found Nor
ris living on his back with several po-
licemen standing around. This was at
7:45 d. m. DR.. Stewart Immediately
felt for his pulse and finding none he
listened to his heart. but there was no
sign of life. He made an examination
of the body and found a bullet hole
through the center of the chest by the
sixth and seventh ribs. The doctor
probed the wound. but on account of
the position of the body his instrument
would not follow the course of the
wound. and he could not locate the
bullet. which had lodged either in the
vertebrae of the spinal column or in
one of the back ribs. DR.. Stewart said
that the bullet had either severed the
aorta or had passed through one of the
ventricles of the heart. There was also
a wound on the right side of the face,
lust in front of the ear. which looked
as if bullet had struck the face and
glanced of, the direction of the wound
being upward and backward. Powder
marks on the white silk necktie bear
out the theory that this face wound
was caused by bullet. A scalp wound
was found a little to the left of the top
of the head. The wound was little
over an inch long and had evidently
been made bv some blunt instrument.
probably bv the revolver. The skull
was not fractured.
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forward and grabbed his hand. Just
at that moment the policeman, who
had evidently followed closely behind
me, reached out, too. and grabbed at
the gun. 1t was secured by the Of
ficer and Benbrook walked out of the
room.
Il paid no more attention to him. but
turned to Burt, who had fallen full on
his face upon the floor. He groaned
as he svvayed downward. but said moth
ing at all. not a word. His breath was
hard at the time. and l rushed down.
stairs to get a doctor. meeting DIR.
Bowers in his buggy. l sent him up
and went back.
The statement of Albert Morris con-
tradicts that of officer Chase in some
respects. He said that Benbrook did
not leave the room until Detective
Sheets arrived, and Chase also declared
that Benbrook was standing astraddle
of Burt Morris PROSTATE form ard
striking him with the gun.
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coRBIN MAKES DEFENSE.
Explains Why the Plan Of Censor
ship Was Adopted.

Washington. July 17.-Regarding
statements that cable dispatches re-
ceived in Washington and other news
regarding the war had been censored
contrary to the usual custom. Adjutanr
General Corbin today said:
Yes. these complaints have been
brought to my notice. and word OF
explanation is perhaps due TO the
country no less than the department..
The enormous amount of work the Of.
flee has been called upon TO perform
has taxed to the limit the endurance
of the clerks, who, by the way, are as
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-18
MADE FORMAL COMPLAINT.
President VIII Investigates Charges
Against General Merriam.
.S,acial IN Tho uara,7

Washington, July I7.-Edward Boyce
of Butte, president of the Western
Federation of Miners. and W. r. Gold
ensmith, lately released from imprison-
ment at Wardner. called On President
Mckinley this afternoon. They were
presented by Senators Carter and Heit-
field. The latter came across the
country with them.
The representatives of IL miners
made formal complaint against Cen
eral Merriam. The president assured
them that if General Merriam had i'm
any way interfered with the employ
ment of labor it was unknown to him.
He also promised prompt and thorough
inVestiga ton.
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to visit the scene, asserts that he saw
two women running down the hall
leading to the back entrance. The
name of the second woman, if the re-
port be true, is not known. and her
presence was unknown to the restau-
rant proprietors. AS none of the par
ties concerned will talk freely. the facts
in the case are difficult to establish.
Statements are very conflicting. Miss
Stromberg and Morris (the dead mani
were seen together at . o'clock in the
afternoon and again at ). She states
that she was with Morris last evening,
but when asked direct if she went to
the restaurant with Morris or Ben
brook, she would not answer She re-
fused to talk to Chief Hilton, Detective
Sheets or Attorney GUnter.
Was With Benbrcok.
Circumstances indicate, however, that
Benbrook and the girl were together
in the restaurant at 7:30. AT about this
time Morris is supposed TO have gone
into the room, when the quarrel occur
red and the ira gedy resulted, either
the girl or the men leaving and going
into another room.
Bembrook says Miss Stromberg
knows nothing of the shooting-that
she was not in the room. A pink bow
tie found in the room was regarded as
a clue contradictory to this, but II later
developed it belonged to one of the men.
The girl wore a black tie. and claims
to have been dressed that way all day.
A hole was shot in the brim of Benz
brooks hat. near the crown, on the
right side. The police believe it was
made through Morris catching and
forcing Bembrooks hand back over his
shoulder. Had il been in the left side
of the crown. Morris might have held
the weapon. but as it is it could only
have been made by the gun in Benz
brooks hand, or in Morris left hand.
The fact that eight minutes elapsed
while the men were alone and before
the shooting. would seem to discredit
Bembrook's story that Norris pulled
the gun upon entering the room. As TO
the ownership Of the weapon, Benz
brook was known to have a gun dur
ing the morning, and his acquaintance
say he never is without one.
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Ex-Governor Under a Cloud.

Lincoln. Neb., July 1.-THE senate
investigating committee today began
an inquiry into the conduct of the gov
ernor's office during the four years in
cumbency of Silas a. Holcomb. An
alleged discrepancy of several hundred
dollars between the amounts drawn
from the treasury by the ex-governor
for house rent and the amounts paid
to the owner of the house was brought
out in the testimony of Former Deputy
Hedlund and Mrs. Charlotte Gould.
owner of the house where Mr.. Holcomb
lived. The ex-governor will probably
appear before the committee during
the week.
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CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Officers In Indian Territory Who Elk
ecuted William Going.

Antlers, l. T., July 11.-DeDuty Mar
shall Burt Brown returned to Antlers
this evening. having in charge A H
Clay and Simon Tyler. district attorney
and clerk OF the Third district, Choc-
taw nation. on warrants charging them
with murder, the offense being the ad-
vising of the sheriff of Wolff county
10 proceed with the execution Of VIII
liam Going on Thursday last.
Sheriff Watson was not at home
when the deputy marshal called for
him. but message was left TO the
effect that he was wanted. and it is eX-
pected he will report to the federal au-
thorities at Antlers tomorrow.
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HIS sUsPENDERs SAVED HIM.
Diverted Course of Bullet Fired By a
Would-be Murderer.

New Orleans, July ia pair of
suspenders saved the life of Charles L.
Rocket. runner for the Metropolitan
bank, today Rocket had just entered
the bank to begin his duties when En-
glehart Bieber, a discharged soldier of
the Second Louisiana, who had been
hanging around the bank all morning,
slipped I'D behind him and, taking de-
liberate aim. fired. The bullet struck
the juncture of Rockets suspenders
and carried it into the mans back.
When the suspenders were pulled
from the wound the bullet came out
with them. Bieber says that when he
went to the war he gave his deposit
book for sS05 to Rocket, and that the
latter drew out the money and refused
TO return it to him. Rockel IS pail
fully wounded.
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THE HERALD BULLETIN.

PAGE ONE
Killed By Bandits.
Otis Stories of Deception.
PAGE TWO.
Cape Nome Is a Fake.
Contracts Let For st. Anthony
Road.
PAGE THREE.
Victory For Trusts
Defends Its Actions.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial.
PAGE FIVE.
New Primary Plan.
At the Resorts
Complaints of Wives.
State News.
PAGE SIX.
PAGE SEVEN.
Saw Cheyne Killed
PAGE EIGHT.
Banks to Close Saturday Afternoon.
W. J. Bryan Coming.
Site Of State Farm Chosen.
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Saws Mrs. Rich Is Insane.

Austin. Tex. July IA special from
Corsicana. Tex, says: DR.. z. S. Jen-
kins. who lived at FL Paso at one
time, knows. intimately. Mrs. Rich.
who is to be surrendered to the Mexi-
can government for trial On a charge
of numbering her husband. He says
the woman IS undoubtedly insane.
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eating more than one) when Morris
came in and started to pick a quarrel.
1t was becoming quite heated when the
Stromberg girl jumped between them
and he (Benbrook) went into an
other room, followed by Morris. He
then claims that Morris drew re-
volyer and tried to fire, but he wrested
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-18
Otis Makes a Promise.

General Otis finally promised greater
liberality, agreeing to pass all mat
ter that he might consider not detr-
mental TO the interests of the United
States General Otis appointed Cap
tain Green of his staff censor. The
statement of the correspondents is as
follows:
The undersigned. being all staff cor
respondents of, American newspapers
stationed in Manila, unite in the fol-
lowing statement:
We believe that from official dis
patches made public in Washington,
the people of the United States have
not received a correct impression of the
situation in the Philippines, but that
these dispatches have presented an I'LL
ira optimistic view that is not shared
by the general officers in the field. We
believe that the dispatches incorrectly
represent the existing conditions
among the Philippines in respect 70
dissension and decentralization result
ing from the American campaign and
10 the brigand character Of their army.
We believe the dispatches err in the
declaration that the situation is well
in hand and the assumption that the
Instruction can be speedily ended
without a greatly increased force.
Statements Are Unfounded.
I'VE think the tenacity of the Filipino
purpose has been undereStimated and
that the statements are unfounded that
volunteers are willing 10 engage in fur
Their service.
The censorship has compelled US TO
participate in this misrepresentation
by excising or altering uncOntroverted
statements of facts on the plea, as
General Otis stated, that they would
alarm the people at home or have the
people of the United States by the
ears
Specifications: Prohibition of hos
pital reports; suppression of full re-
ports of field operations in the event Of
failure, numbers of heat prostrations
in the field: systematic intimidation
of naval operations, and suppression OF
complete reports OF the situation.
John T. McCutcheon, Harry Arm
strong, Chicago Record: Oscar K. Ds-
Wis. p. G. Mcdonnell New York Sun;
Robert NJ. Collins. John P. Dunning, l.
Jones. the Associated Press; John F.
Bass. VIII Dinwiddie, New York Her
aid: Ed S. Keene, Scrips-McRae. asso- E
citation: Richard Henry Little, Chicago
Tribune"
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MAIN STREET.
Stairway Spot Where Norris Fell Sofa Tables
Occupied By benbrook


south of the window, showing where it
had struck and penetrated a half inch,
then rebounding to the sofa. One bull
let is within Morris body. But what
became of the third shot. or if there
were four, of the two other shots, is
unknown. However, a further exam
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CUT HIS HEAD OFF.
Horrible Murder Committed In Clay
County. Kentucky.

London Depot, KY, July 1I--Clay
county has another killing for its an
nails. Dick Loven's body has been
found three miles from Manchester. He
was beaten to death in the night.
When found, his head was severed
from his body and had been beaten TO
a pulp. A 45-calibre revolver was
found on the body. Having killed three
men and injured several, he was prob
ably killed by the friends Of one Of his
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MEETING OF THE MEN.
Both Were Asked to Leave the Cafe
BY Mr. Keene.

y mysterious circumstance to be
solved is the meeting of the two men
a. the cafe. Frank Bruesch OF 15S South
second East. a messenger boy, says he
was sent from the cafe by the waiter To
Morris floral establishment with
message to have Morris come down to
the cafe at once. He. of course. does
not know from whom the message
came. The waiter will not say. This
was about I:15. and Morris almost inn
mediately left his office. as witnessed
by the clerks in Schramm's drug store.
next to the office. This would indicate
that Miss Stromberg was alone. and
sent for him, which in no way coin
cides with other circumstances.
Telephoned For Benbrook.
Albert Morris. the dead mans cousin,
is said by Bert Mcbride. clerk, and
others who were in Godbe-Pitts' drug
store, to have telephoned from there
soon after I, asking first if Bembrook
was there.
Tell him when he comes to come to
the Merchants safe" are the words ac-
credited to him. 1t is understood that
several people will testify to this most
remarkable fact.
Morris was examined by Attorney
Gunter at the police station and denied
doing the telephoning. Mcbride, how
ever declares he cannot be mistaken.
Morris, as before stated, was eating in
the restaurant at the time down stairs.
he claims. and ran up when he heard
the shots