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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-02

throwing their pretty bouquets into tho
vehicle until Il was almost nllcd,
FLOWERS CARPET THE PATHWAY
But the most attractive sight yet
awaited the party. on reaching
the pavilion they were again
greeted by large crowd NJ people and
music from the band, President Snow
ullrhted from his carriage and accom-
panied hy hlH party passed along TO
the pavilion. on either slide was
dense thruus OF people mostly young
FOLKS and ns tho President passed hy
them they threw large huuuptH before
him until they entirely covered his path
way.
The first session of the sanpetc stake
conference, which was being held IN the
lnrgv pavilion, was about 90 close.
When AN the party were ON the stand.
the large congregation or people arose
ana President Peterson uf the SuupHto
stake addressed them us follows. Pros
ldput Snow, We heartily welcome YOU
and your party into our midst God
bless you" The choir sang I'VE thank
Thee, o God Tor a Prophet" President
", ID. MCAlliFtur offered the houollc-
tlun ana the conference w-a ndiusrnod
until ? o'clock thiH afternoon. Two rDs-
eiuuH win hu held tomorrow ana prrsi-
dent Snow ana company VIII return 10
salt Lake Monday President Snow
shows no signs Whltpvcr OF fatigue,
after the journey, but Is feeling SPLEEN
dldly.
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II The man John Y. Smith "a Grim
lnul frcaE' De- hr entirely dsprav,i.
or De- ho foiruIug Inaauity9 Personally
~ declares thDt he Innocent. that Doc
o. the victim OF designing men.
Al 90 the latter proposition every
sane person who knows anything 0f tho
case knows that q be- ridiculous Smith
haH had the r.ght or way 900 the Stat.
press the last week ilIH whole.
crooked career has been duntgl upon
with painful protraotojuyrs and detail.
The public has been at iuaf tn an.
d'rstnnd what manner of man Doe o..
Al agree, however. that be- o. 1 most
dangerous character and should bo
kept under a restraint from which there
can be no escape.
The News this evening pvrontH lu
estimate of Smiths character by an
expert phronologist. from tho stand
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MOST HORRIBLE TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
Frenzed Father Shoots two OF His Children Through the
Head and Then Kills Himself.
Van duid Carpenter in the Of the City, Perperat tho
Onne-Pore AMI a News Representative a
To the o Death

There have been good many shock
Ing tragedies In Utah during the prca-
Ont yoar. but none have compared In
In conception or execution with one
that occurred In the southeastern part
Of thll city this afternoon. It D. 90 ter
rihlo as 10 cause the public 20 stand
nghaat and ask what o. going to hap
pen noxt
Briefly narratcd-for they must BE-
briefly narrated at this hour-thc facts
ore that carpenter named Van Gull
der gave two OF his little chlidrcn-nii
he had a heavy dose OF morphine each
thcn shot one Of them through the head
"A beautiful little slx.ycar.old tot
killing her almost instantly. Then
he aimed his revolver az his little son
and fired a bullet into his brain. The
little chap Is alive though II Is not
known whether he can survive the
frlghtful wound.
Thon the frcnzlcd man ala what lt
would have been better FOR him to do
oarllcr-loycl the gun at his own brain
and ldl himself
NEiGHBoRs HoRRIFiED.
The nclghbors were startled beyond
expression ON hearing Of the commits
sion Of the horrlfying decd and the
news spread quickly. As they contln-
ucd to gather around the place Of blood
and death. why the great triple crime
was committed can be no more than
conjectured at at this writing though Il
Is believed to have been pcrpetrntcd
while Van Gulldcr'a mind was tenn
porarlly unbalanced. lie had been suf-
fcring during the past two weeks
from an attack Of typhoid fever
NelFhbora say that he had been neg
lccted and broodcd heavily over II: also
that domestic difficulties added to the
woes Of his heart and home. Others
spurn the inslnuntlon that his wife was
not entirely devoted to his every wish
ana Interest
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How 4. q. Mckinney Heard the Shot aud
Made the Discovery,
Mr. =. T.. Mckinney. the secretary OF
the Salt Lake Brewing company who
lives next door TO the scene Of the
tragedy said De- was just sitting down
60 dinner whom De- heard two shots FOL.
iowcd uy "a screaming childish voice.
"oh. got up. papa" Iic rushed across
tho street TO Mr. charles Husbands
house and together they hnried oneK
TO the house. The door was locked.
the two men were going to force the
door when {, was opened by little
Ralph. who was covered IN blood. They
rushed into the bedroom and saw Van
GuIldcr lying across tho foot Of the bed
while tho ilt'lc rirl iy upon the pit.
low " the tAmo 1ed. Thcy had hardly
time to take IN the situation when Dr.
Mllllron arrived ON ,ha scene.
Van Gulldor had apparently got up
from hia bed of sickness locked an the
doors and pulled down the shades pre-
para,ory to committing his fearful lci.
Soon after the arrival of tho doctor
the wounded boy was taken with ylo-
lent NJ OF vomiting. which occurrence
had the eject Of relieving him Of the
morphine pills administered by his
father.
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ANOTnER OUTRAGE.
Elders Mobbed aud Beaten In Viz
ginln.


A letter received at the Prcsldcnra
office from Elder James Dunn and
dated Richmond Va. Aug. 2sth. con-
veya the Information that the writer
and his travelling companion the day
previous fell into the hands Of mob
and were brutally treated. The letter
says;
Il am Just recovering from some Sc
vcrc injuries received last night ut tho
hands " mob While passing with
my companion through a thicket I was
seized upon and numerically beaten
with clubs till Hcnsalcaa. Upon exam
ination my wounds were found to be
not serious. through they are painful.
We were carrying a lantern with ~,
and when they knocked the light out.
We escaped through the woods. and are
now safe. This happened at oilylllc,
Goochland Co.. Va %
II II learned from other sources that
the Elders were treated we'll IN that
part until the appearance among tho
people uf some parties who had visited
Utah and returned with the most scan.
dnlous ISLANDERS ~ tho people here.
Mobocracy 10 the direct result OF IN,
dissemination of fnlFehold.
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ESPECIAL To THE "NEws"l

ESPECIAL To THE "NEws"l
Chattanooga. Tenn. Sept, Ave
have received no news OF any young
woman being killed Elders W. r. Pool
and Alma Olsen were holding services
near Dover. Tenn. sunday evening. az
,.r which they were attacked with
rocks. which were thrown Into the
crowd. a pistol thot was hrcd ana
ii,ue girl shot through the ficfhy part
~ the leg. Not considered serious.
The noIghborhood was much wrough,
up over the analr. and bloodhounda
were brought TO detect the guilty par
tics. Baston windsor. farmer. COM
inlt,cd suicide Monday night. Blood
hounds had tracked him to his resi-
dcnoe. lie left note stating that he
hnd shot at the Elders ana ala not In
tcud 20 XIII the girl He sulcidcd
through remorse. believing that the
glrl had boon killed. No further trou-
bl, reported. BEN r.. RICH.
The Associated Prose- dispatches THIS
morning contained sanguinary ac-
count Of an attack on the Elders at
Pine Blun. Stewart county. Tenn. The
above dispatch from President Rich Is
in rcply to an inquiry by the News
ana rofutcs the Associated Press dis
patch That dispatch II M follows
Chattanooga, Tennasept. i.-wcdncs-
day mrht six Mormon Elders were
conducting % meeting IN a schoolhousc
az Pine Blun. Stewart county, Tenn,
when the building was storued by "a
mob Of over 100 men, The building was
almost demolished. Those inside ned
IN q panic to save their lives a. bullets
commenced 20 strike the building thick
and fast.
when Elders Hiram Olson and ", g.
Petty lcft tho building Miss May ilar-
den popular young woman of the
place, walked between them with %
view To checking the work N the mob.
While the trio passed down the road
Hho,s were fired from ambush. The
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tho call ana come down ON tho run IN
Assistant Fire chief Mccarthy buggy
by the Time the latter had arrived
little Lola had expired % nasty glance
ot che father convinced the surgeons
that bis minutes were numbered. fo
they turned their attention 60 tho boy.
pr. witchor examined tho wound 600 hla
head ana Thought that tho little fellows
NE might De- saved. Doc was accordingly
tondcrly lifted on to o. litter lu the ga.
troll wagon and at once takon to tho
Holy cross hospital
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How the News was Received at the station
Race to the Desoiatc Hone.

How the News was Received NJ the station
Race to the Desoiatc Home.
\ telephone message was received at
police headquarters at i.iO this after
noon to the eject that a man had mar-
dcred HE two children and then blown
out hia own brains ON Eighth East. A
lightning hitch was made on the patrol
wagon and Sergeant Janncy. Detective
sheets, Deputy sheriff Ben Harrlcs
and a "Ncws" reporter went to tho
scene on q gallop.
The scene Of tho tragedy was located
at 1906 Windsor avenue. a little add
ton between Eighth ana Ninth East
between Ninth and Tenth South. a lit
Tie thrcc-roomcd rustic house standing
In neatly kept lot.
As the police entered the place. a hor.
rlfying spectacle was presented. on
chair IN the kitchen was SEATED little
scyon-ycar-old Ralph Van Gull Der with
GAPING BULLET WOUND
In hls head, a bruIse over the left eye
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woman was MI by a ball and almost
instantly Killed.
Her brothers vowed they would
avcnEc the crime and after the nrHt
excitement died out secured blood
hounds and placed them on tho tran
Of the assassins. Burton Ninson. a
prominent young farmer and supcrin-
tcndent OF "a sunday school. wrote a
confession. stating that be had killed
the Girl. but It was nn accident and
that he wished 20 ria himself OF re-
morse of conscience.
shortly after the confession the
bloodhounds trallcd him 60 his home.
vinson turned. picked up a knife and
cut his throat almost at the same in
slant sending a bullet through his
brain. His family and the officers
posse witnessed the suicide.
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PRIEST. SNOW IN
SANPETE COUNTY
Enthusiastically Received and Wei
coined Amid Strains of Music.
TOUCHING FLORAL TRIBUTE


opeelnl per btfefct Telegraph,
Mt Pleasant Saturday Sept. a.
President Snow ana party have Just ar
rived and were greeted royalty by the
kind people. AZ the train stopped at
tho station the fret thing to greet tho
distinguished visitors wac tho strains
Of Joyous music from the brass band.
on leaving the train the President ana
HE company were welcomed most heart
ny by many hundreds OF people who
had gathered at the station % do
honor TO the venerable President, Sew
cral OF the local ecclesiastical authorl-
ties, among whom was Bishop r. ~
Lund OF MI Pleasant. received the
President and extended 10 him and hiB
company In behalf OF the people the
freedom OF the city and the hearty
welcome OF the Inhabitants.
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ELDERS STONED
NEAR DOVER, TENN.
President Ben E. Rich Says No News OF a
Young Woman Being Killed Has Been
Observation-Disclosures Pool and Olsen
Were Attacked Sunday Last.

Pistol Shot Was Fired and Little Girl Was Hit in the
leg-Wound Not Considered Serious - BIOodlounds Were
Put on Track Of Guilty paries-Baston Windsor, Farm
er. Was Traced TO His Residence Committed Suicide
Monday Night, Leaving Note Stating lie Shot at the
Elders but Did Not Intend TO Mil the Girl-No Further
Trouble Reported.
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PHRENOGRAPH OF
DESPERATE SMITH
Mind and Character Analysis of the Man
Whose Suspected Deeds of Iniernalsm
Have Shocked the People OF Utah
During the Past Week.

Interesting Estimate OF the Notorious Criminal by Professor
seholed +. A.. LP-lhe Prisoner Has a Big, Active Brain
Ills Large Bump OF Appropriateness The Possessor of
Constructive and Inventive IaentResess and Irritable
and Chaes Under Restraints Sensitive but Not Refined
Cautious but Not cowardy Smart Not Learned Agrees.
siye but Not Naturally Quarrelsome
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ern Railway company; motion for now
trial uvurrulud,
Aquila Ncbekor ot al W George liar-
submitted.
John O.. Gray Va William Groasbcck
ct al; Judgment previously rendered
now get aside and leave given plaintiff
20 ile amended pleadlngs within ton
days time.
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President Snow and party loft Salt
Lake this morning az s o'clock 10 me-
tend the Sanpote stake conference.
which n now in session here 40 Ma.
il'asnnt, The favorable weather added
salt Lake
The President was accompanied nv
his wife, Minnie J. Snow. and son L.eR6i
G., Presidents George O. Cannon ana
Joseph ~ Smith. with their wives,
Apostle brigham Young. Apostle John
Henry smith and WIFE Apostles Heber
J Grant. Anthem H. Lund. Abraham u.
woodruff and Rulgrr CluWHon. and
l'fcaldinE Bishop william %. Preston.
ifglldcnt Seymour 10. Young. Elder
Golden Kimbnll and wife. Elder and
AIRS Joseph y, Taylor. Elder L.urln
Eaarr and Church Reporter Arthur
Winter.
The train reached here Mt ii:iO "a. m.
After the royal reception extended them
az the station, the Presidents party
was driven In comfortable carriages 10
inc pavilion situated IN tho center OF
town MI. Pleasant has quite q busy
appearance today. People have gath
cred from every settlement lu the snu-
pete valley ana It Is said that many
outside settlements are we'll ron
resented, Both sides OF tho
streets were lined with onthuai-
asiic people me- the Presidential
party were driven through the town.
cHILDRENs TRIBUTE or FLOW
ERs
Each one " the many hundreds Of
children had beautiful bouquets of
flowers. II seems that the young folks
expected TO have the privilege NO rlvinr
them TO the President but this M
tangoment was unfortunately forgotten.
liut the little ones were not 10 be re-.
jectcd this privilege n 10 ana aoom thnt
their part on the program had bccn
Elrl In one OF the long lines Of beau
tlful children, finally broke the leo
She ran up tO President Shows car,
rlnge and handed him the flowers. II
was indeed amusing 90 see how dulcltly
her example was followed. The child
ren approached the Preaidents carriage
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UTAH'S ALLEGED DYNAMlTER.

John Smith alias MePhorson the Man Who
Charged Attempting Murder Judge
md Warden
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5,'ulEe cherry held court today and
flIl4.tl of a number or motions. tho
Important; '''' WV ''''''
.p.yph Sofa vs. the Union Pacific Coal
''un,pAhy demurrer ovcrruled
W a. clark vs A. O. Campbell: de-
srllter withdrawn and 1--WE days 10 an
Alma d. slleoek Va Rio drande West
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and the third finger or ,he rlsht hand
partially shot away; aithoueh Che 900.
uo fellow woa covered On blood he wus
Ia a conscious condition.
In The bedroom lay the body ~ Aua.
Tin Van Gulidcr the fatLrr of the boy
ana the man who had committed the
terrible decd. he wac lylnr upon the
bed dressed In pair Of ovcaIs and
a Shirt he had a bullet wound In tho
"oniHr of HIS forehead. ana braIns and
blood were scattered around In a rruc.
romc manner AZ the unfortunate
man garpcd his last brcoths
blood nowcd win cnch
respiration. Upon another bed. that
was I'm front Of the window N the room.
lay the body. fully dressed. NJ utilc
Lola Van Gulidcr. who was nix year
old last month; the poor utuc mlto had
been shot through the right aldc Of the
head.
To add to the horror or the accnc the
mother OF the children had just arrived
home and was crazy with rrlcf
"oh. let me see my llt,lc glrl de-"
she shrcked. az kind hands OF the
nclghbors restrained her from rushing
into the room.
\ MOTHERS GRIEF
why ana he Ran my ohndrcn. wasn't
Il enough for him to take HE own
worthless NEE Is he dead yo,7" and
then she would 40 on into another par
oxysm Of grief.
Dr. Mlliron. who had driven upon tho
scene ten minutes aftor the tragedy
to visit Van Guilder who was down
with typhoid fever did al In his power
to alleviate The sunorlngs Of the children
but he shook his sadly ra ; said they
were all past human aid.
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ATTORNEY M'KAY
DEMANDS HIS PAY
Cigs Former Legal Adviser Sues
Michael Shaughnessy.
ASKS FOR THE SUM OF 81, 800
Alleged TO be Due for Five Years
Services Claims IIe Has only
Been Paid 600 Ia All.

EH'cIty Attorney william Mckay
ulrl m attachment suit against Michael
S0alFhncasy the wen known mining
naH, in The Third district court today.
demanding Judgment FOR 81 500 for pro-
'''llnal services rendered the defend
ant between the 3lst Of December, 1893,
oNl ODE ist of March, 1899, period Of
i've years. two months and seven days.
TIE complaint alleges that between
'Ae oates named plaintin prosecuted
u"1 1'iended for shaughnessy numcr-
Gus law suits drew, copied nnd en-
t,tl,s,l contracts, convcynncos, deeds.
""''A''H and other Instruments
W writing, attended to. coun-
15,''4 ana advised Shaughuessy
~ and about his business
,.''. ., at the special Instance and roe
NJ Tie defendant IL ~ also ale
mat $1,000 lH reasonable chutfr
,tu6 'Rr services rendered. but an plain
M! NaN received ON account n 800.
n.,,I9re Mckay demands judgment
rs george L, Nye Is the plaintiffs attor-
~ attachment was issued this after
,I on the defendants property and
''".'l IN the hands Of Sheriff Howells.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-23
ALL TO SAIL BY JULY Is.
Otis Cable. That Three :s.imsnt,, Tn

Otis Cables That Three :s.imsuts, In
Guiding Nebraskins. Leave ut Once.
WASHINGTON, June 90 - General
Otis cables to the war department:
Transport Indiana with 1874 officers
and soldiers discharged as sick, with
civilians, left for San Francisco via
Nagasaki yesterday. Hancock and
Sherman with Nebraska, Pennslyy va
MIA and Utah leave for United States
as soon as troops can be placed in
readiness. C~alifornians will leave as
soon as collected. Colorado to follow
on first available transport.
"All volunteer organizations here
desire muster out San Francisco"
Adjutant General Corbin said to-
day that General Otis dispatch stat.
ing that the Nebraska, Pennsylvania
and Utah volunteers would leave Ma
Mia at oace for San Francisco, indi
Gated that the commanding general in
the Philippines now saw his way clear
to return all the volunteer force to
this country. General Corbin said
that while all of General Otis cable.
gram was no made public, the gen.
eral gave 10 intimation OF when the
Twentieth Kansas or any other volun-
teer regiments would leave the Phil
ippines, but that he had no doubt
that the entire volunteer force would
have left for San Francisco by July Is.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-23
James 5. Bennett of Omaha has been
admitted to practice before the interi
or department.
Tuesday. june go.

'HHttFs "ofU W
The presidents trip to Massachusetts
is bcne6tting him greatly.
Bellamy Storer, United States min.
lister to Spain, yesterday had an audi.
ence with the queen regent.
\ movement is on foot to erect a
10000 monument to the memory OF
the late Richard Parks Bland. VIM.
j. Bryan has subscribed 5000, and
other amounts, in all about 81 200,
have already been raised.
IL is stated at the navy department
that every man attached to the Olym.
pin. Boston. Baltimore, Concord, Ra-
leigh, Petrol and McCulloch, during
h battle in Manila harbor, regard
less of rank or station, will receive a
metal of honor.
The war department will announce
this week that franchises and conces-
sions in Porto Rico can be granted
only by congress. Army engineers
will prepare maps showing the wharf.
age and doclsagc needs of the different
Porto Rican ports. The ~insular com.
mission has furnished information rel
alive to the interior needs of the ISL
and. A Paris syndicate is seeking a
,i"''"'S' III runway ihnc III IoTto
Rico.
Information has reached the treas
ury department from the senate COM
mittec which is now considering the
subject of currency legislation. The
republicans of the senate committee,
according to the information, take
about the same view as the republi-
cans Of the committee which met at
Atlantic City in April, and there will
be little difficulty, IL is said, of getting
together upon a program for currency
legislation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-23
Hero Section Man Killed.

CLEVELAND. Ohio, June = O--Blase
Patrie, a railroad section hand, proved
himself a hero yesterday, and was ia
tally injured in an attempt to save a
woman from death. Mrs. Jennie Price
was riding a wheel across the Lake
shore track at the entrance to Gordon
park and fell in front of an approach
ing train. Patrie, who had been de-
tailed to assist the iagman at the
crossing, ran to Mrs. Prices assist
ance, but both he and the woman
were run down. Mrs. Price lost q leg
and an arm and suffered a fracture OF
the skull, while her rescuer was
struck by the pilot Of the engine an d
was picked up insensible from a bad
wound in the head, The woman re-
tanned consciousness, but the physi.
clans say both will die.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-06-23
Wednesday, juno FL.

The postofiice at Bell, Sioux county
Nebraska, has been discontinued. Mai.
will go to Agate.
New patents issued to Nebraskans
Hanna &. Hamann, Omaha, darninp
acknowledgement OTIS, Omeha, bolster
Julius A. Perkins, Omaha, cage foi
bearings.
General Leonard Wood. until recent.
~ governor of Santiago, has been Of
fered the presidency of the Washing
ton Traction company. He has the
matter under a~dvisement.
The celebrated case of Scott Bibt
against the city of Alton regarding
right of negrost to attend white schools,
was reversed by the Illinois supreme
court, which held that uegros can n.
tend white schools.
The French cabinet crisis is still
prolonged. President Loubet, will, il
is said, call upon NJ Bourgeois, former
premier, to form n cabinet. Order will
issue not to have the Sfax, with Drey.
fus aboard, arrive until the new minis
try is formed.
Among the passengers who arrived
yesterday on board the steamer OrinocO
e huul DdThCT
General Russell Hastings and Hon. A.
Allison, colonial secretary; j. ii. Trim
ingham, jr., and Hon. II. j.. Madison,
reciprocity commissioners of Bermuda,
enroute for Washington.
The secretary of the interior has APP
portioned the appropriation made by
the last congress TO aid the agricultural
colleges of the various states. The
Nebraska agricultural college will
benefit to the extent of S25, 900 an adj
vance of 81 900 over the allotment for
the current fiscal year.
There was n test of armor plate at
Indian Head yesterday for armor plate
for the new battleship Wisconsin, the
lot aggregating 700 tons. The test
plates tapercd from sixteen and three
quarters to nine and one-half inches
in thickness. The first shot, a Car
penter m piercing projectile, with
n velocity of 1870 feet, penetrated the
plate six and threc-quarters inches.
The second, n Hotter armor piercer.
with a velocity of /, 800 feet, penetrated
nine inches. The plate was not
cracked and the test was satisfactorily
met.