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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-12

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l. a. BENTON. Ticket Agent. II. G. W.
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r. f. NEsLEN. Travelling Pass. and
Freight Agent.
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slf D. W. Temnle St.. Salt Lake city.
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GoyHcr- Marion. 100 at b2c
Northern Light. $500 az 5i4c; 100 at
b4R.; 100 at 5ihc,
Sacramento, 200 az &c.
Pc'ro. 100 at 92ls, 100 at e3A 100 at
93hc.
Silver King, 100 at $500
Golden Eagle, 1000 at 5h, 1900 at
BIC,
Joe Bowers, 1000 nt lie.
Manhattan. 1000 at he.
Martha Washington, / 800 ne 9hc.
Number OF shares sold. 10000.
Selling value OF stocks, &1,ggs.l2ib,
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Chicago, July le- September wheat
opened at 13k and advanced 10 T3N
Close: Whcnt-Iuly 72h Sept. 1874.
'Orn-iuly 3iH. Sept. 3iA 10 a.
Oats-July 20. Sept sos.
Pork-July p0ili Sept. $3.50 q
S922is.
Lard-luly, s5g7is; Sept i5l7ik,
s62b.
Cash close: whoat-No 9 red 7ak q
7iih No. 3 rod ~ ~ 7Ig. No. 2 hard
winter 7iih a. e.. 40. 2 hard winter 20
~ 5iisi No. 1 northern spring 70 10 y:
No. northern spring " ~ 20, No. 0
spring 20 10 12h.
Corn No. 2 aiib; No. say.
Onu-No. "a ~ y; No, O. "a.
Flax 81 COZ.
Bnrlcy-3S 10 g.
Ilyo-6G
Timothy-ge CO.
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Chicago, July 2.-Hora-Rccelpts
5000. Tomorrow. 10000 left over. g.G5s'
Market fully o Il iOc higher AN selling
Mixed and butchers. N.i0 ~ g25. good
heavy. 1870 q Sac, rough heavy, A05
a. Nlb. llght. $40 ~ St25.
Cattle Receipts. 1900 Market weak
lieevca, $3.50 q $3.50; cows and helfcra.
Htnckcrs ana feeders $50 10 sass
Sheep Receipts. 1900 Market
steady Sheep, $50 a. $3.50, lambs.
gtg5 Il $3.50.
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SALT LAKE & OGDEN RAILWAY


Last train leaves Lagoon sundays al
0lnp ~. RouND IhlP, - CENTS
olsen's Famous Orchestra m attendance
every afternoon and evening.
SIMON HAMHENGER, Ocnl Mgr
II. W, EARLY. 0eu'l Pass Agent
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The Burlington's
Trains.
I:4o p. M.

Chicago speclal-slooplng. reclining
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wide vcatlbulcs and Pintsch gas. Only
10 hours to Omaha. IS hours TO Peoria,
and s9a hours TO Chicago.
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For o. confederation NJ $3.50. W. y.
Meyer NJ Denver has MED deed In
Provo from Fritz Hook 90 one
twelfth interest lu the Maple claim.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
AN AWFUL CONFESSION.
A Chicago Sausage Maker Admits That He
Murdered His wiie-Buried the Bones
That Would Not Burn.

Two years ago interest was centered
In Chicago on Luetgert. sausage
maker, who was accused and finally
convicted of having boiled the re-
mains OF his murdered wife In a large
vat. Now August A. Becker, also
sausage maker, has confessed to hav-
Ing murdered his wife and boiled her
remains in n large kettle. He was
arrested four weeks ago and Wednes-
day confessed.
Becker when first arrested admitted
killing his wife, but declared he push
ed her off Randolph street viaduct In
to the lake, and that she was drown
ed.
The police have never placed any re-
lance In the drowning confession, and
have Kept up their work on the idea
that Becker had killed the woman In
his house and made way with the
body. The finding of q portion of a
human lung three days ago In Beck
er's barn put strength In their theory.
In his confession Becker said he had
killed his wife by striking her on the
head with hatchet I'm the kitchen of
his home. lie then cut the body to
pieces and boiled 1t In large kettle.
After watching the dlsintegration of
the remains for several hours, and
when nothing was left that resembled
human body, Becker says he took
WHAT remained ana burned IL III u reu-
hot stove, the fire having been pre-
pared by him. The bones which would
not burn be buried on the prairie near
his home.
January 81 was the date Becker
says he cxommitted the murder. He
asserts the crime was not premeditat-
ed, but that he quarreled with his
wife on the afternoon of that day,
and In the heat of passion he killed
her with a blow on the heed with the
hatchet.
The piece of lung and a portion Of
calico which were found under the
barn. and which the police believe to
be strong evidence against Becker, he
says could not be any part of the
body of his wife. as he Is certain that
he destroyed every particle of flesh.
and he maintains the dress which she
wore was also entirely burned.
August Becker, the sausagemaker,
who confessed to having killed his wife
and boiled and burned her body last
Thursday took police officials to the
spot In his yard where he had buried
the charred remains. Two baskets of
burned bones were found, and DR.. Dor
sey tonight Identified a portion of
them as human shoulder blade.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
FAMILY SWEPT OUT Of EXISTENCE.
DEATH In A CYCLONE.
Members OF Lewis coffee's Household strewn
About for Half Mile in ci:burne County,
Ais.--Fiiteen Persons Killed.

One moment Lewis Coffee, OF Ed
wardville. Alabama, was enjoying the
presence and health of his large fami-
ly, the next he and his entire household
We're swept away to death by a cyclone
which visited Alabama and Georgia
town last Sunday.
The list of the dead is as follows:
Lewis Coffee, aged 55 tax assessor of
Clebourne county, and the following
members of his family;
Mrs. Coffee. aged 46; Leila, aged 22;
James. aged 20; Lula, aged is; Jacob,
aged 13; Deveroe aged 81 Dollie,
aged 10; Grover. aged 6; John aged 4;
The path Of the storm was about 200
yards wide, and II traversed the coun-
try for ~ miles, beginning In the
northern part of Clebourne county,
near Iron City, and moved southward.
There was an immense conical cloud
that bounded along like a rubber ball.
rising at intervals and leaplng for sew
eral hundred yards without doing any
damage. Then when 1t descended 1t
would pick up houses and crush them
to pieces, uproot trees or twist them
off level with the ground and sweep
all before It. Lewis Coffee's residence,
a strong double log house, situated on
n little hill, was in the path of the
storm. 1t was swept away and the
timbers scattered for a mile. Ten of
its eleven occupants were instantly
killed. Except the body of the baby,
which was found under the ruins of
the chimney, the corpses of the VIC
Tins were carried half a mile and nine
of them were found heaped together.
Every body had been stripped of its
clothing. one was twisted around a
stump and two others were headless.
Beside the body Of the father lay Bes-
sic Coffee, the cnly member of the
family not instantly killed. She was
unconscious, and her arms were
around her dead fathers neck. She
is unable to talk and will die. In the
same neighborhood the residences of
j. w. Wilder, J. ii. Cason, Andrew
Steipan and Benjamin Stanzell were
wrecked, and all their occupants In
jured. Near Heflin a white woman.
killed and five persons I'm the same
family hurt. 1t Is estimated that
about so buildings were destroyed,
between 20 and 25 persons were in
jured and over a score of farms were
devastated.
A cyclone passed over Burke county,
Ga, Sunday morning. In the vicinity
of Waynesboro four people were
killed. Several houses were demolish-
ed and much damage was done.
There were II houses blown down on
Walter McCathern's farm, six miles
from Waynesboro. One house near
town was completely demolished while
II was occupied by eight negroes but
they all escaped uniniured
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
CABLE FLASHES.

The Peace Conference will be held at
The Hague on May Is.
The bill for the Increase of the Ger
man army has been defeated in the
reichstag by large majority.
1t is said that the dowager empress
of China is administering poison to the
emperor and that he Is slowly dying.
An explosion on the British cruiser
Terrible, a few days ago resulted in
the death of a stoker and the wound
ing of six men.
Otto Schuleman, the German arch
aeologist claims to have discovered a
prehistoric city of large size in the in
terror of Mexico.
The old Russian boundary line of
Alaska was discovered. and according
to II all the Klondike region is the pro-
perty of the United States.
An Anglo Egyptian expedition will
be undertaken next autumn, according
to a dispatch from Cairo to the Daily
Mail" to finally dispose of the Khalifa
Abdulah and the other Dervish lead
ers in the Soudan.
An official decree just issued In Paris
authorizes the school Of mines to ac-
cept the gift of $1,000 offered in Feb
ruary last year by DIR. Thomas Egles-
ton, professor emeritus of mineralogy
and metallurgy of the School OF Mines.
New York.
The Spanish government protested
to the United States against the order
of General Otis prohibiting the ran
som of the Spanish prisoners held by
Aguinaldo. The Geneva convention
called will appoint a delegate to act
In the matter.
The Constantinople correspondent of
the London standard" says:
News has been received from
Smyrna that 5000 Cretan Mussulmen
refugees, who were in desperate lack
OF work and food. invaded and pill
laged the Greek and Turkish quarters
OF the city, conflict resulting. In
which many persons were killed OF
| wounded"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
SOLDIERS CALLED OUT.
Texas Authorities Have Difficulty in Removing
Smallpox Patients.


The work OF removing smallpox pa
tients to the pest-house at Laredo,
Tex, under direction of State Health
officer Blunt was begun Monday
morning. After 10 had been removed
the officers encountered on East Mata-
moras street a mob of several hun
dred Mexicans, who menaced them.
The chief of police was telephoned
for.
Marshal Joe Barthelow and Assist
ant Marshal Idar hurried to the scene,
and when they attempted to arrest the
leaders of the disturbers they were as
saulted with stones and fired upon.
Idar was knocked down and severely
beaten. and one of the rioters was
wounded. About 90 shots were fired
A dozen arrests were made, and the
mob dispersed.
The health officers resumed their
work, but were soon met by another
mob of 500 or 600 Mexicans, many of
them armed. The health officers de-
sisted, and DIR. Blunt opened tele-
graphic communication with Govern
or sayers. The war department tele-
graphed authority to use troops at FIT.
Mcintosh. A fight is probable when
the negro regulars arrive.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
LOOTlNG A STEAMER.
The Wrecked Liner castilian Has Fallen Into
the Hands of Pirates.

Inc WrcCkcI Liner Eastman has fallen Into
the Hands of Pirates.
The steamer Delta arrived at Hall
fax Sunday from st. Vincent with the
cargo of the wrecked steamer Casti-
liam. Members of the Delta's crew re-
port that the Castilian may be noated
and that acts of piracy are In progress
at the wreck. The Delta's people are
loud In their denunciation of the
vandalism they saw.
A hundred boats swarmed around
the Castilian, and the people in them
dehed all authority. They carried
away everything they could I'm the
shape of cargo, and smashed the
saloon doors for the sake of the brass
fittings. When the Delta left there
were about 500 of these vandals
aboard, loading up dorles and smacks
with cargo, furniture, etc. Before Cap
tain Barrett left the wreck he ats
tempted to drive the wreckers off the
ship at the pistols point, but they
dared him to shoot.
Special custom house officers from
Halifax and Yarmouth were also put
on board, but the wreckers only treat
ed them with contempt and went on
with the work of destruction uninter-
rupted.
Thursday the weather was particu-
larly fine and hundreds of boats were
there from all around, while men
swarmed over every part of the ship
hacking, smashing and destroying
Fred Jones, of Ottawa. chief preven-
tive officer of the Canadian customs
went down and warned the men that
thought he had no force with him al
present to stop the work of destruction
and robbery, prosecutions would be en-
tered against every soul of them and
the least penalty was a years i'm
prisonment.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

In spite of reports Secretary Alger
says he has no idea of resigning.
The secretary of war says there Is
no such thing as embalmed beef.
Investigation reveals that Gen.
Eagan bought all the army meat
direct from the packers.
American citizens have presented
claims of $2l.0O0.000 for damages sus-
tained during the war with Spain.
A committee of prominent citizens,
of Washington, are making arrange
ments to have Admiral Dewey with
them In May:
Upon his return from the South the
President may cause the regular army
to be increased to G2,000 men. The
best regiments now in the volunteer
service may be retained for this SER
vice.
Gen. Miles and his friends say that
II II Is proven that cans labeled Prime
Roast Beef" did not contain anything
but remnants of boiled beef then suit
will he brought against the packers.
The attorney general will be obliged
to recover large sums OF money.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
He Operated the Santiago Balloon.

Thomas Carroll Boone, the telegraph
operator in the war balloon in the
operations before Santiago, died Mon
day at the Massachusetts, general hos
pital, at Boston as the result of an
operation on n wound received In the
fall OF the balloon after 1t had been
shot to pieces. Boone, with two
government officers, performed heroic
work in the airship, which was a tar
get for the Spanish gunners. until 1t
fell into the trees and threw all three
men out. Boone was caught in the
drag anchor and was fearfully wound
ed. He never fully recovered, although
since last fall, up to within two days
of his death. he continued his work as
a telegrapher.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
THUNDER, BUT NO RAIN"
Gen. Gomez Thus charaeterizes the Cuban
Assembly.

tcns 1omez mus Charncterizes the Supen
Assembly.
Gen. Gomez has been deposed by the
Cuban Assembly, but Cuba Is with
Gen. Gomez. The Cubans by demon-
strations have proved their regard for
the general, and Gen. Brooke has de-
termined to dissolve the Assembly. 1t
being but body of mischief-makers
The action of Civil Governor Mora
and the police department In attempt-
Ing to prevent Wednesdays popular
manifestations In favor of General
Maximo Gomez is strongly censured,
and the ill-feeling against the police
runs high. The action of Governor
General Brooke In restraining the
Cuban authorities from interfering
has pleased the people and is favor
ably commented upon. Gen. Gomez
Is receiving hundreds of kilograms
from all parts OF the island express
ing the peoples allegiance and loyalty
to him. The general says he recog-
nizes only one power I'm the island
that of the United states. In his
opinion the assembly Is acting as 1t
does because IL wants to get money
out of the United States. He points
out that the assembly first proposed
to take sSO,000,000. AS for himself, he
AYERS that he Is not a beggar. The
United states Government offered the
s3,00O000, and he has never asked an
increase. To all callers General
Gomez speaks lightly of the assembly.
declaring that IL was his creation, as
he did not wish to appear a dictator.
and that the real military members.
who took no part In vote to depose
him. Will now resign. He calls the as
sembly "a collection Of black clouds,
with much thunder but little rain"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
The Oregon arrived at Manila last


The Oregon arrived at Manila last
Sunday.
Gen. Brooke has informed the war
department that fresh quarter of
beef will not last IL hours In a tropical
climate.
The bones of Admiral Villamil, one
OF the officers OF Cervera's late squad
ron, were found in a cave near Santi-
ago last Tuesday.
The Seventh army corps. now at
Cuba will soon return to the United
States. They will assemble at Camp
Meade. Pa. for muster out.
Hereafter all rations distributed by
the United States among the Cuban
poor viii be charged up against the
custom receipts of the province.
When the Spanish fought the FIJI
ipinos they usually stopped for a mid
day rest. The Americans apparently
never rests. and this astounds the FIJI
ipinos.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
Prospee,ors FroI.n to Death.

The steamer Excelsior. which ar
rived last Friday at Seattle from the
mouth of Copper river, Alaska, brings
news of the freezing to death of six
men on Valdez glacier about the first
of March. They were: Adolph Ehr-
hardt, New York: Maximilian Miller,
New York: Alfred Aleeman, New
York; DIR. Edward Logan, Denver;
Rudolph Elkerkamp. Louisville, KY;
August Schultz. New York. All the
bodies except that of Dr. Logan were
recovered and buried at Valdez. Ehr-
hardt, Miller and Aleeman were mem
bers of the Scientific Prospecting Com
pany OF New York.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
coroners Divide a Body.

George Bates a few days ago got into
a fight with saloon-keeper whose
place of business Is In Minnesota across
the river from Pembina. N. d. He
was beaten and taken home where he
died. The coroners from the two states
both claimed the body. one saying that
tho crime had been committed in Min
nesota the other that the man had died
In Dakota. They compromised by cut
ting the body In two each coroner tax
ing half. The head was boiled 80 that
the skull can be used as evidence. The
assailant. John Smith. is under arrest.
A verdict was rendered In accordance
with the above facts
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
THEY CRIED FOR MERCY.
Mob Kills Four Negroes Who Had Been Charged
With Arson.


A mob of masked men stormed the
little house doing service as a Jail at
Dalmetto, Ga, at an early hour Fri
day morning and shot eight negroes.
Four were killed outright and the
other four are badly wounded. The
negroes were held. charged with the
burning of the town. three fires since
January 1 having nearly completely
destroyed II.
The mob rode into the town about
o'clock. The little house used as a jail
since the fire was near the center of
the town. The guard was called on to
turn over the negroes held there for
trial on the charge of arson. He re-
fused and awakened his assistants.
They were quickly overpowered, how
ever, and with a rush the whitecaps
made for the prisoners. who had been
awakened by the noise outside. They
began begging for mercy. but were
shot down quickly.
The dead are Bud Cotton. Henry
Bigby, Tip Hutton and Ed Brown.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
Gagged and Robbed.

Mrs. Charles II. Nix was seized by
two burglars Wednesday night, at
Chicago. who, after gagging her tied
her to a chair in the basement. Then
they looted the house. securing $4,000
worth of valuables. After this they
carried her. still gagged and bound in
.he chair. to the second floor and lock-
ed her in a clothespress. After two
bours and a half she succeeded in
slipping the gag and called for help.
A stableman heard the cries and came
to her rescue.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
STRENGTHENING HER FLEET.
England May Purchase the Holland submarin,
Beat

Captain l.. X. Bell. of the Royal
navy; John p. Holland. inventor of the
submarine torpedo boat, and l.. b.
Benet, of the Hotchkiss Gun Com
pany sailed on the American line
steamship st. Paul for England Thurs
day. Mr.. Hollands visit to England
is the result, ii is said of several long
consultations with CAPTAIN Bell re-
garding the purchase of submarine
boat by the British Government.
Captain Zalinski inventor of the
dynamite gun bearing his name, was
at the dock to see the party off, and
practically admitted that Captain
Bell had come to this country to look
into the matter of the Holland boat.
Zalinski inferred that the success of
the French submarine boat Zede had
caused much uneasiness in England,
and that this fact had much to do with
the proposed purchase.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
ROASTED AND FROZEN.
A Cincinnati Man Subjected to Terrible Tor.
lures by Chinese.

A Cincinnati Man Subjected to Terrible Tor
lures by Chinese.
Yokohama papers just arrived con-
tain details of the terrible sufferings
and death of NJ. G. Blanchard, form
erly of Cincinnati.
He was captured by band of Man
churians i'm North China and taken to
their mountain cave. There he was
tied hand and foot, and after being
stripped was laid on the snow near a
fire so that his head and shoulders
were nearly roasted, while the op-
posite extremties were freezing
In the morning he was flayed alive
by the bloodthirsty Cinnamon. They
used bamboo canes, and the flesh of
the lower extremities was torn off in
shreds. Natives ate his heart and
liver, and the rest of his remains were
thrown to the dogs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
Five Men Killed.

A shooting occurred at Hot Springs,
Ark. Thursday evening which result
ed in the death of five men and the
serious wounding of one man. The
killed are:
Thomas Toler, chief of police; ]. z.
Hart, city detective; Thomas F. Cos
lee, police sergeant; John Williams.
son of Sheriff Williams: Louis HiEkle,
driver of a brewery wagon.
Ed Spears was shot In the neck and
may die.
atty campaign under way.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22

According to official figures. which
have Just reached the state depart
ment from Consular Agent Mertens.
at Barcelona, dispatched under date
of January 30. the imports of 1898. as
compared with 1897. decreased nearly
s29. 900, 700, while the exports fell of
only s1S,0O0,000. Mertens says that
the total exports during 1898 were
valued at S59,747.000 pesetas ($132, 401,-
03S) and the imports at $685.. .925, 900 Pc
setas 1891. .7T2.4 .450), thus leaving the
balance of trade in favor OF the
country and showing Its natural
wealth.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-22
Many Lives Were Lost.

A calculation based on the most re-
cent statement made by Lloyds, the
reveals the fact that at present there
are nine steamships, bound across the
Atlantic from United States ports,
overdue to such an extent as to
render their reinsurance impossible.
and this means the loss of no less
than 251 lives and the sacrifice of pro-
perty amounting In the aggregate to
about 81 sos b00