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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
KANSAS CITY CRIMES.
Outrage, Acid-Throwing and Hold
Ups.

Outrage. Throwing and Hold
Ups.
Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 29.-Three
women held up by highwaymen, one of
whom is dying from injuries received;
q girl attacked by an acid hrower and
another girl assaulted. is the record of
crime in the Kansas Cities for the past
few hours.
At noon today a white man enticed
Ethel Campbell, the S-year-Old daugh-
ter of a former deputy marshal, from
her home in the east bottoms and be-
fore making his escape nearly chOked
her to death TO prevent an Outcry being
made. The child. half unconscious,
was found by a fisherman in a desOlate
place near the river and taken to the
city physicians office. There she re
covered sufficiently 10 give a descTip-
ton Of her assailant- A volunteer
posse searched the bottoms all after
noon. determined to lynch the man if
he could be found. At nightfaIl ne mad
not been captured
In EdgertOn. d suburb of Kansas
City, Kan. q woman clad in black
threw carbo1ic acid in 14-year-oId
Eleanor Bare's face. severely burning
her cheeks and forehead. No cause for
the assault is apparent. and no clue to
the woman has been found
Within a few days three women have
been held up on this side of the river
and attacked by highwaymen. One of
the victims, Mrs. Mary Bolder. is in
the hospital with a broken skull. She
is unconscious and cannot recover.
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FATHER.OF LACROSSE
DEAD IN MONTREAL

Montreal. Dee. 29.-Dr. W. G. Beers,
,.ho is dead here. was the father OF the
modern game Of Ia crosse. which, orig
mating in Montreal, has spread over all
AngIo-Saxon domain.
When a young man he noticed the
possibilities in the game. which was
then played in a rude fashion by the
Indians of Caughnawagha and st.
Regis reserves. and after reducing il 10
d system with recognized rules and a
limited number of players, he Interested
Ihe young men of Montreal in il. and il
sprang into public favor so rapidly that
within a very few years il was regarded
as the distinctive national game Of
Canada.
He took a Ia crosse team - Great
Britain and Ireland in 1876, and intro
duced the game there. where it still
fouyishes. The team gave an exhibition
before the queen at Windsor castle.
DR.. Beers was a well known contrib
ur0r on sporting and athletic matters
To various magazines, and was at one
time prominently identified with the
Canadian militia.
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MethOdist Watch Meeting
New Years Eve Services.

There viii he a service out of the ordi-
nary at St. Marks cathedral on First
South street. beginning at HIS p. m.
Monday, and lasting until midnight
There viii be fine singing and music
and Rev Dean Eddie viii deliver an
address on the subject, t-Redeeming the
Times" At midnight there will be holy
communion
The Liberty Park Methodist church
will also have watch night services
continuing until midnight.
The scandinavian NJ. +. church will
close the century with services begin
ming at 9 in the evening. and cOntinu-
ing until the old century is gone.
The German Lutherans viii hold Syl-
VesteT eve services at the Swedish
Lutheran church at 7:30 on Monday
evening: and the Swedish Lutherans
viii hold their Sylvester eve services in
.
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LABORERS CHAMPION
MEXICAN GIRLS

Riverside, Cal, Dec. 29.-At Casa
Blanca. five miles south of here, au in
luriated mob Of fifteen IabOrers, com
posed OF white men and Mexicans, Wis
tied q Chinese camp and commanded
eight occupants of q tent TO throw up
their hands. The request was prompt
lE nbeyed- and Immediately the fright
ea-i CeIestiaIs were placed in a farm
WAGON and hauled to the Santa Ana
1'Eeg bottom several miles distant.
where they were Sub5--te1 TO most
brutal treatment
After they had succeeded in beating
their helpless victims almost into insen-
~.auiry, the laborers hastily took their
departure. Several Of the Chinese are
seriously wounded.
The origin of the trouble is due to the
barge from a packing house Of sew
'r-I Mexican girls and the substitution
'- 'liHese help. George Durham and
Andrew and AdoIph Selvas have been
arrested.
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STATUE
Is NOT MARQUETTE

>rH- York. Dec. 29.-AccOrding TO the
NJ Washington correspondent o. the Her
g. -. the statue of Pere Marquette. in
O." s-atuary hall in the capitol, about
...-H there was almost q religious war
I-# years ago turns out not To be
'.- statue of PeTe l1drquette at all
his statue was presented 10 the ma
'.- Do the state of Wisconsin. Objec-
looms were raised 20 its inst allation in
i-- capitol by persons of other than
..-"I- denomination, and for many
months the authorities heSitated as TO
what they should do They finally
-..- Fere Marquette a place with other
-..H..aeut men.
b. discovery has been made OF an oil
f.-fuE Of Marquette in Montreal
..- indicates that the statue is as
III from being an accurate representa-
I.. Hf the famous priest as day is
." night The painting I'm Montreal.
.- sand. is undoubtedly authentic, and
.- 500 covered with dust that no out
..' "f the portrait could be had until
d. .ta undergone careful cleaning.
g.. is believed that this painting is the
Only likeness of Marquette i'm existence.
... The face in oil is not the face of the
marquette in marble at the capitol.
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EDDIE" NIECE IS NOW WANTED FOR
PART IN CUDAHY KIDNAPPING

Kansas City Dec. 29.-McGee, alias
Burns. had as an accomplice in the alb
duction in 1891 Of Banker BeaFs son, a
woman who passed as his wife, and
went under the names both Of Lizzie
Burns and Lizzie Clevidence- She as
well as MCGEE served a five years sen
tence in the Missouri penitentiary for
the crime.
The real leader of the gang was
known as Ralston, who claimed TO De
a Denver detective. RaIstOn secured
the $1,000 ransom offered FOR the re-
turn of the child and was never appre-
hended.
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PANIC ON The LONDON
STOCK EXCHANGE
Twenty eight Failures Are Caused BY Fall In West
Australians and Other Stocks Are Affected
British Columbia Mines, Including the lie ROi No. D. Are
InvOlved-LOndOn & Globe Starts Crash.

Globe are not credited in well inform
ed circles.
There is the greatest indignation
against Whitaker Wright, who is the
fountain head of the concern, and
others of the London & Globe group.
Dufferin is Chairman.
The chairman of the London &
Globe Finance corporation, limi ed, Is
the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, the
former governor general of Canada,
and British ambassador at Paris. The
failure Of the concern of which he IS
the head adds one more sorrow to the
closing chapter of his life, for he is
today preparing TO start for South
Africa, in company with Lady Duff
FERN. in consequence of the serious
condition of. his son, Lord Frederick
Temple BIackwoOd, lieutenant in the
Ninth Lancers who vas wounded Mon
day at GlenfOntein. 1t is scarcely
year ago since Lord Dufferin lost his
eldest son, the Earl of Ava, who died
at Ladysmith. He is now encOm-
passed by family grief, to which are
added these serious financial troubles
Lord Dufferins fellow directors are
Whitaker Wright who is we'll known
in connection with many companies;
lieutenant general, the Hon. SOmmer-
set GOugh-CaIthOrpe, who has been
colonel in chief of the Fifth Dragon
guards since 1892. and Lord Pelham
Clinton. master Of the queens house
hold and son of the former Duke of
Newcastle. Lord Duferin holds 5000
shares of the London & GLOBE and 20
600 Observation-Disclosures.
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New York, Dec. 29.-Seeretary Long
has purchased for the United States
government another Pacific island,
AYERS the Washington correspondent OF
the Herald.
This island is under the American
fiag, and lies in the harbOr of san
Louis D'Apra, Guam 1t is proposed TO
use it as the site for a coaling station.
The price paid for the island was $500
in American gold. It is 190 acres in ex-
tent. is healthy. and, il is believed, viii
make an admirable site for the pro-
jected station.
The island Vas owned by several
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Omaha. Neb.. Dec. 29.-Eddie MCGEE,
alias Burns. the notorious leader IN
the Beals kidnapping at Kansas City
nine years ago, who served nNe
Years in fbe Denitentiary for the crime
and a term in the Joliet prison for an
ether offense- is now wanted by the
police as the dark compleXioned man
in the Cudahy abduction. McGee Is
well known in Kansas City, Denver
and in Illinois cities, and is also known
TO be a friend OF Pat Grove.
The fact that the abductors tod
voI1na CtIdahv he was wanted as Ed
die MCGEE for stealing 5000 from his
aunt" is considered significant.
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Tondon, Dec. 29.-The London &
Globe Finance corporation, limited,
has suspended payment. When the
brokers yesterday delivered stock pur-
chased on account of the London &
Globe and asked for payment, they
received checks which were dishonored.
This was followed today by the failure
on the stock exchange of twenty-eight
firms.
The failures today are equally divi-
ded among jObbers and brokers.
1t is generally regarded in the mining
market as being the blacklist day since
The BARN smash, which was disas-
rroIs 10 all departments Todays crisis,
however, did not extend to the other
markets, though a number of them
closed depressed. Americans were IN
.-ldentaIIy affected, owing 10 some OF
the firms which failed being interested
in American securities.
The first named is a big firm with inn
p0rtant connections. It is feared a
number Of smaller jUbbers win be af-
1ected.
While the difficulties of the firms
closely connected with the London &
Globe division were largely discounted,
the repeated fail of the hammer this
morning caused a great sensation. It
is feared the full list of failures is not
Yet known.
British Columbia Affected.
Almost the whole interest on the
stock exchange today centered in the
West Australia market, the condition
OF which sympatheticaLy affec led the
others. All the shares Of the London
q Globe group TOppled, especially
I.akevievS and lie ROi No. ,. The
shares of the latter were yesterday
quoted at %, but today they are IN
salabIe at (. The London & Globe is
also heavily involved in the British
Columbia market. The situation is not
Vet cleared up, as the rumors Of ar
Taugements to assist the London &
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PLAN IS MATCHING TO ORGANIZE
SI5O,OOO,OOO STEEL TUBE TRUST

not return until Monday. His secre-
tary denied any knowledge OF the COM
bination.
The Bulletin. nevertheless. has it
from reliable authority that the pro-
ject is being promoted and that W w
Gibbs is the prime mover in the affair.
The financial end is being handled BY
Moore & SchIey, brokers, of New York.
The syndicate has secured the eXclu-
rive license under American patents to
manufacture steel tubing by a new En-
gIish process. which reduces the cost
of manufacture nearly 80 per cent.
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Philadelphia, Dec. 29.-The Evening
Bulletin today says: For the past three
weeks plans have been on foot LOOKING
toward the control Of the steel tube in
dustrv in the United States by organ
izing a. combination with over $4,000
COO. Everything has been kept quiet
and nothing has leaked out, although
the presence Of big financiers and IRON
and steel magnates in the Office Of w
w. Gibbs in this city has aroused va
riOus rumors. Mr.. Gibbs was not at
his Office today and it was stated he
left for Pittsburg last night and would
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Asked to Big Fire Tourney.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-The United
states has been invited, III oUgh the
German ambassador at Washington, to
lthe part in the international exhibit
-"n If fire preventing and fire saving
d. 'ararus 10 be held in Berlin during
June and July next. in cOnmemOration
u- NE nftieth anniversary of the or
S~-.lalI9n of the Berlin fire brigade
.-lal invitations are extended to lnu-
49,. I'af authorities. fro brigade assOci-
'.-tAS, national unions. mauufactur-
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THE HERALD BULLETIN.


PAGE ONE
Panic IN London.
Alger Roasts Miles.
End of Century.
Finest Organ in World.
Booz Investigation.
PAGE TWO.
Pingree on His Dignity.
Woman's Clubs.
Gomez VIII be President.
PAGE THREE.
SmOot Not a Candidate.
Sporting News.
PAGE FOUR.
PAGE FIVE.
Teachers Convention Over.
PAGE SIX.
Mining News
PAGE SEVEN.
Stocks in the East.
PAGE EIGHT.
Local Briefs.
PAGE NINE
Utah as a Copper State.
Utah's Products in 1900.
Coal Industry.
Mining Output.
Smelter Construction.
PAGE TEN.
Park City Review.
mercur Review.
PAGE ELEVEN.
Tintic Review.
Bingham Mines.
PAGE TWELVE.
Dramatic Review.
PAGE THIRTEEN.
Utah Mining Stocks.
PAGE FOURTEEN
Wyoming Mineral Output.
PAGE FIFTEEN.
Society Notes.
PAGE SIXTEEN
COhn's Dry Goods Store.
PAGE SEVENTEEN.
Outlook For the City.
PosJoffice Record.
The City's Industries.
Heavy Bank Deposits.
Street Railway System.
PAGE EIGHTEEN.
Wealth of the State.
Increase In Jobbing.
Land For Settlers.
Four Good Hospitals
The Agricultural Colleges.
PAGE NINETEEN
Salt Lakes Churches.
Big Building Record.
Utah Industries Reviewed.
Utah Leads In S Keep.
Real Estate Deal IN 1900.
PAGE T\ ENTY.
Ogden's Business Year.
PAGE TWENTY-ONE-
The Sugar Industry.
Railroad Developments.
PAGE TWENTY-FIVE.
Great Irrigation PIaus.
Production of Farms.
Livestock Industry.
PAGE TW ENTT-THREE
Fruit Of Utah.
Livestock Industry.
The National Guard.
PAGE TWENTY-F -FOUR.
Schools Of Salt Lake
Electric Power Plants.
PAGE TWENTY FIVE
George AIDES Fables.
Silver Jimmy's" Experiment.
Birth Of the Now Diving Century.
PAGE TWENTY SIX
Master Minds of the century.
Century Achievements.
PAGE TWENTY-S SEVEN.
Norman Holt
PIundering the Philippines.
PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT
twentieth Century Fashions.
Elderly ladies Renovated.
PAGE TWENTY-NINE
Row Machinery Has Altered Life's
Condition.
Behavior of the Allies.
PAGE THIRTY.
What the New Century May Bring
DR.. Talr5age's Christmas Thoughts
PAGE TIIRTY-OEE.
Bachelor Earry's Wooing
PAGE TUIKTY-TWO
Our Fighting Missionaries In China
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BRYAN GOES HUNTING.
Visits Col. W. L. Moody's Texas
Game Reserve.

Galveston, Tex. Dec. 29.-W. J. Bry-
an arrived here at noon. and left soon
after with Colonel ". L. Moody for the
private game reserve of the latter
across the bay in Chambers county,
where he viii hunt for several days.
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Orieinal lie Roi Not Affected.

Spokane, Wash, Dec. 29.-The IA
nous lie Roi mine of Rossland, b. T., IS
not involved in the London & Globe
Finance corporation smash. The lie
Roi mentioned in vablegrJ,ms is be
lieved to be a property located near
the original lie ROi. Whitaker Wright
engineered the sale Of the original lie
ROi 10 British capitalists. but it not
known to have an interest in it now.
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ers and interested parties of every
country to compete and TO promote the
object in view by the exhibition OF suit
able apparatus.
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SECUE TARY LONG BUYS FOR UNITED
STATES ANOTHER PACIFIC ISLE

prominent natives Of Guam, who, the
officials say. VIII live in afiuence as
result of the sale.
Spreckels Goes Into Gas Business.
San Francisco, Dec 29.-CIaus
Spreckels is preparing incorporation
articles for a gas company with a cap
ital of s., 600. 00O which he proposes TO
establish in this city early in the com
ing year site for the plant has al
ready been selected. Mr.. Spreckels re
Gently constructed an electric light
power system here.
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SLAUGHTER OF SHEEP.
Three Thousand Head Driven Over a
Precipice.

Miles City, Mont. Dec. ga tele-
phone message from Otter, Custer
county. says eleven men stampeded
1900 sheep, killing the whole band. The
sheep belonged to r. +. SelWay the
largest owner in eastern Montana, and
We're probably driven over a pTecipice.
There were range troubles at Otter all
the summer, and many here look for
further deeds of violence.
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Silver and Lead.

silver. 6S7Sc per ounce.
Gamer I594c per pound
81. 4. S & r. Co 5 price, S4o0; New
vorE exchange, S4.g71z; New York brok-
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Weather To-day.

Forecast for Salt Lake Today Is:
Cloudy; stationary temperature.
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New-York tribune., 1900-05-22

John D. Lindsay, attorney for Charles F. W.
Neely, was informed yesterday by Mr.. Ray, chair
man of the House Judiciary Committee. that a
hearing would be granted in the Nicely to-
day and he started last night for Washington.
Mr. Lindsay has prepared a brief. which is in the
nature of general protest against the extraditon
of Nicely and is also a complete review of the
case This brief he will submit to the Judiciary
Committee to-day He has also prepared circular
letter for general distribution among the Senators
and Representatives at Washington.
The letter calls attention to the bill before Con-
gress providing for the extraditon of fugitives
from Justice OF Cuba. 1t says that Mr.. Nicely who
is chief of the Bureau of Finance of the Cuban
Department of Posts, is resident of Indiana; that
he left Cuba openly under leave of absence. and
after his accounts had been examined and audited
that he stayed of the principal hotels in this
city and made conceament Of his presence
here. -
There is every facility in the Government for
the trial OF Mr.. Neely here. the letter concludes.
There Is ample power in Congress to subject
American citizens who commit crimes In Cuba 10
PROSECUTION therefor in the of the United
States There is therefore no occasion for the
proposed enactment, the mere suggestion OF which
must be shocking TO all ideas OF right and justice.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-22

the interests OF peace. he feels that in the pres
ent circumstances no course is open to him ex-
cept to persist in the policy Of impartial neutral
ity. To deviate from this would be contrary to
all our traditions and all our National interests.
and would lead to consequences which neither
the President nor the people Of the United states
could regard with favor
Lord Pauucefote called at the State Depart
ment while the Beers were consulting with Sec
retary Hay. He shown into the diplomatic
room and there met General OBeirne. who also
had been waiting TO Secretary Hay. The
Ambassador was not kept long. for in the course
of five minutes the Beers departed and he was
admitted 10 the Secretary.
The Boer ENJOYS will call President Nc
Kinley at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning Their
visit will be of an entirely unofficial character
New-York tribune., 1900-05-22
NO MESSAGE FROM KRUGER.

London. May 21-No message from President
kruger. direct or indirect, has recently been re-
ceved by Lord Salisbury or by any department
OF the British Government. nor it may be added
is any communication from him dealing with the
question of the cessation Of hostilIties expected
by them in the immediate future The proxim-
ity of peace, according to the Government point
of view, will remain matter of military prog
ress. How soon the latter may bring about the
former is still too superstitious a question for
serious forecast on the part of any high Govern
ment official The consensus of opinion at the
Government offices is that the Boer delegates
VIII exhaust every effort in the United States
before President Krjiser sues directly. though
Lord Salisbury himself does not believe the dele
gates viii accomplish much in America
New-York tribune., 1900-05-22
DISPATCHES FROM ROBERTS.
COMMANDER IN CHIEFS REPORT OF
HUNTERS EXPEDITION

COMMANDER IN CHIEFS REPORT ON
HUNTERS EXPEDITION.
London. May 21.-The following dispatches
received from Lord Roberts at the War
Office:
Kroonstad, May 21.-The following is from
Hunter:
. "Mafesing is relieved. Mahon entered it on
Colonel E. T Mahon reports having Joined
Plumer at Jamaisda on May ID. He was fol-
lowed by a Boer commando from MaritZani Sid
ing. and turned westward to avoid it. On May
men killed. two missing and twenty-four wound
ed, including Daily Mail" correspondent
Hands, dangerously; The Beers lest more than
MahOn in killed and wounded.
Another report has been received from Baden
Powell, dated May 13 giving important news
Before dawn on May IL storming party 25O
strong, personally led by Eloff. rushed the pick
cts and reached the Stad and Protectorate Camp
from the westward, along the Maloppo Valley
a strong musketry demonstration being made at
the same, time along the eastern front of our po-
sition. Our western posts closed in and stopped
the Boer supports following, thus cutting of
Elof's retreat, while the town defences stopped
his further advance. His force got divided in
the darkness and strong party was placed be-
tween them. completely surrounding them
Fighting continued all day long.
Soon after nightfall the two parties surren-
dered and the other was driven out of the Stadt
under a heavy fire. Ten dead and nineteen
wounded Of the enemy were left behind, and
los prisoners We're taken, including Eloff and
nine o1IlcerS. seventeen Frenchmen and many
Germans We're among the prisoners. Our losses
were six men killed and two officers and nine
men wounded.
Butler reports that his advance will be de-
layed for few days account of the way
in which the railway has been destroyed.
Rumble reports that Ladybrand has been occu-
pied.
Hunter is pushing up the railway with sup
plies for the Mafeking garrison and is arrang-
Ing hospital train for the conveyance OF the
sick and wounded to Kimberley.
Methuen has left Hoopstad to cooperate with
this force.
The following dispatch from Sir Alfred Mllner,
the British High Commissioner in South Africa
to the Secretary of State for the Colonies
Joseph Chamberlain, was also received:
Barton telegraphs from Taungs that Mafeking
was relieved May H. The relieving column was
a composite force under Colonel Mahon, of about
2300 men. MINER