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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-28
SCRANTON STRIKERS
BECOME VIOLENT

Scranton, Pa. Dec. 27.-The first blow
struck in the streetcar mems strike was
received this evening by William Patter-
son, the new superintendent of the ScTan-
ton Railway company Transfers block
ed the car he was running, and breaker
boys and street urchins assaulted it with
potatoes. When the trolley car reached
strike headquarters the strikers boarded
il and attempted to take off he crew
Some one pulled Superintendent Patterson
f----- the car and ne was struck on the
head with fist or club that knocked off
his hat and caused him to reel.
Two strikers, Edward and Joseph Hen
ley. brothers. rushed the superintendent
into "A saloon. protecting him from the
crowd with great difficulty. The other
strikers helped the police officers dispense
the crowd. and also helped the company
officials to take the stalled car TO the
b--~1.
Eleven cars were moved today. but not
---~a than six at one time As far is
known not a single passenger was car
r..t-
Twenty-three of the fftv-three men
who came from New York last night re
turned todax-. Only eleven reached the
COmoanv'S office The others are scat
tered about the city
Provisions for the imported men arrived
today from Philadelphia The local bus
mess men refuse to sell the company any
supplies The letter carriers have hired
buSses at their own expense. and will not
49, on the cars hereafter
Two men from Williamson one from
Sudbury and one from Bin9hamtOn were
turned hack by the strikers TODAY. The
cOmuanN secured six men last night from
ST Louis who refused to listen to the
strll-e-s entrcatleS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-28
BARNEsBoRo COAL MINERS
GO OUT ON A STRIKE

Pittsburg, Dec, 27.-Six hundred min
ers of the Bakerton Coal company
mines. near BarnesboFO, on the Penn
sylvania railroad, were today reported
as on strike by National Organizer Ed
ward Mckay, who visited the miners
headquarters here. The strike arises
from the recent Introduction of mining
machinery, and five mines of the COM
pany have been forced TO suspend op-
erationS.
The coal company is an interest of
Duncan, Spangler g. Co, extensive coal
operators of central Pennsylvania, and
Ex-Governor Hastings is largely inter-
ested. The miners are demanding eX-
ira remuneration for the extra labor
entailed by the use of the machinery.
Questions are involved in relation to
the mining wage scale that are likely
to cause trouble in all of the Pennsyl-
vania fields, and which it win be inn
perative to adjust.
Various district organizations of the
miners are now meeting to arrange the
wage scales to be submitted to the ma
tional convention of the general body.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-28
HONEYMOON ENDS IN DEATH.
John W. Tinsley Kills Wife and
Self.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. .27.-John W.
TinsIey shot and killed his wife, Anna
p. Tiusley on the street today and then
dred a bullet into his own head. dying
instantly. The bullet that killed his
wife entered the left eye and pene-
trated the brain.
The couple were married at Van Blu
ren, Ark, Jan. ? this year. Tinsley
represented himself as possessed of
property in Helena, Mont, 10 the value
Of $4,000. His wife. who belongs TO
an Old and prominent Tennessee fam
lily. had S400 cash and a house and LOT
in jackson, Tenn valued at 81, 800. This
latter her husband induced her to sac
rifce for $500 and five days after
they came TO Los Angeles on a honey
moon trip the expenses Of which were
betrayed by Mrs. Tinsley. From here
they went to Mineral Wells, Tex, and
Aug. Is. reached Excelsior Springs,
Mo.
There Tinsley- induced his wife to
transfer 10 him the 500 that remained
of her money and told her he must go
to Helena TO settle up his affairs. After
his departure she found that he had
also taken d diamond ring and stud
valued at S4O0.
She received a telegram from him
later. dated Los Angeles. ia which he
acknowledged that he had deceived her
in regard to his wealth and that she
would see him no more.
She followed him here, but in the
meantime ne had departed for Mar
riott. No.
Two weeks later he returned to Los
Angeles and an arrangement was made
whereby he gave her a draft on an Ar
kansas bank for 1925 and promised to
make other reparatiOn. She sent the
draft for collection and it was returned
with the statement that the money to
Tinsley's credit had been withdrawn by
telegraph.
On the 21st of this month Mrs. Tins
ley fled suit against her husband in
the superior court to recover the 81, 100
fraudulently obtained from her and
bitterness over this suit and the
troubles leading up 10 it evidently
caused the double tragedy this morn
ing.
It is now alleged that Tinsley has an
other wife in Townsend. Mont
Letters found in Tinsley's pockets,
addressed 20 the public and dated
Christmas morning and this morning,
Indicate clearly that the crime was pre-
meditated.
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SORRY THAT HESPOkE.
Rich Delaware Man Finds it Too
Easy to Die Poor.
New York n ord.

Alexander Jackson of Camden. Del,
wishes he hadn't decided to give away
his S2O0 coo before he died to the most
deserving. He finds it would have been
far better to have disposed Of it by viii
as other people do. He has been simply
overwhelmed with letters and personal
appeals for a share Of the 5000, 600.
Mr. Jackson is 70 years old. He fig
ured out a few days ago, like the
Psalmist. that his days We're numbered.
So he decided to save lawyers fees and
to give away what he had to leave be
fore he passed to that bourne whence
no traveller returns. Having no chill
dren, he didn't quite know what to
do with his wealth. He would give it
away.
Presto. His decision reached the four
corners of the country, Widows, aged
pensioners. Sunday schools, theological
seminaries-a hundred wrote a day for
slice of that 5000, 000. 1t looked as if
all struggling humanity saw in Mr..
Jackson a chance for comfort and aid.
Each mail swamped him with letters
/ in increasing quantities They increased
/ in geometrical ration. The report that
! he had few kith or kin had spread like
wiIdfire; it began to look as il every
/ body in the United States felt entitled
} to a least half Of the s2ee,00o which Mr.
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RUSSIANS IN DAKOTA
STARVING TO DEATH

Fargo. y. D.. Dec. 2L-T'he suffering of
the Russian settlers in McHenry county
is great Ella r. Erickson. the acting dis
tributino officer of the Red Cross society.
saws
We have thirty-thTee families depend
ing on US. Quite a number are actually
starving They can get no credit till their
crops next spring show a fair prospect of
a WELD Some OF them are very grateful
for help. Most of them are in snug sod
houses and are enabled TO keep warm
with a little fuel. but they need provisions
badly"
The settlers are recent arrivals from
Russia. and had no crops this year be
cause they arrived too late to break and
seed the land they have homesteaded
Nearly all the farm families have large
puu~ber of children
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NOW DENIES CONFESSION.
II. Green Says Opium Led Him to
Talk.

Sacramento, Cal, Dec. 27.-H. Green.
the man who entered the police station
and surrendered himself for the muir
der of Bill" Feeney, which he said he
committed in Michigan, now denies
that he is guilty of that crime. He
claims that he was under the influence
of opium when he confessed The po-
lice, however. are inclined to believe
his original story and are investigating
the matter.
Clare. Mich, Dec 27.-The man whose
murder H Green confessed in Sacra-
mento was Owen Feeney, instead of
Bill Feeney, as Green stated. Fee
ney was in Glare on Jan 8, 1898, and
displayed considerable money. He
boarded a train that night for the lum-
Der camp where he was employed. and
was never seen again alive. Search
was begun and a hole was discovered
in the ice on a small lake near the
lumber camp. but the body could not
be found The following September
Feeney's body was found in this lake
with the throat cut and the skull frac-
tured. His money was missing. This
TALES with the confession to the Sac
ramentO police.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-28
TRIES TO HIRE MURDER
Former Society Belle Plots
Against Divorced Husband.
DETECTED BY OFFICERS
PRONOUNCED INSANE AND Or
DERED SENT TO ASYLUM.

Concord, \. H., Dec. "a sensa ton
al episode same to climax last night
in the arrest of Mrs. Carrie Sinclair
Huntoon, 26 years OF age. well known
in society and a the time Of her mar
rage one of She bellies of the city, on
the charge of conspiracy with intent to
XIII her divorced husband, Walter c.
Huntoon, of whom. it is asserted, she
has been extremely jealous.
At the September term of the supe-
rior court. Mrs. Huntoon was granted
a divorce from her husband on statu-
tory grounds.
on Monday Mrs HuntoOn went to-
Boston, and in the union station there,
accoSted a young man. William h.
DuttOn of Dorchester, a total stranger,
asking him if he was looking for work,
and would like to earn a dollar. He
said no. but she outlined a plan to him
10 kill her husband, promising a re
ward
Dutton gave her 10 definite answer
and he went home and told his father
of the conversation. His father sent
him 90 the police authorities in Boston
and they in turn notified City Marshal
Locke, giving the latter a description
of the woman as Dutton remembered
her. On Tuesday, the police say, Mrs.
Hunt0On came back TO this city and
wrote letter 10 young DuttOn telling
him to come here at once, and giving
directions as to how he was to do the
job when he got here.
Given Loaded Revolver.
Dutton showed the letter to the police
and by their directions met Mrs. Hun
tOOn here a I the rear of the state house.
Marshal Locke and Assistant Marshal
Rand watched the proceedings. Young
Dutton claims that Mrs. .HuntOOn
handed him a loaded revolver and an
envelope which she said contained a s.
bin as part payment for the job and
another envelope as a decOy letter,
which was TO be given TO HuntOOn, her
former husband, in order to get him
out Of the house and into a favorable
place for the carrying out of the crime.
Mrs. HuntOOn pointed in the direction
Of the house and as she did so the city
marshal stepped up and caught her by
the arm. She recognized the marshal
and went into Mysteries.
When she came to her senses she was
allowed to say good bye to her aged
mother and her little child and was
then arrested.
Claims Husband Sneered at Her.
Mrs. HuntoOn's only excuse is that
Huntoon sneered a her when they met
on the street.
Mrs. Carrie Huntoon was today pro-
nounced insane. She win be taken to
an asylum.
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CRICACO'S MAYOR PUT ON RACK
BY AN INQUISITIVE GRAND JURY

The others entered similar pleas.
They did not know of any gambling
They knew Of no tribute money being
paid by dives for police protection
Every prize fight was said to have been
an exhibition. The grand jury adj
journed for the night, split in two fac
tions. One faction demands the indict-
ment of four city officials and d num-
Der Of dive keepers. The other side in
sists there must be no indictments
They argue that conviction viii not re-
suit in court should indictments be re-
turned.
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ST. LOUIS HAS MYSTERY.
II. C. Payne's Body Found on Rail
road Tracks.

H. C. Payne's Body Found on Rail
road Tracks.
St. Louis, Dec. 27.-There is deep
mystery. connected with the death of
II. c. Payne. proprietor of a small
hardware store in this city, and for
twelve years principal of the public
schools at Old Orchard. whose body
was found today near the Missouri Pa
ciffc tracks at Webster Grove, a sub
urb, with the head nearly severed.
Whether the cut was made by the
wheels of a train or by a knife in the
hands of an assailant has not been de-
termined. The clean, even cash sug-
gests a knife. Payne's valuables were
not touched, his watch and money be-
ing found in his pockets.
This afternoon a place where strug-
gle apparently had taken place was
found forty feet from where the body
was discovered. 1t was in thick under
brush alongside the track, and the
earth was torn up in several places.
A hat and a collar Identified as
Payne's, were found there.
Payne was a member Of the best
known and wealthiest families in st.
Louis county. His ancestors sett'- =
there nearly 100 years ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-28
WHITE PIGEON, MICH, BANK
IN HANDS OF COMPTROLLER

Washington. Dec. 27.-The First Ma
fionaI bank Of White Pigeon, Mich,
mas closed tonight by order OF the
comptroller Of the currency on fecg Ell,
- t..Isa,anlz frCmw National Bank EX-
miner J. W. seldom, that the board
nj directors of the bank had passed
rasobItion requesting the comptrolier
tt~an,iner SeIden has been appointed
,-be bank was last examined on sept
. 1900. at which time its resources COLI
sisted Of 80, -,. 10.
- -s-o,,,itias etc. S54 .762; due from
6anlls and bankers. S6.05S; cash and
other items, SIPS; reserve Iund IN
F.nlSs 3. O0q: ) per cent redemption
fpnd. g. 500 Total, Sl65,0z5 - ooo.
E5abiliries. Capital stock, $3g'V0o55
s,-~nl1s and undivided profits, SlI,<oe'
individuaI deposits, 1913, 766; circulating
notes. $50 900. Total, Sl60,OzS-
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neeted with the attempted assassIna-

neeted with the attempted assassina-
ton
The row occurred about midnight
when several persons Who were known
to be anarchists appeared at the hall
Fists, clubs and reviewers were used.
AS Chief Brown, after the disturb
ance, was making his way from the
hall along a lonely street, he heard "A
shot and a. bullet whistled by his head.
This seemed a signal for a fusillade
from different directions, and the chief
started TO run, at the same time trying
TO open his coat and get his own re-
volver. However, two bullets struck
him, and as he fell a third found lodg
ment in his body. IN the excitement
after the first shot three men had APP
peared, the chief recognizing them all.
When they saw him fall the men ran
away. The chief became unconscious.
and for an hour he lay where he had
fallen in the snow. exposed to bitter
cold. At the end of that time a pasSer-
by saw him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-28
PANAMA CANAL. COMPANY
WILLING TO COOPERATE

Paris, Dec. 2I.-The new Panama
Canal company, at it's annual meeting
today adopted the report, during the
course of which the directors. refer
ring to the United States commission
report, says:
I'VE think that a reasonable agree
meut wherein the United States and
Colombian governments and our COM
pany shall unite reasonable and might
finally determine the preferences of the
United States in favor of Panama. The
president of the company is now pursu-
ing negotiations at Washington to that
end. Should it be found impossible to
arrive within a reasonable period at an
equitable understanding with the
United States we shall seek and sub
nit to YOU the means to actively carry
on our work. 1t is neither possible nor
permissible to say any more on the
subject today"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-28
KEEPS VENDETTA SECRET.
John Garvoriso, Dying, Refuses to
Divulge Murderer's Name.

Divulge Murderer's Name.
Chicago, Dec. 2T-Refusing to dis
close the names of the men who at
tempted TO slay him, John Garvoriso,
an Italian. lies dying at his home With
his abdomen slashed and gOred as
though with a blunt stiletto, and his
shoulder cut in shredS, the wounded
man. still conscious, but with his
life despaired OF. refuses absolutely to
betray his Italian brethren.
The case is the most mysterious Itai-
ian crime that has come to the po-
lice. and it bears every evidence Of a
vendetta. The police first learned of
the affair through a doctor who had
been called 10 attend the wounded man
GarVorisO, while on his way home on
Tuesday night. encountered three
men, one of whom SaVagely
attacked him with a knife. GarvOriso
managed TO drag himself home, and all
night he lay in agony. refusing TO sum
mt a doctor. In the morning he con-
scented. and when advised to go TO a
hospital, refused to be removed.
From GarvoriS0's neighbOFs the police
learned that he has for weeks been
looking for a man who is said to be the
murderer Of his cousin in Italy. The
murder occurred several years ago, and
Garvoriso followed the murderer to
Chicago. Lately he is said TO have To-
Gated him. one OF the three men whom
Carvoriso met on the bridge on Tues
day night is believed by the police TO be
mis- enemy.
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Jackson had accumulated. The Cam
den postmaster began figuring whether
he would resign because OF OyerWork
or demand that his office be pat in an
other class pTODOrtiOnate to the amount
of mail matter handled.
Things today reached such a point
that it took two horses to carry Mr.
Jackson's mail to his home from the
railway station, where the letters were
sorted.
II have made a mistake Mr.. Jack
son confessed, as he stood amid a PIE
of / 600 letters which had just arrived
bv the last mail. Il should have quiet
Nv handed my requests to my benefi-
Charles without saying a word about IL
But ] didn't and now | suppose We
got to stand it. I didn't know there
were so many poor people in the United
States who needed immediate assist
ance."
An eager solicitor, who had heard Of
the distinguished Camden citizen s
benefcience. took the liberty 10 write
a few lines" and before he had hnlsIied
his letter numbered twelve pages, I'M
portuning Mr.. Jackson for part OF ms
riches.
few thousand could alone save him
from going TO the Old Mans home
One woman had just been left a WidcW
with five children, none able 10 nelP
earn the daily bread. one SUNDAY
school had just obtained new organ
80 owed a balance that would make
them lose the fine instrument unless
they had immediate aid
Mr.. Jackson sent after two nepheWS'
to one Of whom he had given Iafhl
near MarvdeI and the other fine store
in Camden, and set them TO WoTk
opening and tearing UP the letters as
part of their return for his munihceIlce
Among the prominent educators VINO
aDDealed to Mr.. Jackson for be
quest was the Wilmington Conference
academy. through its principal the
Rev Vaughan 5 Collins. MI ColliILa
succeeded in getting longer talk with
Mr.. jackson than did the other appli-
cants who appeared in person, but MI
jackson replied good-naturedly Ihdl
the curtain was down on the first ana
last act of this wonderful romance OF
wealth.
The Country Maid.
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LONE HIGHWAYMAN
HOLDS UP A STAGE

Phoenix. Ariz.. Dec. ga lone high
wayman held up the Hot Springs june
tor last evening, securing about $50
from the private express box. It IS re-
ported that an important consignment
of gold dust from mine near H
Springs formed a part of the booty.
The bandit conducted operations quiet
" and disappeared on horse The
stage driver hurried on To Hot Springs
Junction where a posse was organized
and it is now on the trail of the rob
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-28
IOWA LEADS ON SCHOOLS.
Makes One of the Best Educational
Showings.

New York. Dec. PA special to the
Herald from Washington says:
ExDendiuires for school purposes in
New York last year amounted TO S2S.C52.
SIS. and while This was larger sum than
was expended by any other state. it was
only S403 per capita, while Massachusetts
spent s5.07 per capita; Nevada, 1886. and
California. $4e9 The smallest per capita
expenditure in any state was in North
Carolina. where it amounted to SO cents.
Although having a larger population.
New York fails behind Pennsylvania in
the number of pupils enrolled. the en-
rollment for Pennsylvania being 1,1S6. f46
against 1.l7a.351 fer New York. The per
centage of pupils enrolled to population
in New York IS 1874 while in Pennsyl-
vanla il is 1876. The highest percentage
of school enrolment to population is in
Kansas where fl is 2T.S7.
Iowa makes one of the best showings.
The total school enrolment in that state
IS 554 99Z. or 26.42 per cent OF the popula-
ton. and the percentage Of teachers TO
pupils is larger than in any other state.
there being 1851 teachers, against &.S2S
in PENNSYLVANIA and 1852 in New York
10 teach approximately twice the number
OF pupils In each case as in iowa.
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Division of InsuIar Affairs Created.

washington, Dee. 27.-In accordance
with an order issued by the war de-
partment today, the division of Gus
toms and insular affairs of the office
of the secretary of war created in Dec
1888. hereafter will be known as the
division of insular affairs. and Will
have charge of matters pertaining 10
the civil affairs connected with the gov
eminent of Cuba and the Philippine
islands. as distinguished from matters
nf nnrelv military character.
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Smallpox Reports.

Eight new cases of smallpox were quar-
a1ti1ed By the health department yesJer-
dav on reports received from various pnYy5,
sirianS Mrs. Sarah A. Cameron, David
cameron. aged II, and John Cameron,
AGED %, are stricken with the dlSeaSgg, az
their home, 2I2 South Eleventh East
st-oet The other patients are Mrs. Sa-
rah NiSeSeli aged 6S years, at DIS Nortil
FIRST West street; Robert Mcken4riS;kt,
aged Is. at 1895 Clydesdale avenue; Sadle
I{3,3tf,7gton- aged 81 at 1856 Penn avenue;
George Cheshire. aged 50. at 429 south
Sc--e<th East street, and Willie watson
aged Il. living at 42S Fifth South street
At the public health office yesterday al
te-.-aon I52 school children were Vaccl-
mated
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BIG MEXICAN BANK
GOES TO THE WALL

Mexico CITY. Dec. gT.-The failure Of the
well known banking firm of Francisco
Martinez Negrets & Sons of GUadalaJara
has created d sensation in this city, Wnefe
the firm has for many years been lden-
titled with it's business development 1he
liabilities are s.. 1850. and it is believed
by bankers cOnversant with the AFFAIRS OF
the firm that its assets. if properly
handled will yield a surplus over all
claims The failure is due to the financial
StringencV.
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HARE SHOW is OPEN.
Exposition at Kansas City Now in
Full Blast.

Kansas City, Dee. 27.-The American
CRYSTAL Palace Thoroughbred Poultry and
Belgian Hare show opened here today
with about 200 specimens on eXhIbitiOn-
TTeyvcs of Chicago. d l. Himlish, Jack
Sonville. Ills. and Frank Strausbaugh of
The hares will be scored by John L.
Miller of Denver.
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Chicago. Dec. 27.-Mayor Harrison,
Chief of Police Ripley, and other Off
cials were put on the rack by the grand
jury today From the first TO last they
pleaded innocence Of any knowledge of
any vice or crime In Chicago They did
not know of their own personal
knowledge, that basement saloons had
been open after midnight and fire.
quently all night.
Il am always in bed at midnight"
was the answer of Police Inspector
Kalas. and ] don't know of any places
open after that hour.
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AGED Pair Tortured and Robbed.

Marietta, O. Dec. 27-Absaham
Johnson and wife both over so years Of
age. were bound tortured and 1obbed
last night at their home near Marietta.
on the West Virginia side. Their as
sailant gigantic negro, left his VIC
Tins bound after securing all their
vaIua bIeS. Mrs. johnson * almost to-
tally paralyZed from the shock, and
her husband is badly injured