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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-19

pox epidemic here and that some par
lies are only itching 10 show q little
brief authority We would remind such
that.
go wad some power the pifty gle as
To see oursels g ithor3 see us,
II wad froe many blunder free us and
foolish notion
II the board Of health would exercise
the same diligence In looking after out
houses. cesspools and the like, and
compel owners 60 clean up. periodically
the health of the community would be
improved Yours truly
DAVID J.. MURDOCH.
salt Lake city, Jan 49, 1901
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THE CoiPETITvE SADDLE.
Went TO Geo. r. Beckstead With
"Jim" Leary n Close Second,

The very substantial sum OF 81 GG6 was
raised through the medium Of the vot-
ing contest TO award the handsome
saddle donated by the Salt Lake sad
dery company. TO the most popular
stockman The contest terminated last
evening and resulted in George r.
Beckstead being declared the winner,
Mr.. j. c. Leary was a close second,
however, and the contest last night AT
g o'clock became very exciting. which
was the closing hour FOR voting Dur
Ing the day s. and SO bids We're made,
making first one and then the other
candidate ahead Tho matter ended
however, when during the last minute
Julian Houtz. agent for the FlatO Com.
mission company. put up $500 for Beck.
stead. Henry Robins OF Gunnison
threw In about 800. and +. H. Rudy bid
about $50 for Leary. The result stood
SSH for Beckstead, 6. if3 for Leary. and
l,4OO scattering votes, total 1850. which
probably is a record breaker In the
amount ever produced BY one saddle
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NELLY MUST GO TO CUBA.
Mandate of the Supreme Court Re.
ceived by U, :. Dist. AIRY.

New York Jan. &c. +. W. Nicely,
who is charged with the embezzlement
OF public funds IN Cuba while acting as
financial agent Of the department Of
posts OF that island, VIII be taken 10
cuba next week John u. Lindsay coun-
sci for Nicely who made the legal fght
against the extradition OF the prisoner.
said last night that no further steps
viii be taken In Neely's behalf. The
mandate Of the United States supreme
court was received from the attorney
general by United States Distrist At
torney Burnett The order will be en-
tered today After the record has been
submitted to the state department ex-
tradition papers win be signed by the
President
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THE ELKS' SMOKER.
Parade and Gathering at Cmistensens
Both Lively Affairs.

II there were any persons on East
Temple street after eight o'clock last
evening who did not know that the
largest. most successful and delightful
stag affair ever held IN Salt Lake was
about 20 take place. they might have
seen nothing more than good re-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-19
UTAH HORsEMEN.
win Ask the Legislature to Pass
Laws Favorable 20 Their Interests,


Quite a number Of the members Of the
Utah Horsemeu's association held a
meeting in the Office OF W. Il. Brown.
president of the association, last even
ing. The object of the gathering was
10 ask The Legislature for several
changes in existing laws affecting the
horsemens interests. one bill being
drawn proposes that the owners OF all
standardized and registered trotting
or pacing stations shall have a service
lien on the get. by filing with the coun
~ recorder a certificate OF registration
NJ such stallion and also for the col
lection OF the fee a modification Of
the law governing the State fairs will
also be asked, so that owners Of stock
will be allowed % compete for prizes
whether their stock is Utah bred or not
provided the party exhibiting such
stock shah have been the bona fide
owner for the past six months preced-
ing the entry. The present law pro-
hibits the exhibition Of stock bred out
side the state and the horsemen claim
this puts damper on the improve
ment OF stock.
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VISITORS TO
THE CONVENTION.

WIN find Views. View Books and all
the Mormon Church Publications az
CANNON BOOK STORE,
II and 10 Main Street
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-19

will return as Idaho land owners. Those
in Utah who desire 90 procure land IN
a desirable locality would do Well 10
investigate Snake River valleys
claims,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-19

but stockmen have money. The money
went toward paying convention eN-
penses.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
WAR AT CROSSING
Men On Guard in Il Fight
Over Track Lay
ing.

Elgil. HIS, Dec. 5.-SuperintenGent
W. L. Morse, of the Galena division
OF the Northwestern railroad, with 100
section men, fully armed. left here
Tuesday afternoon for Freeport. Ills,
the seat of the war between the rail
road aud the Belvidere and Rockford
Electric company. For several days
the electric line has been attempting to
place 4 crossing over the Northwestern
railroad at Freeport and the steam
railroad company has been opposing it.
Until Tuesday the railroad company
had been successful for the reason that
il had kept the track blOckaded with
an engine and several ears. the latter
being filed with armed section men.
who stood reauy to meet any attack
which the electric line might make.
Tuesday if was learned that a special
effort would he made by the electric
road to lay Il track. and accordingly 4
general order was sent out from the
Northwestern railroad headquarters or
dering every section man west of Elgin
to report at once at FreepOrt armed
and ready TO resist any attack which
might be made.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
COLLEGIANS THERE
Chicago Live Stock Show Draws
Them From Agricultural
Schools.

Chicago. Dec. J.-AgriculturaI col
leges were largely in evidence at the
Live Stock exposition yesterday. Wis
consin had delegation of 1G0 from
Madison: Illinois was represented by ii
big crowd from the state school at Ur-
hana: AIichigan's yellow and blue
Haunted from several scores of manly
breasts: Purdue and Minnesota turned
out about fifty each. and Iowa's dele
CATION was at least 100. The young
men made things lively about the eX-
hibits of their respective colleges.
The auction sale of the prize steer
viii he held today. One commission
man has stated that he will start the
bidding ut $50 per pound. the same
price that Advance. last years cham
pion. brought. The carcass will be
disposed of to downtown caterers.
Chicago. Dec. 5.-The National Live
Stock convention adopted resolutions
vOiciIg its satisfaction in the fact that
a man who understands the cattle in
terests sits in the presidents chair at
Washington.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
THE LAST OF BOOTH
The Assassin of Abraham Lincoln
Dumped Overheard Into
the Potomac.

CarbOudalc. Ills. Dec. 5.-Captain
+. w. HilIiard, of NIassac county. 4
prominent and responsible citizen of
southern Illinois. tells wildly of the
burial of the assassin OF the first mar
tyreu president Abraham Lincoln
Captin Hilliard was one of the five sol
diers who buried Booths remains.
"One night during the early part of
May. 1860. with four other privates of
Sherman'S army. | was ordered to re-
port for duty 1T the old capitol priS-
on at Washington" says the captain.
We reported To- = corporal. and with
him reported to Il military surgeon at
the prison. We were all strangers to
one another. The corporaI's identity
/ never knew.
At the prison the surgeon com
manded us to keep the incidents of the
night Il profound secret. We entered
and found that stone slab had been
removed from the floor. Under that in
an eXcavGti tiOn lay the body of John
Wilkes Booth. 1t was wrapped in a
taTpaulin and was dccOmpOsing badly.
We were ordered TO lift the body out
and lay it on Il Stretcber. The surgeon
unwrapped the head and identified the
body. We then carried the body ON Il
stretchCr to the wharf and upon gun
boat The surgeon left us and the Off
Ger i'm charge of the boat instructed
us To place the body on the forward
deck. The boat then quietly dropped
down the river | should judge about
ten miles and slowed up.
I'VE were ordered to tie the tarpau-
lin securely about the body and attach
weights to it. 1t was then placed on
Il plank and showed into the river
This. to my positive knowledge. was
the final disposition of the body of
Booth" The claim so often made that
i'm after years Booths body was in
tered i'm the family cemetery in Nir-
ginia is erroneous if Captain Hilliard's
story is true.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
COMES FOR GROOM
Fair Clara Crosses the Seas to be an
Iowa Farmers
Wife.

New Yo~k. Dee. CLARA Fleisch-
man left the steamship Antwerp.
which brought her from the city whose
name it bears. Yesterday morning. and
asked to be directed to Iowa. She was
surprised when told it was not within
walking distance. and as she had no
money. she might have been in bad
fix if she had nos told her story.
It seems that Edward Schumenn. a
well-to-do farmer of Sigourney. Ia,
wrote to his brother Jacob. in SaXOny
and asked him to pick out a wife for
him. Jacob picked out Clara and sent
her on the Antwerp. The authorizes
have written Edward Schumenn. ask
ing him TO send money 10 pay charges
fol transporting Clara TO the Hawkeye
state.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
NEWS IN OUTLINE.

William Il. Vanderbilt has been con-
dPmned in Il French court 10 pay LOCO
francs damages aS Il result of Il COZ
Iision between his automobile and Il
dog cart.
The twenty-secOnd annual meeting
of the National Women's Indian assO-
citation was held in the Old South
church at Boston.
The Continental Tobacco company
las purchased the control of the Wet
more Tobacco company, of St Louis.
The battleships Alabama and Massa-
chusetts are at Charleston, s. c.
The third battalion of the Twenty
seventh infantry has left Plattsburg
(N. " barracks en- route for the Phil
ippine islands.
Jones of Arkansas has introduced in
the senate. without amendment. the
antitrust bill which passed the house
during the last session of congress.
Judge Baker. at Indianapolis. has
made the temporary injunction against
the Conkey strikers at Hammond, Ind,
perpetual
General A. ID. HaZen. who was third
assistant postmaster general under
Wanamaker and Bissell, is dead at
Washington. ageu 81.
Liant X Salisbury. city attorney of
Grand Rapids. Mich, has been found
guilty of accepting a bribe in the
waterworks deal
y gang or ROBBERS partially wrecked
the postoffice at Port Union, o., and
got nothing. One of them was wound
ed in the explosion.
The national dog show at Birming-
ham, G. B.. this year is an all-round
success. There are 1.500 exhibits.
Deputy Messabu said in the chamber
that since 1871 France had spent 25,-
000.0G0,0o0 francs ON her army and
navy.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
ANOTHER BODY FOUND
ON BASTIAN FARM
Unearthing of Skeleton on Black
Hawk Premises Recalls Sen
sation Disclosed by The
Argus Six Years Ago.

The finding of the decaying bones
of human being on the farm south
of Milan where the arch-fiend. Henry
Bastian. followed his criminal career
opens another chapter in the history
of the worst series of crimes ever
perpetrated in this county, and Incl
dentally confirms the suspicion that
the place was the scene of many
murders.
This last grewsome find. which was
made public this morning. was made
last Monday by William Hoffman,
the present tenant of the place, in
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05

Gratis who are deSirOuS of exploiting
his trust connections have had suf-
ticient opportunity to carry out their
program. They have no idea of pre-
venting his ultimate confirma ton.
They could accomplish this by adopt
ing Il tilibuster in executive session.
but there is no desire to go to such
an extreme. The nomination will be
confirmed in any event before the
holiday adjournment. What may be
said about Mr.. KnoX's alleged trust
connections cannot be made public
through regular channels for the
reason that il will have to be said in
executive session, where proceedings
are secret
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
KNOX HELD UP
of Attorney General
Deferred in the
Senate.

Washington. Dee. 5.-The appoint
ment of Attorney General Knox
which was sent TO the senate by
President Roosevelt yesterday, was
not ratified in executive session. In
stead Mr.. KnoX's name was referred
to the committee on judiciary upon
motion of democratic senator, who
earnestly objected to immediate con-
firmation. The committee on judic-
iary viii doubtless make a favorable
report upon Mr.. Knox the next time
the senate meets in executive ses-
sion, but it appears. to be extremely
doubtful If certain democratic SEN
ators Will consent to the confirma
ton of the attorney general until
they have had the chance to fully eX-
hibit their views about the advisa-
bility of continuing lawyer at the
head OF the department of justice
who is so intimately identified with
the greatest of trusts as is Mr.. Knox.
Several senators are of the belief
that there ought to be disposition
OF Mr.. KnoX's supposed connection
with the billion-dollar steel trust be-
fore his nomination is confirmed. At
the time he was selected for the de-
partment of Justice portfolio Mr..
Knox was attorney for the Carnegie
company. Democratic senators be-
lieve that Mr.. Knox is large stock
holder in the trust. and on this ac-
count cannot be relied upon TO en-
force the Sherman antitrust law.
The indications are that Mr.. Knox's
nomination will be held up for sew
eral days, certainly until the demo-
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
THE BISHOP LOSES
Case of a Priest Decided by a
Judge in Ne
braska.

seward. NeD., Dec. 5.-In the dis
trict court Tuesday Judge Sornberg-
er passed on the litigation between
Bishop Bonacum. of the Catholic see
of Lincoln. and Priest William Muir
ply. The courts decision is in favor
of Father Murphy in so far as it re-
iates to the parish property in Seward
and Ulysses.
Judge Sornberger sustained the con-
tention of counsel for Father Murphy
by enjoining the bishop from bringing
any action involving the church prop
erty and inStructing him to await ac-
tion by the authorities at Rome, in ac-
cOrdance with the canOnical law of the
church. The court also quieted title
To the church property in the two loans
in favor of the DarishiOners.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
ENGLAND'S GRAB
Frenchman Says She is All Wrong in
Egypt as Well at South
Africa.

Paris Dec ri Is. Fernand Du-
bief, deputy Of Macon and secretary
of.the chamber of deputies, in his re-
pert on the foreign office estimates
says that i'm Egypt the law of nations
remains violated by Great Britain. who
maintains her customary tactics. con-
tinues her occupation. AMI strives in
every way to drive out what remains
of French influence.
The war i'm South Africa. says NJ
Dubief. while revealing Anglo-SaXon
coolneSs and tenacity. is fresh proof of
how little it costs a nation that so
treats people in its fierce and inhuman
pursuit of gains on which it has set its
mind. to sacrifice noble thoughts and
the generous passions of the heart.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05

tian. The hole had been dug just
inside the door, which opened toward
the house, and extended almost due
north and south. The party of men
who accompanied the coroner and
sheriff from Milan took up the post
that Hoffman, had set and then
carefully removed the earth over the
entire length OF the body. There
was no trace of the clothing left eN-
cept the boots and here and there a
mere thread. The bones were mo
longer fastened together by the lig-
aments and some of the smaller ones
had begun to show signs of decay.
skull Had Been Crushed.
The hole was shorter than the
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05

digging a hole in which TO set posts
for the erection of an ice house.
Hoffman, was working alone and he
for some reason concluded that the
proper thing to do would be TO keep
the matter to himself and avoid the
publicity that would follow the an
nouncement of what he had found.
Throw Bones Back In Hole.
Accordingly he set his post on top
of the body, throwing the bones back
in the hole and attempted TO forget
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05

all about it. The thought Of what
lay two feet beneath the ground only
30 feet from his bedroom. however,
haunted him and prevented him from
sleeping at night and this morning
he decided TO bear it no longer. Ac-
-cordingly he came to Milan and tel
ephoned to Sheriff Cralle. who
hunted up Coroner Eckhart and the
two went to the place to investigate.
'Fhe spot where the remains were
buried was east of the house on the
site of an ice house that was torn
down during the spring following the
discovery of other crimes of Bas-
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05

hired men. had no relatives in Amer
lea to become curious about his
whereabouts after he had dropped
out of sight. He had been in Amer
lea several years and was possessed
of several hundred dollars. The
story goes that ne decided 10 go
west after having worked for Bas-
tian something over year and he
settle up on the day he was to de-
part.
Disappears MysteriousIy.
-Kreinsen drew his money he had
on deposit, but Bastian did not show
up AT the bank till after the closing
hour and so was unable TO make a
settlement. He then persuaded the
young man to- return home with him
on the promise that both should re-
turn to the city in the morning and
that was the last of Kreinsen. Bas-
tian afterward collected n note for
800 in his victims favor from eN-
Senator William Crawford. of Edg-
ingfon, and settled other outstand-
ing accounts, claiming that he
bought the papers from Kreinsen.
How much he realized in this way is
not known.
Another supposed victim TO which
the remains may have belonged was
Hugh McCafTerty. a young Irishman
about 20 years of age, who disap-
peared in 1895 after having worked
for Bastian a short time. He had
been in the employ of number of
farmers about Milan and is sup
posed to have had some money. He
had no relatives in America.
The ice house was convenient
place in which To put away the body
of a murdered man. especially in the
winter, as there was probably
enough savvsllist oR the floor to keep
the frost out of the ground when
digging outside would be difficult
matter. The hole could be covered
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
nerense OF Mrs. lson,ne.

Washington, Dec J.--The defense in
the ease of Mrs. Lola Ida ,Bonine. ON
trial for the killing of James Seymour
Ayres, Jf. introduced yesterday the
testimony of several Washington ply
sicians. including the Jail physician.
regarding the bruises and abrasions on
Mrs. Bonine'S person. and also the
state of her health at the time of the
tragedy. DIR. ii. ID. Frye said that he
had found twelve such bruises.
Money in SIicIisan's Treasury.
Lansing Mich, Dec. 5.-The cash in
the state treasury at the close Of busi-
ness Nov. SD was S1,299, ,93514.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
Warrant for Extfadition Withdrawn.

Springfield. Ills. Dec. 5.-In n mes
sage 10 Governor Yates the governor
of Massachusetts withdraws his war
rant for the eXtradition of William K.
House. under arrest i'm Chicago. and
wanted i'm Massachusetts on charge
of larceny. Friends of House, among
them being Sol Bethea. fought the CN-
tradition. and the case WIS to be
heard by Governor Yates tomorrow
morning
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
JUMPED IN A WELL
Thomas w. Raymond, Illinois Bank
er, Commits Sui
eide.

Centralia. H., Dec. 5.-Thomas w.
Raymond, aged co. committed suicide
at Kinmundy last night by jumping
into a well. He was senior partner
in Thomas w. Raymond & company.
bankers, controlling the Farmers
and Merchants bank. His mind had
been failing several weeks.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
snrs the rrcsident nIisnnnted Hin,.

Guthrie. q. T.. Dec 5.-Ex-G G Governor
William Jenkins. who was removed
from office 10y President Roosevelt
made public statement yesterday de
nyin= the insane asylum charges filed
against him. and declaring that RoOse-
Welt misqu0ted him i'm the statement
given hY the president to the press.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
CAUSE OF LABOR
Opens at Scranton,
Pa

Scranton. Pa, Dec. 5.-'rhe 21st
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor was called to
order this morning by President
Gompers with 275 delegates pres
ent The convention promises to be
the most important one ever held
in the United States.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
co.tIr Flre IN n1Ichigan

Wyandotte- Mich. Dec. 9.-Ihe
main building of the Michigan Aka
Ii company's sodast ash plant was
burned today WITH loss of half a
million. Several hundred men are
temporarily thrown out of employ
ment.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-12-05
CLOSES THE PORTS
Gen. Chaffee Adopts Stringent Meas
ures to Stop Supplies to
Insurgents.

ordered all ports in Laguna and
BatangaS provinces closed Too
many supplies are getting into pos
session of the insurgents.