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sICKENING REMINDER.
Clothing Covered With Blood Hand.
led In Searching for Keys.

In Chief Eilton's office this morning,
In the presence Of Mr.. Loofbourow,
Detective Sheets, officer Burt, son Of
James Sharp and the reporters, the
bundle OF Hays clothing which Is being
retained as evidence was opened for the
purpose OF obtaining some keys which
were known to have been In the trou-
sers pocket In the performance Of this
dut-S grussome sight met the gaze OF
those present which wildly brought
back in unpleasant reality the results
Of the murderous shot Blood was
clotted In sickenlng profuslon on all the
articles worn by the dead man, ana
where II had saturated the clothing
most II retained It's moisture.
On the back OF the trousers ana %
the inside OF the back Of the oVercoat
was the wet mud which Indicated how
the victim had been dragged, feet trsL
70 his temporary grave. The Keys we're
on a ring and chain which was las-
tened to the suspcnder button They
were turned over TO Mr. sharp VINO
took them to the lumber company
Office
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London, Dec g. Lord Kitchener in
dispatch from Johannesburg dated
Saturday Dec, q, sends reports Of
sharp fighting In the Orange River and
Transva0l colonies Two hundred
mounted infantry IN the neighborhood
Of Beginderyn. were divided into par
ties and were searching farms when
they were attacked by 800 Beers and
foxy armed natives under Command
ant Brtz The Beers charged deter-
minedly In overwhelming numbers. Bee
yond the fact that the British casualties
were severe no details have been re-
ceiyed
Lord Kitchener also reports that dur
ing Gen. DeWets attack ON the British
force commanded by Gems Dartnell ana
Campbell at LanRberg, Dec rs, the
Beers charged bravey and fought des
perately for several hours Dewet was
driven on with the loss OF twenty men,
There were twelve casualties on the
side Of the British
on Dec. 70, M. Botha, with 800 Beers
surprised Col Damant's advance guard
at Tafelkop. orange River colony. The
Beers rushed kopJe commanding the
main body and the guns, but Damant
rallied his men and drove the Beers
from the kopje. The British casualties
were heavy. Damant was dangerously
wounded, two officers and twenty men
were killed and three oillcere and sew
enteen men were wounded, The Beers
left six dead on the field and dispersed
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ANOTHER DISCOVERY.
Mute Testimony of the Tracks OF
Pair of Rubbers.

More damaging evidence against MOI
tenren came out yesterday afternoon
on Saturday afternoon two officers loon n,
Mortenseli's rubbers down to rorest
male and fitted them in the tracks along
the railroad track just west Of the cat
tle- auard. The rubbers fitted the tracks
perfectly. The footprints Leading rom
The grave 10 the slough, and those RON
the railroad track where IL Is supposed
tha fatal shot was fired to the wire
fence and TO the grave. are idehuoai
and Mortensen's rubbers NJ all the
tracks. A.. .,,,r
darer observed the motorman on the
caider's Park line looking at him, ne
Immediately turned his back ana the1
walked several PAGES along the SIDE OF
the track. On,
nroner time comes, the motorman VINO
thought he saw "spotter' al 1913 on
Monday night viii swear that the man
n,as none other than Mortensen' IL
,elll he remembered when the car man
,',as taken into the presence or the
snspect he snld II would maze "
swear a mans life away, but 1t looks
had for that man." That ls all ne
said M that time. He said the man
e cs n long handled shovel. ana
nan he first observed him he was jusi
west OF the cattle guard, and later II
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nrnrtensen,s Condition.

Sitting In a chair, his eyes rlvited on
a spot In the carpet his feet keeping up
q continuous STUNNING on the iloor,
his face haggard and drawn, Is the con-
dltlon which Peter Mortensen was
found today
He has no rest. Sleep refuses to
come to him TO relieve him even for a
moment from the anguish of mind
which he says he is suffering. Only once
since Thursday has he left the confines
of his prison chamber. Last evening ne
went out to get his supper, but could
not eat when I. was ordered. This
morning he ordered breakfast but II
lays IN the room untouched. He says
The strain Is unbearable and wonders
.when relief will come. . few friends
have been permitted to see. him, put
he had nothing to say to them. His
counsel has advised him not 70 taik TO
anyone, not even his close friends, ana
the prisoner is obeying the injunction
10 the letter.
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$553,l5O FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
Directors Of The Bell Telephone Company Appropriate Moneys for
Coming Year-CentraI Building to be Enarged-New
Switch Boards and Toll Lines.

The directors Of the Bell Telephone
company held their regular quarterly
meeting this morning IN President Wal
lace's office, and appropriated moneys
for the work Of the coming year that
made Mr. Wallace and General Man
ager Murray happy men, for It gave
them S55l15o with which to make
most valuable improvements.
There were present at the meeting
Messrs Wallace, w. s. Mccormick, Ma.
jor Downey and Major II G. HILL
James Iyers was absent, being out Of
town. The directory agreed to do. In
fact, everything the management Of
the company asked for, and President
Wallace says II was great Christmas
present The money viii be expended
to cover the following Improvements.
The long needed addition TO the cen-
trail building Of the company on State
street. will be blllt as soon now as ar
can be made, giving an
enlarged structure Of 81 feet front, and
doubling the office room In this new
structure win be placed the new switch
board which has long been cOntem-
plated and which will he equipped with
The latest and most valuable improve
mcnts 10 facilitate business and salts
factory service This board with the
necessary changes IN connections
and subscribers instruments VIII
cost about $4,000 and be installed some
time next year The addition to the
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Germany aud Venezuela.

New York, Dec. ga dispatch TO
the Herald from Berlin quotes the Vos-
sisehe Zeitung as follows upon the
question of the Venezuelan claims:
The Vossische Zeitung says.
1.-THE matter can certainly be ar
ranged without coming into conflict
with the United States, We have only
Ia recall 90 memory the words OF The
recent presidential message in which
Mr.. Roosevelt used these expressions
owe don't guarantee any state
against punishment II Il misconducts
Itself provided that punishment does
moi take the form OF acquisition OF ter
ritory by any on-American power
III WIN be remembered that Two
weeks before that message the German
representative In Washington had de-
uyered very precise message from
Emperor william TO the effect that Ger
many had no intention Of acquiring
land either IN South America or In the
West Indies.
therefore the relations between Ger
many and America upon that point are
The clearest possible and II cannot be
asserted there Is feeling against Ger
many in Venezuela
According to the Berlin correspondent
OF the London Standard and the New
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present building will cost about $4,000,
Then, the new toll lines win Involve
an outlay Of slelG7J; with an additional
outlay for new circuits on present poles
Of S60,775. For new exchanges about
100000 was appropriated. The
extensions contemplate the building Of
n line from Blackfoot 60 HALEY, thus
giving Salt Lake City It's long desired
and much needed telephone outlet TO
For projected and probable lines beyond
those actually provided for, there
was appreciated s2O6, ZOO Theu
there will be new lines through WyOm-
ing also an extension Of the central
Idaho system TO Thunder Mountain and
In general lines and exchanges Wher-
ever called for by the demands Of bust
ness,
When asked II the company would be
likely to extend to Grand Junction the
coming year, Mr.. Wallace said there
would be no building that way until
business In western Colorado grew 60
be much larger than II is now For tho
present, western Colorado points can
be rung up via Denver from this city.
as to the talked-of extension TO 81.
George Mr.. Wallace said that would
be determined on later Il would de-
pend on the demand from the northern
parts Of the system, whether money
might go into improvements IN there,
had better be diverted to extensions OF
the southern PARTS Of the system, There
ara now 10000 miles IN the entire sys-
TEN, and the contemplated mileage for
next year aggregates 1000 miles. The
number Of employees VIII be increased
about 40 per cent
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CRANE DECLINES
The TREASURERSHIp
0OOlu Not Accept Because OF Illness in Fam
W-Myron 7. EIerrick or Gov. Shaw
Of Iowa May be Named.

Washington. Dec. 2s.-Gov crono y,
. has declined tbo troa ~
ivy portfolio rendered to him by prssl.
'1 y, Roosevelt last Friday
II was Officially announced at ho
WnI'e House today that he had 90.
sons. ''''''s''V Iea-
ine announcement Of Gov Cranes
''''uolon followed a confer.
t ,a,. 1elNeoen the President and Soma.
VII Lodge after me latter bad alH"d
G E,m toN Crane over the ion@
distance telephone. The onlv r ,u,s
Sg1 ,aS at the White House today
, C II was known thaf G"v
Clqne would not accept was TINT of
C Ci' iMlyrou 7 Heulck. Of Cloyeien5
~ 49,, llerlick Is at the head Of one nf
.ne largest savings institutions m the
country ana has Ind a wide experience
III financial affairs He was a warm
personal friend Of the late President
mghlnley ana It "a understood WIS
promised foreign mission. ~ ""'
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Plan to secure Miss stones Release

Washington, Dec. 23.--spe,, \ Eddy.
q y charge at Constantine has
adopted a new and ingenious ,lan for
securing the release Of Mig Stone.
Naturally the officials Do nol are to
make public any details of th,woject
lest publicity cause its fapr Mr.
Dickinson. our consul general, Con-
stantinople, who has been lo-Riug
hard in Miss Stones behalf AGAIN
compiained Bitterly 70 The sta ,lspart-
ment Of the evil effect upon Is enter
prise OF me free newspaper gblica-
lions In his case.
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DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY.
Mortensen's Accounts Show He Has
Been Running Behind.

Peter Mortensen declared the other
day that he had three books contain-
ing his accounts, and that II he could
get possession of them he scould ac-
count for the money he claims to have
paid Hay on Monday night last.
Detective Sheets secured the books
Dnd there were four OF them. Trey
were turned over to Assistant County
Attorney Loofbourow, and Saturday
and yesterday that official has been go
ing over those accounts, comparlns
them with Mortensen's bank book. The
latter IL from the Utah National bank.
Instead OF revealing what Mortensen
says and has claimed all along--that
he has been accommodating and saving
money, they reveal exactly the contra
Ty,
II has been clearly established by
fhe examination that, instead OF max
ing money, the man has been running
behind, and that he has made many
statements IN relation to his accounts
which are obviously untrue.
This discovery Is regarded as Inn
portant because 1t adds to the weight
of that already In possession OF the
county attorney, that Mortensen never
had the $4,000, and therefore he could
not have paid II TO Hay.
Every effort has been made tnat
could be made by the authorities, to
prove that Mortensen had the gold, but
10 far the proof Is not forthcoming. In
fact It Is all TO the contrary, and bears
out the theory OF Mortensen's most
intimate friends, who, although they
profess to believe in his innocence, say
they are satisfied beyond all questions
that he never had the money,
II II can be proven that his state
ments are false, II will greatly
strengthen the net Of circumstaatial
evidence which is being slowly drawn
around the man.
IF he did not have the money II Is
certain that he had the receipt and the
note for $3.50 which were In Hays
possession" said an officer this morn
Ing. 1T was necessary for him 20
secure both the receipt and note to
save himself the obligation which was
staring him in the face. He got pos
session OF both by numbering Hay, and
when his accounts are thoroughly ex-
nmlned the fact will very likely crop
out that Mortensen had more at stake
than SO, 500"
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MoRTENsEN wEEPs.
Accused Man Breaks Down and Ed
presses Sorrow for Victims Family.

For the first time since his incar--
ceralton, Mortensen broke down ana
gave vent to sorrow yesterday morn
Ing. He made no sound, and said noth-
Ing but tears trickled through his mn
gers and he sat for some time with
bowed head and with his hands over
his face. The cause OF his grief "
known only to himself II was the
cause Of considerable surprise and sat
isfaction on the part of the officers be,
rause heretofore Mortensen has tried
10 maintain an Indifferent air. Several
times he has started 10 whistle Dut
checked himself
Yesterday morning james Sharp con-
Fronted the accused man, As is custom
hry With Mortensen when anyone en-
tiers tho room. he arose quickly, looked
Mr.. Sharp IN the eye and extended his
hand. But the proffered hand was not
accepted.
No." said Mr.. Sharp, III cannot take
-four hand. When last seen alive
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STARTLING RUMORS
IN MURDER CASE
Strange Man Said to Have Bought Horse in
NeighbOrhood for Seven $40 Gold Pieces
On the Night OF the Tragedy.

Ohlclal probing Of the Hay murder
ease has gone on without cessation to-
day, and many rumors have been traced
10 their origin without throwing fur
Their light upon the deplorabe affall',
One report this afternoon came to the
News" In an unusually positive man
ner and may mean much or little as
developments progress, II was stated
on authority which on It's face bears
evidence Of reliability, but which may
prove on complete investigation TO be
as groundless as numberless others that
have been run down and exploded dur
ing the effort to clear up the mystery.
The News" is disinclined to publish
mere ruinors IA an affair OF such gray
ity, but as the report In this Instance
comes from a very conservative ami re-
liable citizen and as there Is not suili-
Client time TO verify It before going to
press, the story Is given for what II Is
worth and In the hope that II may at
ford clue to the officers In the work
Of unroveling the tangled threads OF the
mystery.
The claim IL that n young woman
who resides with her parents In Far
mers ward has connded to friend
the statement that stranger appeared
at her fathers home on Monday night
Mt 1890 O'clock and asked II he had
a horse that he would sell The stran-
ger received satisfactory reply and
soon bargain was under way. The
owner was asked what he would take
for the animal and responded In a tone
indicating that the sum would have to
be in excess Of 500, whereupon the
would.be purchaser offered him $40.
1t is said the offer was accepted and
that the amount was paid In $40 gold
pieces and that the stranger mounted
the animal and rode away.
AS stated above, this report lacks
notification, but, as also stated, II Is
"oStlNcu WIN hhuhtoi Pp'iNNNhNoo "ii'
IN the interest Of justice demands q
thorough and speedy investigation
which the News" will Immediately in
stitute. Should II prove to be true, II
viii be strong factor in favor Of Nor
teasen as the coincidence OF an UNI
known man coming into the neIghbor-
hood. buying horse, and paying for It
in $40 gold pieces and riding off at the
identical time that the perpertator Of
the deed would have been making his
escape, is sure to appeal with extra
ordinary force to the minds OF all those
who have followed the case through
the windlngs and turns that 1t has
taken thus far.
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A Million Dollar tilrc,

Cincinnati, Dec 2s,--The Times.star
special from Hamilton. Ohio says the
fire In the Champion Coated Paper
works, which started late hast nigh,
was not Under control Until after 3
O'clock this morning. The los Is placed
at from $5O,OO0 to $1,000 Il was the
largest plant OF the kind IN he United
States, and empoyed over 49 persons.
A stock OF 100000 worth OF enamaled
book and magazine paper was wholly
destroyed. There was also loss Of a
great quantity Of valuable machinery.
The fire was caused by the explosion
Of can Of gasoline In the hands Of
John kepp, who was uslng Il for
cleaning some portion OF the machine
cry, kepp was severely burned The
plant Is owned BY n company Of which
Peer @. Thompson Of COLLEGE HUI Is
the largest stakeholder Tho company
had just completed q sl5OOW pressed
brl,k building which the hn depart.
ment succeeded In saving, lae capital
stock of the company Is $i,FN00O but
its stock is held at a much tgher fig.
ure
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POPE WANTS UNCLE SAM REPRESENTED.

London Dec 29,--The Pail Mall Ga
aette publishes the following disnatch
from Rome today THE vatican is be-
coming decidedly more hopeful that the
United States WIN Yield to the pope's
great desire and appoint diplomatic
representative to the vatican. SO
anxious Is the pope for the success OF
bis project that he would be satisfied
at present with semi-onicIal repre-
sentative in the hope that he would be
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DESERTED ny WIFE.
Police Attach Importance 20 Fact
Mrs. Mortensen Keeps Away.


The police attach some Importance
to the fact that Mrs. Mortensen and
two OF her children left for Provo while
the other two children went to Ogden
and none OF them called TO see the
man who PAGES his prison chamber
struggling silently against the strain
that IL slowly breaking down his nerve
OF iron. Detective Sheets says that
Mrs. Mortensen's contradictory state
ments regarding the time her husband
was away from home on Monday night
and In reference to the money, coupled
with the fact that when sthe first saw
her husband after he was arrested by
the police, she stared at him for fun
minute with look Of terror on her
face and would not approach him, In
dictate she Is cognlzant Of something
which they would give much to know.
Although she would not go near him,
he walked up to her, placed his arm
around her neck and said something
TO her In low tone which the officers
We're unable to hear. Does Mrs. Nor
Jensen believe her husband guilty OF
the most atroclous crime In the annals
Of the Salt Lake pollce2 II has been
reported to the officers that young
woman said Mrs Mortensen told her
she believed Pete killed young Mr..
Hay"
Whether 1t Is true or not, the officers
have not been able to determine yet
but they are looking for the young
woman who Is credited with making
the statement.
SHERIFF AT PROVO.
Sheriff Naylor went down TO Provo
this morning to see Mrs, Mortensen IN
relation TO certain matters connected
with the case, He will return this
evening and may have story Of inter-
est to tell when he gets back
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AMERICAN CITIZENS IN TURKEY,

washington, Dec 2S-The state de-
parlmeni confirms the report that Mr.,
EDDY our charge at constantlnopc, is
IN correspondence with the porte rela-
i've to the proposed expulsion Of
na'urallzed American citizens from
Turkey unless The citizens abandon
lhelr allegiance to The United states.
owing to the absence Of naturalIza.
ton treaty between the United states
ana Turkey our government has no
special authority to interfere IN behalf
OF these naturalized citizens az against
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Theater as n roustabout eighteen years
ago and being advanced gradually un-
Ill he became treasurer Of the house, a
position he held up to the time Of the
retirement Of Gen. G, $. Burton as
manager. When seen today Mr.. Ham
mer declared that all OF the contracts
as to bookings Of the retiring manage
ment would be carried out, and that
az many new attractions as possible
would be engaged. II would be the aim,
he said, TO give the public the best pop
ular priced amusements It had ever
had.
The general opinion Is that the man
ogement Of the Grand is in good hands,
and that II there Is any go IN the
house, Hammer and Jones win make II
evident
Mr. Mulvey retlres with the good
wishes Of the public generally. aud
the newspaper fraternity especially
His word has always been his bond as
everyone who has had business deal
ings with the Grand under HIS manage
ment can testify,
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nIIl,a Letter wIII Not InlIuence slalc

81. Paul, Dec. 23.--Atty Gen, w, B.
Douglass, In au Interview states that
tlic published ltttrr pf ).9. Hui, IN ex-
PLANTATION Of recent transactions In The
stocks of western raIlroads and the
purposes of the Northern Securities
company would not In ans way IN
fluence the action which had been con-
templated by the state Officers Of MIN
nesota.
Gen. Douglass declined to discuss the
subject matter OF the letter at this
time.
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eventually turned into a minister or
ambassador. Il seems that Washing
ton is not unwilling 10 dlscuas the faat-
ter and the vatican has intlmated on
the other hand SIS desire TO meet
American wishes In Cuba and the Phil
ipplnes and possibly create another
cardinal In the United States. The
pope Is somewhat opposed to the latter
step while Cardinal Gibbons lives. but
he may compromise the matter by cre-
ating Archbishop Ireland or Archbishop
Corrgan cardinal Of the curla. entail
Ing living In Rome"
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Resources Of diplomacy Exhausted.

Washington, Dec. 90 Secretary Hay
has received a cablegram from United
States Minister Wilson at Santiago DE
Chill, confirming the report That the
resources Of diplomacy had been ex-
hausted IN the effort to settle the dis
pute between Chill and Argentina, and
that diplomatic relations had been
broken OF through the withdrawal
from Chill OF the Argentine minister.
Touching the proposition emanatlng
from the Argentine side to refer the
dispute TO Great Britain as an arbltra-
tor the CHILEAN representatives, claim
that this was their own original propo-
sltion. This being the case, II IS be-
lieyed there Is q way open for peace
ful adjustment Of the trouble
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Demonstration Against Turkcr.

Sofia Dec. 20 "A revolutionary DEM
onstration against Turkey took place
here last night The police experienced
difficulty in preventing the rioters from
wrecking the residence OF the Turkish
commissioner. Thousands Of people
who We're IN sympathy with those
actively engaged In the rloting partlci-
pated In the disturbance by shouting
for revolution In Macedonia
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Queen Alexandra Has /. old.

London, Dec. 2s,-The aseaied
Press hears that the condition queen
Alexandra Is more serIous No. has
been given out and that il ca,is some
anxiety Doctors are in constr aiteD-
ton upon her majesty.
a bulletin issued at noon tosg says
the queen If progressing favor.g not
that the extensive arraneenos !. made
for Christmas festivities al ssirins.
ham, including large shootIn aiiles
have all been upset ana ther
majesties VIII spend ch,,,.ras al
Marlborough House.
u was announced later IN y day
that the queen was suffsrln'. rom
chill but that her condition IL 4 con.
sldered TO be dangerous II Il peeisd
that her majesty win be abb, lsa1e
her room In few days,