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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-23
Colon TO be Attacked.

New York, Jan. ga cipher dispatch
received today by Or. ]. Restopo,
agent Of the Colombian liberal junta,
announced that General Frederic Bar
rera was at Paraiso awaiting reinforce
ments for the Nombre de Dios, Cocle
ana Bocas del Toro. and that as soon
as these arrived, Colon would be at
tackled. A detail Of troops forming
part Of General Sergio Perez's army
was reported at Emperador on tho
line Of the Panama railway, and at
Matachin. A liberal force under Gem
eral Victoriano Lorenzo was expected
to effect a junction with the Perez de-
tachment. Panama, II IL said was
not to be attacked al present but Eff
forts would be made TO prevent sup
plies reaching Il.
In another dispatch received by the
liberals today, Generals Colodomiro
Castillo and Jose Maria Castillo ac~
knowledged the receipt Of 100000 cart
ridges for Mauser. Remington and
Mann-Llcher rifles. sent more than a
fortnight ago The brothers Castillo
also announced that they had invaded
the Bolivar province and held troops
on the Magdalens river at Plato, Pivi-
far and Zambrano The object of this
expedition was 20 furnish the guerilla
troops with ammunition. According
to this dispatch. the Conservatives IN
this region were reduced 20 the towns
Of Santa Marta and Cienaga, the rest
being In the undisputed possession OF
the liberals.
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HOUSE.

Washington, Jan, 23.-soon after the
House met today Il went into commit
tee of the whole and resumed the CON
siderati0n Of the urgent deficiency bill
Mr.. Cummings Of New York explained
his action Of yesterday on the Philip
pine army post. He closed by saying
that his party started right ON the sub
feet but ended miserably He said he
voted as he ala az a Democrat-as a
Tammany Hall Dcmocrat-and was
proud Of II, and added.
"There W. no politics IN a question
whore the lives Of American soldiers are
at stake
Mr. Kahn Of California. who visited
the Philippines last summer said that
II the minority knew OF the sunferIngs
Of the soldiers In the Philippines be-
cause Of q lack Of quarters there would
not have been vote against the Cam
non bill yesterday.
Mr. Pierce OF Tennessee. said II such
was the case the President and officers
Of the army We're responsible as they
had absolute authority in the Philip
pines
Mr.. Cannon IN speaking of the Manila
post said he was sorry that he could
not satisfy the other side adding.
eve have got the Philippines and we
have never parted with an acre Of
ground While the heathens rage We so
marching on"
The House committee on agriculture
today by a vote OF y 10 ., ordered n
favorable report upon a more rigid Oleo-
margarine bill than the.Grout bill Of the
last Congress. II Is the NcCleary bill
amended in some particulars making
more restrictions than are contained In
the Grout bill,
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IIGH CRIMINALS.

The feature OF the report is the al.
most sensational statement o. the re-
lailons existing between the railroads
and a comparatively few heavy ship
pers. Referring to the commisslons
recent investigations into the move.
ment OF packing house products and
OF grain and grain products, the report
says:
The facts therein developed are Of
such "A character that no thoughtful
person can contemplate them with in
difference. That the leading traffic Of
lcials Of many Of the principal rail-
way lines, men occupying high positions
and charged with the most important
duties, should deliberately violate the
statute law Of the land and IN some
cases agree with each other 20 do SO;
that II should be thought by them nee
essary to destroy vouchers and 10 so
manipulate bookkeeping as 10 obllt-
crate evidence OF the transactions; hat
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars shouli
be paid In unlawful rebates 70 few
great packing houses. that the business
OF railroad transportation should TO
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-23
FOSTER AND EXCLUSION
Former Secretary Of State Speaks Against The
Proposed Acts.
Says Continuation Of Exclusion lie.
You'd 1904 would be Against
Treaty StlpuIaiions

Washington Jan. g. --Fc rmer secre-
tary of State John W. Foster appeared
before the Senate committee on immi
grafton today aud spoke IN opposition
to the Chinese exclusion bills which
have been introduced IN Congress- His
remarks were directed more particular
ly to the Mitchell or Pacific coast BILL
which, he said, was a plain collation. OK
our treaty with china
Mr.. Foster said our government had
four times asked China 70 modify exist
ing treaties IN the interest of American
citizens and that In every instance
china had accedod TO our request. lie
then submitted for the consideration OF
the committee three propositions;
The FIRST was that any law passed by
the present Congress which continues
the exclusion of Chinese laborers be-
yond 1903 would be not only without
international authority but would De In
violation of treaty stipulations lie
said that during the negotiations re-
sulting In the treaty Of 1894 the United
States sought 10 have the exclusion Of
Chinese lGh0rers extended to twenty
! years and that the Chinese government
| refused 10 make II for more than tsu
| years, He also Insisted that when ht
| treaty Of 1894 came TO an end, the
| lingame treaty OF 1868 would be r
| and come into force, which treatE
| ulated for the free and unreq
| emigration of Chinese OF all ele
into the United States The treotv %
said, had only been suspended aG n
! imnligrationW mot abrogated
His second proposition was thai hG
exclusion laws should not be made ap-
| plicable 20 all our insular possesgilnl
and said the Hawaiian islands present.
ed the exact state OF affairs which was
| contemplated by the American nevotia-
tors for the exclusion treaty, I'm which
they gave the assurance that 10 such
| a condition Of affairs he exclusion law
would not apply when all the interests
Of the Islands asked for Chinese imml-
| grafton and the local Authorities agreed
| that It would not IN any way affect
white labor
Mr. Fosters third proposition was
that the existing exclusion laws and
the legislation proposed are IN clear
! disregard OF the treaty stlpulations. lie
| cited the provision of the treaty Of 1891
which guaranteed to all Chinese IN the
United States the most favored nation
treatment and the privileges Of treat
les with other nations guaranteeing TO
them the same treatment as TO the pro-
lection Of their persons ana property
as that enjoyed by native citizens.
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FOUL MURDER IN
A TURKISH BATH.
Skull OF a Millionaire Crushed Negro
Attendant Arrested for
the Crime.

son OF A. Dean Cooper, answered the
door bell at the family residence, S1l3
Washington boulevard.
Str0ther was at the door
Your fathers been hurt" said the
negro TO young Cooper Hes over at
the bath house"
without stopping to question the man
closely, Cooper hurried to the Vista
block, In the cooling room Of the bath
house, on a cot In the middle of the
long compartment, he found his father,
covered by sheet.
Doctors were Immediately called and
the police notified. The latter made an
investigation and discovered the blood
stained hammer. Young Cooper told
the police that the ring usually worn by
his father was missing and they made
another search for the ring and pin In
the cellar. which was successful
For some time the physicians worked
over Mr., Cooper who did not regain
consciousness. They decided to per-
form an operation and remove the
pieces Of bone from the Jagged wound
In the skill that were pressing on the
injured mans brain.
This was successfully performed but
Mr., Cooper aid not regain conscious
ness passing away about 10 o'clock this
morning, surrounded by members Of his
family
Strother stoutly maintains his limo"
cence. Fountain the ianitor was taken
TO the police station but was released
after.telling about the presence Of the
two tOlored women in the bath house
when no left
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How near to the wire was the i'm

How near to the wire was the Inn
rrntT'
Right close to the fence"
where was the next bloodY'
Half way from the fence 70 the
grave there was another imprint TO the
right of the grave and more blood but
not so plain"
Describe the condition you found the
body"
Part OF the coat was exposed, but
the rest OF the body was covered up.
officer Brown got pick and began TO
break the frozen ground. When he GOT
the ground loosened up, Sheets pulled
over the coat and said, this can't be q
robbery for there Is his watch ] said
Yet II must have been for there Is his
pocket turned inside out'On hand, the
left was lying down along the side OF
his body, but the right was folded
across his breast. Yes, Mortensen was
there all this time"
what did you do with the body|'
1--WE had II placed on the wagon on q
stretoher and taken up to the store
while waiting for coroner to come
After that It was taken w to Joseph y.
Taylor's undertaking establishment 1t
was In charge Of officer j. D, Brown at
the time"
Attorney G. y. Stewart then took tho
witness, Now, Mir Janney, who went
down to Forest Dale with you In the
patrol wagon
"There was the patrol driver, Detec-
tive Sheets, I'd. Penrose OF the News
], ID, Brown-and myself.
"Who was with YOU when you exam
ined the blood on the south of the
track?"
"Mr. Penrose,"
was Mortensen thereW
yes, he came once, ] think"
"Did you make any remarks With
reference to the blood by the fence to
anyone"
Eyes, to Mr., Penrose, / said the
body was thrown over the fence"
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st. Louis, Mo, Jan, 23,-- A. Dean
Cooper, the millionaire treasurer Of the
Graham Paper company, died today as
the result OF an assault IN which his
skull was fractured while In the cool
ing room of the Vista Turkish Bath
house at Grand and Franklin avenues
last night,
WWlam Strother, the attendant
at tie lath house, who was on duty
after midnight Of the assault, Is held as
a prisoner at the Dayton street police
station.
A diamond ring valued at $1,000 and
a diamond pin, worn by Cooper when
he entered the bath, were found In the
basement Of the bath house this morn
ing, They had been concealed under
the flooring IN creyice above the top
OF joist
A sedge hammer bearing fresh blood
stains was found IN the basement soon
after the police had been summoned to
the scene Of the assault, The hammer
was one which is used In the basement
for breaking up coal
Strother told the police at the time OF
the arrest that two women and a man
had called to see Mr. Cooper who was
proprietor Of the place, shortly after II
o'clock last night. They came in car
rage and were preceded by boy with
a note. The colored man said that he
had admitted them to the cooling room
and had returned 70 the basement He
did not know, he said, when they de-
parted
Strother also said that two colored
women Josie Housen and Florence
Banks. had visited them in the base
ment earlier last night.
Erastus Fountain, janitor Of the Wis.,
Ia block says that the two women were
in Srother's company at $3.50 o'clock,
when he made his last visit TO the
premises, The police say that there Is
no other evidence than Souther's state
ment to prove the visit OF two women
and a man TO the bath house.
A few minutes after midnight Theo-
dore Cooper, known as Tod Cooper,
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SENATE


Wasnihglon' jan zo'--lteV ] - DOL
Nel VI rVtt bouse, iowa lather OF
se.asor oVillleI pronounced inc lhVo-
Sisl"n a, tne openlhB VI touAy ses-'
siVii " lne Nenate,
Mr. Nelson cailea up tne department.
vi eollhHefee mi ana tne various
alllei lSl', olereu yes'eruay we're
Vonslueieu'
-, Nu"h oi,sr lne oehule couNeheu MT
dlale Vi Malne move that Wheh the
sShate auJourh TO-DAY II DC uhtll next
M0hu9y
IeuuihB ACTION upon me motloh MI:
LVuSe ~ MdssachuseNt IN charse Oh
,hc Inlilpplhe lalli nllL sald ne hau
peen informed by MI kaWllns' IN
cnarbe OF lhe minority substitute that
lne opponents Oh we measure were not
prepared 10 proceed WIN we 1eDate To-
gay Dut Would ne on MohuaL' Mr.
l.odse gave hoilee that on ana alter
Mohuay ne Woula press the measure
dally lot consideration
MI iiale ihou9n men was ADOPTED
Mf' mason oil llllnois oHeied ihe lOl-
lowing Joint resolutions
Ihat the thanEs OF congress oe
neresy rendered 20 Auinlral Nlhhelu
'N't' ''"''s w "'' N'"'N anu "y''
conduct WINE IN command OF tne
American Meet al the victorious battle
OF santiago
'Ihat a sword be presented TO MN
by me secretary OF the navy OF me
United states ana she sum OF $lOOOO
or SO much Thereon as may pc necessary
IS hereby appropriated ior the purpose
or TINS resolution our OF any money IN
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-23
T0DAVS SUGAR HEARING.
Interests Of Louisiana Presented lis Side 10 the
Committee
Hill OF New orleans Says Trust IL Re.
hind the Proposed Conces-
sions 10 cuba,

Washington Jan, %. The Cuban rec
iproclty hearings before the ways and
ans committee today were devoted
.o.ly TO the sugar interests Of Louisl-
aIa who are opposed to the proposed
concessions TO cuba on the ground lt
VIII cripple the sugar production Of
that state A number Of the large plan.
ters and manufacturers OF the state
were present and the allied interests Of
beet sugar and tobacco, which are sim
ilarly opposed to the concessions to
Cuba also were numerously represent
ed.
The opening statement IN behalf Of
the Louisiana interests was made by
T. d. Hin Of New Orleans, an extensive
planter He asserted that the sugar
trust was behind the Cuban movement
and presented statistics to show that
the result Of concessions to Cuba would
make the sugar trust the real benenci-
airy, constituting that organization i
colossal monopoly In cuba.
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scene Of the murder, the meeting with
Mortensen, the trip TO the grave, the
blood stains on the railroad track, the
marks in the snow, the blotches of blood
from the fence TO the grave and the eX-
huming Of the body of James r, Hay
Sergeant Janney gave his testimony In
a Gear and convincing manner and so
a swas the interest manifested In his
recital of the tragic occurrences OF that
morning, that u pin drop could have
been distinctly heard,
While all were interested In the tes-
tlmony, none was so intent as Peter
Mortensen He watched Janney like
cat would watch q mouse and at times
appeared TO fear the officer was about
to reveal some horrible secret When
the officer said that the murderer had
evidently dragged the body of his We
timto the fence and threw It over In the
snow Mortensen bowed his head over
the table and then said something to
Bernard Stewart one Of his attorneys
Attorney Christensen asked the OIL
Ger If ne recalled the 18th day OF De-
cember OF last year, and If so what
occurred on that day that was unusual
II went down TO Forest Dale IN the
Patrol wagon" said he, "and when we
got there we went down the railroad
track to a grave"
"Dld you see any tracks,
Yves, from the track to the grave by
| the railroad track"
could you tell whether the tracks
were fresh, or some OF them, ana II
some were not so fresh2'
THIS was objected to, but It was per-
mltted to go In. a.
"Yes some OF the tracks were blur
red and some OF those leading TO the
| grave were fresh ~,
How many tracks were there
"There were eight four coming anu
four gOQg," LOU
! an some places they were close To-
gether and In one or two places they
/ wore about five feet apart. ,,
Here the attorneys INDUCED In niue
| IN ms 10 the number Of tracks man
would make in going through the SNOW,
| Counsel for defense said they Woulu
| admit that one man with TWO leet
would make two tracks ,,o,, -
oWeu that's all we want 10 khoW'
said the prosecuting officer,
aDld YOU discover anything besides
tracks?"
Eyes. n grave"
Anything else?'
Eyes, body
Anything elseg
Eyes. blood stains.
"Dcscrlbe the blood stains III
First | saw some on the south RAJ y,
Of the track and then found Where !,
had run down 20 the tie from the , RAJ,
and tir.n over the embankment' DOW,
the embankment there was a oloifm u
blood about four feet from the RAJ -
what was the condition OF "'
snow"
III had been there some time
"Was Il disturbed s ~
"No sir hut II had been disturneu u'
tho north eide. There was wen nea '.
en- trail. as n something he'd peel
dragged along. The next blood w, W..
found was over the fence TOWARDS nv
grave. just over the fence was me lin .l
print OF a body, the form OF man an.
pool OF blood. The head mao os .s
living 20 the west and the feet 10 YIN
east"
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BOY DEFENDS HIS MOTHER
Son Of Mrs, Richardson Testfes for Her on
The Murder Trial.
Explained Movements and Actions OF
His Parents on the Night Of
The Tragedy.

Pattsburg Mo, Jan. 23-1n the trial
of Mrs. Addie b. Richardson, charged
with the murder Of Frank W. Richard
son, her husband, the defense today be-
can the presentation Of its side of the
case. The last witness put upon the
stand by the defense win be Mrs Rich
ardson herself. That probably will be
tomorrow afternoon.
The first witness introduced by the
defense was Johnny Richardson the ID
year-old son of the defendant He
was questioned with a view to explain
ing the mission Of his mother, who,
witnesses for the state had testified,
had been seen late at night In company
with Stewart Fife, sitting on the steps
of a church some distance from the
Richardson home,
Young Richardson said that on the
night in question he had left home with
his mother about half past II o'clock to
find Mr. Richardson They had met
Fife at the church steps and Fife had
gone to the 81 Charles hotel and re-
Ported that Richardson was there.
Then his mother had gone alone TO the
hotel and took the father home
The state made no attempt by cross
examination to break down the boys
testimony Mrs Richardson wept while
her son was testifylng,
Mrs. j, w Grant, a sister OF the
murdered man. testified that she was
at the Richardson home the night that
Mrs. Richardson brought her husband
home from the hotel She said her
brother was very much under the in
fluence of liquor. Mrs Richardson s
general reputation In Texas, Kansas
and Missouri, where she had lived,
was, she said good
Dr. w. NJ. Kerr a resident Of Savan-
nah FOR twelve years, and Peter Chris
tlanaon who was member of the
grand jury that indicted Mrs. Richard
sor. also testified to Mrs. Richardson
good character.
Chrlstlansen was asked You never
heard Others discuss her Character
"ND, sir. because | suppose there was
nothing bad In Il to discuss.
And you signed The indictment
against her for MURDER
"YeJ, sir
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was the snow disturbed under tho
fence2"
mo, sir the snow was not disturb
ed"
1T would be pretty hard to put
body over the fence would 1t sot2"
The question was objected to by Mr..
Loofbourow and the objection was
sustained by Justice Nelson.
Were the wires tight2' was the next
question.
eyes"
"Was there any blood between the
track and the fence?"
Eyes"
How did Brown cross the fenceY"
81 don't know"
How did you?"
81 went to the west Of the tracks"
Did Mr. Penrose2'
Yes | think he went ahead OF me, =
did YOU hear anything that Nor
tensen said"
"Yes-heard him say Poor Jim"
Did you hear anyone else make any
remarks?'
Eyes, / heard a man with a brown
overcoat on say something about Hay"
How did you happen to hear Nor
tensen?'
Because I was watching him"
"Why did you watch him."
"Mr. Sheets told me he was Morten-
sen"
"Didn't you know who he was before
that"
q did not"
And when Sheets told you It was
Mortersen you watched hlm?"
81 did
did you notice any blood on the face
| Of the body
eyes. think there was little on the
! head"
was there any on the oyercoat?'
Eyes"
"Where, on the lining or on the out
side?"
III was on the outside"
Sergeant Janney was then questioned
very closely as 10 The footprints near
| the railroad track aud from the fence
TO the grave and around the grave. The
| witness gave the same testimony as
he did on direct examination and 1t was
not shaken IN the least
you wouldn't swear that II was
blood on the lining OF his coat pocket
would your
oNo, sir; am not good enough Judge
| 10 do that"
"Was the lining Of his oyercoat pock-
et turned inside outY'
mo. sir; II was not"
"Did you make any remarks when
YOU noticed his pockety'
yes sir; Sheets said that II didn't
Ioot like case OF robbery for his
watch was there and said there's a
pocket turned inside out
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CANNOT ENFORCE THE LAW
Report Of Interstate Commerce Commission
Makes This Complaint
Has LILLE 60 Suggest and Nothing 10
Propose In order 10 Remedy
Present Conditions

Washington, Jan. 23-The annual re-
port of the Interstate Commerce COM
mission, which was transmitted 70
Congress today, renews the declaration
made In previous reports that in its
present condition the act to regulate
commerce cannot be enforced. As to
remedial legislation the commission re-
news the statement, made in its pre-
yious annual report that It HAS little
to suggest and nothing new TO pro-
nose -
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such an extent be conducted In open
disregard Of law must be surprising
and offensive to all Hght-mlnded per-
sons Equally startling at least Is the
fact that the owners OF these packing
houses, men whose names are known
throughout the commercial world,
should seemingly be eager to augment
their gains with the enormous amounts
OF these rebates which they receive in
plain defiance OF a federal statute"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-23
DEAD MAN FOUND
IN WATER WORKS.
Douglas, WyO Has Sensation Corpse OF
W. c. Johnson, Who Has
Been Missing.

Cheyenne, Wyo, Jan. 23,--The body
OF W G, Johnston was found today in
the city water works reservoir at
Douglas, Wyo, Johnston disappeared
several weeks ago. lie had been a
hard drlnker but swore of on the first
Of the year He was probably insane
and committed suicide Johnstona was
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-23

,secution in the Mor l'sn'',o,
~ , v,C.. case will rest this evening en- ~
., ',,'t that the accused be h, ,n ,n No
y "a lhc charge of murder III w.. .'o
WI l.,,.s 1t is not thought ,n1
N. a.', Nm offer any defense at tnl'
'' N. attorneys are absolutely 81
Z, Me- point and may surprise 'ne
!. \ n, 4 Il not likely they Wll''
*, been anxious to have the
II, up as much Of its testimony
(..'sSe at the hearing The latter
| y, has only endeayored to bring
| ,,,srh evidence to hold the ac-
10 me- district court This 1t Is
"a, has been done beyond the
..v 4 doubt though the magistrate
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-23
Conflicts In Armenia,

Constantlnople. Jan. 23.-The Kurds
are In the field in Armenia and san
culinary tribal conflicts have occurred
in the vlllayets Of Bltlls and Van.
Twenty men We're killed in the BltlIs
fight, and both sides suffered heavily
AT Van.
Bugarians and Turkish troops have
been In conflict in the vilayet Of Kos
sova. Ten Bulgarlans were killed,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-23
Griswold Dead.

New York, Jan. 23--Chester Grlswold,
president OF the Crown Point iron COM
pany and vice president Of several
other concerns died here today after a
few hours illness. lie was born In 1854.
His father, John a. Griswod, was one
OF the builders Of ErlccsOns Monitor
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-23
UINTAH HEARING.

The Indian committee OF the Senate
met this morning for hearing on its
leasing Of land in the Uintah reserva-
ton, but no action was taken and the
hearing was postponed until next
Thursday. There II is expected that
the papers concerning the lease viii be
had by the committee.