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they might be broadened and spurred
TO more strenuous Efforts secondly,
bringing the best specimens Of Ameri-
cans and Germans on such terms with
the English people and customs that
they might become missionaries Of a
better international understanding"
When the trustees can meet and all
the preliminary details are settled, a
request will be made TO several prom
inent Americans 90 form a committee
to act In conjunction with the English
body and assume certain responsible
ties, for which the executors are palpa-
bly, unified both by absence from tho
United States and ignorance Of its
customs.
The afternoon papers all devote
lengthy editorials 10 the Caesar WILL"
as II is termed. The Globe, referring
to Mr. Rhodes hope Of friendship be-
tween Great Britain the United States
and Germany says:
I'VE only hope that these noble as
pirations may be realized IN their en-
tirety. England has done her part and
there only remains the hope that flu
ture German educate rs may be among
Mr., Rhodes oxford students, and 80
gain a knowledge Of England, now so
lacking"
The ST. James Gazette, referring to
the limitations that ;he best young
Americans win be drawn to Oxford,
says:
1--WE heartily hope 80, md from no
other desire than thst Oxford should
equip them 20 De pYVf ,abe servants
OF their motherland We welcome
them"
The Westminster Gazette says II be-
lieves the incursion Of Americans, Ger
mans and colonlals ought TO bring new
life and new Ideas TO oxford, adding.
1--WE hope the university win well
come II and prepare 10 meet II in n
cordial spirit. Wheths- Z VIII have a
uniforming effect on the empire and
promote the good relations with Ameri-
ca and Germany which Mir. E.hodes de-
sired. viii depend largely on the spirit
In which the university rises 10 the oc-
casion, and its ability TO meet the
wants OF these students"
The Pail Mall Gazette, referring 10
the American bequest as the great fea-
ture Of the will, says;
"A more remarkable provision for
bringing the two great English-speak-
ing powers OF the world into closer
| touch was never before dreamed Of
The great American nation cannot fail
to be deeply touched by this splendid
bid for Its friendship made by the
| dead"
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British Losses at Harris River.

Pretoria, AprIl 5--The British losses
In the engagement in the neighborhood
OF Harris river in the southwestern ex-
tremity OF the Transvaal March 81 were
three officers and q men killed and l6
officers and lgi men wounded The
Beers edmit that they lost l37 men
killed or wounded. The action occurred
at Doornhalt farm, a few miles south
OF the scene OF Gen. De Laey's defeat
Of Gen. Methuen. The Beers, who were
commanded hy Generals KEMP aud
Potgleter attacked with great deter
minatlon but the Canadian contingent,
which was the last 70 arrive IN South
Africa from Canada and two squadrons
OF yeomanry, under Col. Cookson and
the artillery and mounted rifles. under
Col Kter, presented such a stout front
that the burghers were finally forced
TO retreat
Ire casualty list shows that the Sec.
ond Canadian mounted rifles had four
officers wounded. nine men killed. and
" Iaen wounded
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81 Louis. April 5.-Most sensational
charges are made by the February
grand Jury, which has been invesiigat-
ing bribery and official corruption in
the municipal assembly, In Its final re-
port 20 Judge O'Neil Ryan, in the Grim
inal court. at noon today. The report
declares that the people OF ST. Louis
have but vague conception Of the eX-
tent to which corruption aud yenaity
have for the past 10 years existed
among their sworn officers and punlc
servants. II finds the true conditions %
affairs almost too appalling for belief.
A tribute Is paid to Jos. ". Folk. the
circuit attorney. under whose leader
ship the investigation is being made.
These indictments, already made
public, were returned by the grand jury
today.
Riibery Robert n. Snyder; attempted
bribery. Edward Butler, John II.
Becker: perjury, George J. Kobusch.
In part the report reads as follows;
"a far-reaching and systematic
scheme OF corruption has been carried
on for years by members OF the NUM-
elpal assembly. These members form
what are called combines for the pur-
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FELT FACES JOHNSON.
subie cts Lad 90 Severe Course or
Questions-Copfi Statements.

There was sensation in the office Of
the county jail today when the father
Of Clyde Felt entered and confronted
young Raymond Johnson
Raymond why did you tell my little
girl Vera a week ago that you ana
Clyde and done this thing
The question came 20 suddenly and
with such vehemence that the boy was
taken completely of his guard. His
face flushed and he hesitated several
seconds before he could answer.
How did you know this thing?-
come now and tell us" demanded Mr..
Felt.
1T IL not true, MIR. Felt" said the
boy. "and | swear a. | never said
such a thing 10 Vera and | am willing
to face IL, | will face her with H."
MY little girl says you told her last
Sunday when the body was found that
you knew that Clyde had killed Col
Inns, and now want 10 know how you
knew Il? None OF US suspected clyde.
and how did you know it2'
The boy swore that II was a mistake.
that he never said Il and was willing
to go then and there and face Vera
with II.
The boy tells an apparently straight
forward story. and In some parts OF II
he corroborates Clyde Felt In the ale
CATION that Potts was with him on the
afternoon OF the murder
Johnson and Emil Knecht were taken
to the county Jail this morning and
subjected to a rigid examination by
Sheriff Naylor.
Il saw clyde and Henry together on
Monday afternoon, said Raymond
Johnson. Henry met clyde after
school at Anderson's store. ] saw them
together after that but ! don't know
what time. They were coming down
the road from the Wasatka works and
they were going TO the car. Henry did
not stop. but Clyde stopped at the
spring and washed his hands. ] did
not see any blood on his hands.
The boys never told me that they
had Killed old man Collins Clyde told
me he had gone 10 New York and he
gave me and Hen Potts q key each TO
the Wasatka building. Tuesday Potts
and me slept there and on the same
day we divided the furniture and ! got
third OF H. We sold II but We
haven't got the money. that Il, not all
Of Il. yet. No the boys never said a
word 10 me about Collins death |
was with Clyde when he bought the
pistol
Emil Knecht Is positive in the dec
larntIon that II was on Tuesday he saw
the blood on Clyde's hands. His story
does not only conflict with the others
In this statement. but he says he was
with Potts when he saw ths blood on
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Cecil Rhodes
Big Scheme.
Lord RoSebgy, Fad Grey, Losd SIfIner, cAEsed Ben
d. Jameson, L. l.. SMceH and L. e. Haukslep
VIII Cassy Out-Enghsh Papers Welcome the Idea
Of Sending Americans and Germans 10 Oxtosd.

London, April 1.-THE war in South
Africa, politics and every topic usually
Of interest We're forgotten today in the
absorbing discussion OF Cecil Rhodes
VIII Regarding that extraordinary
document, the Associated Press has
ascertalned some new facts. The total
Of Mr.. Fhod 8 f,"une IL likely TO
prove to be G5OOO,OOO. or slightly un-
der that amount
The executors are Lord Rosebery,
Earl Grey Lord Miner, Alfred Bert,
Dr. Jameson, l.. l., Micell and b. A.
Hawksley to whom he bequeathed the
residue Of his estate. They win divide
about el0OO,O0O or Gl,5O0000 among
them.
According to the terms OF this legacy,
the amount IL to be divided during their
lifetime but as each legatee dies his
share goes to common fund untNthe
surviving legatee becomes its goS own
er Hence, one OF the executors. the ma
torlty of whom are already enormously
wealthy, Will one day inherit what will
then have probably accumulated TO
nearly G200O 00O The executors the
Associated Press learns have unusual
~ full powers, and can c0nstrue and
add TO the win as seems IT. Hence.
the omission of British Columbia. Nova
Scotia and other Canadian provinces
from the list of scholarships Is quite
likely to be corrected and each province
OF Canada may be put on the same
footing as the American states
one OF Mr.. Rhodes most intimate
associates said 10 representative Of
the Associated Press.
He drew up his win in the same
spirit In which he approached all great
Undertakings. In his most important
tasks he merely sketched the outlines
and left us to MI in the details. His
trustees are given power. In the mat
ter Of the scholarships Mr.. Rhodes
saw the scheme was so vast that any
attempt TO too rlgidly lay down the
lines might result In harm; so, beyond
endeayoring 10 meet the legal require
ments, he tried to leave the fufilment
OF his plans TO those with whom, DIR.
ing hl' hfd time, he had frequently dis.
cussed them"
Regarding the American beuuests
the same authority said:
IN Offering Americans and Germans
Inducements to 80 TO Oxford, Mr.
Rhodes had a dual aim. First. puttine
the youth Of England In intimate touch
with what he termed the two mos
progressive nations Of the world. so tina
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SENATE.

washington. April Sat today's seq
sion Of the senate, a bill TO supply adj
ditlonal urgent deficiency appropria-
tions. carrying s2OO.561, was reported
from the committee on appropriations
and passed.
The senate then resumed considera-
lion OF the Indian appropriation bill
The senate passed the Indian appro-
prialton bill and took IN the bill for
ten exclusion Of the Chinese Mr.. Fair
banks OF Indiana, spoke IN favor Of the
bin.
Mr.. Fairbanks maintained that the
United States had an absolute right 20
enact exclusion legislation, applicable
TO the Chinese, without In any way az
fecting our treaty obligations with Chi
na. The pending blll, he said. was In
accordance with the well settled policy
Of this government and was result OF
experience gained from the operation
Of existing laws.
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MORE CORRUPTION INST. LOUIS

pose Of holding up domestic legislation
until their demands IN the way OF
money consideration are complied with.
Instead OF discharglng the duties OF
Office for the public good, and In ac-
cordance with their oath, they become
organized gangs Tor plumber, using
their office 10 enrich themselves at the
peoples expense. our Investigation.
covering more or less fully a period
OF 10 years. shows that with few eX--
ceptions no ordinance has been passed
wherein valuable privileges or fran
chlses are granted, until those inter.
est,d In the passage thereof have paid
the legislators the money demanded Tor
action In the particular case. No mu-
niclpal corporation - ever had us
most valuable franchises so reckless
ly and scandalously disposed OF FOR
a consideration, which finds It's way,
not 10 the city treasury. but into the
itching palus OF the public piferers.
THE persons against whom lndlet-
ments for bnbe giving and bribe-tak-
Ing have been returned are but a smali
percenting OF those who inquiry
convinces US deserve to wear the gafu
OF eonvlets."
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in Zion; but the gathering Of the peo-
pie from abroad should be assisted and
encouraged. This division Of property
and privileges would require some
present sacrifice but II would be fol-
lowed by many blessings and great
satisfaction.
Elder Woodruff paid a high tribute
to Elders Heber j. Grant and Francis
NJ. Lyman, for the work now being
done In the Japanese and European
missions, through the power OF God and
the assistance OF the faith and prayers
Of the Saints.
ELDER JOSEPH Il. ROBINSON,
President of the California mission, re-
ported the condition Of the mission.
He paid a high tribute to the llberality
of the people In California, notwith-
standing the fact that there is consld-
cradle Indifference to the message OF
the Elders. Some 800 souls had been
added TO the Church, and they had
manifested great faithfuness In the
various duties required of them, The
spirit OF gathering was strongly mani
tested among them. as also an anxiety
to receive the blessings Of the House OF
the Lord The late visit of the choir
and the friendship of city and state
officials were Of great assistance 10 the
Elders in their labors In the mission
The choir sang the anthem Light
and Truth" Benediction by Elder Jesse
n Smith, OF Snowflake Stake.
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win Cancel secret Rates.

ST. Paul, April 5.-Passenger officials
OF the ST. Paul Chicago lines, running
southwest into Iowa and Nebraska,
have decided to cancel all secret rates
made for the benefit OF settlers ana
homeseekers.
The special rates were all withdrawn
today.
This action Is due TO the recent in
junction issued at the instance OF the
Interstate commerce commission and
served on the various roads running
west from Chicago.
Counsel for local lines ruled that any
secret rates or agreements on any class
OF traffic was as great a violation or
the spirit OF injLnctlons as on packing
house products and -four,
The lines represented az yesterdays
meeting, including the Northwestern,
Milwaukee and ST. Paul, Great West
ern. Burlington and ST. Louis. had
made lower rates to homeseekers and
settlers from southwestern territory
than they announced In their tariff.
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I. c. N. |. ANNUAL NEE TING.
Highly Prosperous Year Enables the Institution to Jet Aside
An Extra Dividend Of Two Per Cent, Making Ten
Per Cent for 1902
Per Cent for 1902.

The thirty-third annual meeting OF
the stockholders OF lions Corpora
tive Mercantile Institution occurred at
noon today. a large representation OF
stock was present. The principal items
OF business transacted were the read
ing OF the presidents annual report
and the election OF officers and direc-
tors for the ensuing year.
President Smith said IN his report
that the year just past constituted the
fifth IN succession during which trade
had grown and expanded, II could
more Justly perhaps than any other
yeoI, lay claim 10 the title OF record
breaker During the past year there
have been several great Industrial con-
flcts, a stock panic In May aud varl-
Gus combinations had been entered in
10 to arbitrarily fix the price Of copper
and other great natural productions,
and either one OF these would, perhaps,
I'm a normal year, have caused wide
spread disaster, but In spite of these
a steady advance had been made, and
the year 1901 was a phenomenally pros
porous one; this prosperity rests In
large measure on confidence end credit,
and theoretically this basis having
ben established II ought 10 continue,
but such condition Is impossible; a
mistake II made, a local failure Is
magniaed, confidence is shaken, and at
once buginess men become fearful Of
the future therefore. the isntitutlon's
safe and only rational policy Is. in
prosperous times, 10 make provision for
the future and 30 n t~age its affalrs
tha' when strlngenoy comes Its ef-
fects shall be mInimized. with this
object IN view we have accumulated a
substantial reserve and have eliminated
from our assets all superfluous items
upon which loss may occur In the fu-
ture."
All departments Of the institution
have done we,l. The presidents report
referred u the alterations to the front
Of the ret5il hardware, grocery and dry
goods departments, and stated that
these alterations aud changes had been
made without adding one dollar as an
psset 10 tie value OF the Institutions
BUILDINGS and reel estate. He also
stated that contracts had ben let for
raising the onc-story building on the
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POTTS SAYS HE is INNOCENT.
Says He Did Not Go on Hill With
Felt on Fateful Day.

When seen at the county jail this
morning. Henry Potts, the boy accused
by Clyde Felt of the horrible crime
said II clyde would only fix the time
he says they were Oh the hill together
he would have no trouble In proving his
Innocence.
81 never thought anything like this
would come up. said the boy land for
that reason did not pay any attention
10 the time. But Clyde is lying, don't
know why, unless he wants company. |
never did anything to him that know
OF. we have always been chums and
good friends and he never done any
thing 10 me.
81 first met clyde on Monday after
school, and there was u boy named Ed
win Brooks with us. He Is one OF our
chums. We went over to Collins ana
said hello 10 him. and then Clyde said
he would 90 home and get something
10 eat and asked US TO wait for him at
the old foundation north Of the Was
atka springs We waited there for
awhile and then | went to his home
and asked his little sister where Clyde
was. / wanted TO know what was keep
ing him I then went back TO the
aprings, but could not see anybody.
looked IN at Collins window, but he was
not there"
Just what the boy did and where he
went to after this, he does not remem-
Der. He says he thinks he went home.
but saws he saw Clyde after that, and
it was then he noticed the blood on his
hands and clyde told him about the
hawk.
"But | wasn't with Clyde on the hill.
declared the boy II have told the
whole truth and | am keeping nothing
back. II Clyde wanted TO ] guess he
could rope me into this thing because
~ am not sure about the time. But
am going to stick to the statement
have made and I won't change II, be-
cause have told the truth. ] couldn't
have been with him when he was on tbs
hil."
After going TO the Wasatka springs
the second time. the boy can not re-
member lust what he did after that
There IL a break In his story here, and
CLYDE declares he can Ill It In and tel
lust whore Henry was. He says they
went to Collins together and that they
arranged 10 go on the hill for the pur,
pose OF uOlng Wnht Nolllnh Hau uVbhVe
them to do for months, He said tha'
when they got TO the cave the old mar
undressed and after they had bouno
him with the rope, Henry cut his throat
and both boys then made solemn vow
that they would never tell soul wha'
they had done, Clyde says II Is for this
reason he feels so bad that he has CIV
en- HIS companion away.
He says they piled the rocks at th'
mouth Of the cave together after thel
had pushed the old man deeper into th'
cave. In this declaration, It would
seem that the boy Is borne out by th'
fact that some Of the rocks at thu
mouth Of the cave could hardly have
been moved by one boy alone, and It 4
doubtful II either one OF them single
handed could have pushed the old mar
so far into the cave
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Clyde's hands and Henry says the
same thing and points 10 this az proof
that he was not on the hill with Clyde
that day.
81 am sure II was Tuesday" he said,
but they all say | am wrong aud that
II was on,Monday. | met Henry at the
Wasatka or just north Of there. Clyde
wouldn't tell me anything about the
blood, but / asked Henry and he told
me they COLLINS and clyde had
killed hawk and cut 1t up and that's
how he got bloody, This WAS the
next day that | asked him about IT,
Why aid ] ask him? Well | felt Kind
Of funny when I saw the blood and
] kept thinking about It and wondered
what It was because clyde wouldn't
tell me and ! knew Henry WOULD ind
out, SO / asked him. | left the boys
clyde and Hen, together on Monday
They went down towards the car and
| went home"
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MUCH MYSTERY YET.
Father of Young Potts Wants Him
Hanged IL Tie IL Guilty.

Yesterday 1t was thought by the au-
thonties that the mystery surrounding
the death Of old man Collins had been
cleared up, that the mist enveloping
the case had been completely dispelled
by the confession Of Clyde Felt. But
strange as 1t may seem, the boys
statements, while clearing up some
points, have only added to the mystery
and left the officers as far from the real
truth as they have ever been.
Ii was confidently expected that this
mornings investigations would clear up
many knotty points. that Just who
were responsible for the commission Of
the crime aud the motive or motives
behind IL all would come out when all
the boys implicated directly. or lndi-
rectly, In the case were brought to-
gether and their stories told.
But contrary TO this expectation, the
developments OF today have only added
TO the mystery and horror OF the sit
uation.
clyde Felt still sticks TO the declara-
tion that Henry Potts was with him
on that fatal Monday afternoon and
that he was actually the slayer Of Col d.
Inns. He goes farther than this and
says that the plan to take the old mans
life was pre-arranged affair between
Collins. Potts and himself.
On the other hand. Potts swears pos
lively that he Is innocent. that he had
nothing to do with the commission Of
he crime. did not know II was contem-
plated, did not go on the hill with either
Collins or clyde, and that IN all Clyde
has said duplicating him he IL lying.
In some respects Raymond Johnson
corroborates clyde In his story OF be-
ing with HenN Potts on Monday but
like the other boys, his memory falls
him at the crucial point Then there
In the Knecht boy. who IL positive In his
declaration that II was on Tuesday he
saw Clyde washing the blood from his
hands.
All morning long the boys were la
borer with By Sheriff Naylor, Mr. d. p.
Felt and his brothers and Mr.. Potts.
Every inducement that could be
thought OF was brought to bear upon
them 10 make a clean breast OF the
whole thing was tried but without
avail Neither did threats, nor pictures
OF the punishment that the law might
lnflct. nor the sight OF broken hearted
parents weeping for their boys have
any visible effect upon them.
When Mr.. Potts appeared at the
county Jail this morning. there was an
cffecting scene between him and his
son.
'Tf ny hoy IL guilty want his hang
ed or punished 10 the fun extent Of
the law" declared Mr.. Potts with
quivering lips and tears streaming
down his cheeks. III he Is guilty he
can expect no mercy from me. for I
will never own son guilty OF murder"
YOU should not talk In that way"
demonstrated Mr. Felt. ut Is not right
for these boys 20 hear such talk"
Then Henry. the boy, broke down and
cried Father. ] tell you | am as in.
nocent OF this thing as baby. and |
don't see why clyde Is trying TO pull
me into this thing"
II believe you. my boy" declared the
father. but n you are guilty want
you punished. II what these boys say
Of Collins Is true. and ] had known II
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Second Day
OF Conference.
c,n,muaGon Of HeaUp Cso@ds at 7oday'S Services me
Observation-Disclosures Lasses Than al c4ny Time IN
THE Past Indications Are That Too OVegioW Meetings
willie Necessary Interest in Subjects Spoken Upon

rho attendance upon conference con-
.,nues TO increase and the probabilities
o,e that two overflow meetings viii be
n.oessary tomorrow, The weather thus
Cor has been very fine and II 1t con-
,,oues fair. Sundays meetings may
mark record breaker. Great interest
sooms 10 attach to the conference, as
,bo attendance during Friday and Sat
u,aay days that are generally devoted
ia shopping, has been larger perhaps
,son ever before. which indicates that
tbe people came here, first, to attend
conference,
As has already been stated, the one
thing that charac9erizes the conference
throng is the large number Of faces
mat have seldom been seen here on
previous like occasions. This, Of
course, is an indication Of prosperity
together with growing interest among
the people at large, in the affairs Of
the Church.
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EXONERATES POTTS.

Later-At a late hour this afternoon
and In the presence OF the persons
named above, Clyde Felt said he had
lied outrageously concerning Potts;
that his declaration last night Of Potts
guilt was an absolute falsehood, and
that he (FelO killed Collins and furth-
er, that he did It Single handed and
alone"