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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
STRIKE IN BELGIUM
Leader Urges That Rioting Cease
and Advises Moral Suasion
Methods.

Brussels. April 14.-At the great So
cialist meeting which was held here
tonight in the Anderlecht quarter n.
Van der Velde, member Of the cham
Der Of deputies and leader Of the socis.-
ist movement in Belgium. violently at
tackled the position of the government
on the revision question.
He said: Physical force is impOssi-
bic at present. We must appeal to the
soldiers, who are workmen in uniform.
NJ Van der Velde concluded by de-
claring that the governments reply
in the chamber TO their demand was
awaited with the greatest anxiety, and
that an immense crowd would gather
next wednesday to hear ii. land if W.
are disappointed, he said. eve shall
have the rioting OF 1902. The country
has had enough Of clerical despotism. %
On leaving this meeting, NJ. Van der
VeIde proceeded to the Maison Gu Peu-
pie. AS he moved among the people
he urged them to remain calm.
Bands Of strikers at Charleroi later
in the day paraded the streets and the
surrounding country, closing the work
shops and factories where employees
had not joined the strike. They sue
ceeded in shutting up all the metal fac
tories. most OF the glass works and =
number Of other establishments. The
same tactics are beginning to be adopt
ed at Jumet and ROux.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
WANT AID TO PAY FIRE LOSS
Honolulu Citizens Expect Federal
Government to Help Them.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press)
Honolulu. April S Cvia San Francisco,
April 14.-The Honolulu chamber OF
commerce and Merchants association
have each held meetings to discuss the
Pacific cable proposition and the mat
ter Of securing federal aid in paying
the heavy Chinatown fire claims,
amounting TO more than $1,000 900. The
associations decided TO send a delegate
TO Washington 10 present their views
and have decided upon J. G. Pratt,
member Of the court Of Chinatown fire
commissioners, who win leave at once.
The cable proposition IS one that
greatly interests all here. and there is
much anxiety 10 see work started on
the project. The chamber Of commerce
wants the first landing 70 be made on
the island Of Hawaii. and the line con-
tinued through Maui and AIol0kai TO
Honolulu.
This would form inter-island counec-
tions. which the wireless system has 50
far failed to accomplish. Delegate
Pratt VIII present this proposition to
the company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
POSTPONE BIG SHOW
President Francis Tacitly Admits
Such Action is Likely to
Be Taken.

St. Louis. April 1f.-President j.. r.
Francis of the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition company, in answer to the nuner-
Gus statements that the world tdir
would not open in 1903, as provided, pUt
that it would be postponed, made this
statement to the Associated Press today :.
Neither the board of directors nor the
executive committee has taken any form
al action concerning a postponement Of
the exposition. II seems Impossible TO
prevent agitation or the subject Per-
sonally 1 should prefer the exposition to
be he'd in 1893
We are making excellent Progress IN
the physical work and although we have
met with some slight disappointment in
promotion and exploitation. we have
every reason to be enCOura ged by the
present status As stated by me Satur-
day. our contracts and expenses uD to
this time are in excess of our available
funds We cannot expect an additional
payment from the stockholders before
September. We have called Sd per cent
OF the 100000 subscriptions and Jnlt
amounts to only $Z,51UOb, Whicn is InIch
less than the aggregate OF expenditures
and outstanding contracts We are.
therefore, depending upon the proceeds or
the sale of the city bonds Wnlcn the
mayor and tie comptroller have informed
me will be advertised in the near future
and sold during the first half of May
Two or three foreign governments
that have formally declined the invitation
Of the president to participate In our eN-
position have been asked to reconsider
and our information is 30 the effect that
they may conclude to do so. We are
making every eXertiOn TO induce every
foreign government of Importance 20
participate
IF in the judgment Of the local COM
pany approved By the national commits
sion. congress and the administrat ton,
any postpOnement is thought necessary.
that step will be taken in Que time, put
under 10 circumstances would the board
of directors or anyone connected cfflcial-
" with the exposition consider for "a
postponement until 1905. which, according
10 the morning papers. Santos-Dumont
has stated has been decided upon
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
PEACE RUM0RS
D0N0T STOP WAR
Fighting in South Africa During
Last Week Was Fierce.
REPORT OF Beers KILLED
lord KITCHENER SAYS TWO
HUNDRED HAVE FALLEN.

7 ONDON, April 14.-News Of severe
fighting in the TransvaaI at the
end Of last week has been sent by
Lord Kitchener, who wires that about
2o0 Beers were killed. wounded or cap
tured. There were about 100 British
casualties.
The British also captured three guns
and quantity of supplies. Command
ant Potgier was among the Beers
killed.
Lord Kitchener in a dispatch dated
from Pretoria Sunday, April IS, re-
counts how Colonel COlenbrander. after
locating Commandant Meyers lager
at PzelkOp, moved his force. by differ
emf routes from Petersburg. Trans
Vaal colony, blocking the principal lines
OF retreat. The fighting commenced
April 8, when the Inniskifling fusileers
attacked Molipspoort, covering the
Boer position, and by dusk had seized
a hill eastward of the Poort. after con
siderable opposition. resulting in Colo
ned Murray being wounded and Lieu
tenant Lincoln being killed. Another
officer and FIVE men were wounded.
Since then the operations continued
daily. COlenbrander's latest report,
April l.. gave the Boer losses in killed,
wounded and prisoners at I06 men. The
colonel hoped TO be able to report fur
Their captures.
The most severe fighting occurred
April IL in western Transvaal where
General Ian Hamilton has replaced
General Methuen in command of the
British troops. The Beers attacked
Colonel Kekewich's forces near Roof
wal and fighting at close quarters en-
sued. The Beers were repulsed, leav-
ing on the field forty-fOur men killed,
including COmmandant POtgieter and
thirty-four wounded. The British cap
tured twenty unwOunded prisoners.
According to last accounts General
Tan Hamilton was pursuing the re-
mainder of the BOer command. The
British losses in this fight were six
men killed and fifty-two wounded.
At the beginning of the pursuit Col
Onel Kekwich captured two guns, a
pom-pom, a quantity of ammunition
and a number of wagons. A force Of
Beers recently overwhelmed a strong
British patrol sent out from Button
TEN, Orange River Colony. to clear
distant farms. An officer and two men
were killed. fourteen men wounded and
the remaining members Of the patrol
were surrounded and captured. Lord
Kitchener mentions holding an inquiry
into these reverses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
WORK OF BLIND CHEMIST.
Ann Arbor Professors Experiments
Likely to Succeed.

Ann Arbor, Mich, April 14-Professor
Edward D. Campbell. the blind profess
sor Of analytical chemistry in the Uni-
versity of Michigan, is engaged upon
the first Of a series Of experiments that
viii take years Of labor before COM
pleted. When finished, the results, it is
expected, viii be of inestimable value
TO the manufacturers Of Portland &C.
ment, as this product viii be turned
out on as scientific a basis as is steel
at the present time. Professor Camp
bell has devised the first furnace in
which the factors Of time and temper
atUre can be absolutely controlled, AMI
his test will cover all complications Of
clay and mari. Professor Campbell is
said to be the first to take up the re-
search work on this absolutely scis1-
tific plan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
He TOLD lTTOAWOMAN
Young Murderer, infatuated With
Another Mans Wife, Made
to Confess.

Ptttsburg. Pa, April 14.-William J.
Byers, a young man Of prepOssessing
appearance and manner. was arrested
today at his home in East Pittsburg
for the murder of August Layton near
Turtle Greek last spring. Byers was
trapped through the agency of q letter
w-itten to a young woman telling or
his crimes.
Byers confessed TO having shot lay
ton five times. and after a talk with
the prisoner superintendent Of Police
McAleese concluded that the killing
was the result of conspiracy, and to-
night ordered the arrest of Lavton's
widow, who is now the wife of Frank
Williams of East Pittsburg. Byers at
one time boarded at the Layton house
in Turtle Creek and IS said to have
been infatuated with Mrs. Layton. His
story, as told to the police authorities
tonight, clearly duplicates the woman
in the murder. The murder of Layton
last May was one of battling mystery
TO the police
Byers tonight broke down and con-
fessed.
Z killed Layton. said Byers to De-
tective McGovern, as he threw himself
on his breast. For Gods sake save
me.
II was in love with her, and she
loved me. She hated her husband and
said we must kill him.
1T was arranged on the night of
June 10 that i must kill him. I was
TO accompany him 10 McKeesport and
kin him on the way. When we We're
on the farm of Edward Taylor
stepped back of him and shot him in
the head. Layton fell TO the ground.
Then I put four shots in his head.
dragged the body to a clump of bushes
and threw brush over him. I went to
the house of Mrs. Layton and spent the
dav and night with her.
I'VE went TO a dance that night and
had a good time together"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
FIEND LIES IN
WAIT FOR CHILD
As
COWardly Assassin Murders a Girl
and Her Little Brother.
GOING HOME FROM CHURCH
THE LITTLE ONES ARE Way
LAID AND KILLED.
GOING HOME FROM CHURCH

DES MONIES. Ia, April 14.-While
returning home from Highland
Park Methodist church, on the
outskirts Of the city, last evening.
Mary Peterson, 10 years Of age. and
Thomas, aged II. children Of Peter J.
Peterson, a weli-to-do dairyman, were
murdered by some unknown person,
believed to be a negro.
The boy, when found at midnight
was alive, but died IN fifteen minutes,
not being able to give a description Of
his assaiIant. The bodies were dis
covered by a farmer, who overheard
the means OF the lad.
An investigation revealed the fact
that both children had their heads
crushed. The police so far are without
a clue. The body of the girl was found
at the foot of a telegraph pole. in a
ditch two feet deep. She had been
ravished by her assailant. Her under
clothing was torn.
At the base of the head she had been
hit with some hard instrument, result
ing in fracturing the skull.
Deed Of a Cruel Fiend.
On the crown Of the head there were
four or five indentations, all Of which
would have proven serious, If not fatal.
Not a brick or an instrument can be
found within the region where the
murders were committed.
The boy, who was found in the ditch
on the opposite side Of the road, was
most cruelty treated. Full half a dozen
indentations were made in the skull
and his face also showed evidence of
being pounded
The Peterson family consists of seven
children-fouT girls and three boys.
Two Of the girls now living declare
that a week ago they were chased at
the same spot by a man on their re-
turn during the evening from Highland
Park They are unable to give a de-
scriptiOn of the man. Not far from
the scene OF the murder are the Mar
quisville coal mines, in which some 200
cOlored miners are employed. It is the
impression of the police that the muir
Gerer was a resident Of MarquiSYlile.
The tracks Of two men have been found
leading from the scene and were fol-
lowed by the police, but they soon led
into a path, where all trace was lost.
a. y. Peterson. manager of Peter
SJn S bakery or CdAL Ldhts tlliiihS tia I
the victims Of this terrible tragedy are
the children of his brother. He is not
absolutely certain Of the identity and
is auxiOusly awaiting a message from
Des AIoines confirming or relieving his
fears.
Mr.. Peterson said last night that he
had a brother living just about the Vi
entity where the tragedy occurred, and
from the information given in the dis
patches he feared that the children
were mis- brothers.
7 haven't been there for number
OF years" said Mr.. Peterson. but
know he has a little boy and girl, and,
knowing that he was very religious
man. I can see how the children could
have been returning from church and
been attacked by some fend. I have
never seen the little boy, but the little
girl ! used TO trot on my knee, and it
is almost too much for me when ]
think that it must have been them.
Mr.. Peterson expects to receive SONS
message from there this morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
BOYCOTT AND THE RECEIPTS.
Kansas City livestock Market Not
Affected Seriously.

Kansas City, April 1.-THE boycott
measure began by the Kansas City
Livestock exchange last week against
the Stock Yards company had no Up
parent effect on the receipts Of cattle,
hogs or sheep at this market today. IT
is believed, however, that 1t will fur
nigh a fairer test Of the import Of the
commission mems requests TO their Gus
toners TO ship % other markets. Both
sides 20 the controversy maintained
their positions today. The Stock Yards
company may tomorrow ask the courts
for an injunction to force the commits
sion men to withdraw their boycott.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
GRAND LODGE OF
|. 9. @. F. To MEET
Annual Session to Be Held in
This City Today.
OFFICERS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN
BALLOTS TAKEN BY ORGANIZA-
TIoNS WILL BE COUNTED.

THE GRAND LODGE Of the I. o.
Q. F. Of this state VIII meet in
annual session at the hail on Mar
ket street at 10 O'clock this morning
Perhaps the most important business
to be transacted win be the canvassing
Of the ballots taken in the various
lodges for grand officers. Every year.
in March, the past grands of the sub
ordinate lodges make the nominations
for grand officers, and the list Of can
didates is then presented to the lodges
Of the state to be voted upon. This
has occurred this year and it is the
duty Of the election committee to can
vass the ballots today.
It is known that the following have
been elected for the ensuing year.
Grand master, Ephraim Homer Of
Provo; deputy grand master, DR.. VIII
liam H. Butcher of Salt Lake; grand
warden, Dr.. r. A. Straup o. Binghami
grand secretary, the Rev. p. A. Simp-
kin of Salt Lake.
The result with reference to the re-
mainder of the list cannot be foretold.
For grand treasurer the contest was
close one, there having been three cam
didates, and it will require the official
count today to settle the election of
that officer. Two or three minor Offices
are also in doubt as yet
The session of the grand lodge today
will bring about seventy-fve repre-
sentatives to the city. The annual re-
ports Of the officers viii be presented
and passed upon. probably some new
legislation viii come before the meet
ing and measures viii be adopted for
the conduct Of the lodge for the ensU-
ing year. 1t is not likely that the
session will be especially interesting.
The Rebekahs, who constitute the
ladies' auxiliary OF the Odd Fellows,
viii meet today to organize a state
assembly This will be an important
feature of the session.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
FIRE IN HOTEL BUILDING BADLY
FRIGHTENS YOUNG WOMEN BOOMERS

Desperately frightened young women,
clinging frantically to ladders in their
attempt to escape from the burning
building, and minus all wearing ap-
parel excepting their night robes. were
the stellar attractions at the fire at
the Palmer House on South Main street
early yesterday morning.
On the arrival Of the department
flames were leaping from the windows
OF the third floor, and q disastrous IRE
was threatened. Young women, heed
less Of the warning cries OF the fire.
men, and oblivious to the fact that the
stairway was not Distracted by the
flames, rushed screaming to the win
dOws and threatened to leap to the
ground. Aroused from their early
morning slumbers, the women COM
pletely lost their presence of mind,
and ran to the windows, clad only in
their night dresses. Some seemed de-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
RAISE SUGAR BETS
Plans of a Big Combine Which
Has Purchased a Large
Tract.

Colorado Springs, Colo. April IA
syndicate of capitalists. whose agents
are now in this city, is quietly engaged
in buying up all the available farms
between Colorado Springs and MOnu-
ment. with the intention of turning the
surrounding region into an immense
sugar beet plantation, comprising ap-
proximately 1900 acres
This information was given by one
who is assisting in conducting the ne
gotiatiOns, and may be considered as
reliable
The strip Of territory that could be
used in the cultivation of beets is about
twenty miles IN length, and varies from
half a mile to two miles in width. The
soil is rich, arabic and believed to be
well suited to the cultivation of the
sugar beet. Should the deal be carried
to a successful completion, it VIII mean
the erection of beet sugar factories in
Colorado Springs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
MORE MONEY FOR Dow1E.

. Chicago. april 14.-By the terms =
4 OF Frede lex Sutton's Will, filed ,
= for probate in the Lake county :
< court, John Alexander Dcwie, head =
3 OF the ZlOnistS. and who styles =
= himself Elijah II, is made hear to :
& an estate Of GOO, the most OF =
4 which is in New Zealand. whence
< his benefact0r comes. Sutton had =
= left al that he had 70 Dowie, but ;
= a few DAYS before his death con :
= cluded 10 remember his sister and =
< three brothers, who are stiI in
4 New Zealand. A codicil providing =
, for them was fled with the will. =
= = = = = 3 4 > y \ > 4 = = / / / \ /
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
FIVE HUNDRED SHOTS
FIRED AND ONE HURT

New York. April 1.-THE Dutch West
Indies line steamer Oranje Nassau ar
rived today from ports in the West
Indies and Spanish Main. While at
Jaclnel Hayd. on April 8, there was
much excitement. owing to an encoun-
ter between the government troops and
a party of revoiutionists. About 500
shots were fired, but only one person. a
child, was shot. In the interior of the
country the revOlutiOnists have things
pretty much their own way, but the
various towns on the coast are held
by the government.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15

termined to leap. while others listened
to the cries Of the men below and re-
turned - their rooms.
Others, however, climbed recklessly
from the windows to the ladders which
had been placed against the building.
Clinging tightly to the rounds of the
ladder and their hair thrown 10 the
winds, they began their perilOus de-
scent. All reached the ground safely,
and were promptly marched to their
rooms by the women who had gathered
and observed the desperate chance they
had taken.
The flames originated. according to
the fremen, in the room occupied by
one Of the employees Of the place, from
a lighted cigarette which had been
carelessly thrown upon a bed. The bed
clothing ignited at once. and the fire
spread rapidly. Small loss was sus-
tanned. further than 10 the furniture
and the floor of a single room.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
KING EDWARD SITS IN PIT.
British Ruler Wanted to Get a Good
View of Race.

London. April liking Edward Wit
messed the production of Ben Hur'
at the Drury Lane theatre tonight
from the vantage ground of the pit.
His majesty had ordered his box in the
regular way. but the managers OF the
theatre decided he would not enjoy the
best view of the chariot race from a
egular box. Consequently. this after
noon a big force of WOrkmen hurriedly
constructed q luXuTiOusly royal box in
the center Of the pit. The king ap-
parenuy greatly enjoyed the play He
remained throughout the whole per-
Torrance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
Another Alaskan Railway.

Seattle, Wash. April Aft the plans
of the Land. Credit & Mortgage COM
pany of London mature. work on a
railroad from Naldes 70 Eagle City VIII
begin shortly and win be rushed 10
completion without delay. The COM
paRy is an English and American con-
Germ and is capitalized at es,e0o zee.
The distance TO be covered by the rail-
way Is 400 miles.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15

London. April 14.-At a meeting to-
day Of the creditors in the bankruptcy
proceedings against Lord Francis Hors,
IL was disclosed that his liabilities
amounted to $4,000 including Sz5Dg0
on a bill Of exchange given TO his Gi-
vcrced wife. May Yohe. the American
actress. in 1901.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
Presidents LIE Insurance.

New York, April 14--Since he became
chief executive of the nation. President
Roosevelt has become one of the most
heavily insured men in the United
States. President RCOsevelts policies
il is understood, exceed by $4,000 OF
$40 O00 those held by President AfcKin-
ley. Mrs. Mckinley was paid about
S6e, GOO on policies on her husband
life
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
ANNULs HEINzE's ORDER
Anaconda Copper Company Wins
Legal Victory.

Suite. Mont. April IA sas-f--. ....
Miner from Helena saws tr- 49, ls
copper Mining company won 4r i----
ant victory in the supreme ----- %
morning when the order of zr-rs,. .'s
Anaconda and ST. Lawrence c,.,-la
December, vas annuiIed. --a
Helnze made application for +l, ,-.
Aug S. ls59. alleging "a half f-fs-.l --sf
the Paramount claim and rI7irir- q.
the Anaconda company had mad 7.- .-a
ground workings into the Iatfsr ~
also that there were certain ms YEA
which apeNed In the Fdiru1rrt
when passed into the ST. Lavraass s-i
Anaconda, from which the srs-----'
company was unIawfuIly cEfraer51, .-.--
able ores. 'ai-.
a survey Of the Anaconda WORKING 49,.
asked by Heinze with "a view af sss.--.-5
evidence with which to prosecute bi.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
PRESIDENT PARDONS SOLDIER
Sentenced for Looting a Pswnshop in
China
V-asbir-tnr, AnriI -prasident

Roosevelt today granted a pardon TO
Alfred Plant, who is serving a four
years sentence in HOngkong. China.
for robbing a Chinese pawnshOp while
serving as a soldier in China. Plant
and four others were convicted Of the
offense before a consular court AMI
were sentenced to four years each The
other three men are being transferred
70 this country TO complete their SEN
fences, but Plant IS pardoned because
ne is 100 81 20 be moved, and the olii-
Gals say he VIII die if he continues in
prison.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
QUEER ACCIDENT TO FARMER.
Burned by a Fire That Started in His
WAGON.

Boise. April I4.-P. l. Schick, a farmer
living on Dry Creek. was seriously burned
while driving home from Boise The fire
started in the rear Of the wagon and be-
fore he realized IT. IL had envel0ped him
His wife was riding on the same seat
with him. She dragged him out and
tried to roll him in a ditch. but he fought
her savagely. not approaching his dan
ger His clothes We're burned off and
parts Of his body roasted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-15
Mining Suit Decided

Spokane, Wash. April 1t-Ar limos
ant ruling REGARDING taxation af 49,
mas been made by the superior conn ~
Ferry county. I'm a case involvfre ~ ~. ~
on the Quilp. Lone Pine. Tom TfuT5 ~ ~
other noted properties. the conn tsiS
that the assessor cannot fix tie y.i.--
ton Of the mine by the selling mic -z
the stock, but must try TO- determine .t
real value by the location of the T-s-
erty. its condition and its a5iHtr IN
produce H