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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-27
WOMAN TELLS STORY.
Started TO Surrender Here, But Nerve
Failed Her.
~ Assoclated 20. }


Grand Rapids Mich, July pa
young woman giving the name of Mrs.
Aurora Hodge, her age 10, and her
home Denison, Ia, entered the office
OF Superintendent of Police Carr today
and said she wanted to give herself
UP. declaring that she had killed a
man near salt Lake. Utah, on July
18th last. She said she had parted from
her husband a few months after their
marriage and went on the road with
a travelling medicine vendor as his
bookkeeper
when in a lonely place near salt
Lake City. July 1lth." she said, he
attempted to assault me and / shot
him with revolver had been carry
ing. I left him in the wagon and went
10 Salt Lake City to give myself up,
hut my nerve failed me. and 1 took a
train for Denison. told my brother
and when he went to tell the authori-
ties fed to Chicago. There I secured
a position in a Spring Lake CMich)
hotel. but could not rest with il on my
mind. so I came to Grand Rapids to
give myself up"
Mrs. Hodge refused to tell the name
OF the man she killed. Chief Carr is
investigating and the woman is in jail.
A telegram late tonight from Acting
Chief Of Police Burbidge Of Salt Lake
City to Chief Carr confirms Mrs.
Hodges story, states that there Is a
warrant for her arrest for murder. and
asks that she be held for the Salt Lake
City authorities.
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KILLED THE DEPUTY BLOODSHEO is LIKELY
WoOdchopper Kills the Man Who
Arrested Him at Door
of the Jail.

san Andreas. Cal, July 26.-James
Casey. a deputy constable, was killed
here today by julius Demartini,
wOodchOpper. who was arrested by
Casey for making a disturbance. De-
martini walked peaceably TO the Jail
and when he reached the cell door he
turned suddenly and shot Casey twice
in the body killing him instantly.
Deputy Sheriff Thorn was standing a
few feet away and Demartini opened
fire on him. but missed his mark.
Thorn had a bucket in his hand with
which he struck Demartini. a tussle
ensued and Demartini escaped from
the Jail. Three brothers Of Casey set
out with guns and. cvertaking the fu-
Eitive. opened fire on him, which was
returned. In the fight Demartini was
wounded, probably fatally, and cap
tured.
Public feeling runs high tonight.
Sheriff Graves has prevailed upon the
people to let the law take its course.
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Sheepmen on the Trail of Cattle
men in Montana Charged
With lncendiaTiSm.

Butte, Mont. July ga Miner spe-
cial from Big Timber, Mont, says that
the sheepmen of Bridger creek country,
several miles from there, are up in
arms as the result of the burning Of
the Flanagan Bros sheep camp and
pens. the largest in this section of
Montana. The destruction is believed
by sheepmen to be the work of cattle
men, with whom they have been on the
verge of war for The past six months.
The sheepmen have organized posses
under the leadership of William Bell.
one Of the prominent sheepmen. and
"A search of the surrounding country is
being made for a man whom the
sheepmen declare they know to be the
incendiary. Picksts have been strung
out for an area of ten miles square.
Parties just in from the scene say that
the situation is extremely serious and
that a lynching is threatened if the
cattleman suspected o. firing the Elan
nagan pens falls INFO the hands of the
pursuing sheepmen.
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TRAIN STRIKES ELECTRIC CAR
Three People Killed and Score of Others nuedEngneer and
Fireman BraVeIy Stuck to
Their Posts

7 Asst ST. LOUIS. H., July 26.-An
accommodation train on the Van
dalia road. en- route to St Louis,
ran into a well filled electric car on the
East St. Louis & Suburban street rail-
way near Lansd0wne today. killing
three persons and injuring a score.
Dead.
John Roy. engineer.
j. !. Lenharth
David II. Beattie.
Injured.
Vincent Higgins. fireman, will die:
Charles Burkhardt. electric conductor.
seriously; Mrs Mamie Kink. Louis
Merkel, G. w. Young fractured leg;
Simon Spaulding. Jacob Schilling. Mrs.
Allen Mack, Jacob Lenharth. jr.. Elmer
Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. W II. King. Miss
Annie Sommers. Centerville. u. Eight
others received minor injuries.
Terrific Crash.
The crash of the collision WAS terrific.
The accommodation train was drawn
by an engine which was backing and
was running at good rate Of speed
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when it crashed into the trolley car.
The trolley car Was hurled from its
track. q mass of wreckage. The i'm
pact caused the coaches to break loose
from the engine and they did not leave
the track. but the engine left the rails.
ran about 200 feet on the ties and
turned over on its side. Engineer Roy
and Fireman Higgins stuck to the en-
CINE and were buried in it's wreckage.
After being removed Engineer Roy
died at the hospital Fireman Higgins
is so badly injured that he cannot live.
Agonizing Screams
The two were pinioned under jet OF
scalding steam and their screams were
agonizing. Nothing could be done until
jaCkscrews were secured and the en-
CINE was raised. Roy and Higgins
begged to be killed outright that they
might not suffer the tortures they were
undergoing. When they were finally
taken out both were literally parboiled
Beattie and Lenharth. the two other
men who were killed. were standing on
the platform of the street car when the
crash came. They were hurled almost
thirty feet and were picked up dead.
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KNOWN HERE AS RYAN.

Sheriff Frank Emery left Saturday
night for Denison, Ia. to ascertain If
possible the wherea bouts Of Mrs.
Hodge. A telegram was sent to him
last night by Chief Burbidge inform
ing him that the woman had given her
self up. Sheriff Emery will receive the
telegram at Omaha. Neb. this morn
ing. and viii proceed at once to Grand
Rapids Mich. TO bring the prisoner
back TO this city. Requisition papers
viii be taken out by Chief Burbidge
this morning and forwarded to Grand
Rapids
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MADE VARYING TALKS.
How Suspicion of Ogden Police Was
Directed to Woman

Ogden, July 26.-The sheriff's office
has some writings that may prove
damaging evidence against the woman
Aurora Hodge in case she should ever
stand trial. This eVide-1ce consists of
written statements concerning her past
life and supposed marriage in Cali
fOrnia. They were taken down in her
presence by Deputy Sheriff Sebring.
The purpose of this record was TO Sc
cure information to aid the sheriff in
finding her relatives, and on the
strength of some Of il the ticket and
money were secured from her brother
at Denison, Ia.
The conflicting statements made by
the woman at that time, together with
the fact that she never called for the
ticket, aroused the suspicious of Sher-
if Bailey and caused him TO suspect
her when the murder of Ryan was
discovered. The description furnished
by Deputy Sebring. together with an
account of her mysterious actions pub
lished in The Herald started the Off
GERS on the theory that she was the
woman, and indirectly led to her ar
rest
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SENATOR BURTON A DEAD ONE
Kansas Statesman Used Letter From President Roosevelt Fol-
Advertising Purposes and Teddy Is
Hot About 1t.

ject lesson something Of the history
of the holy land that may have es-
capped them after Bible study. After
outlining his scheme, Burton wrote to
PRESIDENT Roosevelt, disclosing his
plan. The letter was politely acknOwl-
edged and -he president, in his purely
personal note, went so far as to COM
mend the idea. Then the advertising
instinct of the willy Burton asserted it
self: he rushed to the printers and had
the presidents letter reproduced, in
fac-simile, making it the attractive cen
ter of a glowing advertisement of his
New Jerusalem Exhibit" PresidenT
Roosevelt naturally became indignant
to find that his personal letter had been
used for advertising purposes and was
not Glow TO inform the Kansan Of his
displeasure. Burton, to quote
friend of the president, lis hereafter a
Democrat in the eyes of the admins
tration. when it comes to- the distrlou-
ton of federal patronage"
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BAY0NETS HOLD
MODS IN CHECK
Race Riot at DanViIle, Ills, a
Serious Matter.
SHERIFF HELD HIS GROUND
FEELING OF UNEAsINEss AND
DREAD.
SHERIFF HELD HIS GROUND

n AWHILE. H.. July 26.-Two killed
and twenty-five wounded, the po-
lice station wrecked. the county
Jail with few of its windows unshat-
tered, the city in the hands Of the
state troops and a feeling Of uneasiness
and dread prevailing everywhere is the
situation left by the race riots of last
night and early this morning.
The revised list of dead and injured
from last nights catastrophe is as fol-
The Dead.
john, D. Metcalfe, negro, lynched and
Henry Gatterman. killed by Negro Net
calfe.
The Injured.
John Devore. right thigh mangled by a
lead Of buckshot
Adam Murray. shot in forehead. will re-
cover.
- Bicknell. buckshot in right leg.
Clement Mobaker. buckshot in right leg
and arm.
Edward Hart. shot in right hand.
A. W. Stafford. injured internally.
Fred Lorenz buckshot in legs.
W. Lattern bUclxshot I'm both arms.
Harry Rennick of Taplin. Ill. buckShOt
in left foot ana leg.
Two unknown men. wounded in arms
and hands with buckshOt: refused 10 give
their names when their wounds were
dressed.
Henry Slade of Pavilion Heights. buck
shot in left side.
Two unknown men, one shot in left
arm and the other in the hand. refused
to give names when wounds were dressed.
Unknown young man, wounded in head,
refused to give name,
-Four unknown negroes, beaten into in
sensibility by the mob.
Unknown woman. carried aH3y in
buggy after she was seen to fan.
H. Hines. shot in neck.
Otto Heinlke. shot in arm
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MRS. AURORA HODGE GIVES
HERSELF UP AND CONFESSES
Declares She Killed Ryan in Defense of Her
HONOR Conscience PriCked Her.
Would Have Surrendered to Local Police But Lost Her Nerve at
the Last Minute

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Grand Rapids Mich, July ged
living
night that II
claims in of herb
The Immediately
ent Carr and the Salt Lake authories
in by
she Edwards and entered hi employ a bookkeeper
He a travelling medicine il an
agents Salt Lake lonely says
threw her vehile
and shot
She o took train for Denso
and after informing her brother what she had
Chicago, employment
waitress a hotel
She
relief erything
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Especial 10 The Herald.)

H1ASHINGTON. July Ex-senator
w Burton of Kansas is henceforth
a dead one" in the eyes Of the
Roosevelt administration. He has
shown himself unworthy of the conf
dcnce of the president, and no man re-
sents the betrayal of a confidence more
keenly than President Roosevelt.
Buttons trouble arises from the fact
that he is ambitious, in a way. He is
in hot pursuit OF the almighty dollar,
and has in him some instincts OF n
good advertiser Therein. perhaps. he
missed his vocation. Senator Burton
proposes to run a side show at the St.
Louis exposition. Not a side show in
the ordinary sense of the word. but
a side show. nevertheless. He expects
To reproduce some Of the famous struc-
lures of Jerusalem. in Bible times, that
the people Of today may learn by OBJ
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HORRIBLE CRIME OF
MALE FARM LAB0RERS

; st. Louis. July 26-Three men. =
, Thomas. Nick and W. r.. McComb, =
, charged with having assaulted =
, and killed Gertie Gibson, aged Q. =
, at Bloomfield. were brought here >
, today for safe keeping as a mob =
, had attempted to take the prison =
; ers by force at Bloomfield and y
; lynch them. The little girls body ,
, was found during the fore part Of =
; last week and the cOroner's verdict =
, was that she had been assaulted. =
, y = y y y y y y y y y = y = = = !
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THREE MEN CHARGED
WITH AWFUL CRIME

= London, July 27.-The St. Pc y
y tersburg CORES Ondent of the y
= Daily Mail sends a report that =
= near the village. of SChalajjifa. in 4
= the district of Don. thirty-three y
= female field laborers were burned =
y to death in a barn where they had y
. locked themselves to escape moles- y
y tation by male labOreTs who, in y
= revenge. fired the barn and y
= watched the burning without y
= needing the shrieks o the victims. =
> y = = = = = y y = p = = = = =
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FEMALE HORSE THIEF
AGAIN BEHIND BARS

an alleged horsethief, has been recap
tured and placed in Jail at WatOnga,
after successfully GLIDING the officers
since 1898, when she escaped from the
county jail at Kingfsher. The woman
was for several years a member OF a
gang of territory outlaws.
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Many in the Hospital.

Many of the injured are at the hospital
Arrangements are Delng made for the fu-
neral of Henry Gatterman- After day
light this morning there were restless
crowds on the streets. Hundreds of
farmers came into the city, each sur
rounding town sending its quota.
There were many miners seen on the
streets Great unrest and a threatening
attitude was reported fIom Westvale, five
miles away.
Early in the morning Wilson, the al
was secretly taken from tie county jail,
but returned shortly aftC.ward.
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Soldiers Patrol Town.

Four companies of miliT-d arrived at $50
this moCning from Springfield. Companies
A, l. and II Of the Se-.nth Illinois
infantry were sent in reply TO urgent re-
quests sent at midnight 10 state officials.
The troops marched TO tie market house
opposite the Jail and camped. Streets
utUde Of the crowds disappeared. There
were sullen threats heard but no At
Tempt at an outbreak was mani fest 6d
during the day. Tonight 100 sentinels are
patrolling the streets in the immediate vi
cinity of the jail. Each soldier carries
forty rounds OF ammunition.
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quiet Reigns at Colon.

is pef as las soupon the artofG General
as nc dp o Panama o TO few here Develop
pi h been
ca n a
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The sherif's Story.


Sheriff whitlock said today in giving rs
version of the shooting into the mob.
After I saw from the iail that the mob
was determined to attack, L went to the
veranda and attempted to talk 10 the
maddened men, AS IsStepped into view
Of the crowd two outlets were rred. one
striking the wall back Of me 7 nreo TWO
shots in the ar. Some one shouted that
l was only bluthng and was shooting
blanks. j warned tbs mob that I would
resist an attack on the jail with powder
the mob and it surged forward. then
fired a shot from my shotgun into tdeir
legs. This drove them DaCk. but they re
turned a moment later TO the attack or
the front door 7 was alarmed for the
safety of my VIE and children. My vile
took a gun and said she would stand by
me. / got her and the children out of the
way and then as the leaders were com
inA with the rail 10 halter down the WallS.
I shot along the ran 10 make them drop
it. This accounts for so many icing shot
in the hands and arms. l fired eight or
ten shots il all.
Fired All the Shots.
Sheriff Whitlock mad four deputies and
guarding the prisoners. He says no one
fred into the mob but he.
A strained situation is noticeable, but
the 200 soldiers here. IL is thought will
prevent further outbreaks for the pres
ent at least Half these viii be on duty
all the time.
Leading clUZenS say the outbreak mas
been expected for SOng time as a bitter
feeling has existed FOR several years be-
tween the negroes and a certain class of
white persons. A number of minor out
breaks have occurred during the past
year.
Cursed the Soldiers.
The feeling against the soldiers is no
ticeable. The COmmissary department to-
day had much trouble getting restaurants
to serve meals. Many refused to feed the
soldiers Crowds gathered during the day
near the lines and cursed the soldiers.
They were scattered by bayouets. Sew
cal other companies of the regiment are
under arms at Springfield awaiting orders.
OfiCers of the guard do not anticipate
any attack, however,
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is 1T POSSIBLE

Have We Foupdhe sdeaaac
70 sooe Policeman
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Denies Rebellion and Rlames Nuts.

% h being ntue, Iconcude dheh adefued oee rn
~ e 81 against Iaman
y
The governor
Ina % e m decree from Boggau spning lstafhe
H s i it y d oferdo the vlautri
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a TIP!

II you want to do business
Advertise in The Herald.
It gets results.
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Statement of General Cobos.

Prss
h He
from
las
td r noutt Th the Passing governor ho1SI vprtu tas
him a bad because o the swhod
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Fair Monday and Tuesday.
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Secretary of Finance Guerra Escapes.

An
capture departed
American consulate
and that he himself will civil command is said that
cabgram Arthur NJ Beaup the United States
the
As this dispatch learned that Dr.
that the Of police Aonang under
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Continued on Page Two)
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General CObOs About to Seize the Rens of Government
-GOvernOr Nuts Finds Refuge in British Consulate
---EsCape of Secretary Guerra.
The Governor and His wife Fled.

The like bombshe company of soldiers
Cobo commander of the national surrounded
the and his wife who American having been
rival of the troops succeeded in escaping
General uertas commander of the baaan of Colombia when
headquarters herehe found General Cbos According
General uertas remain Exactly what has taken pa
Artdes Arizona of the Fernando Arrange,
member the departmental tribunal of
argue with General Cobos the legaly of his action.
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LAST EDITION

WEATHER FOX SAT- LaKe-
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PRINCESS LOUISE.
M. Giron Has Broken OF All Relation.
With Her.

Geneva, Feb. THE legal advisor
OF the former crown princess of Sax.
ony has made the following announce
ment
IN. Giron will leave Geneva this ev
aning for Brussels. where he will Join
his family. NJ. Giron has broken of
all relations with the princess in order
not to impede the reunion of the prin
cess with her children"
The sudden end of the royal romance
is said to be due to the refusal of the
Saxon court. influenced by the EN-
peror Francis Joseph to consent to q
divorce 1t is reported that the
princess sought her fathers pardon
in order to get permission to see her
children, but was refused everything
unless she left NJ. Giron The parting
OF the princess with NJ. Giron is said
TO have been affecting
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THE NEW DEPARTMENT.
Conferees on the Commerce Bill Al
preaching Agreement.

Washington. Feb. THE confer.
encas OF the senate and house on the
department CT commerce bill approach.
ed an agreement on the bill Friday
but adjourned, to meet Saturday, with
out entirely finishing their work.
They were in session about three
hours. the greater part Of the time
being spent in an effort to adjust the
1inerences on the question as tc
whether the president should be giver
power to transfer the interstate com
merce commission to the proposed de
partment. us provided by the hous,
bill. Considerable feeling was mani
tested over the matter. and the con
troversy became so animated at times
that the voices OF the conferees could
be plainly heard in the adjoining cor.
ridors. When the meeting began the
trust provision Of the bill was taken
up Immediately. No time was lost in
reaching an agreement on that point
Inc differences were adjusted by the
acceptance of the Nelson amendment,
with portion of the house provision
added. The conferees then sought
W OH UNDERSTANDING on the
question of transferring the Interstate
commerce commission to the new de
partment. At first there appeared a
Strcng probability OF coming TO an
immediate understanding on this point
as the house conferees consented with.
out making many objections TO the
elimination of the specific mention of
the commission. The bill as passed
by the house authorizes the president
70 transfer to the proposed depart
mert the whole or any part of any
Office, bureau. division or other branch
OF the public service engaged in Stats
teal or scientific work. or the inter
state commerce commission"
The senate Conferees moved to strike
out the words referring to the com
mission, and after some objections. tn.
representatives of the house assented
IL was then suggested that the trans
Ter OF the commission might be ac
complished under the general author
lty given TO transfer bureaus engaged
In statistical work, as the business Of
the Interstate commission is largely
OF that character, and an effort was
made to amend the language of the
provision as to prevent and even pro
hlblt that result. Ii was at this point
mat the meeting came to n close
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TWO EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
Dishes Were Ratified and Doors Swun,
To and Fro.

st. Louis, Feb 9-Two distinct
earthquake shocks were felt in st
Louis and vicinity between G:2O and
go O'Clock Sunday night The first
shock was of almost 20 seconds dura.
ton and while IL was not so distinctly
felt Immediately in st Louis. in the
western suburban towns and in Alton.
Belleville. Edwardsville and other
nearby towns in Illinois. II was suffi-
ciently forCeful to rattle dishes and
swing doors. The second shock fol.
lowed within two minutes and was
slight and Of short duration. Both
shocks were from northeast to south.
west
Marion. ILL.,. Feb. Am earthquake
shock was felt Sunday evening. Pre-
ceding the shock roaring noise was
heard. Many persons ran into the
streets. At the West Side hotel nues
were shaken down.
Paducah. Ky, Feb a slight
earthquake shock occurred here about
6:i5 o'clock Sunday night No dam
age was done and the duration OF the
vibrations was very brief.
Cloverport. KY, Feb. Am earth.
quake shock startled a number Of Clio
verport's citizens about $50 O'Clock
Sunday night. No damage was done
and many people Of the town did not
know the shock had occurred
Greensboro. KY. Feb. "a distinct
earthquake shock was felt here at Gas
Sunday night. Pictures were shaken
from the walls and tables In the sec.
ond story OF many houses.
Louisville. Ky, Feb "a slight
earthquake shock was felt here at
about As O'Clock Sunday night. TIE
vibrations caused windows 10 rattle.
but no damage was done.
Paris. Feb. 9.-Sllght earthquakes
were felt on Saturday at midnight at
Brest st. BrIeux and on the island Of
Molene.