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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-20

on retiring last night he locked the
door ana when the landlord early this
morning asked him TO open 1t SO that
another ledger might be admitted Sims
refused. Then the landlord sent for the
police. Efforts TO persuade Sims TO
open the door failed and hole was
smashed IN II Through the aperture
Sims shot q pistol out OF one hand and
lantern out Of the other of officer
winston who tried 10 enter. There
upon additional police were sent for
aud the house surrounded
After the additional police had ar.
rived the landlord and an officer again
went to the room and pleaded with
Sims TO come ont and surrender.
No, / Won't hn answered with an
oath 'Ill shoot II you don't 20 away.
] am not going 60 Leave here They n
burn me In oil They'll fry me"
Sims had piled some of the furniture
In the room agains, the door ana was
prepared to fight for his lie As tho
landlord and the officer rereatpd tho
desperate fired az them. without do.
ms any damage AN efforts % induce
the prisoner to surrender having proved
ahortlGe, Supt of Police JOurnee de-
c.dod that there was nothing to be done
but to smoke the negro out An alarm
was turned IN aud q portion OF the
Gre department brought to the scene
y quantity Of cotton oil and sulphu.
was sent for the cotton rolled into
balls and saturated with oil. a match
applied and the blazing substance hurl-
Cd into the room every avenue Of es
cape being guarded The furniture In
the room caught quickly. hlling the
place with smoke and flames Sims
hung on until he was nearly suffocated
and then made break TO escape. As
he appeared at the door Patroman
Fred Smith fred al him The negro
staggered, mortally wounded. Instant
" other policemen fired at him. lie
had scarcely fallen to the floor when he
was dead, The flremen ran q line OF
hose into the building ana extlnguish-
cd the flames and the body was dragged
out and driven through a lane Of excit-
cd negroes TO the police station.
Examination Of the room following
the tragedy showed that Sims had got-
ten possession OF Officer Winstoins re-
volyer after shooting Il from his hands.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-20

Did not Mr. Brown say he had armed
Mrs Bradley 50 she could shoot Mrs
Brown"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-20
A SCHOOL BOARD STATEMENT
Declares That Has Been rsrepTesenet BY the Commercial
Club in Report Issued 4en tn natter Of
It's Finances
Its Finances.

me board OF education has issued
the following comparative statement in
which 1t claims that 1t has been mis-
represented In the report Of the Com.
mercial club in the matter Of its
finances:
RECEIPTS.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-20
Heated Temples
And Profanity.
A., q)jsclaved in The OdryerouS Blown BsadIy
go Ly is Passed and The Ex-senator Declares That
c,,.j qo1ock is The Same damned Old FOOL Fson1
Mrs. Broom on Re Stand fos a Moment

Cullen transaction was made to you,
was it2"
1T was directed at me-"
"And during this statement Mr.
Brown was talking?'
Mr.. Brown and Mrs. Brown were both
debating the statement to the stenog-
rapher."
"rhen this talk between Mr.. Brown
and Mrs. Bradley was before the state
ment 10 the stenographer?"
81 won't say whether 1t was before
or after"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-20
''AO On HIS SHOULDER.

Nv tiairt 49, ga ts-N 4
pc IL ~ Yesterday that You did
! "a, I hat truesS 4''er 1t was
y s sSs Yesterday and I, \. ,r,.
\ !, s's sii.,sss nav 81, me statement. az.
B. -. Brown but / refused fused 10 10
''s'' Of Mrs Brown Of thu
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-09
FAMILY SKELETONS
REHABILITATED.

And a hundred others, by which 1t seemed
evident that this precious trio had gained
the idea that the science of deduction
was the practice of quacks rather than
the subtlest of professions
SO diverted was I by this display, and
at the same time so Disguised to think
that my honorable calling was being de-
based to the low level Of mere commerce
that resolved to put these persons to
the test, and consequently mounted the
steps leading to their offices.
rs Mr.. Hawkshaw in?" inquired Of
the man behind the desk.
mo, sir he replied civilly enough,
Mr.. Hawkshaw has gone to Gehenna to
discover the whereabouts of a bag Of
diamonds recently stolen from Madame
de Pompadour."
ooh, indeed" I put in, well, can see
Old Sleuth?'
''I am very sorry, sir, but Old Sleuth
has been summoned to the palace to dis
cover who 1t was that put carbolic acid
instead of vitrol in the emperor's salad
dressing ~
Interesting problems, both of them, y
said l. Can see M. LIE CoQ?"
What Is your business with M LIE
Coq?" he asked politely.
II wish to discover the identity of a
man who suspect has been my worst
enemy for years." replied.
II will take M. LIE Cog your card" said
the young man.
"That is just the point" said I, 81
have no card If had I should know
the name OF the man l seek
The clerk eyed me narrowly.
II don't understand. said he.
81 was afraid you wouldn't I OBJ.
served, that's why l. wish to see, M. LIZ
COD. Perhaps he would. =
Who is it, James?'' came voice from
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-09

The railways will be unable to clear up
the freight congestion before the 1908 sea-
son of navigation on the lakes comes to
their assistance. That doesn't look very
much like water Transportation competing
destructively% with rail transportation.
There is more than. enough freight for
both. Moreover,.it is pretty certain that
if it were not for the stimulation of manu-
facturers and comemrce arising from the
vast quantities of heavy freight handled
by the lake boats the railroads would not
be overwhelmed with business Improve
ments Of the internal waterways will not
only give more business for the railways
and lead to the building of more railways,
but it will diminish the dangers of con-
gestion. A good waterway from Minneap-
oils to New Orleans. for seven. or eight
months in the year would greatly diminish
the danger Of harmful freight blockades in
Chicago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-09

internal Of the United States, its
egn upwards is bagatell.
Yet when it comparative statistics vastly
given than domestic trade AS Car
said while foreign lisa braggart
while internal modest and diffdent. The
treasury of statistics has however just issued bull
the main commercial movements of the
United States during 1902.
begin with the cattle and meat trade, find that the
five leading markets Of the country received during
compared with 7243469 in 1901 the
received 15,6112s, against 1874,
OH 1901.
of live stock to railway traffic these
245 while in 1901 622S52
cars indicating that the high water mark in this line
reached in 1901.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-09

A morning contemporary is not strictly
correct in assuming that no notice was
given of the starting of the lower West
Side pumps Such notice was given in
the city papers several days before the
lower pumps were started;. but, notice
or no notice, the structures upon our wa
ter management are none too severe If
any one should be caught poisoning the
water. supply he would meet with swift
justice, and yet our water supply is just
as surely poisoned by contamination from
sewage as if some one were to set about
it deliberately 1t does not take a very
long memory to run back to the time
when committee of the Commercial club
exposed the character Of the water from
ling facts about the effect Of the use Of
the water from the lower stations for
drinking purposes that the papers did not
think it wise to print them all. The rem
edy the club proposed and urged then was
the removal Of one of the lower pumps
the equipment there, so that in such emer-
gencies as this, when it is necessary I'd
shut down one pump for repairs, the added
capacity would be sufficient to keep UP
the supply from the upper station with
out calling upon the lower stations at all
But the obstacle was the member Of the
waterworks committee from the Eas1
,Side, and the council allowed him to dom.
Innate the situation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-09
ADJUSTMENTS
Williams and Walker "n Dahomey," at
the Bijou.

Williams and Walker ain Dahomey," at
nj the Bijou.
Williams and Walker are funny fellows.
They are the most prosperous stage enter
tainers of their race in this country, and
they deserve their success From precaL-
r1ous position in vaudeville they advanced
to be headliners, and ultimately to star
dom, where their light shines with no
mean luster and where their ability has
forbidden critics to class them among the
myriad asteroids now twinkling fitfully in
the theatrical Z armament. Newcomers
upon, the local stage. they opened, their
first engagement in Minneapolis at the
Bijou yesterday afternoon, to be greeted
by large audience which came to laugh
and which abundantly achieved it's pur-
pose. Williams is the "Old Hoss -Hoey''
member of the firm; Walker, the ST. Nc
Corker. " Together they are funny enough
to transform Jim Dumps into Sunny Jim
without using force.
Their vehicle this season is 'In Daho-
mey.' booked by j. a. Shipp, 1yricized by
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and set to music
by Will Marion Cook. The lyrics do but
scant credit to the genius of the colored
poet; the book is clever; and the music
Of fair quality, For two acts, "In :Daho-
mey. continues amusing. Then it's scene
changes to Africa, and the work becomes
more pretentious and vastly less satisfac-
tory. Considered in it's entirety. however.
it Is by far the best musical farce ever
presented here by colored players.
j. A. Shfpp, author of the skit, Is farceur
as WE'LL and appears in the role of "IIust-
ling Charley one of his own characters
AS a writer he has accomplished his task
along original lines. AS player, too he
wins applause.
The company in support Of Williams and
! Walker is competent throughout, and the
chorus can get more music out of a popu.
lar song than the composer ever put into
| it. Of the. many musical interpretations
| Bert Williams 1.-The Jonah Man. proved
the biggest hit of the show, and the stat
was compelled to respond to encore afte1
encore. Society sung by Hattie Hop
kins and chorus, was another favorite
The animation of the chorus and their oh
vious enjoyment of their own work is {
pleasing feature of the production.
| j. s. Lawrence
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-09
IN A NUTSHELL.
. Americana ernaT rade n a

cut meats hand at markets at the
pounds 80 600 pounds less than
the year before. HFsa,
Commerce great lakes to 54,074,729
compared with AS o79019 net 1901. Iron
minerals about half this The coal
in 1901, the figures being S256,1l and
ons respectively Freight traffic through the 500
35961146 about 100000 tons
than the year before. $50
The short crop is in the
grain receipts at New York. Philadelphia
322, 4S8,394 bushels Ito 32s, 170,3s4
Of requiredin the cattle, meat and
grain 1901, apparent, view of
general railway congeson, expansion in other
departments Of internal trade must have been larger
than supposed. #s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-09
The Sultan's Sensation.

A Paris cable notes the official con-
firmation of the report that the Sultan
Abdul Hamid has ordered the mobiliza-
ton of 100000 troops, chiefly Kurds, with
which to suppress the increasing disorders
in Macedonia.
The Introduction Of a horde of wild and
lawless soldiery from Turkish Kurdistan
and the Persian Kurdish districts into Eu-
rope will probably meet with a protest
from the European powers. The Kurds
are brigands and fight for spoils, and they
have been employed regularly by the sui
tan to do most of the butcl1ering of Chris
tians in Armenia. If Abdul Iamid car
ries out his purpose and proceeds to deal
with the Macedonians as he dealt with the
Bulgarians previous to the meeting Of the
Berlin congress of 1873, he is likely to re-
open the eastern question in very viru-
lent form and divert European attention
from the Caribbean sea and Venezuela to
the shores Of the Golden Horn. The dis
turbances in Macedonia present no nov
city. Ever since the royal and imperial
representatives at the Berlin congress de-
MED to Russia the right to negotiate a
1
treaty with her conquered enemy, the
Turk and made treaty to suit them
! selves, which left the Greeks of Thrace
and Macedonia under the lash of the Turk,
the people of Macedonia have been fan
ming the embers Of -smouldering re-
volt. and. during the last six months, Rus
STA has been especially active in promoting
the popular discomfort. The powers
who professed to be very anxious for the
maintenance of the integrity and inde-
pendence Of the sultan, confirmed Russia
good work Of rectifcation to the extent Of
lwresting Bulgaria from the Turk and set
ting it up as an independent principality;
making a semi ndependent state of East
, ern Kumelia handing Bosnia and Here
goyenia over to Austria; letting Greece
annex just enough Turkish territory t.
| make her eager for more, and allowed Rus
) STA to keep the Arme man territory. some
t what curtailed, which she had taken from
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-09
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Bills introduced up to the present time.
are comparatively free from politics. The
statesmen of the two houses seem to fight
shy of radical legislation. A great many1
are against the primary election law, but /
no one has introduced bill to repeal it.
The state board of control has bitter enc
mics, but none Of them has had the nerve
to. Introduce a measure to abolish the in
stitution. Last year there was a bill In
troduced to abolish the elective railroad
and warehouse commission, but that h1s
not appeared at this session, probably be-
cause Of Governor Van SAINTS rather sur
prisinS declaration in his message, that
he had always worked in harmony with the
commission.
The Wells bill, to extend the primary
election law to state officers, is one Of the
most radical pieces Of legislation that has
appeared. It will be remembered that the
Dunn bill two years ago very narrowly
escaped being loaded down with such an
amendment, which was supported by enc
mics of the bill, and defeated by its
friends.
Few believe that the primary system on
SO large a scale would be practical, but
enemies Of the primary law say that
what's sauce for the goose is sauce, for
the gander," and that state officers should
not be exempt from the law. Such an
amendment would no doubt be welcomed
by the present incumbents of state Off
ces as it would tend to perpetuate them.
The anti-Van SAINT following will be
against the state tax commission, at least
against the creation Of such commits
sion for the governor to appoint.
The Staples-Ward bill, which givess the
attorney general or any member Of the
| railroad and warehouse commission the
| right to carry questions Of jurisdiction
| info DISTRICT tG,n hoo o IF
a majority Of the commission, is one of
the first outward signs Of friction between
| Commissioner Staples and his Colleagues.
Mr.. Staples has heretofore kept up an ex-
/ cellent appearance of harmonious action,
though it has certainly been a severe
strain at times. The bill will certainly
meet the opposition of the railroad inter-
/ ests.
Politics enter into the various PROPOSE
tons for additional district judges The
i Wadena PioneerJo Journal claims to be &C
curately informed that c.. A. Lindberg OF
Little Falls will be the third judge in the
!. seventh judicial district if the place is
created. He is objected to because toe
near St, Cloud. where Judge Searle lives
j o. j.: ,Gunderson of Alexandria, has also
! been mentioned. In the fifteenth district
the attorneys are already stirred up by
the rivalry between Marshall A. Spooner O.
BemlGu ana? Former Senator G.. c.. Nc
Carthy of Grand Rapids. In the four
teenth Former Senator Grindeland is sup
posed to be in line for the bench, if Judg,
Watts is given a colleague.
Dean w: M. Liggett of the state agri
! cultural school has been placed on tn
defensive by Senator Lords bill, which
= would prevent him from remaining on tn
board of regents while holding his posi-
+ ton at the school, 1t is said that tn
deans friends have already pledged ma
Jorlty OF the senators to defeat the bill
, -&~ - Charles 3. Cheney
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-09

Of
with hammer and the
a Of WHOM to geton a
shoulder
meditation
meeting the
friend
escaping York collector whose ideas OF CIVIC ou are
much strenuous than his New Jersey brother
himself at
uniform Of major general OF the
of the Improved
Of gaudst Wheboys
in
remarked feeb
well great for winter wheat anyhow
to
fight his shoulder The
=
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have
s
n
orangeC Sioux
adatt OF her ownr
wasbon migrated to Sioux
ii
years ter shes 0 which
the capitol from calpe and de
posiin al
notice him he Read
he
is right in hand don't
hforit j. r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-09
n view Of the ease with which T i

In view Of the ease with which T h e
] earn a reached DR.. Anes in his New
Hdipshire retreat. it would seem as If
tilaS remarks Of the court recently to IL
erect that it was time for serious work
in the prosecution of the indictments
against him were altogether timely. It
may be as the ex-mayor's physician told
The Journal reporter. that DR.. Ames
is in no condition either mentally or
physically to stand the strain Of a Grim
inal trial. but that does not justify such
treatment of his case as would suggest
that his return and his trial were mat
tiers of no great Importance. DR.. Ames
was undoubtedly the headcenter of the
great grating combination which flour
] ished in this city a year ago. and to sen6
some of his suhordinates to prison while
the man by whose favor and consen
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-09
HIS PROBABLE FATE.
Judge.

Judge.
'Wa-al, some ways I'd like to an some
ways l guess I wouldn't. said honest
Farmer Bentover when the suave dis
penser Of encyclopedias had paused in
his siren song. ''Ye see, If was to sign
for that ere cyclopedee in forty seven
parts, ineludin' the index an appendicitis,
I'm sorter afraid I'd hey to work SO hard
to pay fer it tibet I'd be too tired to enjoy
readin' It; while if read it at my Leisure,
as I'd ort to, in order to git the good of
it. wouldn't hev time to earn the price.
SO. all things considered guess I'll hey
to deny myself the privilege. as it We're.
Looks sorter like rain off to the forth ;
west, don't it ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-09

If the department Of agriculture sue
ceeds in producing good paper from corn
stalks it will have done the country a
great service. Spruce trees that take
thirty years to grow will be too expensive
to compete with the stalks, and we shall
not need to worry about our paper supply
or about our forests SO much as we do,
And perhaps we will get better paper.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-09
MUCH BETTER.
Cassell's Journal.

.sWell. that's the best can do for you. .
said the theatrical manager. You've
been idle SO far this season; now. will you
remain idle for the rest of the season or
take this small part?''
I'll take it, said the low comedy man
I'm this case small role is better than
a whole loaf"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-09

Turkey, together with Bessarabia on the
Black sea, while England filched for her
own benefit the island of Cyprus from Tur
key. These potentates had it in their
power to make a finish of the stay of the
Turk in Europe, but they didn't and per-.
petrated the wrong Of leaving large Chris
tan populations to the villainous DONNA
ton of the Turk. It is true they have,
since 1878, released Crete from the power
Of the sultan, but they should have given
it to Greece, to whom it belongs on ethni-
cal and religious grounds.
At the time of the making of the Berlin
treaty.. the sultan made profuse promises
of reform in various provinces, notably in
Macedonia. He has reformed nothing.
1t is now reported that Russia. and Austria
will soon address a firm note to the sui
tan, insisting upon reforms in Macedonia.
The mobilization of his army is the reply
Abdul Hamid will make to these powers.
Russia, who has recently completed her
demolition Of the treaty Of Paris, so far
as that document concerned her, by send
ing half dozen war ships through the
Bosphorus and Dardanelles,5 still holds
over Turkey the balance Of the 1,410,000,-
1000 roubles Indemnity forced from Tiuirkey
rim 1878. after accounting fors-t}e portion
assigned Turkey for the territorial cessions
made. This balance is 80, 900, 900 roubles
CT cents to the silver rouble), and it is
held over Turkeys head as a persuasive
argument to do Russia S bidding, and this
is the way Russia got Turkey, the warder
Of the waterway between the Black sea
and the Mediterranean, to violate her con.
tract with, the powers, (which made j
Turkeys duty to shut out every warshiI
from those waters, except such asewert
engaged in enforcing the treaty Of Paris.
! The probability is that, if the sultan nov
undertakes to repeat the old Bulgarian
atrocities in Macedonia, he will find him
self, by concentration of adverse cir
cumstances, steaming away from ttYildi
Kiosk with his harem for the Asiati
coast.