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Connecticut western news., 1903-06-25
SPORTING AFFAIRS.

owned by Charles Dwyer and Simeon Deimel, with Fuller up and carrying no pounds, won the twentieth Subur> ban handicap in New York Friday on a track fetloek deep with mud in 2:10 2-5, the poorest time since 1887. Herbert. six years old, owned by W. c. Rollins, with Odom up and carrying 11S pounds, ran close second.
 At Indianapolis Saturday, Barney Oldfeld of Dayton, O., broke the worlds records for automobiles from one to five miles on an elliptical mile track by driving his machine mile in 50 3-5 seconds. Not satisfied with this, he broke every record from one to five miles.
 In Saturdays special trial race the Reliance won the triangular race of twenty three and a half miles from the Constitution by margin of minutes and IT seconds. She also defeated the Columbia by minutes and 31 seconds.
 In the contest for the baseball pen nant Pittsburg leads the National league teams, with New York only a few points behind. In the American with Philadelphia close second.
 Robert Fitzsimmons, the well known prize fighter, announces that he is en- gagged to marry Miss Julia Clifford, singer connected with theatrical con- pany now playing at Chicago theater.
Connecticut western news., 1903-06-25

hall, N. Y, Saturday four truinm n were killed.
 In a wreck of two Missouri Pacific freight trains which Occprred at Cole Junction, Mo. Monday, four men were killed and one dangerously injured.
 One convict was shot and killed and another was fatally wounded by guards at the state penitentiary in Canon City, Colo. in an attempt to escape.
 More than a dozen persons were seri- ously hurt In the collapse of a three story building at 70 Bowery, New York city, used as box factory.
 Five men were killed by an explosion which wrecked mine No. of the Ra- ton Coal and Coke company at Bloss- burg, N. M., Saturday.
 Twenty y-five firemen were injured or overcome with smoke at a fire in Fee Bros wholesale liquor store in Roches- ter Friday night.
 TIE EIDE Alta Crest, the home
 orcoo0 of the millionaire wall
 paper manufacturer, Alfred Peats, at Greenwich, Conn.,, was destroyed Monday night Mrs. Peats and her eight-year-Old daughter were badly burned; loss, $150,0O0. Elk plosion of kerosene lamp caused the blaze.
 By the overturning of lamp at the home of Thomas Collins at Fort Pitt, near Greensburg, Pa, a fire was Sfart- ed which destroyed his dwelling, to- gether with four other double houses. Nine families are rendered homeless and lost almost their entire household effects.
 The entire sawmill plant and four kilns owned and operated by the Barry Lumber company at Opp, Ala, have been wiped out. X million feet of lum- Der, several cars and three dwellings near the plant were also destroyed. The loss is $12J,000
 The destruction of a business block at Aurora, H., Thursday, belonging to s. s. SenZenbaugh X Go. cost one life and caused a loss of $150,0O0. The in- surance was S75,000.
 The button factory of E. F. Smith x Sons, Union City, Conn.,, has been com pletely destroyed by fire. The loss is es- timated at $20O00.
Connecticut western news., 1903-06-25

through the overthrow of General HoratiO NasqueZ, has been elected president of the Dominican re- public. General Eugenio Deschamp who was a rival candidate for the pres idency, but withdrew in favor of Gen eral Gil, has been elected vice presi- dent.
 Anthon SwenSen and Newton Brown, well known contractors of California, owning rich mines in Sonora. Mexico,
Connecticut western news., 1903-06-25

Tn Chicago, Monday Samuel Vernon Steele for many years one Of the best known dra
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
BULLETS FROM
STRIKERS GUNS
Trouble at Wheeling, West Va,
Has Not Yet Ended.
ANOTHER BATTLE YESTERDAY
ONLY A FEW PERSONS WOUND
ED so FAR.

VI KEELING, w. Va, Aug. ia
w clash occurred early. today be-
tween the striking machinists
and about twenty-five non-union men
who took their places in the Riverside
plant of the United States Steel cor
poration. The battle was started Sat
urday night Despite the fact that
more than 1000 shots were fired there
were no fatalities and only few per-
sons were wounded. The machinists
have been on strike for several weeks
and the situation was becoming critic
al for the corporation until they i'm
ported about twenty men.
The strikers last night attacked the
boarding houses of the non-unionists.
The houses were heavily barricaded
and many volleys were fired into the
structures. Finally a welI-directed
shot from within the house wounded
one of the strikers, and he was car
ried away. Clay Hoover. a speculator.
was also shot in the knee. A number
of other persons who were in the build
ing with the non-uniOnists received
wounds.
Tonight the strikers who are lying
in the hills fired on Peter Silatek. who
was passing that point, the strikers
mistaking him for a spy. The man
was seriously wounded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
EFFECTS OF BAD CYCLONE
TERRIBLE AND WIDESPREAD.

Merida, Yucatan. Aug 16-The ef-
fects of the tropical cyclone in this city
and Progresso were widespread and
terrible The wind commenced in the
early hours Of the night and although
everybody had been prepared for the
gale in consequence of warnings given
some time beforehand. panic quickly
seized the community. The terrible
destruction wrought overthrow the an
ticipated calm
Little by little the wind increased
and soon it was tearing up great trees
by the roots. blowing roofs away and
destroying houses and plantations.
Great damage was done in a very short
time. Naturally the cyclone was more
terrible along the coast. Great efforts
were made to save small vessels but
20 no avail, and twenty of those living
in the port Of Prograsso were cast upon
the shore,
Among other damage done by the
cyclone was the destruction of hun
ureds OF bales of hennequen and cot
ton, which We're on the docks at pro
gresso ready for shipment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
FEELING RUNNING HIGH
Montana Citizens Worked Up
Over the Commission of an
Awful Crime.

Butte. Mont, Aug ia special to
/ the Miner from StevensvilIe, Mont,
says: The body of the 6-year-old boy
named Buck, who IT was believed had
peen abducted by stranger two days
ago, was discovered near here today by
a searching party. The lad had been
made the victim of the. most heinous
crime ever committed in this section.
ms body was shockingly dishgured
with knife
This afternoon the coroner's jury re-
turned a verdict that the boy had been
murdered and holding Walter Jack
son of MissOula as responsible for the
boys death.
Jackson is now in jail at Hamilton.
citizens of SteVensviIIe are highly
wrought up over the affair and. it is
said, are preparing to lynch Jack
tonight
streets of Stevensville and apparently the
only thing lacking to complete a lynch-
ing party is leader The parents Of the
murdered boy. who was only 8 years old
are doing their utmost to prevent mob
violence, and thus far the mob aDDears
10 be respecting their wishes though in
dignaton at the heinOus crime charged
TO Walter Jackson is running high The
nature of the crime has aroused the DeO-
PIE TO almost frenzy. Sheriff TOnd of
Hamilton has sworn i'm ten extra depu-
Hamilton Jail
Thomas Baird made the gruesorne dis
covery of the boys body while wadine in
a slough lie was one of a party of ten
men engaged in the search The bodv
mad been carefully hidden and its diScOv-
cry by Baird was the merest accident.
The remains were found with the face w.
ing downward in the mud and slime
Witnesses have positively identified Jack
son as being seen with the boy shortly
before his disappearance was noticed
He refuses TO talk of the crime and MAIN
tains stolid silence TO all questions
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
NO DAMAGE EXPECTED
Kansas River is Rising, But the
Recent Flood Will Not
be Repeated.

Kansas City, Aug. Notwithstanding
the fact that the Kansas river at this
point had. Risen a foot in the twenty four
hours up TO o'clock this afternoon, when
IL became stationary. and that "a further
rise IS expected tomorrow, no great dam
age Is nkely TO result. West UI mere, at
Lawrence and Topeka. the Kansas river
mas risen slightly since last night, and at
SAUNA and junction City. its tributaries,
the smoky Hin and Republican rivers.
are rising at a steady rate and sending
their water this way. Most of this water
viii reach Kansas City within another
tWenty-fOur hours. But while further
twO-foOt rise here is predicted. q fall from
that time on is looked for. Traffic be
tween the two Kansas Cities is still sus-
pended as the temporary pile bridges are
unsafe
A sand scow broke away today. strik-
ing the James street bridge, the principal
outlet between the two cities knocking
several piles loose and rendering that
structure unsafe for street cars or vehi-
cleS. At the Belt Line bridge the cur
rent was 50 swift that il became .neceS-
Sary to remove "A section of the bridge to
let the great mass OF driftwood through
Fearing a temporary abandonment of
some OF the railroad yards in the lower
part OF the bottoms the Swift Packing
company removed several tons of prOvis-
ions to this side of the river today. The
water must reach fifteen feet before IL
can reach the plant or the business
houses, however, and this is not at all
likely.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
ALLEGED BRUTALITY At BUTTE
Prisoner Who Hanged Himself in the County Jail Said to Have
Been Terribly Misused by
Officer.

d UTE, Mont, Aug. 16.-On the
IL strength of a sensatiOnally signed
statement made by Edward Dor
val chief operator of the Western
Union Telegraph company mere. to the
effect that he was an eyewitness to a
terrible beating administered to Frank
Ortoh, the Wyoming stage robber. who
led the jail-break several days ago.
coroner Egan has ordered the body
heId and autopsy performed. Dorval
dHeses he saw Ortoff kicked in the
9'OIIidch repeatedly in an effort 10
make him divulge the name of the per-
son giving him the gun used in the iai1-
break, until the mans groans and
frantic cries for mercy were husbed
oy lhsensibiiity. The officer, whose
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
49, CUT Am DIED

Lincoln. Neb.. Aug. 16.-There is no
strife for the places On the. ticket to ba
named by the Republican state con-
vention that viii meet here Tuesday.
j. b. Barnes, the only candidate for
associate justice, Will be named by ac-
clamation. There are five candidates
Tor the two vacancies on the board OF
university regents. There is a unani-
nous demand for the party endorse
ment of the administration of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the resolutions. are
expected to declare for his renomina-
ton in 1904.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
AUDIENCE WIFE PIus-

Rome, Aug. l6-The pope at O'Clock
today received at a private audience in
MS apartment Archbishop Harry WIZ
yesterday was consecrated archbishop nj
Manila. with whom he spoke AT Length
ABOUT the situation in the PHILIPPINES
Inc pope said the efforts of the clergy TO-
wards the pacification Of the archipeIaeo
ana the triumph OF catholicism wot.Id M
ways receive. the waTmest support al
Rome Archbishop Harty then presented
TO the pontiff his secretary MGR -o,,,icr
and Father Donohue OF Alabama.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17

Intentionally harm no one If it could
be avoided. they were making a strike
Tor their liberty They were extreme
~ courteous 20 the camping party. who
were all unarmed.
Iheron, who was recognized from "a
picture, caught sight of Register Arm
Slrohg, VINO in appearance and size
somewhat resembles Sheriff Bosquil.
and. clapping his hand on his revolver.
inquired. Isn't that the big sheriff.
His suspicious continued to remain
with him Notwithstanding he was told
who Armstrong was, until the three
had gotten away i'm the direction %
the Glen Alpine trail They evidently
followed the Glen Alpine trail, for a
report came from Glen Alpine last
there
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
SUSPECTED OF ROBBERY.
V. Vicher Has Park City Acouaint.
ance Placed Under Arrest.

V Nicher. a miner from Park CITY.
came to Salt Lake Saturday with a friend
time. According to the story told nv the
friend. whose name could not be learned
Nicher's supply of money gave out about
clock sunday morning and he asked
room at the st. Elmo. The pair retired
and about four hours later the friend
aWOke and found Vicher was missing
the latter.
The friend gave the matter deep
thought. and decided since Vicher and the
money left SO near together perhaps the
latter could shed some light upon the
subject Officer Sullivan was notified
of the affair. and half-hour later located
Nicher and placed him under arrest. He
denied the theft but will be held on the
charge of robbery until he can give a sat
isfactOry explanation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
WRIGHT AS UMPIRE.
Miners Declare Themselves as Be
ing Satisfied.

Scranton, Pa. Aug 16-District
President T. d. Nichols of the United
Mine Workers. member of the con-
citation board. denies that the equas-
ton of the employers right to dis
charge for any reason other than MEM
bership in labor union is the primal
question OF which the board dead
locked, and which required the appoint
ment OF an umpire
ne demand of the rockmens union
that its members share in the award OF
the commission is the main point of dis
pute. Mr.. Nichols says. Other points
on which the board is deadlocked are
The alleged maintenance of a sblack-
list by the Lehigh Coal & Navipation
company. and the alleged breaking Of
an agreement entered into by Cove
Brothers OF the Hazclton district. when
their employees returned to work after
the lockout following the award of the
strike commission.
President Nichols declared himself
as well satisfied with the appointment
or Commissioner Of Labor Wright as
the umpire of the Cancellation board.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
HOUSE OF STUDIES.
Corner Stone Laid by the Dominican
Order.

Washington. Aug. 16.-Mgr. FaIcOnio.
apostolic delegate to the United States
today laid the corner stone of the Do
minican House of Studies at Brookland
D G. and formally launched the con-
struction of another adjunct to the
Catholic University of America. The
services were marked by pOmp and
were attended by high church digni-
taries and clergy from various parts
OF the country. The Holy Name socie-
ties, who owe their origin to the Order
OF st. Dominic, the Knights of Column
bus and the Ancient Order of Hiberni-
ans assisted in the ceremonies. The
Rt- Rev. William II. O'COnneI. bishop
of Portland, Me. delivered the sermon.
The monastery viii be of pure Gothic
style. The higher studies for Domin-
lcan students Will be transferred from
st. Joseph House of Studies at Somer-
set. o.. to the new monastery when
completed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
ESCAPED CONVICTS GET FOOD
0ee OF the Desperate Men, Armed With Cabne Dropped DOwr
Upon Camping Party and Got
Safely Away.
ID LACERVILLE. CAL. Aug. /

ID LACERVILLE. Cal. Aug. 16.-At-
torney Fred Irwin Of this city.
who has been camping at Phillips
station, near the summit. in company
with John r. Armstrong. register OF
the United States land office at Sacra-
mento. reports that last Friday morn
ing about o'clock three men armed
with Winchester carbines came into
their camp at Phillips station and.
stating they had gone two days with
out food, asked for something to eat
They appeared tired and exhausted.
and the women Of the camp gave them
breakfast, after which they left. taking
some provisions away with them i'm a
sack. When getting their provisions
they stated that they were escaped
convicts and that while they would
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
SITUATION SERIOUS.

London. Aug. 16.-The Picking CORE
sponeent OF the Times. telegraphng from
Scout. capital Of Korea. Aug. Is. describes
1ne situation there. the outcome Of the
husso-Japanese rivalry, as very serious.
Sud the extension OF Russian activity in
Nofea as most ominous. Korea he says.
y inevitably destined TO be the field
Muele the great problem Of Russian or
SaptHeSe supremacy in the far east will
ot solved. At present Korea is exceed
Insiy anxious. fearing it's future as an IN
dependent empire is gravely menaced.
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i Eatne DorVaI says he does not know.
out whom he can recognize had In he
pulled off the PROSTATE man To save
.he prisoners life Ortoff's BODY was
round hanging in his cell Yesterday
morning and it is alleged. the prisoner
was driven to suicide by the terrible
, treatment at the hands of the jaiIers.
me case has caused the greatest kind
of a sensation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
ENDED HIS MISERY.
Suicide of Protege OF Senator Hop
kins of Illinois.

Washington. Aug 16.-Stephen r.
Hall of Aurora, MS, a protege of Sem
ator Albert J. Hopkins, killed himself
in his room here today. Hall had sUf-
fered great pain from some stomach
trouble and had applied at a nearby
drug store for a certain medicine,
which the druggist was unable 10 sup
ply. Hall was clerk in the depart
ment Of commerce and labor, having
been transferred recently from the cen
EIs bureau, where he had been en-
ployed during the past two years The
only known relative OF Hail is NJ Z.
DOwner, manager of the Union Pub
fishing company Of Chicago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
CHICAGo's CENTENNIAL.

Chicago, Aug. 16.-Tomorrow is the
one hundredth anniversary of the per-
manent settlement Of Chicago. Aug Il.
1913, when Lieutenant Swearingen of
the United States army landed with a
company Of troops on the lake front
and began the construction of Fort
Dearborn. Chicago Will celebrate the
anniversary in Il small way tomorrow.
but the real jubilee viii take place
Sept. 26 TO Oct /. The citizens com
mittee has progressed well in perfecting
plans for a celebration extenoing over
q week
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
CRISIS AT CRIPPLE
CREEK COMES TODAY

y Colorado Springs. Aug To- y
. "A special to the Gazette from =
= Cripple Creek says that a report is y
= in circulation in the district TO the y
= effect that an attempt will be y
= made to resume work on the FL y
y PasO drainage tunnel tomorrow =
y morning. when it is feared mat y
y ters will be brought to an issue y
between the striking miners and y
= nOn-union men. 1t is hoped how \
y ever. that an agreement will be y
q reached between the committee y
= in charge Of the tunnel and the y
strikers providing for the compile =
= ton Of the tunnel y
y = y y y \ y y b = y >
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
CENSUS oF INDIANS.

Butte. Aug. l6-Major Nichols of Wash
lngton, ID. c. has completed a census of
ana finds there are 1.729 redskins incIiid-
ing tlalheads. kootenais and others. THE
population has decreased considera blv
anu " rs believed that the object Of the
government la sending a sDecis,l s,s,s,,t -
take the census means that 4 part III
she reservation win be thrown open.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
ALExIEFF is 1T.
New Viceroy of Amur Territory Has
Supreme Power.

st Petersburg, Aug. I6.-The press here
unanimously dilates on the MAGNITUDE of
the powers conferred upon Vice Admiral
AieXleft. the new viceroy of the Amllr
lerrIIory and the kwang Tung province.
on the governor general Of the Caucasus
insurrecuOn. and explains the difference
as pelhg que 10 international complica-
tons. The newspapers arree tbot tbe
innovation strengthens the Russian posi-
ton IA the far east and renders Immediate
acIion on the spot a more easy matter
ne minister of the interior has allowed
the ST Petersburg NedOmosti 10 resume
puDhcauoni which has been forbidden for
unknown reasons since Feb %
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
HARRINGTON FIGHTS 4Apn

ST Louis. Mo. Aug ia writ az
habeas corpus, returnable Aug. 10 was
granted today by Judge McElhinnv of
the st. Louis county circuit court at
the request of attorneys for r. Sew
mour Darlington. a prisoner in ~.
Clayton Jail on the charge of HAVING
murdered James p. Mccain. In tbe
petition it is alleged that BarrinefSn
IS being unlawfully held in Jail WITH
out the right to bail
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
OVER AN EMBANK MENT.
Party Of Nuns and Indian Girls Sc
riously Injured.

Butte. Mont. Aug. ia special from
GreaI rails says that in the overturning.
OF a picnic wagon from St. Peters mis-
sion over steep embankment late Sat
urday night, a party of nuns and Indian
girls were dashed many feet down the
Ursuline nun. was fatally Injured ana is
expected TO die at any moment Mary
Rccd, a half-breed Indian girl. who acts
as nun at the school. was seriously in
jured. Another nun and several maj,
girls names unknown. were badly
bruised and lacerated. The accident oc-
CURED during a heavy electric storm a
laSh OF lightning frightening the horses
anu causing them to break a neczvejle
ana dash over the embankment
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
NOTED PHYSICIAN DEAN

Chicago. Aug. 16-pr w. p. Powell died
here today at Mercy hospital. after an
operation. he was for twenty-five years
superintendent of the state institution for
feeble minded children at GlenwOod Ia
He was born in California fifty-five wears
ago. and was a prominent citizen OF his
adopted state. many medical text books
having come from his pen
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-17
NINE MEN INJURrD

publican from Rollinsville. colo saw
mat nine men were injured bv the fan
OF overhead umbers i'm the tunnel now
pelng built for the Moffatt road None
We're fatally hurt. Among the injured
Is John Walln. a contractor. The re-
naming eight are mostly Swedes ON
PlOyed as laborers.
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SAYS ATTORNEY
TRIED TO KISS
Miss Beard of Provo Makes
Charges Against Whitecotton.
FATHER TAXES UP MATTER
IN FIGHT HE SUsTAINS DOUBLE
FRACTURED LEG.

II ROVO, Aug. 16.-Trouble arising
over an alleged attempt to kiss a
pretty girl eliminated this even
ing in a fierce fist fight between Attor-
ney J. w. n. Whitecotton and Charles
Beard, a barber, in which Mr. Beard
had his leg broken in two places, and
both men We're badly bruised. The
night occurred near Shoots drug store
about 8 O'Clock, and was witnessed by
a large crowd of citizens. The men
fought furiously until separated by
city Marshal Tucker. The girl in the
case Is Miss Blossom Beard. the 10
year-Old daughter of Mr. Beard.
Neither of the participants is in
clined to talk about the cause of the
fight but from a reliable source it is
learned that the origin Of the trouble
dates back about three weeks 1t is
stated that Miss Beard called at the
ONCE Of Mr.. WhitecOttOn at the lat
Ter request to see some new books.
AIterward she informed her father
that the attorney had attempted to kiss
her while she was at his office
Mr.. Beard, according to his state
ment, went 10 the Office of the attorney
and slapped him. This Mr.. Whitecot-
Ton denies And, il is stated that he
also informed Mrs. Whitecotton and a
son OF the attorney, who is i'm the navy.
OF the AFFAIR. Both men. it is said. have
Deen freely expressing their opinions of
each other to various persons. and
'hese Things have caused strained rela-
IlOhs TO exist between them.
Met on the Street.
ms evening Mr.. Whitecotton
stepped out OF the SmOot drug store
and met Mr.. Beard, who was coming
from barber shop in the basement
where he is employed The two men
came together and in a moment both
were SPRAYING on the sidewalk beat