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SUICIDE OF BUTTE MAN
Fiancee Broke Her Engagement
With Willard Winters, ex-
County Auditor.

Butte, Mont. Jan. 31.-Willard Win
tiers, one Of the most prominent mer
in Butte and former county auditor
shot himself through the head with a
Smith AZ Wesson revolver tonight, dy-
ing instantly. 1t is said Winters fiancee
broke their engagement after having
learned that he had been drinking, and
this led to his suicide.
On the table by the side of the bed
and almost within reach of the corpse
were piled heaps of wedding presents
which had been sent for the ceremony
which was to have been performed to-
night.
Winters was a brother OF William
Winters of Spokane, who is A well
known railroad contractor. IL had
lived here for many years and was
widely known.
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BANQUET OF THE
GRIDlR0N CLUB
Wit and Wisdom of Washington
Correspondents.
MORGAN WAS 4 GOOD VICTIM
MANY DISTINGUISHED MEN
WERE PRESENT.

WASHINGTON. Jan. S1.-The an
wv nual dinner of the Gridiron club
tonight was another record
breaker in the way OF unique enter
tainments- The dining hail of the Ar
lington hotel was never so handsome
" decorated. for besides the flowers
upon The table and the palms and
ferns about the room a novel arrange
Tent Of electric lights produced
superb effect among the decorations
Among the 200 guests and members
we're ambassadors, senators and repre-
sentatives. governors. high officers of
the army and navy. prominent meit
in the financial and business world, ed
itors and proprietors of great news
papers. and scientists and men of let
tiers The menu was calendar. each
illustrated with the picture Of prom
inent guests, whose business or per-
sOnal characteristics were indicated in
a jingiing rhyme
The New President.
The Inauguration of the new presi-
dent of the club. William Z Curtis
afforded an opportunity for reverting
TO the part Mr.. Curtis took in secur-
ing the attendance of Spanish grandees
for the Worlds fair at Chico go. The
pOmp and ceremony Of the Spanish
court of 1892, mingled With twentieth
century ideas and events, made il a.
SNOWY and Iaughable affair. One of
the questions prOpounded to Columbus
was; What is a tTust2" 10 which he
answered: "A bunch OF money sur
rounded by water"
Made Fun Of Morgan.
J. P Morgan. one of the guests OF
the club, was made the subject of quite
the best buriesque Of the evening For
the alleged benefit of the New York
fnancier the Gridiron club installed d
bucket shop as an adjunct to Mr.
Morgan's Office. The manager and
'-chair warmers kept up a fire of live
" questions and answers in which
various guests were placed upon the
gridirOn. The discussion Of available
presidential candidates was a feature
of this part Of the entertainment The
burlesque concluded with a song dedi-
Gated to Mr.. Morgan.
The Laugh on Wiley.
The experiments which DR.. Wiley
Of the agricultural department is max
ing with bOraX as a preServative at
forded another vehicle to give num-
Der Of prominent guests a gridironing.
Il d ttio1SE4 lAdL LII. WHEY Vas
conducting an experiment at the din
ner. aud two members of the club, per-
sonating Professor Wiley and his as
sistant. showed the effects of bOraX on
the brain A poison squad was
brought out and the stethoscOpe and
X-rays applied 10 their heads The
marvellous things which they were
found TO be thinking about. as told
by the operators. created great amuse-
ment.
Many Smart Hits
The initiation OF Joseph X Oil Of
the Atlanta Constitution and John p
Miller of the Baltimore sun. who were
caused to perSOnate leaders of the
lily whites" and black and tans'' re-
spectively, and the witty incidental
references to recent southern appoint
ments, made a distinct hit
There we're other skits, many tOpi-
cal songs and chOruses. and several
good speeches all crowded in the even
ing with Wit and humor from begin
ming TO end.
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CAUCASUS BRIGARDS
DO THRIVING BUSINESS

st. Petersburg, jan 31-Brigands
have been terrorizing the Caucasus re-
Gently, leyying tribute on towns and
holding up trains TO an extent httn-
erto unknown Even garrison towns
have been frightened into paying regu-
lar tribute, in return for which the
bandits not only refrain from plunder-
ing, but protect the towns from other
marauders. The attempts of the troops
to cope with the situation have been
generally foiled owing to the compile
fly of the inha bitants. who are fearful
OF the brigands' vengeance and there
fore warn and shelter the latter. Sta
tons and trains on the Vladi-Kav Mas
railroad have frequently been at
tackled
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WITCHtR JONES IS DEAD QUAY is SUCCE
Statehood Bill Securely Fastened
to the Agricultural Bill
as Rider.

Washington. Jan. 31.-The senate
committee on agriculture today agreed
10 place the omnibus statehood bill on
the agricultural appropriation bill as
rider. The proposition was strongly
antagonized. but it carried by a two
thirds vote, Senators Hansbrough,
Foster (Wash.) and Quay, Republi-
cans, and Bate, Heitfeld and Simmons,
Democrats, voting in the affirmative,
and Senators Proctor, DOlliver and
Quarles, Republicans, in the negative,
Senators Warren of Wyoming and
Money of Mississippi were absent and
were not recorded. 1t was stated. how
ever, that Senator Money would vote
for the amendment II present The
bill was not completed and will not
be reported until some time next
week
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WILL NOT SELL TO
THE TOBACCO TRUST

Havana, Jan. 31.-Six of the principal
independent cigar factories have now
entered into an agreement not to sell
their brands or plants to anybody for
ten years, under a penalty of a $780,
600 fine. Two other firms among the
largest Independent concerns have not
signed owing to the fact that under
the wills of their founders they are
not permitted to transfer their bust
ness except to the owners legal heir.
The large Independent firms number a
dozen and there are a score or so of
smaller firms
There have been no definite results
yet from the conference of American
retailers and others with the independ-
ents with reference to the American
trade
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ESCAPED eALL0WS AND
COMMITTED SUICIDE

Missoula. Mont, Jan. S1.-News from
Peck. Mich. is that Ira Presley. tried
here recently and acquitted of having
murdered his wife at their ranch near
Iron Mountain, had committed suicide
there PRESLEY and his wife were liv-
ing at their farm in the Iron Mountain
country. One day a neighbor found
Presley lying in the yard with his
throat cut from ear to ear. and his wife
in an inside room with her head badly
beaten and her throat cut. Mrs. Press
ley died a few days later PRESLEY
recovered. At his trial he claimed he
was attacked by an unknown man.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. Silt devel
w oped today that the answers of
the allied powers to Minister
Bowen's latest proposal arrived here
yesterday. but were not Immediately
presented to the minister. The an
) swers were to the effect that the al
lies could not consent that the United
States and other claimant nations re-
ceive the same treatment as the
blockading powers and that they there
fore rejected in toto Mr.. BOwen's final
proposition. Knowing the consequences
that were to follow the presenta ton
of this answer the representatives of
the allies took upon themselves the re-
sponsibility of Withholding the notes of
their governments and of again ca
bling, urging a resractiOn of their pref
erential demands.
Given Last Chance.
The exchanges are still in progress
between the Italian, British and Ger
man embassies, but there is no evil
dence that the allies intend yielding.
IF they hold out their representatives
must present the joint refusal and the
Washington negotiations will come to
a standstill.
Baron Speck Won Sternberg. Ger
many's new envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to the United
states, today spent two hours in con-
ference with Count Quadt, who, as
charge d'affaires, has thus far con-
Quoted the Venezuelan negotiations for
Germany The German minister was
placed in possession Of the entire cor
Tespondence which has passed between
Mr.. Bowen and the allied powers and
was advised by the count of the seri-
Gus hitch which has occurred as a
result of the last contention of the
triple alliance for preferential treat
rnent in the settlement of their claims.
Baron Won Sternberg then called at
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Foreigners Excited,
JUST OUR SIZE.
Uncle Sam Delivers an Ultimatum to
Santo Domingo.

San Domingo. Jan. 31-The Dominican
government has informed United States
Minister Powell that it cannot agree
to his request, made in the name of
the American government in the mat
ter of the claims of the Clyde line of
steamers, and if this company feels
aggrieved at the action of the gov
eminent it should seek redress before
a tribunal of the Dominica government
and not appeal to the United States
To this cOumunfcati ton Minister Pow
eli made strongly worded reply in
which he informed the Dominican gov
eminent that the United States would
seek redress for its citizens and tnat
the pending case must be settled by
the government and not through the
courts.
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(SneciaI 10 The HeraId.0

NEWER, Colo, Jan. 31.-Witcher
| Jones, a wen known mining man
of Salt Lake City. Utah, died in
room AT of Brown Palace hotel today
at i o'clock from heart failure. Mr..
Jones passed away in the presence OF
his wife, his daughter, Mrs. j. K.
Walker, and son-in-law, J. r. Walk
er, a banker of Salt Lake City.
The body was shipped TO Salt Lake
City tonight at s O'Clock The funeral
will take place from The late residence
OF Mrs. Jones and from St PauFs
Episcopal church, of which Mr.. Jones
had been a member.
Mr.. Jones visit to Denver was to en-
ter into a contract with David II. Moi
fat for a large supply of iron which
Mr.. Jones owns in southern Utah.
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INCREASE ON RIO GRANDE.
More Wages For the Men Employed
in the Shops

Denver, Jan 31-The Denver < Rio
Grande railroad has voluntarily in
creased the wages of all of its ma
chinistS. bOIlermakers. blacksmiths, tin
workers. inspectors, car repairers and
their helpers 21s to 5 per cent. The
new schedule viii go into effect to-
morrow. The grievance committee Of
the firemen and engineers of the Den
yer & Rio Grande is in session in this
city and IL is reported that the fire
men, engineers. conductors and train
men stand out for a 20 per cent in
crease in wages. which has been re-
fused. it is said. by General Manager
Russell Harding.
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FLOODS IN SCOTLAND.

London. Jan. 3l.-The melting of the
snow has caused extensive floods and
serious damage IN Scotland. The River
Tay has overflowed in Perthshire. and
sheep, and quantities OF household fur
nftIlre are unlOaded in the streets of
Perth In Inverness the River Ness has
overlooked and railroad bridges have been
damaged The River Dee has flooded
part of BalmOral and has elsewhere
caused great destruction-
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EJECTMENT SUIT FINISHED.
Judge Marioneaux Decides the Case
in Favor of Defendant.
Special to The Herald

Beaver City, Utah, jan 31-Judge
today of William E. Yardley against
Simeon +. Hurd ct al, deciding the
case in favor of the defendant In
the Sarah NJ Dell estate an order was
made TO sell seventy nine shares Of
Lehi sugar stock belonging to the es-
tate to pay the retainer of the lawyers
here and in Salt Lake, who are en-
ployed to support the will. This is an
estate of considerable value. The tes-
tatOr bequeathed the whole of her es-
tate to the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, and the heirs are
contesting the will in the federal court
at Salt Lake City
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D0WIE REVIVAL.
John Alexander VIII Attempt to
Convert New York.

Kenosha. Wis, Jan. 31.-John Alex
ander Dowie. founder of Zion City. an
nounced today to a crowd of 1000 Of
his followers that he would next
month take his restoration host -
5000 strong. TO New York, where he
has engaged Carnegie hall and Madi-
son Square, he says, for three months.
He announced that street meetings
would be held in New York daily
More than 5000 of his followers vol
unteered to 90 IN the mission.
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THEY HATE SPRIGe.
Premier of Cape Colony Kissed at
Kim berley

Kimberley. Cape Colony. Jan. 81
Since his arrival here with Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain and Mrs.
Chamberlain. a series of demOnstra-
lions against Sir John Gordon SprigE.
the premier of Cape Colony have Oc-
Cured He was publicly Kissed on sew
eraI occasions, and during Mr.. Cham
berlain's remarks on the situation in
Cape Colony at the banquet given in
his honor here yesterday evening cries
were raised of Away with Sprigg,''
while the members of q deputation
which waited on Mr.. Chamberlain in
formed him in the premier's presence
that they had no faith in the Sprigg
ministry, which hamPered the Afro
kandeTbUnd and was dependent on il
for its existence
Sir John heatediy characterized these
remarks as a personal insult.
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AN ESCAPED CONVICT.
John C. Cameron Will Be Taken Back
to Montana

Cheyenne Wyo., Jan. 31-John c.
Cameron. who escaped from the Mon
tana penitentiary on Nov. 10. 1901, is
in jail in this city and officers arrived
today from Montana to take him back
Cameron was serving Il long term for
manSlaughter After his escape he
went to Yellowstone National park,
where ne committed an assault upon
a man and was arrested He was
brought TO Cheyenne and sentenced to
three months in jail. His time Will
expire on Feb. 3 Sheriff Smalley re-
Gently received notice Offering a re-
ward for the arrest Of Cameron and
by chance recognized his prisoner as
the escaped convict
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its former plans or of interesting other
capital. Mr. Jones left for the east
He was taken i'll at Denver. and word
was sent his wife and his daughter.
Mrs j. r. Walker, who FASTENED to go
to him. He has long been afflicted
with heart trouble, and this compli-
cation with the pneumonia made his
sickness serious from the first. His
friends feared that he could not sur
vive. and the result justified their fears.
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EMBEZZLER WILSON
Is HIDING IN JAPAN

Washington. Jan. 31.-Information
has reached the war department that
William a. Wilson, disbursing officer
of the bureau of coast guard and
transportation at Manila, has been
traced TO Japan, and is now supp [sed
70 be in hiding i'm the interior of that
country. Mr. Wilson disappeared from
Manila about the LIST of January last.
and an examination OF his accounts is
said to show a discrepancy of about
IS. O00
He is a native of New York. and
was appointed TO the Manila Office in
April 1901. The authorities at Ma
Mia are of the opinion that the appre-
hension of Wilson is only a question of
time.
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WESTERN UNION WINS
AN IMPORTANT SUIT

Chicago. Jan. 31.-By holding the
Western Union Telegraph company not
guilty of charge of negligence in de-
laying an important message. Judge
Kohlsaat decided an interesting case in
the United States circuit court today
The court held that the telegraph com
pany could not be held liable for fail
ure to notify the receiver of a tele-
gram that the message had been de-
layed. DR.. c. Joseph Swan OF Chicago
was the plaintiff.
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Vacancies Filled in Socialist National
Committee.

st. Louis. Jan. 31-A new quorum was
appointed by the national committee
Of the Socialist party today to succeed
the committeeman BUSTED from office
yesterday on charges Of disloyalty to
the party. The new committeeman
are: S. H. Lovitt Aberdeen. S D.:
Ernest Untermann Girard, kan: John
NJ Work, Des MOines Ia; John H
Steiner, Kansas City, and J. p. Rowe
Omaha.
The new quorum Will be installed in
Office Monday. Members of the quo
rum removed yesterday were not pres
ent at the meetings today
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wITCHER JONES.

finance a railroad from Salt Lake City
TO Deep Creek He had the funds
raised for the project when the col
lapse of the Barring Bros. in London
and the consequent financial panic
caused an abandonment of the project
Since then Mr. Jones hsA made Salt
Lake his home, being interested in
number of mining and other enter
prises. 1t was he who interested F. II.
Bull Of Sharon, Pa, in the Twin Falls
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PRESIDENTIAL PIUMS.
Two Assistant Secretaries of the
Treasury Nominated.

Two Assistant secretaries of the
Treasury Nominated.
Washington, Jan, 31.-The president
sent the following nominations to the
senate today:
Assistant treasurers of the United
States-William 5. Liebe at PhiIadel-
phia; George Martin. Boston.
Consul-William II. Bishop, Connect
cut. at Genoa, Italy.
MACPHERSON E. Riggs. South Caro-
lima, to be assistant surgeon; Com
mander c. G. Cornwall, to be captain
Pay inspectOrs-S P Calhoun and
John N Speel. to be pay directors
Midshipmen to be assistant naval
constructors. A. Juror. William b.
Fogarty, S. NJ. Henry and L. b Nc
Bride
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STRAIGHT TALK
OF A DIPLOMAT
Claims of Great Britain Amount
ed to Only So, 600.
THE GERMAN BANK SCANDAL
BRITISH scHooNERs WE'RE EN-
GAGGED IN SMUGGLING.

CARACAS, Jan. s1.-An the news
y papers OF Caracas have published
articles TO the effect that the
action of the allies in imposing upon
Venezuela special preferential treat
ment in the settlement of their own
claims is on par with all their previ-
Gus acts since the beginning of the
present difficulty. namely unjust and
unreasonable. The correspondent of
the Associated Press approached the
members OF the diplomatic corps here,
asking for their opinion on this phase
of the matter Two declined TO speak
but third was willing to discuss the
matter for publication, provided his
name was not used. He said:
Spurious Claims.
'The action of Great Britain. Ger
many and Italy in trying to impose
favored treatment for their claims, and
in demanding an immediate cash pay
ment, arises from the fact that they
know their claims are not well founded.
Ny colleague, Mr.. Haggard (the British
minister)- before his departure present.
ed claims 10 the Venezuelan govern
nent on behaif1of Great Britain to the
amount Of only s., 600. The remainder
of Great Britain's claims against Vene-
zuela is not known. What this may
be is problematieal- 1t must be re-
membeFed that schOOnerS from the
British island of Trinidad have been
assisting the Matos revolutionists, as
well as smuggling, and that these yes
sells have been rightfully seized by
Venezuela. Great Britain was sure be-
forehand that no tribunal would rec
ognize certain of her claims and there
fore she wanted TO force immediate
payment.
German Bank Scandal.
Germany. for the same reason. does
not desire that the DiScOntO-G eSchell-
shaft loan scandal become known to
the financial world.
1.-The Italians have no industrial en-
terprises in Venezuela. Italians here
are mostly agricultural labOrers and
peddlers. These have undoubtedly suf-
fered, but they claim SO for the loss
of a chicken and 800 for the theft of
donkey. 1t can be seen why Italy
does not wish to have her claims dis
cussed by tribunal and prefers force
to reason.
mo belief should be attached to the
statement that France will abandon
her rights in the matter of her own
claims, which were obtained by an
terror diplomatic treaties with Vene-
Zuela. I know upon good authority
that France is not disposed 10 capitu-
late and I hope that the United States,
which also has claims against Vene-
zuela, win not crafty the allies by
accepting such treatment"
Foreigners Excited.
There was much excitement among
the foreigners here when il was re-
ported that the allies proposed special
treatment to secure payment of their
claims. Americans, Frenchmen and
Spaniards met and protested against
the carrying out of such an idea. and
cable ness ges were addressed to the
governments of the United States.
France and Spain, asking for prOtec-
ton of their several rights and that
the claims of the petitioners be ac-
corded treatment similar TO that given
to British. German and Italian claims
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y Washington, Jan. 31--President :
y Roosevelt today signed the bill re- :
, Gently passed by congress. creating :
= an additional Judgeship for the :
= Eighth judicial circuit of the Unit :
: ed States. Late this afternoon he
= made a personal tender of the
y judgeship to Judge Willis Van
y Devanter, assistant attorney gen
y eral for the interior department.
= and the proffer was accepted.
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HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE.
Big Department Store at Sacramento
in Ruins.

Sacramento. Jan. 31.-The gres- de-
partment store of Weinstock LUbin &
Co. was destroyed by fire this morn
ing Frank Casebolt fireman. wss
killed by a falling wall. Al Pritchard
had his back broken and will die. Sew
eral others were badly injured. The
loss may reach 81 .O00 O00 The prop
erty was heavily insured
The store of Weinstock, Lubin & Co.
was one OF The largest in California.
L was a four-story brick and cement
building covering a large area of
ground. An immense stock of depart
ment store goods was carried. as in
addition 10 being the leading store in
Sacramento, il did a large business
throughout central and northern Cali
fOrnia
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= y -
LIMIT OF 100000

y Washington. Jan. Ex-senator =
= Wellington today introduced an =
= amendment to the constitution Z
= prohibiting the holding Of a for :
y tune exceeding $4,000. 900 by any :
y one individually in the United Z
y States. In the case of such hold =
= ing the amendment provides that =
1.-The excess shall be condemned,
y whether or not. as a public nui- =
y sance, public folly or a public Z
y peril and be accordingly forfeited :
= into the United States treasury" :
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CALIFORNIA TRAGEDY.
Wealthy Resident of San Bernardino
Shot by His Nephew.

San Bernardino. Cal. Jan. &c. r
Lloyd. a wealthy resident of this city,
was shot and fatally wounded today bv
his nephew. William BoxaIl, of Santa
Barbara Neither will make any state
ment. but family troubles are conjec-
tured to be the cause of the shooting.
Lloyd, after he was shot, ordered a
telegram sent to the sheriff of Ala
media county to arrest his son, Fred
Lloyd, on the charge of insanity.
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GERMAN STATEMENT.

Plausible Explanation Of the Position
of the Allies.
Berlin, Jan. 31.-The apparent hitch
IN the Venezuelan negotiations at
Washington is explained here in the
following manner:
Venezuela hypOthecated to France
some time ago Is per cent of the GUS
toms receipts, which constitutes a pri-
GRITTY claim upon the Venezuelan GUS
toms. The blockading powers are quite
willing to recognize it in this sense,
but President Castro wants it to be un-
derstood as constituting part of the 30
per cent offered to the blockading pow
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y
y AGED 104. y

= Tacoma, Wash. jan 31.-Mrs. 4
y Marguerite Allen. born Dec. %, 1898. 4
= noon. I
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