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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-25
New Denver Charter Goes Down to
Defeat.

Tho charter for tho city and county
OF Denver Colo, which was framed
by tho recent convention undor the
constitutional amendment creating
tho now municipality was submitted
to vote OF the electors Monday. A
very heavy vote was polled and re.
turns received Monday indicate that
tho charter has been defeated by
more than 1000 votes. There are
many charges OF fraud In the regis.
tratlon, a grand jury having recently
been called for the purpose Of lnyes-
tlgatlng them. The result OF the cleo
ton viii be contested.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-25
CONGRESS OF FARMERS.
Twenty.thlrd Annual Session Being
Held at Niagara Falls.

The Farmers National congress as.
sombled at Niagara Falls. N. Y. Mon.
day In twenty.third annual session.
being called to order by President
Flanders OF Albany. Governor odoll
delivered an address Of welcome.
About 800 delegates. representing
thirty.olght states, were present Reel.
proclty treaties. good roads. labor
questions and the ownership Of pub.
lie utilities viii be among the subjects
discussed.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-25
HORRIBLE MURDER or SUICIDE

mutIlated Body Of Young Woman
Found on Railroad Track
Tho badly mutllated body Of Miss
Olive Rayl % years old. was found
Monday lying across the Lake shore
railroad track at tho entrance Of Cor
don parry Cleveland. o. Il vas at
first supposed that Miss RAY had
beon killed by a train. but later the
police stated that an investigation de.
yoloped that tho girl had been muir.
derod and tho body placed on the
track where train had cut Il in two.
Miss Rayl lived with her brother.
DR.. W. L. Rayl in Glenvllle. a suberb.
She was handsome and highly re.
spccted. Thus far the case Is on.
shrouded in mystery
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-09-25
IDAHO WINS CLARK CUP.
is Awarded Trophy for the Most Per
feet Fruit.

ls Awarded Trophy for the Most Per
feet Fruit.
Idaho won first prize, tho $500 low
Ing cup offered by United States SEN
ator w. A. Clark. for the best oollec-
ton OF fresh fruits at the Irrigation
congress. Utah was a close second,
but lost FIRST prize OF the prevalence
OF Goblin moths in the specimens sub
mittod.
The cup for the best barley. given
by the Pabst Brewing company, was
won by the Manhattan Mailing com
pany OF Manhattan. Mont
McNeff Bros. OF North Yakima.
Wash won tho cup offered by the
AnheuserBusch Brewing company for
tho best display Of hops.
Utah won the $500 silver loving
cup offered by President Havemeyer
Of the American Sugar Refining com
pany. tho trophy going to A. Rodes.
OF Garland. while the second prize
was won by the Utah Sugar company
Of Garland. Austin Brothers OF Rex
burg. Idaho. secured third prize.
Tho Idahoans exhibited seventy W
rietles OF aples, mostly OF shipping
kinds. These came from the PayettO
and Boise valleys. the Blackfoot asy'
lum and WeIser, There were seven
teen varieties OF peaches, mostly from
Payette and Boise. Tho grapes, six
varieties. came from Payette and
Boise. Lewiston. where some Of tho
finest grapes In the state are grown.
was not represented, because Of the
difficulty In shipping so as to reach
Ogden in time.
one striking feature was the dis
play labeled Before and After" The
Before" is a great sagebrush plant
some six inches in diameter at the
base. The After" is a plate Of huge
apples, some OF them Weighing
twenty.four ounces each.
Secretary Wilson made a visit to
the Model irrigation farm and was
much surprised by the many clever
devices he saw on exhibition there.
Many OF thom, he said, were quite
unknown TO him before but no ap-
preciated their value Immediately and
urged that they be patented,
Governor Prince OF Mexico acted
as president during part of Thurs
days session.
AT the experiment farm near Salt
Lake" said Secretary Wilson. prellm.
mary to his main address, tho expert
In charge tells me that he has taken
out 2,i0O tons OF alkall from forty
acres already and says tho ground
will be ready for cultivation next
year" This farm referred TO is north.
west OF Salt Lake City and across
the Jordan river. Work was begun
on It little over a year ago.
One OF tho strange condolences
brought to mind by tho eleventh ma.
tional irrigation congress is that the
ten-acre block In the immediate
vicinity Of the spot where the sessions
are being held is one OF the few places
in Ogden that has not been reclaimed
by irrigation. Although in the heart
OF the city, the land Is about as II was
when the pioneers first entered Utah.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
RETURNS FROM TOUR OF THE
GLOBE AND CoNFESSES
HIS ROBBERY.
STOLE GEMS WORTH $4,000
WITH TWO AccOMPLICES He
ROBBED HIS EMPLOYER
IN HOTEL.

Chicago, June Is. - Trembling IN
wardly with fear while maintaining an
appearance Of the sangfrold OF
wealthy nabob, haunted day ana nlsht
with apprehension of ultimate eS-
posure, William Baer yesterday
brought tour of the globe to an end
in the lieutenant's Office at detective
headquarters.
Naples, Berlin, Paris, London
Tokvo-all these and more were the
scenes OF his designations and EFFORTS
to dodge the police. Then when inns
had been successfully done and he
was penniless and worn out with the
strain, Baer returned to Chicago. lie
arrived here yesterday wreck. Three
hours after his arrival Detectives
Thomson and Gallagher took him into
custody. When arrested he was a
physical and mental wreck Half an
hour later. with evident relief, he was
recounting to the police all the
Details Of the Theft
of Mrs. J. E. Webster's diamonds at
the Hotel Melrose, Los Angeles, Cal.
According to the prisoner the robbery
was planned almost as socn as their
victim left her Brooklyn home to
travel in California. After all their
scheming and planning, the desperate
chances they took and their subse-
quent fight, neither Baer nor John
Engvhall and Charles Reinlin, his con-
federates and fellow prisoners, had
money left to conduct their defense.
In view of that fact all have con-
fessed.
Il was employed by Mrs. Webster
during her California tour said
Baer in explaining the crime. II
planned some means of robbing her
and Reinlin. Both were out of work.
I furnished them money to live and
keep up their appearance in order to
make the robbery possible. Finally
both were enabled
To Secure Positions
at the Hotel Melr6se, Reinlin as clerF
and Engvhill as a bellboy. Mrs. Web
ster frequently kept her jewelry If,
the Office safe, and we watched for ar
opportunity to abstract it. Finally
the plan was executed, the stones
were taken from their case and the
latter was returned to the safe"
He tells of his visits to several of
the large cities and the final division
of the plumber. Then to get away
from everything he began his globe
trotting tour which wound up in the
police station yesterday.
The gems stolen by the trio were
valued at $4,000, and they disap-
peared so mysteriously that for
months the police were unable to Sc
cure the slightest clue They are now
scattered in all directions, where they
were sold or pawned by the thieves.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
Sin and Sinners.

In fight at picric at Portsmouth
John Short shot and instantly killed
John Brown and fatally wounded
Browns father
Frank C. Jappe, cashier for the
Frank Leslie Publishing company, is
under arrest at New York charged
with embezzling $4,000.
Elmer Heath, aged twenty, shot
and instantly killed his sweetheart,
Miss Katie Adkins, and then fatally
shot himself at Salisbury, Mo.
Safe blowers relieved the State
bank at Oakley, Kan, of about $4,000.
Arthur Nagel has absconded with
$500 from the Third National bank
of Buffalo.
Four men who attempted to rob the
Center Hall bank at Bellefonte. Pa
were captured after one of them had
been SO severely wounded that he can
not recover.
Sanford Northrup, until recently
secretary and general maraeer of the
American Refrigerator Transi. com.
pany, committed suicide at st. Louis.
No cause Is known.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
THANKS FOR KAISER.

Sentiments In the Emperor's Message
Are Reciproeated by Roosevelt. -.
Washington, June %. - President
Roosevelt yesterday senat the follow
ing telegram OF thanks to Emperor
William; in reply to the latter's mes
sage regarding. the American squad.
ron at Kiel:
Il thank your majesty for your
gracious welcome to the United States
squadron and for the complimentary
expressions Of your dispatch. had
already received notice from Admiral
Cotton of the kindness shown him and
his squadron by your majesty. l am
deeply impressed by these takens of
your majesty's friendship and good
will toward the United States, and I
reciprocate in the heartiest manner
the sentiments which your dispatch
conveys"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
Casualties.

casualties
Four men were killed in a freight
wreck which occurred four miles east
Of Rawlins, Wyo.
John Matsos was, burned to death
by the fitting of a vat Of molten Stag
at the South Chicago Iron works.
]. Paulson and Edward Sellinger. ex-
cursicnists, engaged in struggle on
a San Francisco boat and, falling into
the bay, were drowned.
Clearing away of the debris caused
by the flood at Heppner, Ore, is pro-
crossing rapidly. One hundred and
seventy-seven bodies have been re-
ported missing.
Will Zimmerman, the young man
who fell and suffered a broken skull
while attempting to loop the loop"
on a roller skate in the Cyclorama
building at Indianapolis, is dead.
Genevieve Peats, the eight-year-old
daughter of Alfred Peats, the million
aire wallpaper manufacturer Of Green
witch, Conn, is dead from the effects
Ol DuIuS WHICH she received III Inc
fire which destroyed her parents
home.
In head-on collision between two
South Carolina freight trains at Mag
ara, near Southern Pines, N c., En-
gineers S. D. Stewart and W. P. Vale,
both of Raleigh, were instantly killed,
and Fireman Wright CT Raleigh was
dangerously hurt
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
Resume Of the News.

Strenuous measures will be taken
to rid Berren county, Mich, of hun
dreds of tramps who are terrorizing
residents OF the smaller villages.
Lieut. Gov. W. A. Northcott of Illi-
nCis was robbed at Indianapolis by a
hotel thief of his watch, chain and
charm, valued at $500, and $50 in
money.
In the fraud investigation at Scran
ton, w. P. Boland of the Dalton rail-
way testified that Select Councilman
David Evans demanded OF him $500
for himself and S4OO for each Of the
ten other councilmen
The gang of pCstOffice safe blowers
which has been operating so extern
sively in central Illinois, blew open
the safe in the Office at Colfax, secur-
ing 5000 in cash and 5000 in stamps.
Bloodhounds are on the trail
Mrs. Isabella F. Shepard of St. Jo-
seph. Mich, turned on the gas and
then stretched herself out in bath
tub. When found she was dead. Two
years ago her husband killed himself
in precisely identical manner.
Howard ]. Hill of Bristol, VT, tor
1rerly teller in the Farmers National
bank of Vergennes, which was wreck
ed two years ago by Cashier Lewis,
has been arrested on charge Of alb.
stracting funds from the bank.
Sanders, a negro, pleaded guilty at
Maysville, KY, to assaulting men,
bers of the Farrow family and was
given five years in the penitentiary.
Nan and Morris, his COMPANIONS, wero
found guilty and Jared likewise.
"A gang of robbers arrested in the
Seven mountains, Pennsylvania, had
evidently committed postoflice rob-
berry recently, as they had package
in which were postage stamps of de-
nominations from l to 10 cents, aggre.
eating in value S167.4
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
Notes From Abroad,

The Irish potato crop has been ru-
fned by frost and rain.
Crown Prince Gustav of Norway
and Sweden will pay visit to the St.
Louis exposition.
Advices from Shanghai tell of the
burning Of temple at Ping Tu, in
volving the loss of $50 lives.
A great strike of workingmen is on
in the province of Andalusia, Spain,
and troops are being concentrated.
The Turkish embassy at Vienna de.
clares the rumor of the sultan's inten.
ton to abdicate is malicious inven.
ton"
Holland will station a warship in
the West Indies, because the isthmian
canal will increase the Importance OF
Dutch Guiana
Officials of both the court and the
ministry of the interior say the re.
ports that an attempt was made on
the life of the car are untrue.
Charles Dixon Of Boston was vic
timized at Paris by a sharper who
got $4,000 on the faith of his story OF
suit to secure the inheritance of a
millionaire uncle.
The anti-clerical mob at Brest at.
tempted to seize the host from the
hands of priest in procession, and
a free fight ensued in which fifteen
persons, mostly women, were injured.
The funeral of negro boy who be-
longed to one of the ships OF the
American squadron was attended at
Copenhagen by Danish officials, and
all the flags of the town were half
masted.
Vesuvius is again in full eruption.
A comet was discovered by Borelly
at Marseilles June 81, 1863 G.. M. T. in
r. A. 81 hours 50 minutes So seconds
and Dec. s degrees 10 minutes. MI
cleus and tail were observed.
The revolutionary agitator Ger
schunin has been arrested at Kief.
He was the organizer of the murder of
Bogoliepoff, Russian minister of pub
lie instruction, and of Sipiagune, Rus
sian minister of the interior.
The Mexican government has ex-
tended the period in which wheat may
be imported into that country free of
duty from June 80 to Aug 10. Heavy
shipments of wheat have been made
from the United States to Mexico
since the duty was temporarily re-
moved.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
FOUR BUILDINGS BURNED.

Plant Of American Mating Company
Suffers Loss of $350,0o0.
Milwaukee, June %. = Fire which
broke out about l o'clock this morn
ing destroyed four buildings of the
plant of the American Mating CON-
pany, entailing q loss Of approximate
ly S350,000. The flames spread to the
plant of the Kraus:Merkel Milling
company, which was partially de-
stroy When the fire broke out every
engine in the city was at conhagra-
ton raging in the department section
Of the city that caused loss of about
$3.50, 900, and the mailing house fire
had got under considerable Roadway
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
THoRNE DISAPPEARS.
ErienGs Have Fears That he mas
Been Murdered. |

Sioux Falls, S. D., June 2S,-Frlenus
are alarmed because of the mysterious
disappearance of Amos Thorne, VINO
for some time has been employed on
the farm of Charles Landon, near
Egan. Thorne disappeared several
weeks ago, and nothing has since
been heard OF him. 1t is feared ne
may have been the victim OF foul
play, as he left all Of his personal et-
fects at the home Of his employer anu
left no word concerning what should
be Gone with them in the event that
he did not return. When Thorne dis
appeared he had with him about $1o
in cash, a gold watch and had ON a
new suit of clothes. His relatives re-
side in Indiana. .
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
ARRESTED AS ROBBERS.


Men Are Believed to Be Principals In
Postoffice EurgIaries.
Fargo, N. D., June %. = Postofice
Inspector Drake and the local police
have arrested the supposed leaders
of a gang Of country postof1lce robbers
who have been working the state for
several months. The men are Alex
Bell and Andrew Hendel, alias Gray.
The latter lived here last April and
worked as q laborer. He was under
suspicion and was arrested on minor
charges, but evidence was lacking at
the time and he was released. A letter
from his wife was Intercepted and ar
rest followed at Bottineau, where the
postof1icc was plundered some time
ago. Bells real name is Blakely.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
RUSSIA REGRETS
SORRY THAT ROOSEVELT WILL
FORWARD PETITION OF
THE JEWS.
WILL KICK UP NO FUSS ABOUT II
PETITION WILL bE HANDED BACK
WITH EXPRESSION OF
GOOD Will.
CANNOT SACRIFICE PRINCIPLE
or kON.lNTERFEREN IN THE
INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF
OTHER POWERS.

Washington, June Is. - The Rus
sian government has learned with pro
found regret Of the intention OF tile
Washington authorities to forward 70
st. Petersburg a petition from Amerl-
can Jewish people relative to Rus
sia's treatment to the Jews.
It is hoped that the United States
will appreciate the Russian view CT
the case and viii content itself with
the kindly expressions of sympathy
which it already has offered for the
affair at Kischineff The Associated
Press already has stated the Russian
position regarding what is considered
outside interference in the Internal ar
fairs of Russia.
That position continues to be held
and the Associated Press is further
permitted to say that Mr.. Riddle, the
American charge, when he presents
the petition at the Russian foreign Of
fee, will be received with the same
cordially always accorded an Ameri'
can envoy.
In returning the petition to Mr.. Rid
die the officials will assure him that
Russia cherishes no i'll will toward the
United States and that the action 1t
takes with respect to the petition is
necessary in view of Russia's unalter-
able policy of
Refraining From Interference
in the internal affairs Of other pow
ers and insisting on similar treatme nt
for itself The Russian governm eat
hopes it's firmness in the matter will
not be misunderstood, but in view OF
the announcement of it's position
weeks ago it is surprised at the devel-
opments which will force retraction
of it's views. Mr.. Riddle, it can be
stated, will be subjected to no person.
al embarrassment in presenting the
petition and he will be given to under
stand that the St. Petersburg authori-
ties appreciate the fact that ne is only
carrying out his orders. Should the
presentation Of the petition be de-
ferred until the return to St. Peters
burg of Mr.. Mccormick, the American
ambassador to Russia, the same pro.
gram will obtain, unless in the mean
time the Russian government is made
aware of extenuatinS circumstances,
which will put the matter in differ
ent light.
Indeed, it is declared Russia would
be glad to do anything possible to re-
lieve the tension in the United States,
but it feels unable to sacrifice princi-
pie which it has followed hitherto and
the American support of which it has
warmly Endorsed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
YOUNGEST COLONEL.
Boy Of Eighteen Has Place on the
Governors STAFF.

Pierre, S. D., June 2S-Carl John
son of Watertown. who during the en-
campment of the Second regiment of
the S. D. N. G. was an aide on the
staff of Col. R. w. Stewart with the
rank of captain. has just been appoint
ed by Gov. Herreid member OF his
personal staff. with the rank of
colonel. Mr.. Johnson is probably the
youngest man upon whom the rank Of
colonel was ever bestowed. he being
but eighteen years of age. During the
past year he has been student at the
Shattuck military school,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
ANARCHISTS TAKE FLIGHT.
Rather Than c. to Prison They Soak
Their Rondsmen.

Paterson, n j., June %. - When
William MacQueen and Rudolph
Grossman, the anarchists, were called
upon in court yesterday to surrender
themselves and serve five years In
state prison, they did not respond and
the court declared their bail of $4,000
forfeited. 1t was said that MacQueen
had fed TO England and that Gross
man was in hiding in Chicago. Their
bondsman is Philip Geyer, wine
merchant in this city, and father OF
Robert Geyer, the young lawyer who
defended the two reds. Geyer was
not secured in any way and it is said
that the forfeiture of the bail will
practically ruin him.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
BULLET IN HIS TEMPLE.

Young Man Of Superior Kills Himself
With Revolver.
West Superior, Wis, June %. - P.
Christie Peterson. a resident Of this
city for about seventeen years or
more. shot himself yesterday morning.
The suicide was due probably to tenn
porary insanity caused by business
troubles which the young man had
gone through The suicide occurred
in a candy store where Peterson was
working. He shot himself in the right
temple. dying almost instantly. The
young man was about Twenty-Five
years old.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
COUPLE HAVE VANISHED.
Sheriff Is Not Helped Any by the Writ
of Ne Exeat.

Duluth, June 49, - Robert Forbes
and wife appear to have vanished, at
least the sheriff has been unable to
locate them to serve an order to show
cause why the firm of Forbes Bros.
should not be dissolved. DR.. A. A.
Forbes few days ago brought suit
against them to give an accounting,
claiming his brother had defrauded
him out of $4,000. Mr.. and Mrs
Forbes are held in this jurisdiction by
writ of ne exeat, and if they have left
it they forfeit a bond of $3.50. The
company's vault is in the hands Of
the sheriff.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
Elk Men Are Killed.

Sofia, June %. - The police raided
the headquarters Of the Macedonian
revolutionists at Kostendil A guam
tity of concealed dynamite was ex-
ploded and six men were killed and
number injured
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
Sunday School Teachers.

Plainfield, Wis, June 2S-The sew
enth annual convention of the Portage
County Sabbath School association
closed a successful two days meeting
yesterday at the Harris school house,
Ave miles northwest of here. The at
tendance was very large and many
well known speakers from around the
state were present.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
Goth Lcss Broken.

Perham, Mimi, June %. .:-s Iohn
Rcidelberger, farmer livins,tnea
here. was brought to- the hospital
with both legs badly broken. He was
operating stump puller when the
whiffletrec broke and the sweep hit
him on the legs. fracturing both below
the knees.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
PoPE's DEATH EXPECTED.
Cardinals Discuss Selection Of His
Successor.

Rome, June 2S-The pope yesterday
declared the Latin world had been sat.
isfied as regards the appointment Of
cardinals Now" he added, "the
Anglo-Saxon people must be salts.
fed" Cardinal Vaughan must be re-
placed Canada has been five years
without a cardinal, and America is
constantly clamoring for another. The
cardinals are holding frequent con
ferences here in view of the possible
death of the pope at any moment.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
Seven Person. Injured.

Fort Wayne. Ind, June %. Ten
cars on a coasting "merry-go-round'
left the track last evening and seven
passengers were thrown out. One
car was hurled from the track, carry.
ing three passengers. All were Sc
,verely hurt.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01

Douglass Gordan, a rich young-man-
about town in New York, whose sister
married Senator Hanna's son, gave
81 400 check for "tip" to barber
who shaved him few days ego.
Young Douglass and his money are
coon parted
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
MURDERED IN CHURCH.
Posse Of Citizens on the Trail Of the
Assassin.

Springfield, ILL.,, June %. John
Hawker Of Moccasin was murdered in
church Thursday night and posse Of
citizens are on the trail of the muir
derer. Hawker had been attending
the services at Moccasin. and after
the services were concluded and the
lights had been extinguished he was
heard to remark: Where was Moses
when the lights went out?" The
next heard was groan from Hawker
as some one stabbed him to the hart
with knife.