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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08

city was in darkness the latter part
of the night becaus of the damage to
electric light circuits. There has been
no rain or snow and the tempera-
ture is barely below the freezing
point
Telephone and telegraph companies
report wires down throughout Nebras-
ka and western Iowa, with strong
gale from the northwest, causing seri-
GUS interruption to communication.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. Wind attain
ing velocity of thirty-six miles an
hour has prevailed throughout Kansas
today. tt has been hard on telegraph
wires. Railroad operating wires are
broken AMI tangled on the prairies.
Today the Western Union was in
vOlved in the worst wire trouble it
has experienced in several months
while the Rock Island had only three
wires over which message could be
sent.
Kansas City, Jan. IA gale has pre-
vailed in this part of the state for
the past twelve hours Trains are de-
layed and telegraph and telephone serv-
ice crippled.
At Lawrence, Kan, the wind blew
at a velocity of sixty miles an hour.
The mercury remained close to the
freezing point. There is no snow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
SUNLIGHT DID
NOT SAVE HER
ConsurptiVe Denver Girl Tried
the "Hanish" Cure.
FOOD WAS GIVEN FORCIBLY
END CAME YESTERDAY TO THE
UNFORTUNATE WOMAN.


n ENVER, Colo, Jan. Sunlight
and air alone could not save the
life OF Miss Marian Kerry a fol-
lower of Dr.. @ ]. Hanish. the sun wor-
shipper, and She died of consumption.
induced by starvation, yesterday at
the county hospital.
Miss Berry had been i'll some time
when she attended the lectures of
Hanish. He told her that all she need
ed was plenty of light and air. These
instructions she followed to the letter,
depending on light and air and trying
TO live without food AS a result she
became terribly emaciated and finally
lost her reason.
She was removed to the county hos
pital and she continued to refuse food.
and 1t was given to her forcibly. IN
der this treatment her condition i'm
proved and her reason returned. but
it was evident that she could not re-
cover. Miss Berry's brother came to
Denver several months ago and threat
ened to prosecute Hanish. but that gen
tleman had moved to Salt Lake CITY.
and is still there
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08

Caracas, Jan. The answers of the
powers to President Castro's last pro-
posal relative to arbitration were de-
livered to President Castro this after
noon by United States Minister Bowen.
A meeting of the cabinet was also
called to consider these communica-
tons. It is expected that the answers
will be handed to Minister Bowen to-
night.
Berlin. Jan. That portion of the
joint reply of the powers to Venezuela
suggesting a settlement without arbi-
tration only goes so far as to offer to
treat for a settlement out of court
after the payment Of cash or the Civ
ing of a sufficient guarantee for the
payment of $685. 600 to each power. This
reservation remains as the fixed and
only condition precedent to arbitration
of negotiation direct for a supplement-
airy agreement The German govern
ment would much prefer to close up
the matter by negotiations through
Minister Bowen. while the blockade
continues. than withdraw the blockade
and adjust the claims through The
Hague arbitration court
Washington. Jan. Through the
United States embassy at Rome the
state department today received the
answer of the Italian government to
President Castro's proposition, and, as
was the case with the British and Ger
man answers, Secretary Hay has for
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which, together with the sentence
passed at that time are the only rec
ords in existence so far as can be
, found. The writ Of probable cause for
appeal is in virtue a stay of execu-
ton. for il cannot be considered until
. the supreme court meets after the time
for the execution. The men are, there
fore, safe from death then.
In view of the circumstances in the
case. and now that the time set for exc
cution is approaching, the attorneys
fer the prisoners, Will F. Wanless and
Nj. GarWood of Denver. are taking
steps To get their clients free. And
they believe they can easily do it. With
all records OF the trial and conviction
lost. it is their purpose to commence
habeas corpus proceedings and get the
men out Of prison on the grounds that
there are no records to show that they
were ever tried or convicted.
Judge Booths right to sentence men
when there were no records in his court
TO show that they had been convicted.
will be attacked before the higher
court and the result. they believe,
will without doubt be a freeing of the
men. Attorney Wanless, when seen
about the matter. was not inclined to
talk much about it at present. He
stated, however, that he expected to be
successful in getting the men out of
prison.
Over Seventy Escape Death.
The thwarting of these executions
through these decidedly peculiar COM
binatiOn of circumstances. brings up
the fact that not a man who has been
tried and convicted Of murder since
Utah became a state has ever been ex-
ecuted. Only two mUFdeFers have been
executed since statehood There have
been more than seventy murders COM
mitted since Utah shed the garments
of q territory. but not one of the guilty
men has paid the death penalty. The
two men executed since statehood were
men tried and convicted by the terri
tortul courts. They were Charles Thede
and Patsy COughlin. Thede murdered
his wife in Murray by cutting her throat
with a butcher knife, and was hanged
in the yard Of the county Jail in this
city. COuShlin and George murdered
an officer in Rich county. Coughlin was
executed and George was given time in
the state prison. Recently he was re-
leased on parole.
About seVenty-five murders, il is
claimed, have been committed since
Utah became a state, and some of them
have been of the most heinous descrip-
ton. yet not man has paid the death
penalty for any one of these many
crimes. The most severe sentence that
any of the guilty men have received is
life in the penitentiary. and only four
men are serving that OF all the muir
derers caught, the majority of them
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
LOSING OF RECORDS MAY
FREE TWO MURDERERS
Lynch and King Both Under Sentence Have An
other Chance to Escape the Penalty.
Out Over Seventy Men Ordered Executed Since Statehood Not
One Has Suffered Death
WHERE are the records in the
w famous Lynch and King murder

WHERE are the records in the
w famous Lynch and King murder
case? The two men convicted Of
the murder Of Colonel Godfrey Prowse
I'm the Sheep Ranch gambling house
are sentenced to be shot on the 10Th OF
next month. but not NeStlge OF the
records of the trial. conviction or SEN
tence can be found Thus what prom
ised % be the first execution since
statehood Of murderer convicted I'M
der state laws ~ not likely 70 take
place. More than seventy murders
must still remain unavenged by the
execution of a single death penalty.
The only record on file in the famous
case is a certificate OF probable cause
for appeal, given at the last hearing
of the case This. of course. Will act
as q stay Of execution, and unless the
court records can be found before the
April term Of the supreme court the
men may be habeas COrpused out of
prison and set free This is the plan
that the attorneys for the prisoners
propose to follow, and they feel con
Gdent of its success in freeing the men.
Records Missing For Months.
The records in the case disappeared
curing the argument of d motion for
new trial before Judge Booth last
fall The motion was based upon new
evidence in the form of an affidavit
from John Mace, a prisoner in the
Colorado penitentiary. who swore that
John Strong, another prisoner in the
Canon City prison. had confessed to
having killed Colonel PrOwse. The rec
ords Of the trial in the first trial court
and all the documentary evidence in
the case was sent to Judge Booth for
consideration. The judge states that
instructions TO lock them in a drawer
OF the court room desk that he might
get them TO look over later. The clerk
OF the court says that the last he saw
OF the papers the judge was putting
them in his satChel in the court room
To take with him fO.- perusal. The
judge says he did not take the papers.
What became Of them is not known,
but when the case came up for decision
not a vestige of the records could he
found. Not even the verdict of the
trial jury nor anything 10 show that
the men were ever tried and convicted
remains in the court files. Judge
Booth. however. denied the motion for
a new trial. against the protests Of the
attorneys, who denied his right to SEN
tenCe men when there were no records
q show that they had heen convicted.
The motion was denied and the men
were sentenced to be shot Feb. 20.
Virtual Stay Granted.
However. before the case ended the
Judge wrote a certificate of probable
cause Of appeal from his decision,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
MODERATE COURSE
OF UNITED STATES

Washington. Jan. The indications
are that the United States viii satisfy
itself by claiming one coaling station
in Cuba, namely at Guantanamo, al
though the navy department is DESTROYS
Of acquiring at least two others. one at
Cienfuegos and another probably at
Bahie Honda, which seems to have
been selected Instead of Nipa as the
best port on the northern coast next to
Havana. which cannot be had The
Cuban government has been made
aware of the wishes OF the United
states and the subject viii soon come
up for adjustment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
SCORE OF LIVES LOST
BY FLOODS IN AUSTRIA

Vienna. Jan. 7--About a score OF
lives have been lost in Austria as the
result of floods caused by the break
ing up of the ice In the rivers
A. Szolnok. floating ice capsized a
boat and eight persons were drowned.
a washout wrecked a train at Paussa
with the result that two persons were
killed and seven injured. Nine boys,
while skating at Jarkasi, were drowned
through the ice breaking. The rise IN
the Danube has been rapid. At Hbdes
the river rose five feet yesterday. me
rivers in South Bohemia have over
flowed and threaten to flood Budweis
and other towns.
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NAY GET ANOTHER CHANCE
Leeompte's Case Taken Up by Utah's
Junior Senator.

washington. Jan. Upon application
OF Senators Heitfeld and Dubois the
oIesslry department. today authorized the
organization of the First NationaI baDI-
or Grangeville. Ida. Capital. 81. 1000. The
ttlcorporators are John p. Vollmer Frank
thompson. Henry Heitfeld and others
senator keaTns reached here today and
was in attendance upon the session or
t1e senate He has taken up the case OF
Sa0et Lecompte and will try 10 secure
ms reinstatement in the West Point
said the senator. He is a 81. I,ot,is bo,,
s oGt mas been handicapped by q speU Gr
ssluess. am going to try to get the var
N--gdItmeht 70 give him another chance. -
me commissioner of the general Land
Tr,a,uce TO-DAY approved the decision of the
SS1ai,ackfoot land office in the case Of Nav
l-lnsle vs. Lutte NJ. Bsssett. involving :,
Bassett's entry. O''s'ee4 .
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
LAURA'S GAME HAS
LANDED HER IN JAIL

Marietta. O.. Jan. Mrs. Laura
StackhOuse. alias Laura Miller, alias
Marion MOnseiie. of this city, was ar
rested today for using the mails for
fraudulent purposes in advertising that
she was seeking a husband, and ex-
torting money from applicants. She
has confessed. Government officials
say her business has been extensive
throughout the United States, and
thousands Of dollars have been gath
cred in this way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
ANOTHER SMALLPOX
SCARE IN MONTANA

Butte, Mont, Jan. IA Great Falls
special says: Smallpox has again ap-
peared among the Cree Indians IN she
northern part of this state and fears
are entertained that another outbre ak
of the disease will prevail The Of
ficers are watching closely and every
thing is being done TO confine anu quar-
antine those who have already deveI-
oped signs of the disease.
From the Fort Shaw Indian school
word reached this city that there is Il
great deal of mysterious sickness at the
school and that $50 of the pupils have
broken out with the disease which Dr.
Brooks. the county physician, declares
is smallpox.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
ADVOCATE LEASING LAW.
Nebraskans Hold Conference With
Secretary Hitchcock.

Washington, Jan. 7.-Secretary Hitch
cock tonight had a conference with the
Nebraska delegation and the house public
lands committee over the proposition to
enact leasing bill for Nebraska. The
Nebraska delegation, which. short
time ago. bitterly opposed the leasing
of public lands for grazing purposes. now
favors such policy, inasmuch as the
secretary insists that the fencing of the
public domain shall not be tolerated.
When the Nebraskans stated that re-
moyal of fences would work injury to
their stock interests, Mr.. Hitchcock sug-
geSted that they repeal the law ma king
fencing Illegal. but no offer of that sort
was made. Senator Warren of Wyoming
predicts that if the proposed bill is en-
acted that the experiment viii be a COM
plete success, and within five years every
other stock raising state viii clamor for
such legislation
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
SUGAR INTERESTS
DEMAND A HEARING

Washington, Jan. THE Cuban reel
procity treaty was considered at some
length today by the senate committee
or foreign relations, but acton upon
il was postponed in order to afford an
opportunity for the presentation of the
views of the beet sugar industry.
1t is probable that special meetings
win be held on Friday for that pur-
pose. There was a general exchange
OF views upon the treaty of a nature
to lead to the conclusion that the
treaty will be favorably reported and
without any great delay.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
MINE MANAGER
SHOOTS SIX MEN
Twelve Strikers Attack ]. A.
Traylor of Ely, New.
RESULT WAS DISASTROUS
THREE OF THEM KILLED AND
THREE WOUNDED.
Especial to The HeraId1

u UREKA, New, Jan. ii. a. Tray
Tor, manager for the New York
& Nevada Copper company, near
Ely, White Pine county, was attacked
this morning il the companys office at
keystone by twelve members of the
Miners union. who intended running
him out of town. The men caught and
threw him down. but he got loose and
commenced shooting, killing James
Stages, Sam Johnson and J. Smith,
and wounding three more of the crowd.
Traylor recently cut was es from $3.50
to $500, and a strike against the com
pany has been on several weeks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
LOS ANGELES TIMES
LIKELY TO BE CINCHED

San Diego, Cal, Jan. when the
plaintiff in the Tingley-Times libel trial
rested in rebuttal this afternoon, Judge
Torrance announced that as a matter
of law he was satisfied that it had
been shown that libel had been perpe-
trated and that the plaintiff is entitled
to recover compensatory damages.
This statement from the bench is con-
strued by counsel as tantamOunt to an
announcement that the court viii
charge the jury in line with the above
remark
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UNITED VERDE FIRE
FINALLY SM0THERED

Jerome Ariz.. Jan. THE mine fire
that has been threatening TO destroy the
great United Verde copper mine at this
place for the past four months was dis
covered TO be out today
The method to fight the fire was to
force into the mine heavy carbonate gas.
which displaced the oxygen and finally
smothered the fire in the ore and tim
bers of the mine
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THE SHOCK WAS FELT
MANY MILES AWAY

Guthrie .. T.. Jan. "A terrific ex-
plosion followed a disastrous fire at
Hobart. wherein the total damage will
exceed $50, 600. The fire started in a
hardware store. where dynamite was
kept. This exploded, the force shock
ing towns like an earthquake thirty
miles from Hobart. Cordell, Noun
tain Park. Mangum and Harrison re-
ported earthquakes.
The town of Vista in southeastern
Oklahoma was destroyed by fire; loss
SIS. O00
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
PRACTICAL WORK OF
MRS. CARRIE NATION

Kansas City. No, Jan. Mrs. Car
RE Nation, the temperance refOrmer.
today closed negotiations for Il large
residence at Kansas City, Kan. to be
used as a home for drunkards' wives.
The price paid was $500 and it is un-
derst9od that Mrs. Nation will spend
several thousand dollars in improving
the property, which will be turned over
To her within three months. The money
To establish the home was raised by
Mrs. Nation on her recent trip east.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
SUSPECT HAS BEEN
IN PRISON BEFORE

Anaconda, Mont, Jan Guards at
the Deer Lodge penitentiary say that
Joseph Smith, held here on suspicion OF
holding up the Northern Pacific ex-
press near Bearmouth, when Engineer
O'Neill was killed, is the man who
served a term in Montana for robbery
under the name OF William Wallace,
and had done time in Sing Sing, Joliet
and Saltwater.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
NO PROGRESS TOWARD A SETTLEMENT

Iol jan 1t became
~ iSaiWay Iranmen
per n g today for the first time that they demand
nat increase OF
double handling of
) rains hauled by than one
~ N"ioiNirS Spedk OF luis uehdhd as pePOS-
Great Northern its
increase be
was tha proposition
he OF
progress had been meeting
IN hcago
he
therefore, be uniform
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
IMMENSE METEOR
FALLS IN MONTANA

Anaconda, Mont, Jan. "A special
to the Standard from Dillon. Mont,
saws an immense meteor fell on Rat
tlesnake creek in Beaverhead county
last night It looked as large as a
hogshead and was visible for fully a
minute The crash of its compact with
the earth could be heard for milesA As
soon as the snow disappears an effort
viii be made to locate it
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
IDAHO REPUBLICANS GO INTO CAUCUS
Especial to The Herald)

DOSE today signed the call for
ID
candidates the the Republican legislators began
a
this
OF
to organization N
al
s.
b
SC On a
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA.

Paris. jan 7.-Xice and Deputy Consul
General Edward P. MacLean died tonight
OF pneumonia. Mr.. MacLean's illness be-
gan week ago. with a light attack of
Ia grippe. Acute pneumonia developed
last evening.
Deputy Consul General J. Allison Bow
en- is absent in the United States on sick
leave, leaving Consul General GOwdy
without any important officials to assist
him at the most trying period of the
year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
DIVIDEND is PROBABLE.
All the Centennial-E Eureka Stock Has
Been Deposited.
(Special Id NJ HeraId D

tSpeclaI 20 Tie HeraId-)
Boston Mass, Jan. 7.-AH the Ccnten-
l-Eureka Mining company's stock ex-
cept a few small lots. has been deposited
with the United States Mining company
and the holders have received United
States Mining stock in exchange at the
rate of one and a half shares of United
States Mining stock for one share of
Observation-Disclosures 1t is expected that
to declare dividends to the United States
Mining company of S. per share. or $780,
600. as the United States Mining company
has practically the entire share capital Of
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in its treasury.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
TIMBER LAND BILL.
Scope of Measure to Be introduced
in the House.
Especial TO The Herald

ASbNNAal 10 he EItfalQ.t
Washington. Jan. THE house commit
tee on public lands today directed Rep
res5ntative MOndCu of Wyoming TO file
and introduce a bill along the lines recon-
mended by Secretary Hitchcock for the
disposal OF government timber lands. ex-
cept that the bill shall not contain a pro-
vision for the repeal of the timber and
stone act or desert land law The bill
will to SOM extent be a compilation OF
laws governing timber lands. and will
restrict cutting timber on mineral claims
10 stumpage value of $50 each year. in
stead OF unrestricted cutting for govern
ment purposes. as at present The bill is
70 Dc made a special order of the public
lands committee at the next meeting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
STORY WAS A FAKE.
Bostonians Were Not Served With an
Injunction.

Seattle, Jan. Manager Cort, who
yesterday gave the Times the story TO
the effect that an injunction had been
issued to prevent the BOstOnians going
10 Australia. left last night for Butte,
Mont. and any information regarding
the fake is unobtainable here. It IS
believed that the BOstOnians had been
figuring on going to Australia but find
ing that there was not enough money
in il, their press agent manufactured
the injunction story as an offset 20 the
story which he is said 70 have caused
to be inserted in a New York paner
some months ago to the effect that the
Bostonians were going to the Orient.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
YELLOW GOLD
OR BLOODSHED
Powers Threaten China if In
demnity Is Not Forthcoming.
JOINT NOTE HAS BEEN SIGNED
UNITED STATES NOT a PARTY
TO GRINDING PROCESS.

y y y i y y y \ = =
y Pekin, JSn. 7.-At a meeting ,
= today ali the foreign ministers, =
= except United States Minister =
= Conger, signed a lcjnt note in y
= forming the Chiuese govern y
= ment that a failure to fulfill its .
= obligations in refusing TO pay y
= the war indemnity on a gold p
= basis, as provided for by the p
peace protocol, would result in p
= grave consequences. y
1890
w Ian. MI. Balm
w bridge. secretary Of the United
States legation at PeAin, and
United States Consul General Ragsdale
at Tien Tsin. who with Mt Conger
constituted the board which adjusted
the claims of American missionaries for
losses sustained during the Boxer. up-
rising. called upon Secretary Hay to-
Gay. All but two of these claims have
been practically settled, all that re-
mains to complete the settlement being
the payment by the state department
Of the claims in p per cent install
meEtS semi-aunualIy.
The board having concluded its Ia
bors. the state department has been
enabled to make a summary showing
the amount claimed and allowed by
missionaries on account Of the Boxer
troubles, as follows:
There We're filed go claims. amount
ing in the aggregate to S3.30S. 034. and
the amount allowed was S1.516.292. 1t
was estimated that about Sz,000,000
would be required 10 defray these
claims, and in view Of the smaller to-
tai the state department may be able
TO settle them in three instead Of four
installments, as was originally in
tended
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APPEAL TO THE POPE.

OIOWn FlluCG VIII AoA AuuuIutUL
of His Marriage
Rome. Jan. THE papal nuncio at
Munich Bavaria. has notified the vati-
can authorities that after the crown
prince Of Saxony has obtained a verdict
in the civil court he Will ask the pope
TO annul his marriage. Then negotia-
tiens viii be conducted through the
nunciature at Munich, as there is no
papal representative in SaXony.
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THE nETALs.

s silver, 491tc per ounce
copper. NC per pound; n
$40 90 to S12.15 per 100 pounds.
3 Lead, $3.50 per 100 pounds.
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