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Judge Johnson Fixes the Time for
His Execution for Friday,
June 10.
PRISONER CRIED LIKE A CHILD.
Wanted the Court to Change the Pen
atty From Death to Life I'm.
prisonment
Especial TO the "News.")


Moab Utah, April l9.-At Monticello
yesterday Judge johnson resentenced
Charles Botha to be shot until he is
dead within the outer walls OF the state
prison between 10 a, m, and p, m, on
June TO- 1904, The Judge reviewed the
procedure In the case from the filing OF
the information to the refusal OF the
supreme court to grant him new trial,
and then asked Botha II he knew any
reason why he should not be re-sen-
fenced. Botha replied that he did not,
but made a request that the time be
extended as long as possible to give his
attorneys Il chance TO try for another
hearing before the supreme court He
was then sentenced as above,
CRIED LIKE A CHILD.
while at Cane Springs Saturday,
whore the court body and the sheriff
body had stopped for the night on the
way to Monticello, Botha asked for an
interview with Judge Johnson, His re-
quest was granted and he made a
strong plea 10 be sentenced to life i'm
prisonment instead OF death Judge
Johnson explained that he was bound
by the action of the supreme court TO
resentence him as before, Botha broke
down and cried like q child. This Is
the first time he has broken down since
his arrest.
Sheriff Wood and Deputy Sheriff
Christensen have started to the state
prison with him and viii arrive in Salt
Lake City on No. 3 Thursday.
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The name and location Of the company
American Insurance Company, Boston,
Mass.
Name OF President, Francis Peabody.
Name Of Secretary Henry 5, Bean.
The amount OF It's capital 5000.
stock IL ",,.,,. ".u'",",, ~ oNWo"
The amount Of It's capital
stock paid up is .u,, ,,.," 5lQ@W
Tho amount OF liz assets Is o.. $685. 81
including co-itah is ..".. 7ll,336i
The amount Z Us income
during The rccodlng celcn- .... =.
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The amount Of itscXponditures
during the preceding calen-
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GO TO AMERICAN FORK.

SPECIAL TRAIN Tuesday, 1880 p. M,
April 26th via SALT LAKE ROUTE,
Dancing at Apollo Hail. Spring floor
Special returns Immediately after the
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SONS BANQUET.
Utah Patriotic Society Dimes and Wines
At the Commercial Club.

The eleventh annual banquet OF the
Utah society, Sons OF the American
Revolution, took place at the CONNER
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The amount OF losses paid
during the preceding calen.
dar year ,., ,u...., ,.,.... eGS COZ n
The amount Of risks writ.
ten during the year 600. .., 52S7e g-g A
The amount OF risks IN force
az the end Of the year,. bNsQ6i6G o,
state Of Utah Once Of the Secretary of
State, rs. W
l. James r. Hammond Secretary ot
State Of the state OF Utah. do hereby
certify that the above named Insurance
company has filed IN my office detailed
statement u It's condition. from which
the foregoing statement has been pre.
pared, and that the said company has In
AL other respects complied with The laws
Of the state relating To- Insurance.
In testimony whereof / have horeunto
set my hand and affixed the great gesl
Of the state Of Utah this 10th day OF Feb.
ruary, A. u. 1907.
(Seal) J. r. HAMMOND.
Secretary Of State
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KENDALL FIRED UPON.

Ehts Nv glanced around the post on
EAaB s NV was leaning, looking toward
Dad HIM INV saw me latter advancing to-
n 10 " r,, gun IN hand. Kendall start
Fsarp III H. S t, Inward and away from
I ne had run about 10 feet from
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Notice

We are again doing Rough Dry
Washing at the old rate &C per pound,
Phone ST. your call,
AMERICAN LAUNDRY.
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RAILROAD %EWS.
B ulunrrnnr,I lrIlnrnnn.lnInnin

Word comes 10 this city from Vernal
that the water grade route In that Vi
entity has been surveyed by the engi-
neers In the employ Of the Moffat road.
The two parties respectively under En-
gineers Smith and Blount have formed
a junction The last named surveyor
who was in charge OF the Bear river
canyon alignment Is reported TO have
succeeded In getting good line through
the canyon with an average Of Ave
tenths grade and a curvature well with
In the limit OF 10 degrees decided upon
as the maximum along the entire line,
Traffic Director J. c. Stubs and his
assistant, Il. O. Mccormick Of the Har-
riman systems, left Portland yesterday
for Los Angeles in response to n wire
from +, II. Hartman who desires to
meet them there tomorrow, Just what
their future movements will be Is at
present In doubt, but 1t Is believed that
they will ultimately arrive In salt Lake
on their way through to the east.
The San Pedro will run an excursion
down 10 American Fork on Tuesday
evening, when It Is expected that
number Of Salt Lakers will 20 down to
test the famous dancing floor which is
set on strong steel spiral springs.
The Rio Granda is getting ready to
handle about 5000 schoolchlldren on the
occasion Of the district school fair at
Provo,
1t Is asserted that the maximum speed
which can be attained by the big new
JOO-class engines recently received here
by the San Pedro is no miles an hour.
They are equipped with driving wheels
seven feet in diameter, less two inches,
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TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(Do you REMEMBER1)


mob ogden nched Jap for the murder Of Mrs Elizabeth
who
hanged the city bell
The biggest railroad wash.ou
Hudson between Whitehall
miles.
TEN YEARS TODAY.
Explorers discovered
Durango
city OF probably $4,000 inhabitants
Coxeys heartily endorsed by labor
places which led to riots a
FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY.
Pennsylvania acquitted charge
a political
Primrose
OF Crewe
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f. III. PIERCE,
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Best Companies, Lowest Rates
Keep Money At Home" YOUR OWN HOMEi

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that coffee is pushing you into fixed
disease that may set SO firmly you will
never recover,
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AMERICAN INSURANCE co.

Annual statement. for the Year ending
December 81. 1903, OF the condition Of tho
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II you have stomach trouble, weak
heart or eyes, nervous complaints or
kidney, bowel or liver troubles, and
you are n coffee drinker Just mark It
down az
The Washington times., 1904-04-17

I loved the blue hills that hem in
the town in the basin, for so it looks,
IS il completely surrounded by the tree
clad heights of Deerfeld. Oriskany. and
the Sanquoit range on the south.
1t did not take long to make arrange
ments. 1 wrote James. telling him the
circumstances under which found my
self placed. and asked If would be an
unwelcome guest for a few weeks
received this answer:
My Dear Arnold:
Your letter could not have come at
a less fortunate time as regards making
you comfortable, nor a more fortunate
one for your purpose of taking a rest.
If there is, on the face of the earth,
house where you can find solitude, it
is mine at this writing. Emma and
the children left me last week for a
visit to her father and mother on the
farm near ChautauQua Lake. l am so
Internally busy that l don't seem to
have time TO eat or sleep. There are
four servants in the house getting fat
and lazy with nothing to do. There are
five horses in the stable eating their
heads off. So, if you can stand the
bachelor end of il, and you ought to be
able TO enjoy Stage party, come along
and welcome.
II shall enter into no agreement TO
entertain you, l am too busy. The
house is yours. and all that therein is.
Come any time. Your affectionate
cousin,
JAMES stage"
This was Just what I wanted though
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perhaps not quite what the doctor had
IN mind.
! went.
My cousin James was lawyer His
father had been one before him. He
was therefore born to the profession,
and I am constrained by truth to say
that he adorned H. For two years he
had been the district attorney of Oneida
county.
found my cousins house on Genesee
street with shades down. a somber look
Of vacancy over everything. But I'm re-
ply to my ring a servant came to the
door and admitted me.
James was then in a small town some
distance away. on an important case, II
being a peculiar fad OF his, in criminal
prosecutions. 10 look up evidence him
self
1 made myself at home. The first day
I did nothing but loIl around the well
filled library. and smoke his excellent
cigars. The next day l wandered 10 the
stables and looked at a couple Of new
horses
One of these was a fine bay. purchased.
not because James wanted IL, but be-
cause friend had been pushed for
money and wished TO sell the animal to
some one who would be sure 10 give IL
a good home
AS It's great limpid eyes Booked at me
from it's box stall 1 experienced a sort
Of thrill. There was my medicine.
That afternoon I took a short canter
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every curse enraged whip

With a laugh on my lips. l turned the
bays head into the woods ana started
on my quest.
That which was not a road having
Srce been road. was easy OF travel
to the sure-footed bay. We soon reached
stretch of pure country. from which
nothing of civilization could be seen.
No hint of a town. No sound of the
iron horse Woods stretched away on
either side. The music of the birds
thrilled me with delight Even the bay
entered into the spirit of the adventure
ana neighed with pleasure.
Thus we went for miles, through an
ever varying beauty OF natural scenery.
The road wound upward over hill,
and l could see I'm the far distance, the
ribbonlike Mohawk winding its tortuous
way toward the Hudson.
The straighter Erie Canal appeared
picturesque at that distance. and l
caught nothing of its odors. 1t looked
peaceful. as 1t glistened in the sunlight.
II did not seem like the disturbing ele-
ment II was-the bone at which horde
OF hungry politicians were always pick
ing.
L descended again, and found myself
in a valley. In former days stream of
some size had gone singing and bub-
bling over the fiat slate Bottom. But
now thin. sparkling r,vulet was all,
and this was lost about half the time in
some subterranean course 1t had stolen
for itself under the shade.
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At last an exclamation broke from
me. ] had found the ruin.
There, on the bank of the himinutive
stream, were the remains of what had
once been a prosperous mill. Not far
away there were some houses in which
the operatives had dwelt.
One or two. evidently more imposing
in other days than their fellows. had
no doubt been the homes of owner. SUI
perintendent. or manager.
This was the shade of Pawmuc Mills.
The tragedy Of the play cane to me as
I looked at the dwindled stream.
The loss of the water power had COM
PEELED the removal of the work to a
more favored location. Steam power
was impracticable in this out of the
way place. where coal would have to
be carted from a distance.
] dismounted and roamed about
among the tumbling ruins. For an hour
I speculated on the problem of what
hads been the result to the various ele-
ments that went to make up the work
ing force.
or course, I knew I could find out all
wanted to know simply by asking
James But loved to ponder over
these things. these simple little TRACE
dies OF our quiet country.
What had caused the driving up OF the
stream? Why had the site for a mill
been chosen with so little regard for
future possibilities?
Wearylng at last of these questions
and finding that 1t was growing late.
mounted the bay again and started of
to return by another path 1 saw run
ming In another direction from the old
mill
1 had scarcely done more than climb
out of the valley when the spiTe of a
little white church came into view
"Ha' The Leesf' I said to myself
or to the bay. I'VE have CHANGED upon
the church where Parson Lee holds
forth. Evidently there is a romance OF
tragedy touching the Lees. 1 wonder q
the. gravestones viii give me any clew'
! dismounted at the churehyard gate
now sadly in decay. and allowed the bay
to wander by himself and pick up sweet
morsels by the roadside.
The churcht was not locked. nor was
there any evidence that II was used by
many. Yet there were fresh Wagon
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down along the Mohawk towards Frank
fort 1t was a cool day. the air was
fun of ozone. and 1 felt that 1 was
already on the road to perfect health.
This became my daily practice.
James came home when 1 had been
there three days. We sat up late that
evening. smoking and chatting. He in
ouired into my case. He nodded wisely
when I told him what my physician
had said.
The old gentleman knew a thing or
two. Arnold" he remarked. He knew
you wanted rest for tired brain and
gentle exercise for a neglected body.
The bay horse is just the creature for
you. He is powerful fenough to carry
you anywhere. He is gentle. You can
stroll with the bride on your arm IN
shady lanes, and he will follow. You
can let him Craze. and lie on your back
and read your favorite authors.
Go in and win. Forget everything
but the object of the mOment-rest.
may appear at times somewhat inhos-
pitabIe, but 1 assure you 1 want you
to make this place your home as long as
you wish. At any rate. you cannot
leave before En- comes back. and that
vial not be much before September,
when school opens
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thanked JAMES, Of course. and felt
contented.
Each day, il my cousin was at home,
we chatted bit at breakfast. and then
ne would hustle off to work while ]
would pick out n book from the library,
have the bay saddled. and ride away.
James was a marvel to me. He was
made Of iron, seemingly. He never felt
weary. 1t seemed to me a Ions time
since had been free from a tired feel
ing.
l went over all the well known roads.
l clattered into and out Of quaint vii
lagos. / poked my way through pleasant
groves and shady valleys. I rode along
the beds of shallow streams. climbed
hills with the ever faithful bay at my
heels.
For two weeks 1 led an idle. ideal
existence, and grew stronger.
Then / began 10 explore. l found
raw, uncut roads leading through
sparsely settled regions. roamed past
farms that seemed cut of from all asso-
ciation with modern progress and throb-
bling railroads.
AS | grew stronger / grew lazy. With
strength, there came no fierce desire to
return to work. wanted to spend ali
my days in those rural scenes with the
honest bay.
one morning rain seemed threatening.
II was a close, hot day, and the murki-
ness of the atmosphere took the vigor
out of me.
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tracks to the shed in the rear, showing
that Parson Lee still had a congrega-
ton. however small.
l wandered first TO the little grave
yard. and began to read the Inscriptions.
From where l stood 1 could see the
chimneys of one or two houses, seem
ingly large and prosperous
wondered al this, and resolved TO ask
James who lived in that almost unknown
region.
did not see the name of Lee on any
board or stone. l started, however
when on the costliest, and apparently
the newest monument, / read the name
Mary. beloved wife of Robert For
rest"
said something about Bob Forrest as
being connected with the Lees. Was a
Lee the murderer of Mary, beloved
wife OF Robert Forrest? Was she Lee
and did Robert kill her? What is the
ira gedy that lies hidden under this cold
unspeakable marble?''
OF course, murder was the first thing
THAI came into my mind. because James
was district attorney. Then 1 laughed
at the idea of murder In that peaceful,
beautiful spot.
1t was growing dusk, but I was in no
hurry. l knew It would be a moonlight
night. and one of my greatest delights
was to eanter along on the bay under
the rays of the Summer moon.
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looked to see where the bay was. and
found him contentediy grazing near the
fence, and went inside the church
Two rows of wooden benches. hard
and uncomfortable. formed the audito-
rum. Two oil lamps hung in brackets
at the rear. and two more were placed
near the little pulpit.
At one side. In front, was a small or
gan 1 wondered what rustic beauty
played sweet harmony on that.
I opened It and soon found that sweet
harmony was thing impossible for a
rustic beauty or any other kind to ex-
tract from it. I shut the thing with a
bang. and stood idly looking around.
1 was suddenly conscious of noise.
The sound Of footsteps came clearly to
my ears. 1t was evident that a man had
sprung up out of the earth. How else
could one appear so suddenly?
The man was then on the little porch
He was coming in He passed a win
dow / coul6 just see in the increasing
dusk that he was heavily bearded. and
wore rough clothing. Yet he did not
seem like a farmer.
At one side there was a window Open
Some strange thought flashed into my
mind. A feeling that here. in that quiet
church. I was TO be treated to some
whisperings of the tragedy I had i'm
agined.
I l leaped through the window, max
/ ing no noise, and landed on the soft
greensward outside.
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90 At the Pistols Point SS95E
- 2z==% !5euard Y hopkins -<===e&1S S
bur Seward ". Hopkins.

I did not go for my usual ride. By
9 O'Clock 1t was raining like the deluge.
the air was split by binding flashes OF
lightning. and volleys of thunder rolled
around overhead With a tremendous
acoustic effect
BY noon the clouds had passed away.
the sun was shining grandiy. cool
breeze made the day enjoyable, and the
water that mad fallen in the morning
had been eagerly drunk up by the
parche0 earth.
| could not resist the temptation 10
ride. 1 had the bay saddled. got into
my riding boots and jacket. and off
went.
The bay was in great form and spirits.
We dashed away to Genesee street, and
out, out into the fair country beyond.
Somewhere between Utica and Clin-
ton / came across a dimly visible track
cutting off through some woods. II was
evidently a road that had become over
run with grass and weeds after dis
continuance. From the general ap-
pearance judged that once it had been
quite a thoroughfare.
A farmer passed me on the way to
the city with some truck.
My friend" 1 said. hailing him, can
you tell me where this road leads?"
THAT road don't lead nowhere he
replied promptly. THAT is, IL don't
now. Long time aso that road went to
Pawmuc Mill But they amt no mill
now, so they aIn't no road
rs Pawmuc a town. I asked.
Twas a hamlet. 'Taint nothin' but
a, ruin now. They's a church. believe.
whar old Parson Lee breaches to them
as comes. You know the Lees?'
II know scarcely any one. 1 am visit
ing my cousin in Utica. James Stage. ="
The bucolic gentleman opened his eyes
wide. Then he laughed.
II reckon he c'ud tell We somethin'
about the Lees. Ask him about Bob
Forrest Well. good-day. mister"
He logged along. and I sat in tie sad
die moment looking at the grass
covered road
The words of the farmer had brought
TO my mind an imaginary picture. Like
those explorers who go thousands Of
miles from home to poke and dig in
ruins OF Aztec refuse heaps, was
going TO explore ruin in the heart of
Oneida County, one of the most popu-
ious coupsses of New York State.
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T was early In my
career for me to feel
the WEAKNESS OF ex-
exhaustion. 1 was
scarcely twenty-five,
and had practlced my
profession, that of
medicine and surg
] cry, for less than
Three years.
Z was robust. full
of nervous energy
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CHAPTER /.

Is 1t the Shadow of Tragedy?
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Continued On Page Three.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-05

and the walls are covered with good pictures. A well executed portrait of Mrs Theodore Allen hangs in the cen ter of the room. Miss Allen, with a string of pearls about her neck and wearing neat, black gown. was at home when a reporter called.
 T don't understand why such fuss should be made over me- she said. Tt is true we are not going to Bayport for the summer, but love the place dearly and we may return at any time. You see, am devoting myself to my grand father. l am all he has in the world, and wherever he takes me I shall be glad to go. We are in mourning for my grandmother, whose picture hangs there. Society is thing I don't bother my head about. It is grandpapa who wants me to go with nice people, which do. want to see all the art galleries of Europe We are happy in our little home here in Eighth street. Grandpa pa is the one who wants me to see the world. New York Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-05
EXPERT GUESSING.

That experts can guess wrong is again illustrated by some talk of the Austrian and German military attaches as expressed at the Russian headquar- ters about six weeks ago. Captain Count Szeptycki, of the Austro-H -Hunga- rian army, observed that, while it was difficult to form positive opinion as to the duration of the war, he believed that the military attaches would get home by the new year, Probably no great battles would take place before the month of August. In his opinion of the war, Russia being certain of vic- tory. The Japanese army could not be compared with that of Russia. and the landing of Japanese troops was up to the present of very slight importance. Captain von Stotten, the German mili- tary attache, expressed similar views. The value of the Japanese army had, he said, been greatly exaggerated. It was impossible for any one thoroughly acquainted with the two forces to doubt the superiority of the Russians. The mobilization and transport of the Rus sian troops had been very striking. Captain von Stotten also believed that there would be no battle of any impor tance before August, and closed with the remark: The Russian victories will certainly cool the ardor of the Jap anese and bring the war to a speedy close.'
 The battle on the Yalu seems to have been important, and the ardor of the Japanese doesn't seem to be cooling much.