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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
SHOT DOWN BY STUDENT
Premier of Egypt Victim of Political
PlOt-Would-Be Murderer
Under Arrest.

Cairo. Egypt, Feb. 20-Boutros
Pacha Chali, Egyptian premier and
minister Of foreign affairs, was shot
ana seriously wounded today by a stu
dent who was arrested. The student
fired five shots, three bullets lodging
in the pTemieT's body.
Two of them. however, inflicted only
superficial wounds
The bullets were extracted. and IL is
thought that the premier will recover.
The crime was entirely of a political
nature, the would-be assassin being q
Nationalist He declared that his mo-
tive was the desire TO aVeuge Vari-
Gus acts of the government which the
Nationalists attribute personally to
BOutTOs Pacha.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
SIX CARS JUMPED TRACK
Twenty-Five Passengers on Pennsyl-
vania Road Shaken From Their
Berths Near Scio, Ohio,

Pittsburg. Pa. Feb. 0.-As PennsyI-
vania train No. 30 which usually makes
New York in twenty-fouT hours from St
Louis, was seeking to regain about thirty
minutes lost time by a fast run over q
level stretch of the Panhandle division
mile west of SciO. O.. at o'clock to-
day. The twenty-niue passengers aboard
most of whom were asleep, were shaken
from their berths and some suffered from
shock. but none was injured seriously
enough to require surgical attention.
to q WestbOund train. which ran back
seventy-five miles to Pittsburg. whence
they took another train to New York.
Traffic was delayed three hours. Rail
road officials believe that a broken rail
caused the wreck. Neither of the two To-
comotives nor the mail car left the rails,
Other cars remained upright after their
plunge from the track
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
More Troops Ordered out.
PTOMAlNE POISONING
Miss Lucille Clerk Was Not Murdered
and Did Not Commit Suicide.

Santa Barbara. Cal Feb. 20-FraursS
Fry of London. England. who. with Mrs
Fly, has been In Santa Barbara since
October. said tonight that Miss Lucille
Clerk, the Young woman who was found
dead Thursday morning I'm her rooms at
the Gren0bla hotel in New York, came to
the United States with them in Septem-
Der last. Miss Clerk, me said, was
friend of Mrs. Fry and upon learning
they were coming 10 America expressed
The idea of suicide or murder in her
case is. ] think. absurd" said Nj Fry.
and Z am Of the opinion. after read
ing the accounts Of the case that she
died Of ptOmaine poison. She was always
of a cheerful disposition and she could
have no enemies i'm this country. She was
athletic and in good health"
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
SHIPS SEEKING SHELTER
Gale Sweeping Over the British Isles
and an Enormous Amount of
Damage Being Done.

London. Feb. 20.-A fierce gale has
swept over the British Isles, doing an
immense amount of damage. The har-
bors are all crowded with shipping
seeking shelter.
Incoming vessels report extremely
rough passages. The Adriatic and the
Amerika. which arrived today at
Plymouth. experienced Il succession of
gales all the way across the Atlantic.
The two steamers We're in communi-
cation throughout the passage, but the
Adriatic beat the Amerika into port by
eight hours.
The NauTetauia. after a long delay.
succeeded in embarking the mails at
QUeentoWn, but was unable to land her
pilot. who was taken on to New York.
Reports received here tell of the
wreck of a large number Of small craft.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
CARPENTER ENDS LIFE
BY SHOOTING HIMSELF

san Francisco. Feb. 2O.-With =
strand of womans hair wound about
his wrist, T. Mas, a carpenter, com
mitted suicide this morning by shoot
ing himself in the head. Mas left
note written i'm German, in which he
requested the officials to notify his
wife, who resides at 2124 North Cali
fOTnia avenue Chicago
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
THEATRE PANIC AVERTEp.

Chicago, Feb. 20.-By the GOODNESS Of an
actor a panic among 200 people in the
Criterion theatre on the North Side was
averted tonight. When the performance
was in progress smoke from a building
on fire in the rear penetrated the theatre.
The actor stepped forward and invited
the audience to go out and see the fire
and return, which it did.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
HAD BEEN BOL0ED
Robert A. Johnson Dead as Result Of
Wound Received in PHILIPPINES.

BayOune. y. J.. Feb. 20-RObert A.
Johnson, long associated with Claus
SpreclIels in the sugar business, died to-
day. indirectly from a blow from q bOlo
received in the Philippine Instruction
LOcOmOtor at7Xia resulted Johnson SUI
peTintanded irrigation work on sugar
plantations in Hawaii and is credited by
some with being the first to introduce ir-
TigaJiOn to those islands He acted as
superintendent of plantations in Hawaii,
Japan and the Philippines.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
STREET CAR ACCIDENT
Two Persons Killed by jumping at FL
Paso When Fuse Blew Out.

Ri Paso. Tex. Feb, W.-Two people are
dead, one perhaps fatally and several
slightly injured, as a result of a street
car accident tonight caused by the blow
ing out of the fuse. Flames filled the car
and the people became panic-stricken. a
number jumping from the swiftly NOV
ing car. The dead:
A. c. Smith, 80 years old; neck broken.
Miss Maggie Rilye, Canada; neck
broken
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
HERE'S A NEW RECORD
Longest Vermiform Appendix to Date
Measures Seven Inches.

Sharon, Pa, Feb. O.-COmpetition
for worlds records in the length Of
vermiform appendices today disclosed
a new winner. The standing now is
as follows.
First-Edwin Ross, Sharon. Pa.
seven inches.
Second-HowaTd Gould, Winthrop.
Mass, "a inches.
Third-George Ross. a former Yale
athlete, 6 inches.
Doctors OBrien, Feed and Kennedy
it took all three 10 remove the ap-
pendix from Ross at the Bull hospital
yesterday-believe that the seven-inch
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21

Until today the senator had spoken only
two words since he was stricken last
Thursday; but today, when the family
physician entered, his face frightened as
he recognized him and said:
Hello, doctor"
A little later the physician, whom he
had seen only once, said to the sena-
tor:
Il don't suppose you remember me2"
Yes. ! do replied Mr.. Tillman You
are DR.. White"
The doctors consider this return OF
speech most favorable, and they enter
tain no doubt now as to the patients
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
British Parliament Meets To
day, and the Program of
the Premier Will Be Made
Known to Coalition Parties.
KINGS SPEECH WILL
PROBABLY BE SHORT
Finance Certain to Take PreCe-
denCe Over All Other BuSi-
neSS-AttaCk on the House
of Lords Later in Session,
ALL VACANCIES FILLED

London. Feb. 2O-Premier Asquith has
filled vacancies in the ministry, which is
an indication that he expects the gov
eminent to pass safely through the crisis,
The new ministers are:
William Wedgemood Benn and Ernest
Joseph Soares. Junior lords of the treas
ury; Edwin Samuel Montague, under
secretary for India, and Cecil William
Norton, assistant postmaster general
Mr. Norton succeeds Sir Henry Norman,
who failed of election.
This completes the ministry: In the
case of the Junior lords, bye-elections are
necessary, but as both had good ma jOUi-
ties last month. there is little danger of
their losing their seats.
Forecast of Kings Speech.
The kings speech. it is believed, beyond
the usual references to foreign affairs,
viii be confined to finance and the rela-
lions between the two houses. The SUI
Dremacy OF the house of commons in
financial matters Will be asserted firmly.
but the governments plan for limiting
the lords veto will not be disclosed until
the premier addresses the house in the
ADDRESS in reply TO the kings speech.
Finance practically is certain to take
precedence over all other business. Mr..
Asquith has remained firm on this point
and the Liberals are convinced that the
minister viii be able, in the debate on
the address. to make out "A case salts
factory TO both labor and to Irish mem
bers.
Parliament Opens Today.
Parliament will be formally opened at
o'clock tomorrow afternoon hv the
king, who viii be accompanied by the
queen, by the Prince and Princess Of
Wales and by Prince and Princess Henry
of Prussia.
The fOrmalities Will last an hour. and
as Premier AsQuith is expected TO speak
early i'm the debate on the address in
reply to the speech from tire throne the
members viii not have long TO wait for
the governments intentions
The pEoRCUEcer n5nt o. fIisff affairs
with which the premier expects to retain
the support of the Nationalist. is awaited
with great curiosity
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
TWO WOMEN STRUCK.
BY STRAY BULLETS.
Infatuated MODS Dispersed
After Battling With the
Police of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia 2ORong section Of the city followed the
attempt the Philadelphia Rapid Transit to operate its lines
today Passengers and driven from by Infatuated
mo of strike sympah nearly instances the aban
otherwise destroyed At nghal
withdrawn from service,
adopted by the police que the disorders Five
persons arrested charged with melting to riot
shot by stray bullets and injured persons
taken to hospitals.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
MILITIA GUARDING
SHERIFF AT CAIRO
Search Being Made for
Negro, and Another Out
break Is Feared.

Cairo Ill., Feb 20-Poce officers searching city tonight
suspected punatohng and another clash between auho
ties and citizens is feared if the is caught
Feeling still running high against the negroes and intensity
added this sentiment this afternoon when negroes charged
insulting in the funeral procession that follow
the body Alexander Halliday killed Thursday night attack
the Jail
Nearly 600 persons attended Hadays accompanied
body to Mounds H., in a special train.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
MURDERER CLAIMED TO
HAIL FROM SALT LAKE
especial to The Hera1d-Renublicar

Nashau, y. H.. Feb. 2O-Tbeodora
Belatsos, who names Salt Lake CITY as
his home was sentenced here to five
Years in states prison for mansIaUgh-
ter A petition for cIemency was pre-
scented TO the court, signed by promI-
nent business men of the city. claim
ing Belatsos acted only in self-defense
when he killed fellow count~vnlan
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21

One of the robbers, he said. held a re-
vplver to his head while the others blew
the safe of the bank Then they forced
him to drive them TO the railroad sta
ton, where they boarded a train. Nav,
dreadilg arrest. fled.
Nav is said to have told his mother
the men he drove in his automobile had
robbed other banks in Kansas and in
Oklahoma, and that they We're the men
who robbed a train near Ford recently.
Bear is an automobile dealer of kingman,
Kan.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
Americans Battled Under the
Banner of the Insurgents in
Nicaragua and Helped Rout
the Army Under Vasquez.
ONE OF THEM WOUNDED
DURING THE CONFLICT
After Running Out of Ammuni-
ton the Men From United
States Fought Hand-tO-Hand
With the Government Forces
BIG BATTLE Is IMMINENT

BluefieIds, Feb. 2O.-Americans took an
active part in the battle between the in
surgents and the Madriz forces at st.
Fincente and at least one was badly
wounded
They were under Captain Victor Gordon,
with General Mena. the contigent being
known as the American scouts" The
wounded man is William Wilkins who
Joined the PROFESSIONALS from Panama a
steel bullet struck the cartridge clip,
swung across his shoulder. near the heart.
and DETECTED, penetrating the arm and
Les.
Another scout. G. T. Bushby. was
bruised when a stone from behind which
he was firing was shattered by a cannon
ball.
Bushby was thrown twenty feet, but ne
went back to the fight
In a dispatch that ne has sent here.
Captain Gordon says that the battle
began on the 18th. The insurgents
reached Chinao on the 18th. when, after
ten hours Of desperate attacks and coun-
ter-attacks, the enemy, under General
Nasquez, retired to "a secondary position,
from where this morning they opened a
desuitOry artillery fire that ceased at 10
o'clock
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
CHINA GIVEN ADVICE.

Pekn, Feb 3.-Grest Britain and
France have made, joint formal and
friendly recommendations to China that
that government should not proceed with
the Chin Chow and Aigun railway
scheme without taking under considera-
ton the wishes of Russia and Japan.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21

Bear is said 20 have admitted he was
one of the ringleadeTs IN planning the
crime, but says that he was in Okla
homa at the time OF the robbery.
The arrest OF Bear and young Nav
was brought about through information
furnished by Mrs. Nav. mother OF the
boy He had confessed TO her, IL is said,
before fleeing TO Oklahoma, where he was
arrested. Mrs Nav said her boy told
her he was forced into the crime after
he had been piled with whisky by the
older men.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21

full recovery Of his speech. The senator
passed comfortable night and awak-
ened this morning soon after the ptysi-
clans arrived
Following is the bulletin issued by the
attending physicians:
"fhe senator's condition is as favorabls
as could be expected. The initial symp-
toms have abated and Improvement has
commenced. The disturbance of speech
IS less marked. Pulse y; temperature
normal He is resting comfortably There
are no indications pointing to the proba-
bility Of unfay0rable Developments ~ tAls
time"
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
SENATOR SMITH ON
ROAD TO RECOVERY

Washington, Feb. 20.-Senator William
Alden Smith of Michigan continued to
improve today and his friends are con-
fident that it will be only a short time
until he RECEIVERS from the operation for
anpendicitiS.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
SENATOR TILLMAN Able TO
SPEAK TO HIS PHYSICIANS
Condition of the South CdroLnan as
Favorable as Could Be
Expected.

Washington Feb 20-Favorabe indications themselves today
the condition of Senator Tman The initial symptoms
partial paralysis speech abated and improvmnths
commenced according bulletin the three
attending physicians.
Today recognized and called by of the physicians man
whom he had only before.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
BANK R0BBER MAKES CLEAN
BREAST OF II TO OFFICERS
One of the Men Arrested for Turn
ing Trick in Kansas Admits
His Crime.

Hutchinson, Kan. Feb. 20J Bear custody
here charged with being implicated the robbery the Bank
KAN week reported by the sheriff tonight have confessed
According to Sheriff Bell Bear implicated
Maw Is DID, chauffeur who drove the robbers the bank
custody and the of the others hourly expected
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
FATAL OPERATION.

Denver, Feb. 2O.-Frank NJ. Eagles
ton of Laramie, WyO, secretary of the
Wyoming state board of pharmacy,
died today as d result of an operation
q week ago.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
Militia PatrOIling Streets.


The militia continued TO patrol tho,
streets tonight. Several small crowds were
dispersed, but no demOustra ton OF inn
pOrtanCe took place.
The bitterness Of feeling against the.
negro element is manifested I'm threats
and rumOrs Of future demonstrations.
Women generally are carrying revolVers
and are urged by their husbands and
male relatives to shoot 20 kill il at
tackled
The special grand jury which has been
instructed TO Investigate the riot probably
viii be dissolved tomorrow when &c re-
conVenes. Judge William Butler. who inc
structed the jury. conferred with Sheriff
Neilis this afternoon and later announced
that he would decide whether a new jury
is necessary
There are four negroes on the jury.
Home of Sheriff Guarded.
The home of Sheriff NeHis is guarded
by the militia, and he IS given @ militia
escort when he leaves the court house.
Popular feeling Is against him for using
negro deputies and allowing Hslliday's
body 90 lie in front Of the Jail for three
hours
Adjutaut General Dickson. Governor
Deneeus personal representative, said
this afternoon that Sheriff Nellis was NOT
ordered by the governor TO permit HALL
days body 10 lie on the ground until the
militia arrived
Mrs Nelis, wife Of the sheriff. collapsed
TINS afternoon under the strain. She is,
one Of the women who are carrying re-.
vOlVeTs.
Preachers in their puIDits for the most
part today united i'm urging the citizens
To support the law. The Rev Frank
Thompson of the First Christian church
said in part
NO American whose heart Is filled with
passion for the commonwealth can ap-
prove mob law. yet things have occurred
I'm Cairo which. II they had not moved
Cairo brave men to deeds-daTiug and
desperate deeds-snd Cairo fair women.
to tears would have lowered them TO the.
level of the unfeeliug OK which calmly
feeds as his comrade dies or suffers"
More Troops Ordered Out.
Company Fl OF sheIbyviHe Ill. nation
al guard tonight was ordered TO report
here by Adjutant General Dickson. The
ShelbyVille company viii arrive tomorrow
on q special train.
Adiutant General Dickson and Sheriff
Nellts conferred tonight and the order
ing Of the additional mitsmen was inc
result.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21

As the train was passing through the
negro district of Cairo negroes collected
on the streets 10 watch its passage. At
Thirty-first street members Of the funeral
party say an insulting demonstration was
made.
An effort was made TO organize a party.
on the train on the return trip 10 Cairo,
to Wreak summary revenge on the Me-
grOes, but no disturbance resulted.
An unidentified man created . disturb
auce at the cemetery by dema nding per-,
mission to make a speech over the grave.
but he was hurried away. He said hs
was a friend of Halliday and that he had
been run out OF town by the police.
The negro the police are after tonight
IS believed to have been associated with
John Pratt. the negro who escaped lynch!
ing when Sheriff Nellis defended the tail. .
If the negro IL caught an effort may b.
made 10 take him away from the police
before the militia has an opportunity TO
interfere
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
eOvernment Forees Beaten.

According to Captain Gordon. VasQuez
was beaten, although his 600 men outnum-
bered the provisional forces two to one.
Nasquez can receive no TeinfOrcements.
and when all Matuty's men arrive and
they are expected hourly. General Mena
VIII assume the aggressive and will at
tempt to drive VasqUez toward the lake
Early in the morning of the 18th the
enemy's guns demolished Mena's left
trenches, drawing out his force. including
the Americans. Mena reformed and re-
captured the place. The enemy then
opened in front of a new hill. but Mena
executed thanking movement causing
the government troops to retire in great
confusion. They abandoned many rifles
and narrowly saved a Maxim. Some of
Nasquez's effects were taken and the
general himself got away only by d close
margin
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21
Battle Was Fierce.

The fierceBess of the battle is indicated
by the fact that two of Mena's guns were
disabled. Another was twice dismOunted,
but each time replanted, doing effective
execution. Mena's loss was twelve
wounded. Gordon thinks that the enemy's
loss was heavy, as their assaults were de
ivered across open spaces in the face of
artillery.
When the enemy withdrew. Frank Rey-
nOlds, at the head Of five other Amer
leans, hOtly pursued them, coming with
ing fifty yards of capturing a Maxim.
when his men were compelled to desiSt.
At times the bullets, shells and shTap-
mel came so thick that it was difficult to
see because of the dust One Of the en-
emYS MaXimS was captured by assault.
this being the operation i'm which Wilkins
was wounded. He was carried to the rear
by comrades in the midst of d hail of
bullets.
Hand-to-Hand Fight.
Once the Americans ran out of ammu-
nitiOH and before a new supply came
thew were compelled 10 defend themselves
in a hand-to-hand fight. Five additional
Americans under General Zeidon We're
placed i'm command Of forty NiCaTaguans.
with whom they turned the enemy'S left
in movement that shortly afterwards
terminated in the enemy's complete re-
tiTement
These Americans were Don N. Turner
Of El PasO, J. II. Herman Of MascoUtah.
III, +. Z. Thomas, recently Of Johannes
burg, South Africa. Lewis Ross of Mil
waukee and T. d. More of Dover, Fla.
Upon the enemys retirement. Mena
cavalry gave chase, but were unable TO
come up before NasQUez had taken shelter
on a high hill. 1t was from this position
that Vasquez bOmbarded today. Appar-
emily further fighting is inevitable, al
though prisoners taken by the provisional
forces report that NasQuezS men are de-
sorting in squads.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-21

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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-09

Spokane, Wash, April 9.-Bruce
Steinmetz, who claims records for
two rides from st. Louis to Chicago
and return, and L. E. Blakesly, who
is credited with a ride from Okla
homa City, Okla, to Mexico City,
Mexico, have completed plans for a
trip on horseback from Spokane to
New York, leaving here at IL O'Clock
noon on May IL, the journey cover
ing 1000 miles. The men are I'M
dertaking the ride for the pleasure
of being in the open. They will car
ry greetings from Gov. M. E. Hay
of Washington and Mayor Nelson S.
Pratt to the executive officials OF
New York. They expect to reach the
Office of the New York World not
later than August Is with the same
mounts they will take out OF Spo-
kane. Steinmetz has had long ex-
perience as horseman in Oklahoma,
Texas and throughout the south
west, also on the ranges in Montana
and the Dakotas, while Blakesly
served as a lieutenant of volunteers
during the Spanish-American war,
seeing much service in the saddle in
the Philippines. No attempts will
be made to break records or win
WagerS.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-04-09
First Baptist Church.

Bible school 10 a. m. Glasses for
all ages. Morning worship II a. m.
Reports from the Laymen's Mission
airy Movement convention in Seattle
will be given by Rev. J. w. Tanner
and in Spokane by the pastor. In
the evening the pastor will preach
on 1.-The Religion of the Future" as
prophesied by ex-President Charles
w. Elliot, being the second of series
of sermons on what prominent men
have to say on the religious problems
of our time. Miss Grace Paris will
sing morning and evening.
The Boys club will meet on Mon
day evening at 6 p. m. instead of
Tuesday afternoon, when Mr.. Fowler,
electrician, will again address the
club on electricity and the telephone.
All boys from to IS years of age
are invited.
The International Teacher Train
ing class will meet in the First Bap-
tist church on Monday evening, at 8
o'clock.
The subject of study will be 'The
Qualifications of the Sunday School
Teacher" All Sunday school teach
ers and young people are cordially
invited.