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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-26
City Bright With Color.

Venice was In strange contrast this
morning TO the same city az 1t looked
last summer. All was excitement and
llfe and glowing I'm color. Banners
adorned with II winged Hon hung from
the windows and ilutteTed from the masts
in many squares. Gondolcrs on the
canals were turning away customers. The
lanes were black with moving. chatter
Ing crowds struggling 10 reach the center
OF attraction and SOC the Duke OF Genoa
who was 20 represent the king a the in
auguration Of the reconstructed tower
Many, however, had TO content themselvs
with hearing the shouts which welcomed
the royal visitor and catching the echoes
OF the hymns sung By 2O00 children sta
TONED In the loggia Of the doge's palace.
Shortly before 10 O'Clock the duke s
In procession by a number of quaint
old fashioned boats known as bissons.
laden with the local dignltaries.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-26
VIII Seek Butts Body

By international News Seit Se.-,t
BOSTON, April ss5.
night sent a telegran rtc5 =
War Sumson In Wasn,5 Wn,a5 81
him 70 send Major ba ccsrts, :,
the remains Of Major Meni ,MI1Iseni. a
among the bod!oc qf IiSssy ,rt ~ .
Ing Brought to this po'ysa,cf y
ship MacEay-BonnetN MAJ ,
Is n former roommate ~
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-26
Death Instantaneous.

Another wireless dlspa.a5, .a5,J 4
Mackay-Bennett received -
bodies are In latitude ,;,~ 49, nls
gitude 1887 west aninlos
east and west. Medlcat Orrasss Z
was instantaneous In All aett
tho pressure when oo'''
down In" Bs.,
The fact that the haoae b
been able TO communicss,,nr fre
with the Cape Race s.a ..ynsl.i
she IL laying her course o,s a! y
as she wac without the "a dsy, .
Race station for seyeiai vih .
only able TO get In toucnI SinS y
through other CLEANERS
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-26
Rebels Meet Defeat.


capital of the territory Of that name
was attacked yesterday by rebels and
successfully defended by q small garri.
son of rurales for thirteen hours. ac
cording TO information given out at
the president office today. The reb.
ols were driven into the hills after suf.
ferlng heavy losses. Seventeen fed
erals were wounded.
Meager dispatches from Torreou said
that preparations were being made for
tho federal advance. The interval while
waiting further concentration of troops
was being utilized for artillery prac.
tice for the benefit Of volunteers.
corps OF Red Cross doctors and
nurses which left here several days
ago to work among the rebel forces in
the north will be welcomed with open
arms. A dispatch TO that effect was
received today AT the local offices of
the society from Orozco, who gave as.
surances that its members would be
safe in his army.
A dispatch from Cnnanea in northern
Sonora 10 La Preuze saws that five
Americans arrested three months ago
and imprisoned at Altar have been re-
leased. They were said to have been
charged with carrying arms across the
border
The state of Sinaloa is on the verge
or bankruptcy, according to dispatches.
The state authorities are unable 10 paw
1he government employees and the de.
partment or finance has refused to guar.
antee a loan of fifty thousand pesos
which the government had intended 10
raise. Nearly all the government offices
In that state have been closed.
Two bands OF rebels are reported
from the state OF Guanajuato and one
of rho bands is reported in AN engage.
ment near san Rafael. Eighteen ru-
raies and about sixty rebels are said
10 have been killed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-26

away all embalming flvld !"
Halifax. enough for seVenn; h
with a weeks nne wss
we would pretty well cIsSS ~:
of the disaster. It is my h y
the majority neves Will CONE
face"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-26
SECTIONAL VIEW OP'T1IE NEW
CA1RANILE OF VENI IC5+

some magazines which made the last
five days of our Imprisonment easier.
1t took him that long TO get us re
leased. But this was not anything to
something else he gave us. 1t was Il
loaf of genuine homemade American
bread. After beans once day or a
hunk Of Mexican barley bread, you
may imagine how that looked to us.
it was white and firm, but light and
crusty. We wanted to cry, it looked
so much like freedom to us, and it
made us think Of our homes, too, -
IT was not until Consul betchcr had
appeared that the Americans were al.
lowed the freedom Of the "bullpcn,
where long termers arc allowed to cx.
ercise.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-26
Betrayed by Half Breed.

This work required only one night.
The next night they planned to remove
a few stones and escape, The ''breed,
however. carried the news 10 the com.
mandant of the prison and the two
Americans, Barton first and Anderson
the next day. were placed IN solitary
confinement
A man whom Barton knew as Smith
and who said he was held on authority
Of the United States because he an
swered the description Of some real
eulprit. was the means of getting the
news of their plight 10 Consul Letcber.
Smith was liberated when he an
nouuced that he would not resist extra.
ditlon and promptly carried note
from Barton TO the United States con.
sulate.
"Let me tell YOU that those greasers
stepped around when Mr.. Letcher came
In, said Barton. Every time he
winked some official took of his hat
II was after the note from our state
department and when the consul took
snuff YOU bet that Gold-laeed outfit
sneezed.
m up TO the ears in work the
consul said, but vou fellows will be
out Of here as soon ne ] can arrange
IT,.
He gave us pesos and sent us
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-26
TWO REFUGEES
REACH f PASO
IN SAD PLIGHT
T. K. Barton and John Ander-
son, Americans, Spend 5S
Days in Filth of Peniten-
tiary at Chihuahua.
FINALLY GET WORD
TO CONSUL LETCHER
No Charge Placed Against the
Victims of Mexican lnjus-
tice, Who Were Half
Starved When Released.
FINALLY GET WORD
TO CONSUL LETCHER

TIL PASO, Tex. April 25.-AfteI
IL thirty. eight days in the IN
speakable filth of the peniten'
tiary at Chihuahua. abused, IN
suited and starved. although there was
no charge against them, T. X. Barton,
aged 35, OF Marlin, Tex, and John An
derson, aged 25, of Boston, Mass, ar
rived here tonight, having been lber'
ated at chihuahua last night through
the efforts OF United States Consul
Marion Letcher,
They bore full evidence of the or
deal through which they had passed;
Barton lost twenty-five pounds and
Anderson about twenty pounds IN con
finement They had sold their clothes
TO get little food, and arrived here
in indescribable tatters. Barton wore
a hand made cap, fashioned and sewed
ny himself. that was caricature OF
masculine headgear. Their hair hung
over their eyes.
Both spent five DAYS 10 solitary con
finement Barton was the first on
whom the sentence was passed.
During this time he was gwen
neither food nor water. Anderson
soon after suffered the same fate. In
their cells there was a little window,
but sharpcned spikes projected inward
to keep them from approaching close
enough TO the bars to look out. Phases
of the torture they suffered while thus
isolated cannot be repeated in print.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-26
No Chargu Made.

The two men were employed on the
Mathewson ranch near Phoenix. when
they heard that better pay was TO be
had in the lumber camp at san Pedro
MADEIRA. Both were well clothed and
had money. They had reached Chi
huahua en- route when they were ar
rested.
No charge ever was placed against
them. but they were Informed that
Yankees usually were given thirty
DAYS 80.
'.'Just for being Americans | sup
pose" remarked Barton. lie was
silently left 10 infer that was the
cause Time after time he demanded
trial, but was given no hearing. Bar
ion wrote five letters TO Consul
Latcher. no one Of which ever reached
him. Once ne was able to call through
q window 10 n man passing, whom he
took for an American, to take a note
20 Mr.. Bctcher. The man paid no at
teution Ia the request,
The Americans occupied various
quarters IN the penitentiary and at one
time shared a cell with a half breed
with an American name. They had
given up hope Of liberation and Sc
cured pointed piece of iron about ten
inches in length, With this they went
10 work under the window and dug out
the adobe until the stone facing on the
outside was reached
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-26

Dance. Wandamere. Friday. 26.
When in Downey stop at the new Ok.
ford hotel.
The new Oxford hotel at Downey is
especially designed as q home for trav.
cling men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-10-02
CCpXPNzHT 1911
" MhQzaE0mW N,Razugs

My answer was a kiss full on her
lips, while my arms went about her
and held her tight to me.
"Of course, dear girl" l breathed, 81
understand. l understood all the
while"
81 was so afraid" she murmured,
afraid you would think l was deceiv-
ing you, that l didn't love YOU"
AS our lips met in a long, sweet kiss,
a wave of joy swept over me that all
but obliterated thoughts of the dread
full yellow letter. forgot for the mo-
ment the ~drug-sodden creature lying
in the corner, not twenty feet away
from us. l knew but one thing. Lou
Use loved me. What mattered my
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-10-02

thing? In the rhapsody that only those
who have loved can understand, we
held each other in close embrace in
a delightful silence-it may have been
for one minute-it may have been for
ten or twenty. Time for either of us
had lost its power. We were the
world, just We ourselves.
The spell was broken by a slight
twitching Of the man Gro the room.
We came to ourselves with a start as
from a dream. | went over to his side
and looked at him. He was still dead
to all around him.
you understand, Harding, dear,
don't your" said Louise, as I resumed
my place beside her, "why l asked you
to drop your search? AS soon as
Katharine became conscious and I told
her that you were on the trail of the
yellow letter, she became greatly ex-
cited. She insisted that l should make
you withdraw at once. She was deter
mined to know all about what you had
done, and l told her of your being here
in Ardway. She, weak and i'll as she
was, made me swear that 1 would re-
call you by telephone. She wanted
me to telephone to Hugh Crandall, too,
but l did not know how to reach him.
l had to promise her everything she
asked"
"Of course you did," l said. " But,
dear, 1 loved o so that l could not
rest while this terrible mystery that
hung owe your dear ones was I'M
solved. l felt that it was my duty to
disregard you wish. I realized that
you were being compelled by some in
fuence you could not withstand to act
as you did. You are not angry with
me, are you, d~earest?"
"Of course I'm not" she said with
a wan smile, patting my hand gently.
but tell me-" I asked, what of
Hugh Crandall? What is his connec-
ton with this dreadful mystery?"
81 don't know" she answered
thoughtfully.
Il have thought all along that he
had something to do with it, and you
saw just now that he admitted know
ing this man here whom the inspector
insists is at the root of everything"
Katharine trusts him, yet | know
my father for some reason forbade
him the house,"
I'm sure he is guilty." 1 cried.
"Katharine's eyes have been blinded
by love to his real character"
81 think you must be mistaken"
said Louise. "He knows about the ex-
istence of a paper that gave some
man a strange hold on my father.
Katharine knew of it, too. He may
have told her. She insisted on my &C.
c~ompanying him out here to try to
help recover it."
Didn't he tell you about it on the
way out?"
mo. I asked him what it was. He
told me that too many people knew
it's contents now. The more I think
about it the more perplexed I am
about the mysterious N in which
both he and Katharine acted about
this document"
Tell me everything" I insisted, all
my suspicion against Crandall return
ing anew.
ITO begin with, he insisted on our
leaving the chauffeur in Newark,
though it had been my intention to
have him come with us. Crandall
would not hear of 1t. Katharine put
you in my charge he said, and 1t is
her wish as we'll as my W that we
take every p~recaution for secrecy. 1t
is better that. only you and l go on
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-10-02

n more until l found you bending
ove me-"
To think that it was my bullet that
hit you'll" I cried. 81 might have killed
you"
It's only the lightest sort of
scratch" she protested. ct doesn't
even hurt any more. 1t does not bother
me half SO much as to know how to
tell Katharine that we failed in our
mission"
Tell her" said !, that one of the
conspirators is dead and that the 9TH
er is safe in the hands of Inspector
Davis and myself. Tell her that n
document either Of us finds that in
any way relates to her father will be
placed in her hands at once. Tell her
that will not leave the prisoners side
until | have it safe and that my honor
IS pledged both for Davis and myself
that no word affecting her father will
ever become public. Crandall is out
there now talking with Davis: and I
think you will find that he, too, will
tell her the same thing"
AS If in confederation of my words.
the three of them, Crandall, Davis and
the constable, returned just at this
moment.
Come, Miss Parrish" said Crandall.
L think it time l was starting home
with you, If you feel able to travel. l
nave u the car up just outside the
cottage. l think we can safely leave
the completion Of our mission to the
inspector and Mr.. Kent"
L wish Mr.. Kent was coming back
with u.s." said Louise in a sweetly
p~laintive tone that made me long to
crafty her wish.
Il need him here" said the in
spector almost roughly.
"And that comes first for all of u.s."
she said bravely, as | helped her to
the car.
| watched the automobile out of
sight and then turned back into the
cottage, where I found the constable
stretched on the floor, already fast
asleep. Davis, sitting on the floor be-
fore some smoldering logs that had
been placed in a rudely-constructed
open fireplace, seemed wrapped in
thought and did not even look up when
| entered.
Nevertheless, l seated myself on the
floor beside him and, placing my hand
on his shoulder, / said once more:
"And now 1 want to know all about
it."
Shut up" he said, savagely shaking
off my hand. Cant you see l want to
Think"
Rebuffed and amazed by his rude
ness, l sprang to my feet, only to get
a new surprise as, in tones as courte-
Gus as his others had been rude, he
said: IF l were you, Harding, I'd fol-
low the constable's example and try to
get some sleep. You and 1 have a
hard day ahead of us tomorrow"
Seeing that he was in no mood to be
questioned, ] smothered back the many
things l wanted to ask him and
stretched myself on the floor, not to
sleep, but to ponder. AS l reviewed
the amazing events of today, of yester-
day, of the day before, it seemed as
if ages and ages-grim, mystifying,
terrifying ages-had passed since that
hour when l left my Office light-heart-
ed to call on Louise Parrish.
And the morning-the inspector had
said-was to bring a hard day for both
of US.
What new terror could tomorrow
hold?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-10-02
XIV.
The Inspector Explains.

Thump, thump, thump!
l had not thought slumber possible
for me, and yet l must have slept. My
bewildered senses, dazed by a sudden
recall to activity, took subconscious
~cognizance of a regular, persistent
pounding and eventually succeeded in
stirring me to attention. / suddenly
sat up and locked about me. l found
myself in the deserted cottage, the
drug slave still m~otionless on his couch
and the logs still smoldering in the
fireDlace.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-10-02
CTO BE C~ONTINUED.)
Treatment for Burns.

Sweet oil and limewater spread on
a piece of cotton and applied to 9
burn is very soothing. Every medt-
cine closet should contain a bottle OF
this remedy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-10-02

That humping quickly saw where
it came from. Davis was standing over
the sleeping form of Dodds, the con
stable, engaged in the work of awak-
ening him by the park policeman's
Misunderstanding him on the sOles Of
his shoes.
ITO PIT CONTTNTTED1
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-02-01
OUTLOOK FOR THE
COMING CROP YEAR
FARMERS ARE BUYING MORE FER.
TILIZERS THAN BEFORE.
Crop Diversihestiou Is the Shibboleth
In the Farming Distriets-very
Little Ground Broken.

Jackson.-The fertilizer plants in
Mississippi are busily engaged in filling
orders for the coming crop year. and
some Of the plants are running day anil
night in order to keep up with their
orders.
The outlook for the season promises
to be exceptionally good. due in a large
measure to the fact that there viii b.
more diversilication Of crops than ever
before in the history of the state. AMI
the abandonment of-eotton means that
the soil elements not essential 20 that
crop must be secured from the new crop-
that will be planted.
Although fertilizer sales are heavy
thus far. there has been very little
actual placing Of fertilizers on the soil.
owing to the extremely bad weather
that has prevailed since prior to the
Christmas holidays. II i. estimated
that the amount % winter plowing j.
fully so per cent smaller than for the
same period last wear. and not ; per
cent Of the ground that will b. used
for this years crops has been broken.
The Farmers Union = industriously
preaching the doctrine of reduction in
cotton acreage, which i hardly neces-
sary this year because Of the fact that
reduction is compulsory with the farm
ers who had their cotton crop. destroyed
by the boil weevil last year, and do not
care for similar experience during the
coming season.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-02-01
KING AND QUEEN
COMING TO SEE US
ROYAL PAIR WILL VISIT LEADING
FOREIGN CAPITALS.
On Second Visit Connaught Will Be
charg With Messages of Good
Will to the President.

London.-The international News Ser.
vice is informed from the same source
that enabled il to send the first news
from London OF the Duke of Coun1ught
intended visit to New York that this
present visit j. merely a prelude ~ one
of a more official character, which, It
is believed. will pave the way for a Jour
ney by the king and queen themselves TO
the United States.
1t j. understood that later in the year
most probably in the summer. the dukr
and duchess will cross the Canadian nor
der for another visit. Their royal high
nesses will then he the guests OF Amba~-
sador Bryce in Washington and the Cin-
adian goveruor-geLeral Is expected 20 b.
charged by the king with a special n.-
sage of good will to President Taft AMI
the American nation.
King t'eorgr expect, to visit ths bead
ing foreign eapital- in 1919 aud 1914. anI
il is understood be will receive an invf
tation from Washington TO visit .sc
United States. The king Is known 70 b.
personally in favor Of acceeting such an
invitation. His first foreign visit. how
ever, must. in acorlauce with interna-
tional etiquette. be made to the German
emperor in return for that morarca's
visit to London last MAY.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-02-01
TEXAS SENATOR
MAKES CHARGES
cLAIsl 5 ROOSEVELT CON DoNED USE
OF MONEY IN POLITICS.
Speaker Refers to Donation of $4,000
to Republican Campaign in 1905 By
Charles p. Taft.

Wa-hington.-Demanding an iuvesti.
CATION into campaign expenditures IN
1904 and 1905. Senator Culhcrson of
Texas in the senate made sweeping
charges of corruption against the Re
publican committees for those and other
years. Indirectly he charged that fcr-
eign ambassadorship- were bestowed as
a rewanl for campaign contributions.
and infer.ntially I've charged that former
President Roosevelt had condoned the
use of money in politics.
Mr. Culbcrson's address was made in
anticipation of an unfavorablc report by
IN committee on contingent expenses ON
his resolution providing for an iuve-tigt-
tion. lie said that the limitations OF the
proposed inquiry TO 1904 shoui not b.
construed "A a confession that there had
not been improper practices before that
period.
Referring especially TO the campaign
of zoos. Mr.. Culbcr-on said the eputEi-
buttons to the Democratic fund had been
made by 1900 persons. with Ss.co0 ~
the largest. while those of the Republi-
can fund were made by 1880 per-on~.
with Charles ?. Taft. brother II the
president al candidate. at their head with
donation OF $4,000. Among the
contributors mentioned were Amha~sa-
dors Reid and kerens and Minister farz
Anderson.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-02-01
FOR CHEAPER MONEY!.
House Passes Bill to Reduce the Interese
Rate.

jacksonville house Of representa-
tives voted in favor Of cheaper money.
House bills Nos. ie3 and 1872, known a.
the money bills. were passed by an
overwhelming majority. Bill No. i.1
provides for a reduction of the contract
rate on money from 10 20 per cent,
and bill No. 1872 exempts all money
loaned at the rate of 6 per cent from
taxation.
The Farmers Union and a large num-
Der Of people who are not members Of
that order fought for reduction of the
contract rate from 10 to per cent. The
banking interests throughout the state
generally favored the bill exempting 6
per cent loans from taxation. The
Farmers Union officially announced that
il would fight the 9 per cent exemption
bill unless the contract reduction bill
was coupled With il and passed. The
conflicting interests finally agreed to
couple the fate OF the bills in the house,
and both of them were considered at
the same time and debated at great
length today. Roll calls followed each
other on both bills and both were passed
by more than the required constitutional
majority.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-02-01
ENDED THE SPELLING LEssof.
eobby's Education, Under Aunt,
Tutelase. Afterwsrd Proceeded
Under Different Lines.

Miss Thompson. whose form nature
has endowed with alltOo-ample
curves. was giving her little nephew
a lesson in spelling the other day. he
had spelt be. be. and he. he. and
now she was trying to get him to tell
her what me spelt.
Listen. Bobby" she said earnest
ly. Then closing her lips she pro
nounced the sound of a long m. and
opening them. the sound OF a long
What does that spells"
Bobby looked az her and shook hiz
head. Again she tried. and this time
while pronounctng the sounds. she via
orously tapped her own rotund chest
with her plump foreanger.
"Mmnm. go. What letters an say
ing and what do they SPELL shs
asked. still vigorously tapping ne;
chest
= don't know what the letters are.
replied Bobby. watching the plump
foreiinger. but guess they spell
Fat"