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Show IJ VOL. III. NO. SPANISH FORK, UTAH, THURSDAY. MARCH 24. 10. UTAH STATE NEWS. j ip. A female hold-u- p has been opera- TWENTY-TW- LIVES LOST AS OF COLLISION. in Salt Lake City. The Bank of Southern Utah, Cedar City's new bank, will open for bus- The Bark Lady Cairns Sent to the Bottom and the Entire Crew ies March 20. Drowned. Smallpox Is again on the increase In gait Lake City, ten cases haring In as many days. A meeting of the postmasters of the state will be held In Salt Lake City o April 7 for the purpose of forming a state association. iThe old city hall building at Lehi was destroyed by fire on the night l the 18tb. It is beliered the fire was the work of an incendiary. Final surreys for Cedar Citys water system are being made, and it i4 expected the system will be completed within a few months. Firebugs attempted to burn the Southern Pacific wooden bridge across Ua Ogden rirer one night last week, bet the blaze was discorered In time th saro the structure. t There is a morement on foot to hire the postoffice at Kaysrlllo closed ot Sundays, the Idea being to recelre or dispatch no mails on the Sabbath Eye-Witne- Naval Fight (lii i will 1 ' Ci; 1C pSUllnf aul uAi I... of tU1 lei'll u It UhTm tlivuu tlll'fki c mh:u, 43 (t 0 P-- 3 lit I1 liftin J lirrm it'Kn f". st t 4 i, ' hiiin hiMih h.lHD clllilt' . luiri' i tluiw! jiuiiijr to t V it lar iiv tx e Jen. ith day. The towns of Lehl, American Fork and Pleasant Grore were tn darkness tor three nights last week, a big land Hilda haring crushed the pipe line a short distance from the power house. I The "house warming" of the new science building of the branch normal at Cedar City is to occur Saturday, March 2G. Invitations have been sent to about 1,000 people throughout the south. The camp of Basin in the La Sal eountry, has two new stores, two saloons and numerous other business enterprises contemplated In anticipation of a busy and prosperous season la that section. The Salt Lake Route has extended , miles Its track to a point fifty-nin'south of Callentes, and work Is programing rapidly. It Is expected that they will reach Wabba, on the Mud ly river, by April 1st. I Henry Waddell, the convict, was last week found guilty of shooting at Guard Naylor during the break at the Utah state penitentiary on October 9, 1903. and aentenced to twelve years' Imprisonment. The Southern Pacific company Is gradually extending the block aystem on Its aystem and It Is expected that before the end of the year It will be .la effect on all the line between and San Franclaco. I There is every, prospect of unusual activity In the La Sal Mining district Jthls season, a number of new companies having been organized, while the older ones are prenarlng to do an unusual amount of work. (' A kindergarten school is to he established In Mt. Pleasant during the coming mimmer. to be continued each year for an indefinite period. The Twentieth Century club Is Inaugurating the move for the school. An Incuhetor In operation In an nuthouse adjoining the residence of Mrs. Jacobson of Sandy caused a fire Sunday morning that destroyed the home of that woman and came near cremating her and her two sons. William II. Clow, postmaster of Kaysvllie. ban forwarded Ms resignation to the postmaster general. Ills reasons are old age and declining health. Mr. Clow was appointed to the position on Angust 13. 189V and r has held the place contlnuonaly Democratic and Republican administrations. Houston Valentine, aged 6, of Salt Lake Ctty, will lose the sight of one eye, and probably both, the result of throwing hot water onto lime. The Hme had been left In the yard for building purposea and a number of children were amusing themselves hv throwing wafer on the lime when the accident oecurrod. Joseph II. Parry, secretary of the State Board of Horticulture, In a speech at the farmers Institute meet- Ing held In St. George Inst week, i showed the necessity of Dixie farmers changing their methods, and Inatend of growing lucerne and wheat on thetr I valuable lands to use the more profit- able fruit crops. Melsnka Nnranrle, a Greek who la n Jail In Salt Lake City charged with a murder committed In Austria aev-ra- l year ago, hka admitted to two murders, while It Is believed he haa killed four people within the last four yeara. 4 Off-'de- : , un-do- o GO FREE. Kansas Cattlemen Acquitted on Murder Charge. Chauneey Dewey and his two cowboys, Clyde Wilson and William J. McBride, have been acquitted at Norton, Kans., of the charge of murdering Btirchard Berry, by a jury which had considered the case twenty-eigh- t hours. Chauneey Dewey, a young millionaire ranchman, went to Cheyenne county, Kansas, early In 1900 to manage the Dewey ranch. Soon after his arrival there he became Involved In trouble with the Berry family, who were also prominent cattlemen. Trivial misunderstanding grew Into serious differences, which terminated In the killing of Btirchard Rerry in June, 1903, at the home of Alpheus Berry, during a fight in which Dewey and ten of his cowboys were pitted against the Berrys. OWES ALL TO UNCLE SAM. Cubans Attribute Prosperity of Their Country to United States. Admiral Dewey, who has returned from the navy maneuvers In southern waters, called on President Roosevelt Saturday to present to him a personal message of good will from President Palma of Culm. The admiral told the president that thp people of the new republic were notably prosperous and that both President Palma and the Cuban people attributed their prosperity to the government of the United States. WOMEN the The steamer Sierra arrived at San Francisco March 12 and brought In The German bark Mona collided with the English bark Lady Cairns off Dublin bay Sunday morning. The Lady Cairns Rank In a few minutes. was drowned. Her crew of twenly-twThe Mona, which was much damaged, was assisted into Dublin harbor. The Lady Cairns was a three-masteship of 1.G16 tons. She was commanded by Captain L. Evans and was bound from Liverpool for Timur, New Zealand. The Lady Cairns ws3 built In Belfast In 18G9 and was owned by L. Tulloch of Swansea. The Mona was commanded by Captain Schwarting and was last reported at Adressan. DEWEYS ARE ORGANIZING. the following graphic account by an eyewitness of the great Port Arthur battle, which opened the war between Japan and Russia. The eyewitness was G. F. Curtis, an American attorney, who escaped from the battered Russian city on the steamer Fu Ping and wrote the following account for the San Francisco Examiner as aoon as he was landed at Shanghai: There was revelry In Port Arthur on the night of Feb. 8. No one Indulged a thought of danger. The cafes, the theaters, the circus w'ere open and agleam. Many naval officers were ashore. Many officers from the forts mingled in the revel. Men of the fleet and of the fortifications were on leave. There feasting and The wine popped, women dancing. dimpled, men laughed and made love. Then, as upon the riot on the night before Waterloo, a heavy sound broke in. There was a pause and Rome asked queer questions. Again and again All sound. come the thunderous knew it was the roaring of great guns. But the revelry went on. Nobody sniffed a battle. The guns were the guns of the ferts at the harbor mouth, men said. There was some practicing going on practicing against the remote possibility of a night attack by the Japanese in case of war. This war would be averted by diplomacy nothing to fear; nothing to fear. Admiral Stark had been in attendance on a dinner. He had no word that war had been declared. He lingered over the wine and basked in the smiles of the pretty women. It was 2 oclock in the morning of the 9th when the admiral's ear caught the first boom of a gun. He recognized the note as that of one of the disappearing canon of the land batteries. It disturbed him not. But by and by his quick ear detected another note the cry of his own guns. He had ordered no firing at night, so he began to take shrewder notice. Still no thought of war seemed to fleck his merrymaking. But the first of the cool dawn, when the later revelers were seeking their homes, showed the grim results of the daring night attack by the Japanese. Two of Russias greatest battleships, the Cesarevltch and the Retvlzan, were ashore at the entrance to the harbor, almost completely blockading that narrow way. Outside the harbor a transport and a cruiser were on the beach. Then everybody knew that war had begun and the news cf the night was whispered from white lips into startled ears. That Is how Japan caught Russia Unions Trades Establish Will off her guard and Inflicted a crippling United States. Throughout the blow. The sounds cf the night and woWith the object of promoting the sights of the morning were commens trades unions In the United mon to all of us; but now let me give States the executive board of the Wo- to you the story and experiences cf mans National Trades Union lengtto Capt. Gray of the Fu ring as he gave at Its annual meeting In Boston voted them to me. The Fu Ping is the property of the to send a general organizer and rpc who Chinese Engineering and Mining comthe country retary throughout Gray saw at once that Capt. pany. organizbusiness a ns act agent, will inof Port Arthur waa no harbor the women, ing trades unions among craft. He saw, his for strikes. peaceful and lockouts place stituting too. that there was much qucstlc n as Punishing Whltecappers. Federal Judge Jacob Triber at Ilel ena. Ark., has passed a penitentiary sentence upon three whltecappers, convicted of conspiracy to Intimidate negro workmen at a sawmill In Poln Bette county. The defendants attor-ne- y took an apppal to the supreme court of the United States, proposing to test the constitutionality of the federal state enacting Into a law the fourteenth amendment to the constitution, claiming that under this statuten the negro citizen Is granted a proton-tloIn the federal courts that la not given to white men. One Hundred FWoInoa Killed. Nowb of an Important military en- gagement has Just been received from Cstabato. capital of the province of Mindanao. On March 7 detachments of the Seventeenth and Twenty third Infantries, troop B of the Fourteenth In al cavalry and Gatleya battery. of Gen430 strong, under command Wood, attacked and rim eral cotta (fortl whlrh was heldy tured the the by th Datto All, who resists law, Ilia defensive works were destroyed and their abandonment forced by the accurate fire ot tb anti-alaver- battery. .. to whether he could navigate her between the two stranded Russian the Cesarevltch having her stern against the eastern bank and swinging her bow toward the other shore, while the stern of the Retvlzan was on the western ledge and her bow extending well over toward that of the Cesarevltch. So Capt. Gray started out in a gig to ascertain the conditions at the harbor entrance. With him were First Engineer Robrrtaon, Second Engineer Kay and Second Officer Duncan, with a crew of four Chinese sailors. The gig passed out between the battleships. where the harbor entrance la not over 1,500 feet in width, and the beached cruiser aud war-ship- transport. Suddenly a big shell fell into the water not more than half a dozen feet from the gig; it exploded and sent a mass of water to a great height, partly filling the gig and drenching all to the akin. One of the Chinamen waa cut on the head by a piece of shell. He bled profusely, and at once he and hla Chinese comrades Jumped overboard and swam ashore. They at once scuttled away, leaving the officers of the Fu Ting to manage the gig as best they Killed While In Bed. might. Cart. Gray saw that the shell cam John Gingle. a highwayman and authorities from the Japanese fleoL It waa fired the wanted by horae thief, a. nt. and waa the opening 11:10 at of at North Yakima for a number of the day's battle. Capt. Gray gun officers crimes, was killed by Spokane mornwere tn the middle comrade hla and ficht at Spokane Sunday in and they Immediately of things, been had t0, ing. Gingle beached the gig and Bought shelter cabin In the eastern Prt.nf the A Jyvhl special the offlcera. discharge surrounded tay under a ledge f rocks near the harcabin wan of J. n Cotter by Judge Nwn of fTa Doak and rngb brokn Short bor entrance. From there they had a Deputy Provo from the charge of araon aeetna In the door and commanded Gingle full view of what followed an awewas to have given general aatlafactlon to to surrender. The tatter, who inspiring sight. hla hack, opened fire, but on lying The Japancre fleet atcamcJ tip and the people of Lebl, who believe the eta bul missed. The offlcera put three about three mile off t!u harbor down case, so far aa Cottar concerned, In Gingle, who died wlthoJt speaking. to have been a caae of blackmail. mouth, and the Russians amt out i CRT-Th- u 1 se ituil liiniimmiuiunmii if. snnmiimii minim ummumiuuuiommiq CITY DRUG STORE JNO. J. BANKS, Prop. War Czars Officers Taken by Surprise d cleai of Russo-Japane- si fliiUMiALil Sends Graphic Account of the First ss F.uterrd Feb. SI, 1903, as swoud-cl.matter Post ofHos at Spanish Fora, Utah. Act of Congres. March 4, 1hu7. 1904. SAW PORT ARTHUR BATTLE BARK GOES TO BOTTOM tic ' pRESS T he Spanish e their ships to give battle. Soon the shells were flying fast. The forts gave tengue and the firing of the fleets was incessant. There was one fine duel. A Japanese battleship engaged a Russian battleship, and the two steamed up and down delivering constant broadsides. Then there was a mighty tragedy. One large Russian cruiser was seen to stagger under an explosion either of a torpedo or her own magazine, and then, within three minutes, go down stern first She carried all her officers and men with her. Net the slightest effort was made by the other ships of the Russian fleet to save any of their comrades. They were too busily engaged to heed tbe distress of their fellows; and up to the time the Fu Ping sailed there was no news that any of the unfortunates had been picked up. The Japanese opened the fight at 11:10 a. m. The last shot was fired at 11:50, the battle lasting just forty minutes; but It was too hot to last longer. Then the Japanese fleet withdrew and Capt. Gray and tls officers left their shelter under the forts at tbe west harbor mouth and rowed back to the Fu Ping. From the Bteamer's bridge the captain watched tbe return of tbe battered Russian sea fight- PURE AND DRUGS MEDICINES PRESCRIPTIONS BY EXPERIENCED COMPOUNDED PHARMACISTS. tnmTrfftmrffmninmHmniinffHminmmnnwffmimtmmnnnwmTmrnnmt )R. W. E WARNER, Ml 021m sad Resldemee jusl south of tiiy Square. . . "past ah Park, Utah, W. H. RAY, DR. C. T. KENDALL, orrie bi Nl.bt call anawered from Uoyack Hou Utah. Independent Insurance Agency. Asobsw B. Mo.oax, Hal!h and Plata Class Fire, Lilt, Accident, ..INSURANCE.. ATTOBNET9-AT-LA- PKOVO Telrpho.. IB X WRIT Years. In ms Lead Twenty SAIEY, A. UTAH. PROVO, BAGLEY & MORGAN KntfM Bulldlof Art. pawteh Fork, . Qaan C Baout. Photts ana. 4ts fi. Academy rtorb famish fork drug Insurance Agency Greatest Attorney-at-La- v, Jex Lumber ers. Conveyancer and Notary Publia. Admiral Stark's flagship, the Orrics Over Oran Lewis Store. came limping In with a shot Dial. through her bow and other dlsablll Kpanlih ferk, ties. Seven cruisers and torpedo boats also came in for repairs. The other A. Russian ships crept closer under the shelter cf the forts. Tugs went to Blacksmith & Wheel-wrigwork on the shattered and stranded Cesarevltch and she was towed to thb Firsl-cla- tt Material center of the harbor. But her stern settled slowly to tbe bottom, throwing always ea hand her bow out of water. Evidently she Opposite Rank, fiptakk Fork. was hard hit. The Russians brought In reports of the capture of a Japanese cruiser and a torpedo boat, but they showed no prizes. They also spread stories of Blacksmith and Wheel-Wrigh- t. the great damage they bad Inflicted Bu&j Work a Specialty. on the enemy. n kind, of.xtn. for bu.rtr. sne otmtobs But these stories could not quell work proparty alMndad to, oa the panic prevailing In Port Arthur. alv.y. h.nd.and Petro-pavlovs- Company, J. Pedersen. LUMBER ht When the morning showed the damage to the fleet inflicted by the Japanese In their night attack the houses of the merchants opened for business. The people said that whatever damage had been done the ships the tr,vn was safe and Impregnable. But the battle cf tbe day had changed all this feeling of confidence Into one of die may. Shells had fallen thickly In town and harbor. From much of the Ore It seemed that the Japanese were trying to destroy or disable the great dry dock on which the Russians depend for the repairing of their Injured shlpi. This dock Is In the east basin and cne shell actually fell in It, but did not explode. This rain of shells destroyed the last vestige of the people's confidence In the impregnability of their town, Stark's flagship and when Admiral came staggering home from the fight the panic became pitiful. The Chinese had already scuttled for the hills and one Japanese shell fell near a flock of them, covering them with debris and accelerating their flight. But the panic ss n passed beyond the coollca and took hold of loth the devotee of business and the totarle of pleasure. It must be remembered that the Russian Is a pleasure-lovinanimal, and there has been at Port Arthur a reckless pleasure seeking which (iiit Parlslans the gay people of the French capital. Ever since the Russian ( ecu pat Ion and fortification of the place Russian, French, Austrian, American and Japanese women have flocked In, and everything at night has been given over to pleasuring. The Hotel De Francp, the Palermo, the Farato, the theater and Baror.f-sky'- s circus are too well known to visitors to Port Arthur to require and no visitors are likely to forget the abandon of the votaries of these places. They were to Pori Arthur what the Moulin Route, the Noiivean Cirque, the Follies llergerea nnd the Gruber are to Paris. Dinner pnrttea. theater parties and masked hulls after kept the merriment going until 5 o'clock In the morning, aud aiich sis the ense on the morning ot Japan's first heroic attack. Itut with the opening of the bombardment on the 9th all thought ot vanI liuru and all Idea ot business ished. The house ot the merchanti ct sed with a bang. Many employes lied to the hills or took the first train toward Mukden and llarhtn. The Chinese swarmed away like the traditional rats leaving the foundering ship. The freight trains, aa well aa the passenger coaches, were crowded with refugees. All sorts of conveyance were pressed into use. The terror of the fierce Japanese waa in every hearL m:ii AMD Building Material I Hey & Produce.1 Bailed COMPLETE LINE OT OppotU. 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