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Show ? t V i THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. ANDBKW JEN8EV, PublUbon UTAH. SPANISH FORK. NEWS SDMMAli Y. I . The population of Korea Is 1 5,00i. 000 In round numbers, nnd It Is about as large as the state of Kansas. An anti lynching crusade has boon inaugurated by the United Confederate Veterans of (Irenada, Miss. Owing to the discontinuance of the trips of the volunteer licet steamers, no tea Is cumins from Ceylon by abater. A tornado struck the village of Noy-lanTexas, demolishing a number of houses and damaging a number of outbuildings. The Midland steel mill at Muncie, Tnd., Is to resume operations, the Goo otnploys having nccepted a 20 per cent reduction In wages. The worlds cotton crop report for 1002-1Is estimated by the department of agriculture at 17,170,705 bales, valued nt $750,082,151. An outbreak of the bubonic plague has occurred in the Indian coolie section at Johannesburg. Thirty deaths have occurred in a week. Tho severest windstorm since 18.80 occurred at Salem, Ore., on the 10th. Considerable damage was done and thpre were numerous narrow escapes from Injury. David Cnrroll, a rejected suitor for tho hand of Annie Maxwell, daughter of a wealthy fanner living near Lincoln. Nch., shot the girl dead and killed himself. Serious riots have oeeurred at , beAgratn, capital of tween students for and against Tins-tdSeveral students on both sides were wounded. One man was killed, several more or less seriously Injured and one white woman wounded In a fight between negroes and deputy sheriffs about two miles from Ilessemer, Ala, Disastrous prairie fires In the vicinity of Henilngford, Neb., have deranch sheds, barns and stroyed groves of timber and ruined the grazing for the next three years. A had freight wreck occurred at Lucerne, a small station a few miles west of Kallspell, Mont., In which one Italian laborer was killed and fourteen of Ms companions more or less seriously Injured. Robbers blew the First National bank building nt Firth, Neb., to pieces In an attempt to loot the safe, but failed to secure tlie treasure. They were scared away liy citizens without pouring any booty. A mob of masked men stormed the Jail at Cleveland, Miss., and secured Fayette Sawyer and Rurke Parris, negroes, charged with the murder of a negro porter, and hanged them from the railroad bridge. The attempt of the disinherited relatives to break the will of Mrs. Abide II. II. Stuart, a well known club soman of Olympia, Wash , and secure a division of the $100,000 estate left by her, has resulted In failure. John II. Wood, the convict who killed J. F. Rutherford Inst August during tho Folsoin (Cal 1 prison outbreak, hns been found guilty of murder In the first degree. Wood was one of the leaders of the outbreak. At Mountain View. Wadi., the home of Iiertraml Drake caught fire while he was lighting the heating stove, and was totally destroyed. Ills two daughters, need (' and I years, who were asleep upstairs, were burned to MINERS WILL FIGHT MEN FROM TELLURIDE DRIVEN WILL RETURN HOME. Will Be Accompanied by an Armed Escort, and Pitched Battle May Occur as Result of Such Action. The news comes from Denver that the committee representing the miners evicted from the Tclltnlde, Colo., district, by an organization of business' men has abandoned the attempt to appeal to the governor for protection, after trying in vain for three days to obtain un audience with him. The members of tho committee have departed for Ouray, where the deported men are making preparations to march to Tellurlde, accompanied by an armed escort provided by the miners unions of Ouray, Silverton, Durango and Ophlr. As the citizens who drove the miners out of Telluride declare that they will not he permitted to return, a pitched battle may occur if they persist in their purpose. Governor Peabody declares ho will Japanese Makfe an Attack at Midtake steps to prevent the marching of night, But Little Damage is Done. Telluride. of men Into armed bodies A dispatch to Reuters Telegram company from St. Petersburg says: IN PATH OF CYCLONE. Japanese torpedo lirats appeared off Arthur at midnight of the night Port One Man Mortally Wounded and Fifty and the shore batMarch of Buildings Wrecked in Missouri. teries and guard ships shelled them A special from lligglnsville, Mo., for twenty minutes. The Japanese reare partly says fifty buildings treated, but reappeared four hours wrecked, one man is mortally woundwhen they met with the same ed and several others hurt; the town later, when they retired again. reception, la in darkness, and the streets strewn 6 a. m. a Japanese squadron of At with debris as the result of a tortwo divisions, composed of four and nado and hailstorm which struck this eleven ships, and accompanied by place late Monday afternoon. and the boats, torpedo appeared eight The hail on the streets was a foot Russian squadron sailed out from the deep within five minutes after the outer roadstead to meet them. storm came, and some of tho hailNo further details regarding the stones were phenomenally large. Dozobtainable. At 9 a. m. the are action ens of trees in the town were blown having fired sevbattleships, Japanese down and several horses were killed eral shots at Liao Tishin and shelIn tho btreet. tered behind the promontory, comIt is estimated that 2,000 windows menced a bombardment of Tort Arwere broken by the storm Mere than thur. titty houses have been unroofed. 21-2- COMMANDERS OF RIVAL FLEETS. Crotla-Slavonia- death. Tho Servian foreign otllce having asked Russia when she would accept volunteers from Servla, the emperor replied that he would accept the services of 500 Servians and 5on Utilitarians Immediately. Their enlistment begins Immediately. A dispatch from Ilutte. Mont . says that the city, which started tit slide down the mountain several years ago, has Just made nnnther move, a number of large buildings within the territory slmw rrarks, due to the movement of the earth. Democratic county conventions held In Orleans. Chemung and Cortland counties, New York, to chcstse dele gates to the St. lamia convention In structed their ib legates to favor Judge Alton It Parker of New York for the presidential nomination The Japanese authorities have ordered the newspaper correspondents nt Plngyang and Anjn to rturn They iso refuse to the penults formerly given for eurreMind nts to accompany troops to the front, und are holding them at Seoul, A deal for 5 Oort tons of barley has been closed at Jtn Franctsco with gents of the (uislan government for the tire of Russian lrsips In the field. Doth Unssinn ami Japanese agents have been negothtlug In this market for some time past Marco lirnvleh, a miner employed In Ihe Minnie Heuly mine at llutte, committed suicide by Jumping front the Job fistf level nml landing on i Ltllhhend 7U let t below Provlrh re where cently returned from Alnx It U reiiortnl he t $1,900 o-- BATTLE OFF PORT ARTHUR. MURDERER MEETS HIS DOOM. Louia H. Mott Pays the Penalty foe Murder at Missoula, Mont. Louis H. Mott was hanged at Missoula, Mont, at 6:08 oclock Friday morning for tho murder of hla wife. Five minutes after the trap was sprung he was pronounced dead. His neck was broken. Mott walked unassisted from the jail to the enclosure In which the gallows had been erected. In a brief speech under the gallows he stated he believed his conhad been viction brought about through dishonest methods, and concluded by saying that he was willing to give life for life. The crime for which Mott was hung was the shooting of his wife on Sun- day, January 4, 1903. For months previous to the murder he had been addicted to the use of liquor and mental drugs, causing a depressed condition. While east on a business trip his wife sold his laundry business in Missoula. He became greatly angered on his return, brooding constantly over his wifes act. On the day of the murder he became Involved MARTIAL LAW IN COLORADO. In a lengthy quarrel with his wife, which was followed by his shooting Governor Declares Las Animas County her four times with a revolver while she was fleeing from the room. His in State of Insurrection. wife lingered for nine hours before A proclamation has ben issued by death. The case has been bitterly Governor Peabody of Colorado, declar- contested, nnd a considerable sum has ing the county of Las Animas in a been Roent In an endeavor to 6av state of insurrection and rebellion. Mott from the gallows. Subsequently an order was issued for SUBMARINE BOAT CUT IN TWO. 300 troops under command of Major Zeph T. Hill to proceed to Trinidad, Eleven Persons Lose Their Lives as the county seat. In his proclamation Result of the Accident. the governor says that there exists in A Portsmouth dispatch, under date Las Animas county a ceiiain class of of March 18, says: British submarine Individuals who are fully arnted and boat No. A 1 was run down and mink acting together, resisting the laws of off the Nab lightship today by a Donal the state and offering violence to citi- Currie liner, and eleven persons were zens and property. The civil authori- drowned. Including Lieutenant Man- ties of the county nre quoted as au- Bergh, the senior officer engaged in thority for the statement that not less the submarine work. The liner passed than 1 GOO unemployed men are armed on and rororted that she had struck in apparent anticipation of an open a torpedo. At the time she was struck the conflict. was off the lightship engaged Las Animas county forms the larger in the maneuvers, end was Tving In portion of the southern Colorado coal seven fathoms of water waiting the fields, where the members of the Unit- approach of a battleship. The boat ed Mine Workers of America have was one of the newest of the fleet of vessels and was bnilt from been on a strike for several months. submarine the latest models, but she has alwavs been a had diver. She waa lnapected Will investigate the Beef Trust. recently hv both King Edward and the The department of commerce and Prince of Wales. labor, through the bureau of corporaMINERS WILL NOT STRIKE. tions, is making an investigation Into the operations of the "beef Vote to Accent a Two Years Wage trust. A part of the investigation is Scale Offered by Operators. being conducted in accordance with a Ind , A dispatch from Indianapolis. resolution passed by the house of repdsted March 18, says: The toilers toresentatives recently. Prior to the day completed the count of the votes adoption of the resolution the depart- of the miners on the proposition to ment, through Its regular channels, accept or reject the operators offer had collected and tabulated certain of a two vears wage scale, and aninformation regarding the beef trust. nounced the result ss follows: Total The resolution, which was drafted by vote cast. lf5 887. For arrentance of scale. 98 514: ncnlnst the scale Representative Martin of South Da- the fn favor of a strike 67.373 Maand ofkota, requested the department a strike, 31.141. against jority ficials to ascertain, if possible, the cause of the difference in price beJapa Will Care for Missionaries. . tween beef on the hoof and dressed The following report has been rebeef. It was pointed out that western ceived at the state department from stockmen believed that they were be- United States Minister Grlscom: "In ing discriminated against by the trust. view of the fact that there are some In twenty American missionaries Rockefeller Has Enough. Fnssn and that they are unable to John D. Rorkefeller, the worlds communicate hv telegraph with Mr richest man. whether ruling sovereign Allen In Seoul. I deemed It ndvlabl or private citizen, has set January to mention the matter Informally In-to Baron Komura. In reply to my next as a definite date for retiring quiries Baron Komtirn stated that amlrom active business. He will then ple mensnrea were being taken to have reached his Ctith year, and he protect all foreigners In Fusan. has Informed the members of bis busiWar Will Be of Long Duration. ness cabinet that from that date his Admiral Stsrkclhcre. who on ae successor will lie his only son, John I). count of turned over the Illness, Rockefeller, Jr. An Intimate friend of Vladivostok the of squadron Mr. Rockefeller sabl this concerning bes arrived to Pelfaetisfein Captain his yoaily income: Mr. Rockefellers In St. Pete-tburHe eio-esethe wealth Is so great that no one may onlnion tint the war will be of lone know accurately what his Income is. dunlon, Judging from the extensive were If you should fix the sum total at $20.-no- Japanese preparations, which ooo a year It would he as accurate thomugllv understivd rt Vladivostok here war was expected even curlier an estimate ns rouM ho made. than It came. suit-marin- e Admiral Uriu Is, according to the best obtainable Information, In Riand of the Japanese squadron whic i bombarded Vladivostok and Is searching for the Russian squadron commanded by Capt. Reitzensteln, If It haa not already met and destroyed it, as reported. Admiral Uriu is a graduate of the United States naval academy and his wife was graduated from Vasaar. WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS. Korean Priaonera Confined at Seoul Being Executed. Numerous executions at the Seoul prison are reported to bo due to the movement of the supreme court in the, direction of clearing out tl-- pace. The total In threo nights past has been six prisoners decapitated uud thirty-eigh- t hanged. Many of these victims had been In jail for years without bound together refilled the cells Just vacated. It is probable the representatives of the foreign powers will investigate, and. if Justified, take action. Kuropatkln Preparing for an Active Campaign. Tho first headquarters of tho Manchurian army after General Kuropat-kla- s arrival will be at Liao Yang, the general having selected that point instead of Mukden vvhenre to direct tho trial. Iiao Yang is ton m!lna Some were former students In operations. west of tho railroad, were others being connected thieves, highJapan, with the main road by a special line of embezzlers waymen, public funds, polltleal offenders and traitors. which will be completed by the time As the bodies were carried out strings General Kuropatklu arrives, and has of ton or twenty condemned tueu many advantages over Mukden. UEUT. MIURA. ft Ji ?ij COMMANDER NAKAYAMA. ft ft f ill HINTS FOR BRIDECRCCvi Plenty of Advice for Bridcc but u f Word for the Poor Men i 1 A thoughtful young man 0f V lngton was heard to du-the day the fact that wluLdeluge of donts and Cjs for bride to follow, the bridegroom 1 shift for himself. There Is absolutely nothin. guide a man but his own an:, self. It isnt fair, he said, "pf the time a girl is old ent ugh to k) sound she understands the itt.1 ance of having things done pr()'1 at a wedding, while the prospect? w groom Is only something nocossarjk complete the picture. Nothing S)? of inspiration can get a man thro-marriage ceremony gracefully, In order to Impress the bride spectators that he is enthuslar' about it, he appears with a I frozen grin on his fare that you) pect to ineit at any moment and down his collar. If he is too fru ened to respond in a loud voice cf the brides girl friends uni whi that it was plainly evident he unwilling from the start. Again,! he replies in a loud, stern voice, other bunch In another direction! the church will huddle togeth. j express how glad they are that tl: are not marrying him, while the i tude of many is that they are sign! away their life and all worth liv 3 for. So I, for one, think it high that somebody wrote a lew hiti how to behave, that we men may r pear enthusiastic about being nj ried without being ridiculous U proving a target for the world in g? eral to knock at. Washing"! pc.; j Emergency Telegraph Equipment? from Manila to Baf more, but the war in the. Philippn- taught telegraph companies a tn' that came In handy at the big & t fiagration. The exigencies of the eampalgtu our troopa in the Eastern arehipelr Its a far cry necessitated the organization of c most elaborate emergency tclegre, A clever electrician devlslines. apparatus that was collapsible and durible to an extent which woj. make a telegraph line t into an army wagon. This outfit included not only ah stand of quadruples instruments a fittings sufficient to permit operate to work, but a dynamo and a to run it, together with fu for the engine. It only remained s' string the wires to trees or any oth projections, and tho line was real When the office of the telegram companies were burned out complet-lin Baltimore these emergen plants were used with good effect. -' 4 . forty-mil- e ! kerose-engin- 4 e t Questioned Tafts Digestion, How Is your digestion? Is you stomach weak? Does It subject y, to inconvenience and distress by dt an-- i disturb your rest by night? Do Indigestion acquaint you with the b rors of dyspepsia? Those questions were propounded j Secretary Taft In the first letter he a ceived after entering upon his dut-a- s head of the War Department T questions were clipped from nef paper advertisement, and belief them was the picture of an lnsomti ro rarc r HQi 4trt fVl pa, of n am patient. t$ The following note accompanied it. . questions: To the Secretary of War S1 The inc losed questions are addres- to your conscience as a public offlot Unless you can answer them in ti negative you should immediately t! sign. From a Common or Gard Lawyer. The handwriting was that of Sectary Root. Washington TlmCR. of tm an J, ri DA no Un bu Ri se wl of corn-man- s TORNADO IN ARKANSAS. One Life Lost and Great Damage to Property. A Little Rork, Ark., dispatch says: A tornado did great damage to propel ty and caused at least one death In central Arkansas. j(t Fourchee Dam. fvur miles from Little Rtck, a negro s hoo I house was blown down sod a pupil was killed. In the section twenty miles noith of Llttlo Rock great destruction of property la reported. The storm did much damage to property In I.lttio Rock. The Race Question In Texas. In the Republican state convention held at Dallas, Texas. Tuesday, the feature noticeable was the absence of negroes, who Have heretofore taken a prominent part In the conventions. He was killed in the engagement at While the regular convention was bememHe wj ont of th officers of tho Port Arthur Feb. 0. He was Japanei battleship Fuji, under Com- ber of Rear Admiral Togo's staff, and ing held there was held a session, mander Nakayama. He wai standing was aecond In command of the battle- composed chiefly of negroes, with a on tho bridge with hie commanding ship Fuji, on which he met his death few whites, and a holt from tho reguofficer when a Rueiian shell struck by a Russian shell. The ship was lar convention was effected, two white pear them, killing both. From the damaged, but net disabled. From tho nnd two negro delegates being chosen leading Japaneea newspaper, Leading Japanese newspaper, to represent the state at largo In the natonnl convention at Chicago. HUNTER MURDERED. Japanese Repairing Their Ships. Japa Becoming Civilized. The of the Paris correspondent A legislative scandal la Found In Hu Cabin With Bullet Hole threatening Figaro at Rome say that the Japan- - in connection with the In Back of Hu Head. proposal of the e legation there announces that reJohn Spit tut. a hunter nml trapper, Japanese government to create a towas found dead In his cabin on I ulu pairs to the Japanese fleet are actively bacco It is allege I that monopoly Island, ten tulles from Vntuottver, lie prei ceding. In order that the vessels certain members i f the die agreed to had a bullet Imle In tho luu k of ills mnv he ready to meet the Russian a movement n increase ihe suppoit head The door of the shr.i k was found Paltle licit The hat t leshlps Milana coll pelo-Vloto le paid to the s aecllieit on tl.e outside With a linked ami llntHii-- e and tl.e miuorcd cruiser for a guns wer I wnte are in dm k. as nre also several seemed. It was slihe i,f the Increase pndlurk. Splt'als originally pmpoi,ed to missing. ami there vn n termite coat inducts mid tnipedo hunts It la In- pay the insnu'nrturers a sum eq ini to In the room where the body wn tended, ni i otdittg In the Infnimntlon three )ea!8 IniI nine from their bull-Hes- s No gun was found Inside the reeelv i il from the found Japanese legation, It ml that tl.e Illicit projet t lion tie. There u no elm to tie miir to have the fei n re rtmdlliun was to the (qtitvn'rnt of four pif,r( deter. by the end of June, veara' Income. nntill-fnrtuiei- ln tic-ti- SHIP 8TRUCK A MINE. Only Four of th Crew Picked Up After the Explosion. While entering Port Arlhnr nn the lfith Inst, says a dispatch from Che boat do foo, the Russian torpedo stroyer Skorrol strnek upon an tin placed m'ne and waa blown tip. Four of the crew were saved. Vlveroy Alexicff wires a report confirming pre vlous accounts of the damage done to Port Arthur during the bombardment of the 10th, hut says the story of a fir there Is "a base fabrication." Dr. Wood Confirmed aa Major General. General Ionnrd Worn! waa major general by the senate on Friday, the vote being 45 to 16. The rank dates from August R. 1903, the made the day President Risisevelt The contest against his promotion. confirmation began on November 19, 1903, soon after congress convened In special sesslna, and continued When through the present session. death removed Senator Hnnnn from the opposers of General Wtxid onlv two Republicans remained In the minority. Cotton Klnn Falls. Daniel J. Sully, who hns for fifteen months been the largest figure In the cotton markets of the world, and who hns "hulled cotton from 7 cents a pound to 17 cents, on Friday announced his inability to make good his engagements on the New York cotton Within a few moments exchange cotton fell nearly $13 a Imle from the highest figures of the day. Matt) clashes have hoen recorded, hut aldv none has been accompanied by uch frenzy and confusion. : it Saw Dead Daughters Face. An old lady who resides alot.e ftk lo w to country district tunr Aberdeen, Sc land, had a strange premonition r cently. While seated one evening) the fite site heard a rustling noise thp window, nnd on looking out ( to see the face of her d High', pressing against the pane. The e woman was much startled, as h f daughter resided In America. alarmed did she become, that J went to a neighbor's house and ik ail night. A wek afterward she fj ceived word to the eltect that t daughter had been killed In a rail accident. Strange to say her iauf( ter was killed on the very night t old woman had Ihe strange prcaM ment. c ir to ki Cf wr i hi si h di Captured Unknown Bird. Elisha Read of Alllngtown, Cot ' discovered an exhausted bird In h yard which is apparently a newcoc-i- " that region. It la a blackbird gold on the end of each wing feat- -' and each tall feather. It la Huppo to be one of the foreign birds whk were deposited on Img island !' destruction of the Insects on ft". trccH, and the violent wind are to account for Its presence. Tortola P' SI h ) w ti !. s t Old. Ccnturl The most curious reminder of land's sway In Ceylon Is a living hire, a grnnd old tortoise, supposed1"; have belonged to one of the P1, governors some 200 years ago. H very docile and ever ready to tttr the attention of anyone who Is HV to offer him plulntaln. The torloW so large Hint he can carry sevn boys on bis back at one time. ' (. Day by Day. 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