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Show IN MEMORIAM. MINKS ANI) MINING FIFTY KILLED IN MEMORIAL 1 I I DAY 1 Eastern jajeni arc predicting that the American Smelting and R fining company in June will citlu-- cut down or do away with the dividend on tho r 1 Express Train Crashed Into Ttain Loaded With Pilgrims on Their Way to a Shrine. Accident is Supposed to Have Been Due to a Misplaced Switch, the Cars Being Telescoped and Shattered to Matchwood. railroad accident of in the annals of horror unprecedented train disasters occurred Belgian Thursday morning at Contlch, a station six miles southeast of Antwerp, on the main line. An express train from Antwerp to Brussels crashed into a train loaded with pilgrims on This their way to a local shrine. on a train was standing siding. Several of its cars were telescoped and shattered to matchwood. The total number of dead is placed at fifty and the wounded at over 100. Rescuers from Contlch were at once on the scene, and the labor of succoring the injured and removing the dead was conducted with all possible haste. Special trains with doctors, priests and nurses were sent to Contlch from Antwerp and Brussels. The accident Is supposed to have been due to a misplaced switch. .The engineer and the fireman of the express train were killed outright. Antwerp. A WILL SOLVE CURRENCY PROBLEM 8enate Adopts Joint Resolution Creating Monetary Commission. Washington. The senate on Thurs day adopted a joint resolution report- ed by Mr. Aldrich from the committee on finance creating a commission to be called the national monetary commission, to be composed of nine senators to be appointed by the presiding officer of the senate, and nine representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house, to inquire into and report to congress at the earliest date practicable what changes ar6 desirable or necessary in the monetary situation of the United States or in the laws relating to banking and currency, and for this purpose the commission is authorized to sit during sessions or in the recess of congress at such times and places as they may deem desirable. Reduction in Prices of Steel. New York. E. II. Gory, chairman of the board of .directors of the United States steel corporation, has given At a out the following statement: of representameeting on Thursday tives of the principal manufacturers of steel in this country the opinion was expressed by each one present that the prices of steel are, reasonable and should not be reduced; that reduced prices would not increase of their purchases, and that most or desire not do any customers expect change. The opinion was unanimous that the meetings should be discontinued for the summer months, unless the chairman should deem it advisable to meet any time for reasons1 which do not now appear. No Elected Moderator. Kansas City. Rev. Dr. Baxter P. Fullerton of St. Louis was elected moderator of the Presbyterian church in the United States on Thursday to succeed Rev. Dr. William H. Roberts-oPhiladelphia. The first day of the! general assembly of the church was, characterized by a spirit of unity and which promises much' for the results to be accomplished during the ten days the conference is to be in session. Rev. Fullerton was not opposed in his candidacy for thej office of moderator, Fullerton t 1 common Mock on account of small profits. From Boston conics tho rejmrl that the Utah Copper company Is now mak-In- g copper at the rate of 3,250,000 Hounds per month at a cost of 8 VS cents per pound, after deducting the . expense from the mine to the maikc-tOil is advancing all the time, ana one in a position to know declares that the demand this year Is going to be 15.000.000 barrels In excess of the supply, unless some extensive new fields are discovered and developed. An air compressor is now busy at the Hub mine, near Milford, while development work is being vigorously prosecuted. There is now over eighty tons of ore on the dump at the Hub which Is valued at between $100 and $300 per ton. The activity for the current season with the Lost Packer Mining company of Idaho has already commenced. During the season of 1907 the Lost Packer company cleared a total of $100,000 from not over a thirty days' run of Its new smelter. Since the unwatering of the Ontario drain tunnel there has been an unusual demand for the stock of that celebrated Park City property, but It seems that there Is little stock to be found in the open market, the holders evidently looking for better results In the way of production than in tho past. Work Is progressing rapidly in cleaning out the caved portion of the drift between Nos. 2 and 3 shafts on level of the Ontario at the 1,500-foo- t Park City, and It will be only a short time until the draining of the mine is complete and work resumed in the ground that has been flooded for so long. The annual report of the Anaconda Copper Mining company for the year 1907, submitted to the stockholders' meeting at Anaconda, Mont., last week, shows that, owing to the restriction of the output and. the close down of the mine, the profits were less than the year before, being $3,-378,2- Samuel Newhouse, who recently made a trip of inspection to his properties i nthe Pioche district, declares he never had the least conception as to the value of the properties he had acquired upon the recommendation of others until this visit, and that he was simply bewildered with what h liad seen. The camp of Gold Circle, Nevada, is unique for a Nevada region by virtue of the presence of an abundance of water for mining and milling purposes. Usually the lack of water is one of the most serious obstacles to overcome in putting a Nevada camp on its feet so that it may become a dividend payer. A new smelting combination was organized last week for the purpose of operating in the Utah field. The new company, whicn will be known as the company, is Independent Smelting backed by Utah capital, and has secured a lease on the plant at Ogden, which has already proven to be a great success. FluerineMs a new section, about fourteen miles from Rhyolite, on the east side of the Bare mountain range, and almost directly south of Beatty. This particular section has been known as a mineralized country for about three years, but it is only recently that there has been any excitement over the discovery. E. Chopin Gard, a mining promoter with offices in Denver, has been indicted by the federal grand jury on the charge of using the mails in furtherance of schemes to defraud. He is alleged to have sent out alluring literature about properties in southern Utah, which government' inspeo tors claim did not justify his advertising claims. Noi Entirely On of Mourning St should not be as a day of mourning. Symbols of grief used in connection with the memorial exercises all save the draping of flags seem out of place. The annual celebration of the fame, the sacrifices and the glory of the soldiers cf tho union is a beautiful cusA laurel wreath for each good gray head. tom, but the day was never meant Honor for each of Use scars they bear; for a time set apart for lamentation. Tear for the blood that they had to Tho nation pays a tribute of flowsited, Sigh for the 111 that they had to share; ers, of song and words of praise and when hope had fled appreciation to Its glorious dead, and Love fur their hope who cowered in pale deFrom the weak It Is In a spirit of tender pride and spair. exaltation that tho holiday should be celebrated. It has been a mistake Fame, but not for the shame of those to cover the day with crepe. Who fell far a cause that was better lost ; Certainly there must be sad hearts Cheers fur their love of the gallant foe on this day, but if Memorial day is Whose by their own were bayonet made what It should be there will (Tossed; be brought to the widow and the faIve for the grace that the hero showsthe therless consolation and strength. To the vanquished foe who ha paid Comfort and wholesome thought are cost. suggested by the tribute of a whole A laurel wreath for each good gray head. country to those who pledged their for the heroes marching by; Cheers lives for the land of their love la its Tears for the blood that they had to shed. time of need. For each of the 111 that they bore a Let us not put on mourning garsigh; ments and make a gloomy day out of Love for their faith when the stream ran red the beautiful festival of honoring the And despair was written across the sky. glorious dead. --S, E. Kiser. For how can man die better than facing fearful odd THE SPIRIT THAT IS NEEDED. For the ashes of his fathers, and the altars of his gods?" If Necessary, for the If you want to get the real inspiraCountrys Welfare. tion of the day, go early in the mornWilliam T. Stead, the noted English ing to any of the Gods acres" which are ever around the dwellings of. the journalist, was talking in New York living. There, in the dewy quiet, about the worlds governments. where there is no sound but the There is some truth in the saying," songs of birds and the sighing of the he concluded, that nations have the wind in the trees, you will look upon governments they deserve. Good govthe graves where loving hands have ernment is impossible without unselfset the little flags which tell that a ish work, without on the soldier sleeps his last sleep below. citizens. the of What governpart Then, as the morning freshness ments need are citizens of the Lincoln withers under the sun, you see tho stamp. Lincoln, at the commencement forms of men and women and chil- of the awful war that you are soon to dren bending over the places where commemorate, was much abused by their loved ones rest, and you will be one of his generals, a Pennsylvanian. reminded that love outlives death. The He was even openly insulted by this comfort of God comes to those who man. In his splendid way he put with set flowers over long-mad- e that mistreatment imperturbably. But graves. You will, at last, hear the sound of when the thing kept on and on, growmusic, and so will be announced the ing more and more flagrant, his friends arrival of the Grand Army and other remonstrated with him. They told him he was suffering more than was veterans on their duty of the day. The old men march to a central place reasonable or right. But Lincoln only smiled his odd, and with bowed heads listen to a smile. prayer and then sing a hymn. The sad, humorous Gen. hold s horse for him, Til voice of one, perhaps, rises in an oraif will he only bring us tion upon the heroes of patriotism. he said, Then the little procession starts upon its journey and visits every soldiers THE WAR-TIMPHOTOGRAPH. grave, laying flowers upon the grass so lately sprung from the sleep of winter. Yes, your eyes will be full of tears, but they will not be the tears which burn; not tears of misery and grief, but those tears of universal, uplifting emotion which make us all feel the Renobonds of human brotherhood. vating tears, that relieve ,the heart and make it seem less of an enigma. All day long loving hands bring flowers as offerings to the memory of the unselfish brave; on and on till the sun sets tireless feet walk by the decorated graves, pausing now and then while a stroller reads a tribute graven upon some stone, or notes the offering of blossoms on some otherwise unmarked mound. And when evening falls the level Afy goodness, granpa, were you evei rays of the sun lie, like a benediction, as young as that? That was taken the day we marched upon the places where the love of 46 away ago. I was the has human hearts heaped up the treas- drummer boy. .years . . The men used to ures of May, in tribute to the sons laugh at me and my big drum, called me the baby of the regiment they and the martyrs of freedom. They dont laugh at jrou. now, do they The 30th of May is a day of glogranpa? rious, inspiring remembrance, one Not many of them, poor fellows. when, if tears are shed, they are only Why, my goodness, I m just as young as tears which sanctify, without burden- that now, but you see, I have to look older because Im a grandpa, you know ing, the heart I just do it to keep up appearances. Memorial day Self-Abnegatio- n, self-sacrific- . E . ... e, |