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Show XEPII1 KECOKD R. FIT FOR WITHIN J. HENRIOD. Publisher NEPIII UTAH IcPEHCE STATE NEWS Har-rima-n 4. Contracts have been awarded for the completion of Springvilles new bigh school building. The building, when all the floors are completed, which will be next year, will cost over $20,000. C. J. and Christensen, penniless Buffering from an incurable disease, euicided in Salt Lake City by hanging himself, rather than return to the poor house, where he had been for several months. F. Bussmier, an aged man of Salt Lake, who shot Thomas Wallace at Salt Lake on July 31, will have to face a charge of assault with intent to murder. Wallace is recovering from his injuries. John A. Nelson, a resident of Ogden, has invented a butter holder Vo be used by merchants in the delivery of the product which will insure it reaching the hands of customers in condition during the hot weather. In a runaway on the dugway near Mercur, William Bates of Mercur received a fractured skull and collar bone, Mable Groats of Lehi and a child were slightly injured. The neck-yokbroke, the team ran away, and the wagon was overturned. Mildred Smith, a resident of Sait Lake City, tried to commit suicide by drinking carbolic acid last week. A messenger boy prevented her getting the contents of the bottle past her lips, but enough of the acid was epilied on her face to bum her badly. A shocking death occurred about four miles north of Fairview when Frank Stewart of jlilburn was run over by the special train which was returning from Fort Russell with the Utah National Guard. Mr. Stewart was about 50 years of age and leaves a large family. Property owners in Salt Lake county will pay this year $934,332.55 toward education, and $1,262,953 toward the supjiort of the city, county and Etate governments, making a total of $2,227,285.66. This means that there is a per capita tax of approximately $6 for education. first-clas- s e MHIlf HEARS BY IS DEFEATED THE LEGAL MONARCH By FRENZIED IBB VT AH There Is more building activity 1) Lehi this season than for several years past. The Lehi city council has raised the city tax rate from 7 to 10 mills for city and street purposes. Four hundred Black Hawk war veterans attended the encampment at Spanish Fork last week. The Salt Lake team of Eagles won the first prize, $1,000 cash, in the parade contest at Seattle last week. The Willard cannery has now about cmpleted its run on beans and has commenced to can large quantities of apricots. Petitions are being circulated at Willard favoring a local option plank In the platforms of all the political parties this fall. A piece of glazed pottery, evidently a relic of prehistoric ages, was found J80 feet from the surface of the earth by well diggers in Ogden hist week. Lehi will hold a special election September 14 to vote on $26,500 water bonds. The result of the election will determine whether Lehi is to have a water system or not. ' Salt Lake City will make a strong effort to obtain the new $1,000,000 plant which It Is understood the Interests will eiect for the manufacture of motor cars. A young man of Mantua Box Elder county, was last week fined $100 for He sucgiving whisky to minors. ceeded In getting two girls, aged 12 and 16 years, intoxicated. In connection with the movement which has been started for good roads throughout the state. Salt Lake county has started work and expects to show good results within a short time. The amount due the state of Utah from the net receipts of forest reserves for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1908, is $32,151, as compared with $9,003 in 1906, and $13,557 in 1907. The Salt Lake Y. M. C. A. has received the honor roll of the ten associations that lead in the 1908 international educational work contest for hoys, and Its name appears at the head. Imprisoned in a box car without food or water or thrfLng days, Jotoaed when, the? seph Hartman was car reached Ogden, only to be immediately arrested on the charge of trespass. Governor Cutler will appoint any sportsman who wishes to attend the gathering of the League of American Sportsmen at Lawton, Oklahoma, October 12 and 13, a delegate from the Etate. The outing of the Utah National guard in Wyoming cost $9,624.33, exclusive of transportation and subsistence. Of the total amount, the state paid $4,298.99 and the government USURPER Race Riot in Capital of Illinois Results in Four Deaths and Injury of Many Participants. President Roosevelt Says Filipinos Are Making Rapid Strides in Progress Toward Political Overturned Lamp Starts Fire Thai Almost Completely Destroys Taft, Montana. Freedom. Oyster Bay, N. Y. Independence in twenty years was the promise held out by President Roosevelt to the leaders of the majority party in Despite the Presence of Militia, the the Filipino assembly on Monday. Homes of Negroes Are Burned to Senor Manuel Quezon, the majority the Ground and Colored Men Subjected to Torture. Springfield, 111. Two white men were killed and one negro was lynched, more than half a hundred persons weie injured and two score of houses, mostly occupied by negroes were burned Friday night as the result of an attempt by a mob to lynch a negro who had assautled a white woman, After a night of riot, arson am slaughter, .he state troops, called out by the governor, succeeded early Sat urday in lestoring a semblance of or der. One thousand militiamen, in eluding tlm-- companies from this citj and companies from Bloomington, Do catur, Perkin and Pontiac, were sej patrolling the streets. Despite the presence of the troops another victim was added to the list on Saturday night, when William Don. igan, an aged negro, was killed. Doni-gawas a cobbler and respected as a simple and inoffensive citizen. His shop was within two blocks of the state house. In the absence of a patrol, the mob set fire to the shop and the venerable negro was compelled by the smoke to run into the street. Ilia appearance was greeted by a shower of stones and bricks, and as he staggered under the fusillade he was seized and his throat cut A rope wa9 then run through the wound and the victim bound to a tree. There he was found later, unconscious and dying. The rioting was precipitated by an assault committed by a negro upon Airs. Mabel Hallam, wife of a street car conductor. While the woman slept, alone in her home on a populous residence street, awaiting the return of her husband, the man broke into the house, dragged her into the real yard and assaulted her. Before noon George Richardson, a young negro, was arrestq Jiy the sheriff's force, The victim crimg-- , charge e tified pinner. gathered about the spirited Jail, but Richardson was away to Bloomington for safe keepCTTKCuT" quic k l y ing. Balked of their prey, the members the mob wreaked vengeance upon a restaurant keeper who had assisted in spiriting away the suspected negro by completely wrecking his restaurant and burning his automobile. Lewis Johnson, a white boy, aged 17, was killed during the rioting at the resof taurant. After burning many houses in the negro quarter the mob. which became more and more despe.ate as the night passed, finally gratified its thirst for blood when Charley Hunter, a negro, was lynched rt the corner of Twelfth and Madison streets, right In the hear Bad Lands. of the district called Troops arrived at the scene tooof late the to prevent the lynching. Some members of the mob declare that the negro lynched had shot two white men. the negro Richardson, George charged with the assault which led to the fearful rioting, denies his guilt and declares he can prove an alibi. With the arrival here on Sunday or the Second and Seventh infantry regimens. I. N. G., and two squadrons of the First cavalry, all from Chicago, the entire national guard of Illinois, with the exception of the Sixth incolfantry and the Eighth infantry, disored, is on duty in the tricts. In all 4.200 guardsmen are in the city. Sunday passed without any violent demonstrations, and although large crowds thronged the streets, they were mostly curiosity seekers, and were easily handled by the soldiers. riot-ridde- n Kidnaped by Lover. Miss Freda Bauer, Mont. Butte, aged sixteen, daughter of Conrad Bauer, a rancher living twelve miles east of Billings, was abducted Thursday night at the point of revolvers by two masked men. Bauer accuses two ranch hands, both lovers of the girl, who have also disappeared. The abduction was cleverly effected. The men rode up to the ranch, called Bauer out and covered him. Mrs. Bauer ran screaming down to the road to a neighbors, and the girl was spirited away. Girl Angry Husband Shoots to Kill. Baystde, L. I. Captain Peter Con. over Haines, Jr., U. S. A., son of Brigadier General Peter Conover Haines, U. S. A., retired, fired seven bullets from a revolver into William E. Annis of New York, owner and publisher of Purr McIntoshs Monthly, and other magazines, late Saturday on the landing stage of the Iiayside Yacht club, Flushing, and Annis, whom Captain Haines brother had accused of having been improperly attentive to the captains wife died in the Flushing hospital a few hours after the shooting. leader, expressed himself as delight- the presidents assurance and said that the president had said that the Filipinos would have their politi- two cal freedom greatly advanced years hence, according to present plans. After his visit to the president Senor Quezon said: I was completely conquered by the president. He is a great man. He assured me that he favored giving all possible business concessions to the Filipinos who are able to carry out improvements. But the best message I can take to my people from the president is his assurance that he hopes to see the island absolutely independent within the next twenty years. The president said that he did not believe the Philippines would have learned enough about free government before that time or become rich s:nd strong enough to defy outside enemies to Be given complete independence. "The president made it plain that America does not wish to see any condition brought about that would give any other nation a chance to interfere in the affairs of the islands. I can tell our people, however, that v hen we are strong enough the president believes we will be independent. I asked the president how soon we could expect an extension of our present political rights. The president said that he was pleased with the work of the present assembly and that he believed if the assembly next elected should show the same abilextension of ity, a considerable The next power would he allowed. assembly is chosen two years hence. s - WRECKED. a. of HiesmTeekers EndsIn' Sorrow and Suffering. Traverse City, Mich. Airs. Isabel Lebonte of this city was killed and a score of persons were injured by the explosion of the boiled of the passenger steamer Leelanu, bound from to Fouche, on Carp lake. Havseekers aboard only pleasure ing hound for Traverse City to attend a wild west circus, the little steamer was plowing down the narrow lake of eighty with a steam pressure pounds trying to make up th-- time that had been lost in the earlier stages of the trip. The engineer discovered a loose bolt in the engine and shut off the steam. While he was working on the bolt the boiler gave way with a crash, tearing off the top of the engine and demolishing the pilot house and the upper works of the steamer, but leavuning Engineer Edward Hardy scathed by the havoc that swept before him. jaurvt Lee-lan- d e OIL WELL ABLAZE. Hole In Mexico Has Developed Into Veritable Volcano. Alexico City. The great fire which nas been raging in the Dosboeas oil well, near Tampico, for forty-threSmall e all attempts which days, has have been made to extinguish- it, and it is now greater in volume than ever baffled before. From a hole eight inches in diameter the well has widened into a volcano with a crater 100 meters across. It is estimated that the flames reach 0 height of over 5'o feet, while the black column of smoke continues into the clouds. The reports received lrom th-- students sent to the scene by the Alexican government estimated the amount of oil consumed at at least 20,000 gallons per minute. e CAMPAIGN OF SOCIALISTS. Special Train to be Run From Chicago to Pacific Coast. executive Chicago. The national committee of the Socialist party met here Alonday and made plans for their campaign. It was decided to send from this city on August 31 a special train to the Pacific coast carrying Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist party candidate for president, and several other speakers, among them A. A. Simons. It Is planned to visit 350 cities between here and the Pacific coast, after which the special will re-turn to this city, thence to the Atlantic coast. Addresses will be made by the orators of the party at a large number of cities en route. A carload of Socialist party literature will be taken along ad distributed. Tangier. A wireless dispatch received from Abdel Aziz, the sultan of record, announces the victory ol i liis troops over the troops under an in the Hafid, sultan, usurping One Grocery Store and a Saloon Left engagement recently fought during Standing When the Conflagration the march toward Morocco City, statControl-Rebuilding Was Gotten Under th-that defeat of the enemy was ing Operations The losses of the adhercomplete. Start at Once. ents of Mulai Hafid are estimated at 500 killed and 500 wounded. An Immense amount of booty was- - cap Missoula, Mont. The entire towu lured. Abdel Aziz, at the head of a of Taft, with the exception of the column, defeated the Pehama tribe, Mulai Hafid, postoffice, one grocery store and a who were suporting saloon, was destroyed by fire Thurs- killing fifty of the tribesmen and taking 200 prisoners. day morning. The warehouses of the construction companies which are located on BANDITS TRICKED BY CLERKS. the opposite side of the railroad Mail Sack tracks escaped. The loss is estimat- Train Robbers Overlooked Are and Paid Trouble. for Poorly ed at between $60,000 and $75,000, A message with little insurance. Spokane. One of the most daring ever attempted on a transfiom Alayor Dennison of Taft is to hold-upthe effect that the fire loss will ex- continental train befell Northern Paceed $80,000. A total of fifteen busi- cific No. 3 almost within the city limness buildings and saloons were de- its of Spokane after midnight Saturstroyed and nothing of the contents day night. Two masked highwaymen was saved. operations stopped the train at Otis and boarded Rebuilding have already started. It is learned the engine. After a brief encounter that the fire was not the result oi with the engineer and fireman the a forest blaze. The origin of the con- mail car, next to the engine, was deflagration is somewhat of a mystery tached and one of the highwaymen, and the officials of the town are now taking charge of the engine, the parthe attempting to discover who was re- ty came on west to Trent, where robwere the dismissed trainmen an by It is that thought sponsible. overturned lamp in the Anneuser bers. The bandits then proceeded building next to the postoffice caused to within a mile of Yardley, where they proceeded to rob the mail car. the disastrous fire. The baggage car and the express car were untouched and none of the CHINA ENTERS PROTESTS. passengers was molested. Tricked by the quick wit of mail Objects to Japanese Executions on clerks, little plunder is believed to Chinese Soil. have been captured by the two men. Pekia The .killing In this city Warned that the robbers were comearly this month- of a Japanese army ing, the clerks took advantage of the officer, supposed to be a spy and time after the train had been cut in traitor, by Japanese soldiers attach- two and threw the local registered ed to the Pekin legation, will result packages into a newspaper sack, in the presentation by China of a for- where they were not noticed. mal protest against the doing or poSOLDIERS JOIN SAVAGES. lice duty by legation guards outside The of- Mutinous Chinese Murder Command-e- r of the legation precincts. ficer in question was Captain nd Jaketo the Mountains. He waar-in- the artillery Hong Kong. The soldiers stationbranch of the Hiroshima division and ed at Konghau, near Wuchow, who i e was formerly an instructor In the and killed their commander mutinied Chinese military college at Pao Ting Fu. He was charged with selling Lecause a comrade had beoa arrested for gambling, have joined the Japanese military secrets to a forYaus, a rebellious tribe of aborigines, Jaeign power and disapepared from in the fierce and warlike, living 1 was On he June. in August pan t southw-esof of the province portion discovered disguised as a Chinaman, rea in home is Their in office near war Pekin. the Kwangtung. hiding This knowledge wras communicated gion of inaccessible mountains and to the legation guards and a detach- they have never been subjected to ment was sent to capture him. He governmental control. the resisted arrest, whereupon Admiral Li has arrived here in his guards shot and wounded the spj flagship, accompanied by gunboats, and he died two days later in the torpedo boats and launches. Troops hospital of the legation guard. have also been summoned and the country is in a turmoil. The mutiSTREETS OF ROME UNSAFE. neers are 1,000 in number, and after their commander pillaged murdering Hostility to Pope and Priesthood the village, in $100,000 securing Among Lower Classes. money, and withdrew to the Talking are mountains. There Wis. Milwaukee, Rome in not is where it safe places Owes Thirteen Millions. for a priest to go, especially at night, Pa. The Pennsylvania Scranton, and if the Holy Father were to go outside the Vatican into the streets Coal & Coke company, one of the bigthere is no doubt that his life would gest mining concerns in the bitumibe in danger, said the Most Rev. nous fields of western Pennsylvania, Sebastian G. Alessmer, archbishop ol went into the hands of a receiver on Milwaukee, speaking of his recent Saturday. Judge Edwards of this city visit to Rome. There is the utmost appointed Thomas II. Watkins as on the application of the Scranhostility to the pope and the priesthood among the lower classes, con- ton Trust company, trustee for bondcluded the archbishop. It Is not po- holders, which alleges that the comlitical, but is due to the contemptible, pany, through its lessee, the Pennsylmiserable sheets published there. vania, Beach Creek & Western Coal These attack the pope and all pe- company, was unable to meet its renrtaining to the Catholic church. They tal obligations. W. A. Latiirop, presien dent of the company, gives the intrinaie obscene and degrading deavoring to drag everything to their sic value of the property at more than own level. $26,000,000, against a total indebtedness of about $13,000,000. Neither Roosevelt or Bryan Started Died in Quarantine Prison. Fight, Says LaFollette. D. K. Tombstone, Ariz. General Lincoln, Neb, Before an audience died Wardwell alternoon 6,000 at the Epworth Saturday assembly Thursday night. Senator Robert M while in quarantine with his leper La Follette expressed great admira- wife. Her sufferings from the comtion and friendship for W. J. Bryan, bined effects of lpprosy and the nerbut insisted that he himself was a vous strain following the attendant The fight against the notoriety of their case has dethroned Republican. railroads to secure lower rates and her reason, and she is totally unno discrimination, he said, had been aware that her husband is dead. started back in the 70s by Wiscon- General Wardwell was a veteran of sin, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota. the Mexican and civil wars. Efforts These policies were not the product to deport Mrs. Wardwell to the leper of the minds of either Bryan or colony have brought out many complications. the federal authorities rehe said. Roosevelt, fusing aid. Aged Religious Maniac Slays His Son Richard Croker Denies Having Slanand Daughter. dered President Roosevelt. Los Angeles. Driven insane by reDublin. an interview on Sunday, In ligious mania, H. J. Duffy, 60 years Richard Croker complained of misrepold, attacked and killed his son and resentations have been published that an with cut axe, and then daughter his own throat with a razor, inflict- recently respecting his views of PresThe tragedy oc- ident Roosevelt, and especially a coming fatal injuries. between the president and curred early Thursday morning in parisonEdward and an assertion that the extreme northwestern part of the King President Roosevelt was only at home home lived the of at his with his city. Duffy books. Mr. Croker denied son, Fred Duffy. He has been on made such criticism. David the verge of violent insanity, it is having Bennett Hill, the former governor of said, for weeks from religious New York, is on a weeks quiet holiday with Mr. Croker. Mu-ia- ed with EXCURSION STEAMER Battle Between Abdel Azizs Soldiers and Mulai Hafids Troopers, the Latter Were Defeated. In a j |