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Show ATTEMPT TO El EA BEMSSEHAM SABRES FREELY TOOLS OF ABE BE TBE TRUSTS Delegates ts the Plan to Assassinats premier Franco and Causa Serious Uprising is Promptly Nipped In Bud. Dry Talk Things Fanning Congress attempt to Lisbon. An abortive Orer at Annual Session. and prooverthrow the monarchy claim I'ortugal a republic has been Trans-Missou- ri Governor Brooke of Wyoming Choeen ae Nest President of Association, Which Is Expected to Materially Aid Agricultural Industry. Salt Lake About dele were present Wednesday morn Elates at the opening session of the Trans-MissouDry Farming . con krona, a gathering of notable men who pro Interested In the reclamation of She arid lands of th west, and who ex to be enabled tied, by these meetings, much practical knowledge that will be of value to the farmer who must depend upon the moisture that falls from the sky to bring bis pearly harvest to a successful fruiCOO City. ri tion. The congress was railed to order kb C. Iluffum of Wyoming at by 10 O'clock In the forenoon. Governor Cutter of Utah was chosen to preside, and C. It. Itont of Denver was made secretary. The Invocation was tie II by the Rev. P. A. Blmpkln. Governor J. C. Cutler delivered an address of welcome, following an address by Mayor John 8. liransford. The governor gave J. F. McDonald, former governor, the rredlt for sug He paid Besting the organization. fc tribute to Fisher Harris, the retir- ing president W. J. Halloran, president of the Commercial dub and of the Manufac. turers and Merchants' welcomed the visitors In a pleasing ammci.-iilun- ad lire-- . The convention hall Is decorated with dry farm exhibits, and many suggestive banners have been placed Upon the wall. Among the speaker! at the opening aeasion, was F. II. IJnfleld, of Bozeman. Mont., who reported that there lire in Montana 20,1)00,000, maylie acres susceptible to cultivation, and ihe conditions are favorable, speaking from the viewpoint of k climatologist. Much, very much, of the land Is only 2,000 or 2,500 feet in homestead In the arid region from lf,( to 320 acres, waa passed and the officer of the congress were directed to notify the congress of tbe United States of the action taken. It wss unanimously agreed by resolution that the city securing the next congress must make a guarantee of entertainment fund, even as Is required by the American Mining congress, the Nntlonal Irrigation association, and other similar bodies. elevation." J. W. Paxman, speaking for ITtuh, said there has been a great increase In the area of arid lands placed under 'cultivation to the extent of 50,000 acres. Thera are now in cultlvstbm . The annual wheat product fof this system amounts to 3,500,000 to say nothing of the value Eushels, grains. Potatoes can be successfully grown. "The slate of Wyoming," said W. J. Rowell, now has under cultivation 1,500,000 acres of arid lands; ultimately the hope la that there will be 0,000,000 acres. 31 r. Nowell ssld the otal area susceptible of cultivation Is BOO.flOO, po.uoo.ooo." A letter from In dora-onslrst- W. lloch, governor of Kansas, was read. In It the governor stated Ms regret at his Inability to attend. 8ecrotary of the Interior Jamea Wilson pledged the support of the department to the arid farming. Secretary Wilson dwelt upon the success which hail been achieved Texas, ad discussed the aims of the government In bringing In seeds from foreign rouutrles and breeding new plants here. Balt Lake City. The delegates to tho Tians-MIssmiDry Farming congress on Thursday selected officers for the next year, ns follows: 1 'resident, Governor lb lb Brooks oQ Wyoming; first vice president. Lieutenant Governor K. A. Burrell of Idaho; second vice president. H. W. Campbell of Nebraska: third vice president. Governor George Curry or New Mexico, and an executive committee consisting of one member from each state In rl resolution introduced by Tnlton of Reaver, Utah, Inthe bill of Senator Smoot, dorsing known ns senate bill which increases i lie number of arres In u i- , Large Decrease in Internal Revenue. Wshliingiou. The monthly sintr mem of the collect bins of Internal revenue shows for the month of December. 1907. a decrease In the reas compared with December. ceipt 1 9dil. of 92,419.277. For the six months of the fiscal ar the decrease as with the coiresKinding period In 1906 was $ 1. 300. 5 10. The decrease In the receipts from spirits shows a loss of 91.717,502; from tobacco s loss or renoof 9701.517; from priH-en- s of 9.S52, and from vated butter a l mlKcellaui-onsources a loss of 9- -. oom-jiare- science. Dr. V. T. Cook of Wyoming spoke on drought resisting crops. Alfalfa and Canada Held peas, he said, were excellent forage. They drew nitrogen from the air, and did not Impoverish lambs and pork the land, rca-febring a higher price on the market than tho sume class of animals feeding on the other grains. Irofessor I A. Merrill delivered an extemporaneous address ou the progress of dry farming In Utah. He declared that dry farming Is not an experiment, but a demonstrated success. Professor Samuel Fortier, chief of the Irrigation Investigation bureau of plant industry at Washington. D. C., delivered un address on tbe use of water in connection with arid farmProfessor Fortier deplored the ing. the Irrlga-mini slinging" betwi-elonlst nml the ciiy farmer, and he hoped the delegates would do their part to bring about harmony. Joshua Salisbury of the Provo ill trlrt. a veteran, one of the oldest. If not the oldest, arid land farmers in I'luh. related some of Ills experiences In dry fanning. After Listening to Socialistic Talks Mob of 2,000 Young Mon and Boyi Hurled Missiles at Guardians of tho Law. 1 d s e ti-i- . l . l e la-o- n pooh-poohe- SAVED FROM MOB. n Bryan Favors Beckham. Ky. The climax of W. J. Bryan's visit (o Frankfort was readied Tuesday inor ar la unpup reached Tuesday afternoon when he spoke to the Donioeratir members of the legislature behind eln-e- d doors, advocating the fleet ion of former Governor Beckham a I'uiW States senator. Mr. llry an raid that neither Governor Beckham nor m.yhody ptse had Invited him to Frani.rnrt. He declared In- - hml no for himself. !l? said he was told in tiie Goebel GOVERNMENT. JAPS LOYAL TO campaign that lie n.i: In bun Mmself Defeated in the If he came lo Kri.iu k Motion of Censure Lower House. Jail for Ice De.Vers. Toklo. The motion lo censure Ihe Columbus, n. The me jaj. government was defeated In the lower ore of Toledo. K. C. R. '(). aRer on or the diet Thursday house Heard and J. A. Miller, who were sent debate lasting three houvs and n half, to the workhouse :is punishment for and the result being II vole of 177 to forming ;m lee ::u very ij. tie liiX. The debate turned entirely on consolation In the ,.f the court in th- ir i:i-- n. Ihe budget, no mention being made of They were to the werl.hi-.it,the emigration question or the govern- senti-nee-by Tbe motion Kincaid ;is the iv.-u-li u, ment's policy thereon. I nit. the idpi-cmn.mt of censure referred to was prepared nteP. and presented by the progressive and fere with thus- Semitic, s only go h.d-a to tk.-far Hint of a lack, It declares Yuko parties. sl.miid h.ive i to the In the cabinet, based on been j ronlld.-nrj.ei ,inj tliev are to be so geu'etn-c.-j the slleged faulty financial measures. Fighting for Immcnst Estati Oakland. Cal. Another attempt w 11 be made by the heirs of Luis Ferralto. California rancher under the rule of Spain and Mexico, and owner of a principality extending from the ocean to ihe Sierra Nevada, comprising the present cities or Oakland, Berkeley ami Alameda, and thousands of acres of rich land, to recover this territory', stolen which they declare has from them. Many struggles on the part of the descendants of Luis le-rc.- lt a have been made to reco'KT title to this vast estate. Horse-Grower- - h Chicago Bank Closes Doors. Chicago. Tbe private bank of A. C. Tlsdelle suspended payments to depositors on Wednesday.. A call was sent to polb-- headquarters for officers to quell possible disturbances around the office, but there was no trouble of any kind. A no! Ice was posted on the door id the Institution early Wednesday declaring that Ihe bank had made an assignment for the benefit of Its creditor to diaries A. lnst. The liabilities are given rs $7::.90n. as 9!5.xnn. of the and the liabilities 9CI.0U0 Is due to depositors. Denver. The western stock show was formally thrown open to the public Monday morning. It la beyond question the largest display of tbe kind ever seen outside of the mammoth International livestock show In Chicago, and In Its car-lo- t entries It Is the finest In the history of the aising Industry. Preliminary to the meeting of the national association, the Colorado a Cattle and association met on klonday. President John W. Springer made an address, whlrh was the sensation of the convention. He said that the United States senate was an aggregation of millionaires, put there by the trusts. He criticised the strict protectionists of Massacbu-ett- . who demanded a reduction of the tariff on wool and hides, but d the westerners cry for a reduction on shoes and clothes. Railroads, life Insurance companies and other corporate and trust Interests, he said, must be made to cease the monopolizing of utilities and necessities. If they do not cease their tactics, he said, I know there Is not a man In this hall who will not rise up and compe. them, if It la necessary to hang them, as you would rag babies." Negro Was Hanged and Shot, But la Still Alive. Dothan, Ala.- - The negro Franklin, who was taken away from Sheriu Butler and his deputies and hanged to a tree, 13 again In the hands of the law and stands a chance for recovery. The mob waa so closely followed by the officers and law abiding citizens CHINESE CREW MUTINIED. determined If possible to avert the lynching, that they did not hava time But Four American Miners Abosrd to get ihtir victim outside the corporSteamer Handle the Malcontents. ate limits, and hurriedly stringing Victoria. B. C. The steamer Lons- him up to the first tree and' thinking dale, which- returned Tuesday morn- they had riddled him with bullets, ing from Sallna Crux, brought a Mexi- fled. On the arrival of the officers can rrew in place of the Chinese crew the negro was still alive and waa Imtaken south, the Chinese, who muti- mediately cut down and placed in the nied when 120 miles from Sallna county jail. It la thought he will reCrux, Being jailed. Had It not been cover. for the timely Interference of four Japanese Immigration Decreasing. American miners, who blocked the Washington. Japanese immigration passageway leading aft and covered the Chinese with a Winchester rifle to America Is decreasing. According and two revolvers, there would have to official reports received by the Imbeen bloodshed. The Chinese ring migration bureau, the falling off for leaders confessed at Sallna Clrus the December, 1907, wag 2,234, aa complan which waa prepared some days pared with December, 1906. This la before, this being evidenced by.tb by the Immigration- authorifact that the hammer had been lied regarded as proving that the Immigration from Captain Shadforths revolver, ties restrictions placed upon the Japanese making it useless when he tried to effective. fire at the mutineers, who were to last spring are proving cut the throats of the seven white of- While the Immigration of Japanese ficers and throw them overboard. during the past eight or nine months has shown an Increase over the corMU8T KEEP 8ILENCE. responding period of last year. It Is believed by the Immigration officials InLaw Intended to Prevent Advance that the tide of Immigration of Japformation Regarding Crop Statistics, anese to this country haa been Washington. At the close of a day checked. of excitement In the house of repreAustin's Suit Dismissed. sentatives an amendment was added The Washington. to tho penal rode bill, on Tuesday, application of making It a criminal offense for any George W. Austin of New York for a officer or employe of tbe government restraining order against Secretary to give out advance inforiu.il ion re- of the Treasury Cortelyou to prevent garding any crop statistics author- the latter from allotting 921,500.000 ized by low to be prepared. Thu orig- worth of Panama canal bonds tnlcer-talinal amendment was by Mr. Burleson national banks, has been denied of Texas, who made a strong plea for bf Justice Gould of the supreme court Its passage, hut a substitute hy Mr. of the District of Columbia. The Sherley of Kentucky, with a brief ad- court's decision was rendered followdition by Mr. Olmstend of Pennsylvania was accepted. Tbe necessity ing argument by counsel for Mr. Austin and the government. The ruling for its adoption was ronci-di-by nearIs practically a dismissal of the suit, ly every mcmlK--r who addressed the the district attorney will file house, and Its safe running of the although a demurrer asking for a formal ills was wilt greeted gantlet applause, missal Frankfurt. w rcr uiy Goldfield. Ncv. The ..trike of Toti.-ptisection hands on k G field and the Iji w.-a-s Tour railroads, beeause of a wage front 91 to 9 : f..r a ,hiv of , hours, went Into t fleet B, Trains are running ;h i:mh!. an,i of the strikers are place s without trouble, aivordinx Mug to the I road managers. It t that reduction ws tu ide tiec--;,rrecent reduction in t uni senger rates. Tbe strike Mfrau t the section between Goldfield Beatty. r.-.- Tu.-i.h- rn-iei- FOUND GUILTY : ! Former President of Chicago tional Convicted on Fifty-foCount of Indictment Chance for More Graft. Ban Francisco.' The first step in s bond issue of 35,nnn,iuio for fourteen public necessities was taken by the hoard of supervisors on Tuesday, when It posHcd to print the declaratory ordinance. The fourteen project upon which the people are to be asked to authorize a laind Issue indebted ness are: A fire protection system, fire houses, sower system, repaving of slree's. cliy ban. schools, library, hospitals, hall of justice snd parks, playgrounds, land near feriv for widening otiilet or Montgomery avenue and a crematory. Rich Hrmit Murdered by Robbers. Tracy, Cal. Rotje Conics, a hermit rancher, about 7 years old, was found Monday night lying in a pool of blood In the kitchen or his home, a mile from the Southern Pacific a tracks, ut Slidway, close to the county line. Ill head had been battered tuto a pulp by two robbers, using the butt of a shotgun. The house had been searched from basement to attic for the fortune the old man had buried. He wnnted to lend his mnnev to friends, saying that he had no faith In hanks. Ah-mod- Skaggs Roasts Newspapers. Carson, Ncv! Speaker Skaggs, who has been receiving considerable comment from the newspapers throughout the state, left the chair on Monday and made a personal attack on the newspapers of the state. He stated that he was not In favor of troop for the miners, but he believed In them to repress the mine owners. He said th press of Nevud.i wa subsidized to and that the Mine Owners' ao-latlothey had showered tdackmall upon him and others. Upon motion, hi speech was spread upon the minutco. Ely, Nev. After having been entombed forty-sidays in lue Alpha shaft of the Giroux mine, A. D. Bulley, P. J. Brown and Fred McDonald have been rescued. At 8:30 o'clock Sunday night Bailey was brought out. Fourteen minutes later McDonald came to the surface, while ten uinutes afterwards Brown was brought up. Whistles an over he district blew loudly, while crowds cheered in the streets of Ely and every bell In the town was ringing. On the morning of December 4 McDonald, Brown and Bailey and two Greeks wtre working In tbe bottom shaft, of the third compartment eighty-fiv- e feet below the pump station and 1,085 feet below the surface. occurred at 9 o'clock. The cave-lTbe cable used to haul the cage from tbe third compartment to the shaft snapped and thousands of tons of rock, debris and timbers fell down into tbe shaft. From the bottom of tbe compartment in which the men were working to the pumping station, feet, a aeries a distance of eighty-fiv- e of rickety ladders offered the only means of escape. With falling rocks and timbers streaming down upon them the five struggled np these ladders. Half way up falling timbers knocked the two Greeks from the ladder, killing them. Bailey, McDonald and Brown managed to reach the pump station. Ita well timbered roof had withstood the rock and timber that came down the shaft and offered them shelter and safety. Here for the first day after the cave-l- n the men crouched, while at Intervals they could hear the rocks and timbers crashing above them. At first It was thought that all the men bad perished, but twenty-fou- r the three men hours after the cave-lwh) occupied the pumping station managed to make themselves heard h water by tapping upon the pipe that stretched from the pumping station to the surface. It wae this pipe that was the means of saving the lives ot fbe three men. When communication waa once established with the world above and the men had made known the fact that they were still alive, food and were lowered drink immediately through the pipe, he men were thus kept eupplied with food and drink until their rescuers were able to dig them out x . Penalty Is Imprisonment For Not Less Than Fivo Years Nor More Than Ton Years For Each Count-N- ew Trial Asked For. Chicago. John R. Walsh, former president of the Chicago National bank, which closed its doors in December, 1905, wae found guilty on Satr counts of the Inurday on dictments against him charging misapplication of the bank's funds. The verdict was returned by a jury In the federal district court here. Walsh was permitted to remain at liberty under the bonds furnished by him after the Indictments had been returned against him one year ago. pending the hearing of arguments on January 28 on a motion by his counsel for a new trial. The penalty fixed by tbe statutes for the offense of which the aged financier waa convicted is Imprisonment for not less than five years nor more than ten for each count upon which his guilt was established. The district attorney estimated that the trial had cost the United States government 100,000. The district attorney's office was engaged nearly a year In preparing the case. fifty-fou- A MODERN ENOCH Three Miners Who Were Held Prle- oners by Mins Accident Little Wrss far Experience. Na- ur cattle-r- Berlin.' There waa a serious collision on Tuesday between the police d this city and a mob of unemployed men who earlier in the day had d a meeting addressed by sorlil-sis. Tbe police used their labrM freely and the crowd hurled nilsslka ut them. Tbe demonstrants, when they encountered the police, were marching down the Schlfflmiicrdaiiiiu, near the The authorities tried to Lnrfgarten. disperse them. The men at once took up a position around several piles of tiles before a new theatre building and began hurling tiles at the police. Tbe policemen were at once reinforced by a mounted detachment, which charged the crowd with drawn suhres. At the height of the encounter there was heard a detonation, whlrh undoubtedly was some sort of a firecracker set off by a boy. The police, however, thought that a revolver had been fired, and tliey acted lu the most energetic manner. The police on foot drove the manlfestanta, number In 2.000, mostly young men and boys, Into the mounted squad, and the latter made most vigorous use of their weapons. Many of the men were arrested and the remainder driven and scattered. 1 represented. llepre-scnt'itlv- W. M. Jardlne. assistant rereallst thi office of grain Investigation of the department of agriculture, read a paper on the various kinds of grains that were best to he used. K. C. Chlleott, In charge of the office of dry laud agriculture In Washington, D. C. bureau of plant Industry, rend a paper which consumed the better part of an hour. Mr. Chlleott snld that arid farming Is now a IS. A acnipped In the bud by the prompt was The the plot of tion government. adorganized by a small group of vanced republicans. As near as can be ascertained, the plan was to assassinate Premier Franco and then d pend for success upon street risings supported by secret republican and labor organizations armed with bombs and revulvei. The conspirators intended lo lake advantage of various festivities lo carry out the coup d'elaf. The royal fumlly was at Villa Vleosa. entertaining the Duke of Abruzzl. Most of tho army and navy officers who were In the rity were attending a gala performance at the theatre, while many of slate of the chief functionaries were present at a magnificent ball at one of the legations. The police discovered what was In the wind early In the evening of January 23rd, and suiTOiindPd a house where the rlugleaders In the plot were conferring. When they broke In the doors the lights were extinguished and iu tho confusion that followed most of the conspirators managed to make their escape. Several of them were raptured, however, Including the leader, Joao Chagas, a republican journalist, who was prominent In the republican revolt of 1891; Franks Burger, editor of Ihe Mundo. and a merchant named Grendulla. A ruse of revolvers and bomba was found la the cellar.' From paper captured it was evident that the conspiracy was liudly organized and premature. The leadpr haa always been an active revolutionist. After the revolt In 1X91 he escaped to Brazil, and subsequently, being pardoned by amnesty, returned to Portugal. As tbe details of the plot are In the hands of tbe police, other arrests are expected. Unemployed of Berlin Begin Rioikg and Engage in Battle With Mounted Officeri. Provident of Colorado Stockmen's As aocistiou Delivers a Sensational Address Before Denver Audience. ra fom j j i Hi imain EU WALSH n ARDEN. Missouri Farmer Returns Home After Absence of Fourteen Years. Fairfax, Mo. Jacob A. Funk, a fardisappeared mer, who mysteriously fourteen years ago from his farm near Skidmore, thin county, and who had been mourned as dead, returned here Saturday, alive and well. More than a year after Funk disappeared fragments of a body found In Atchison county, six miles from Skidmore, wss apparently identified as his and buried. August Ridge, a neighboring farmer,, had been arrested at tbe time on suspicion that he had murdered the dead man. At his preliminary hearing Ridge proved an alibi and was released. During Funk's absence his wife remarried. Funk declines to state where he has been in the past fourteen yean, but he la said to have Government lived In Sows. n slx-lnc- Officials and Dignified Professors Bquabbls. Berlin. Dispatches received here give details of a stormy session la the general meeting of the Navy league held at Gassel, at which noblemen and government officials, retired admirals and dignified professors lost control of themselves, shouting Insults and recriminations at one another. So far from bringing harmony Into the affairs of the Navy league, the meeting seems only to have Intensified the differences between the factions; has resulted In tbe secession of tbe Bavarian Lumbermen Win Out. Minneapolis. Demurrers to Indictments against nineteen prominent lumbermen charging conspiracy to defraud were upheld In the federal district court here on Saturday by Judge The Indictments William Lochran. were baaed upon the issuance and operation of the plan In the "Black Book." It was designed to badger catalogue house competitors and to pile up on them useless and Judge Lochcostly correspondence. ran heard counsel for but one of the and South German delegatee, and Indicted lumbermen, and upheld the seems likely to eventuate In the existence of two leagues, one for the north demurrers. and one for tne south of Germany. Death Caused by Beavera. New York. In an attempt to avoid Emperor Nicholas Mat Have Had Pleasant Memories. death in a pit of bears, Joseph Maher, a gardner at the Bronx zoo, leaped St Petersburg. The annual cerefrom a falling tree Into a beaver pond mony of blessing the waters, during and was instantly killed. The roots which. In 1905, the emperor narrowly of the tree had been eaten away by escaped assassination by means of the the beavers, and when Maher reached saluting cannon, took place at Tsarko-Selthe top It gave way with his weight on Sunday, instead of at the watThe falling trunk swayed toward the ers of the Neva. Tbe imperial blessbear pit and the gardener tried to ing was bestowed upon the waters of awing himself clear of the branches the lake In the palace park amid the Into the pond adjoining, but his head salute of guns. After the ceremony struck the edge of the tank, break- the emperor, accompanied hy his mother, reviewed the guard regiments. ing his neck. so-call- o Dead. Btedman, Banker-Poet- , New York. Edmund Clarence Sted-mathe banker and poet, died suddenly at his home in this city January 18. 3Ir. Stednian, who waa 75 years old, was Ian n at Hartford, Conn., and while a student at Yale earned distinction In English and Greek composition. After a brief editorial experience in Norwich and Winsted. Conn., 3fr. Stcdu.au took up hla residence In New York City, where he waa connected with several of tho daily papers and with I'lilnnm's and Harpers magazines. It was while doing newspaper work that he first gained distinction as a poet. Russian Admiral Kept Busy Following American Fleet. St. Petersburg. The importance attached by tlie Russian admiralty to tho lessons to be learned from the voyage of the American battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Evans la shown by the fact that the naval officer. Commander Alexas Dlatchoff, Is following the fleet around the Horn, traveling from port to port liy any means he can obtain. He adopted this course only after repeated requests for permission to join the ships had been refused. White Slave Rescued From Chinese. Flttsburg. Florence Livingston, sixteen yean of ago, who was captured in a raid on a house in the Chinese quarter of this city, says she waa kidnaped from her parents in Cincinnati when nfne years old and had since been held by Chinese as a slave, frequently pasing from one Chinaman to another In different parts of the couna she finally forgot even try. She the name of the street on which she lived. She could tell the poilce nothShe now ing about her parent a. peaks Chinese fluently. u Cruiser Meets all Requirements. San Francisco. The United States rrulser California,- which . sailed from this port Friday for her final trial off It Cape Blanco, returned Sunday. waa announced that the cruise had No ofsafely met all requirements. ficial statement of the time made during the trial runs has been given out here, but It is said that the new war- ship maintained an average speed of twenty two knots, and that in a twelve-- j hour run her time was 20.4 knots an hour, which exceeds the requirements by a good margin. - , Cant Sidetrack Bryan. Willis J. Ablrntt, of Washington. the Bryan publicity bureau in this city, denies the published statement that he had received a letter from Mr. Bryan to the effect that he would stand aside should It develop that one-thirof the delegates to the Denver con1 vention opposed his nomination. have never received a letter from 31 r. Bryan making the statement attributed to him In this Interview,' said Mr. Abbott, and I have not heard from him on political matters for at least three weeks." d Terrible Macedonian Tragedy, Bulgaria. News has reached here of a terrible tragedy which occurred at the village of Dragosh, near Sofia, Stonastlr, a town In Macedonia, sev- eral daya ago. While a festival was In progress and the villagers were dancing upon the lawn In the public park, a large band of Greeks suddenly swooped down upon them, and after driving them into their houses, set fire to the buildings and burned them to death. The victims Included women and children and numbered twenty- - 9 |