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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS Eliha Warner, Putlliher tPANISH rOKK . . . VTAII THE UTAH BUDGET The 112tn annlvereary of tbt birth of llyrum Hmltb wu fittingly celebrated In Fult Lake on tht Hth. The postofflrea In Odar City, Man (I and Pleasant Grow have been designated roaital savings depositories by tbt postmaster genial. Represrntatlvt Howell baa recommended to tht postmaster general tht establishment of a mall rout from Randolph. Utah, to Rage, Wyo, Word baa again come from Payson that Jesse KnigM U making to erect a augar factory ner that city during tht coming aummer. Attemi'ting to jump from a buggy, Professor J. W. Jensen, engineer in charge of th proposed atat dam at the mouth of Logan canyon, fell and sustained a broken arm. The Utah Development league and tba Commercial club of Salt Lake art making artlvt preparatluna for tht Utah exhibit to b abown at tht Loa prepar-atlon- a . Angeles land abow, March 12 to William L. Mclnilre. a freight brakeman on tbt Denver A Illo (irande, droped dead in tbt caboune of bis train aa It waa Bearing Ogden, bit death being dut to heart failure. Tbt board of governora of tht Native Sons of Utah haa adopted a resolution which favora tht employment of Utah arcbltecta to dealgn tht cap-Ito- l and Utah builders, iwchsnlt-- s and laborers to construct tht building. Representative fruit growera from tbt aouthern end of Salt Lake county met In tbt Murray Commercial club rooma Friday and organized tbt Fruit Growera' Aiaoclation of Suit Lake County. Tbt Utah-IdahSugar company haa completed the aeaaon'a beet contract log at Spanish Fork. The acreage contracted for la an advance of about 5 per cent over laat year, being 4,600 acre. ' Tht aprtng conference of tht Mormon church will bo held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April ft, 6 and-?- , this year, according to a decision reached by tht first presidency of tht church. ' Sylvester J. Lynn, capitalist, former councilman and pioneer of Salt Lake, died February 9 at Los Angeles, death being dut to heart trouble. Mr. Lynn waa C9 years old and served in the civil war. Tbt county commissioners have effected tht consolidation of tbt schools or Sevier county into out district of the first class, to bt known as tht Se vier school district, It is segregated Into five representative precincts. If tht plans of the war department Jor the Joint maneuvera of tht regu lar army and tht militia next summer do not fail, tht Utah National tJuard will take part in the largest and moat Important maneuvers yet attempted In this country. Tony Samuels, a merchant of Dutte, Mont., on his way to Loa Angeles, waa assailed by two highwaymen in front of tht O. S. I depot at Salt Lake, and robbed of a check of deposit for $170, which he was forced to Indorse at the point of a revolver. William Howard, charged with forgery, came near escaping from the city Jail in Salt Lake, having loosened the bricks with an Iron spoon which had been smuggled Into his cell. He was betrayed by the dust on the floor and a Jail break prevented. Because of complaints which have been made to the city authorities of Spanish Fprk concerning poj! rooms, tthe city council has passed an ordinance which will allow but one entrance to any pool room and this entrance must be from the street. C. '11. Converse haa returned from California to Utah to serve his sentence of one year In the penitentiary, rather than forfeit hia bond of $500 deposited by friend in Ogden. Converse was convicted in March, 1910, r 'stealing ostrich plumes valued at $100. Mrs. Margaret G. X Clawson, who died at her home In Salt Lake, February 10, at the age of 70, waa the leading woman In the first performance given at the Salt Lake theatre, fifty years ago, and waa regarded as one of the founders of dramatic Interest in Utah. The Brigham Young university at Provo will soon equip Its agricultural department with an exhibit of the This very latest farm machinery. machinery will come from the different Implement houses of the state and will be In the course of instruction in that department. Male stenographers are not numerous enough to supply the wants of the government, aa a result of which women will be admitted to the forthcoming examination for the positions of stenographer and typewriter In the field service to be held at the Federal building in Salt Lake March 5. An apportionment of the $34,869.10, representing 25 per cent of the amount ""received by the state from the national forests in Utah during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, has been made by the stale board ol examiners. Five hundred and thirty-fou- r des- cendants, running to the fifth generation, survive Sylvia A. Sandford, who tiled recently at SpringviHe, aged 97 years. Born in Vermont, Mrs. Sanford was one of the early converts to the Mormon faith and crossed the plains to Utah in 1848. ins m W TO VALENTINES PEOPLE New Chins, With four Hundred Subjects, Begins Carstr Republic Upon Surrender of tht Throne by Child Empirer. Mil-llo- China has Joined GIVE CHINESE REPUBLIC 10 RETIRE Atfermera rSBifiN 8i DYNASTY WHICH HAS LASTED NEARLY THREE CENTURIES PASSES INTO HISTORY. rekln. All it the tht world's republics. ihret Imnerial tdlcts tht Manchu - sisterhood of In dynasty on Monday changed 400,000,0u0 subjects of an absolutt ruier w citizens of the largest self governing nation on tbt earth. Tbt first edict announced tbt abdication of tht dynasty after 300 years of absolutt rule, tht second declared that tht throne acceptea tht retmbllc. and tht third approved alt the conditions agreed on by Pre mier Yuan Shi Kat and tbt republicans. i Tht third edict created great asIt bad expected tonishment. that tht Mancbus would demand which would safeguard conditions many of their privileges, but according to iht proclamation tbt surrenTbt edict Inder Is unconditional. formed tht viceroys and provincial governors of tbt retirement of tht throne from polltcal power and in structed them to contlnuo doing their dutv and to preserve order throughout tht land. It declared that tht step taken by tht throne was Inorder to meet the wishes of tht poopie. Victory Won by People. Tht abdication of the Chinese thront by Pu Yl. tht child emperor, brings to an end tht powerful Man chu dynasty which has reigned in China alnct 1844. Tht boy ruler has been on tht thront si net November, 1908, when tht Emperor Kwang 8u, his uncle, died. His father. Prince Chun, was appointed regent and was the cblef figure in China for three years. Surrounded by a large number of princes of the Manchu clan and Manchu officials with reactionary Ideas, the regent was brought face to face in with a revolutionary movement favor of modern reforms, lit endeavored to placate both parties, but ended by causing general disaatlafac-Iton- , Wa resignation on which lei December 6, 1911. The promlst of a constitutional government made by tht dowager pmnrosa on her death bed In 1908 DtH y:6? "Pj fulfilled in any way May last year. In that month an im nerial edict abolished the old grand council which, together with the court, held absolute power, ana Cpyrtgtii, HO. I MARINES LANDED IN HONDURAS Government Clash Over the Cancella tion of Contracts With Syndicate Seize Property. and Attempt iM-e- tt Puerto Cortes. Honduras. There has been a clash between the United States and Honduran authorities over enforcement of a government decree directing representatives of W. S. Valentine to surrender to government authorities the railroad, wharf and other properties held under lease by the Valentine syndicate. Seventy-fivmarines from the United States gunboat Petrel landed and seized the wharf and railroad. Honduran troops wert then ordered to stop all trains. The governor has filed a protest, Tht population hert was greatly incensed at the landing of tht marines. e SEEKING TO AVERT WAR. Character of Viscount Haldane's Mission to Berlin. London. Whether the overtures for the visit to Berlin of the British secretary of war, Viscount Haldane, in England or In Germany is disputed, but it Is r Impossible longer to disguise the momentous character of tht mission. There are not want ing those who tven believe that the Is sue oj war pr peace depends upon Its auccese or failure. Tht visit of Viscount Haldane Is largely associated in the public mind with the speech of David Lloyd George, chancellor of the exchequer, at the City of London Liberal club February S. In which the chancellor said the moment was auspicious for a discussion of a reduction in armaments, which was considered as an of effort looking to the conciliation Is Germany. At present, however, it imnosslble to define the subjects or the mission of Viscount Haldane. Momentous suo-stltut- a constitutional cabinet ideas had been Revolutionary and the meantime in the spreading southern nrovlnces declared against the continuation of the Manchu rule and broke Into open revolt. After much fighting the revolutionists pro and claimed a republic at NanKin Dr. Sun Yat Sen accepted the presidency on December 29. Neaotlatlons between the republi cans and the imperialists . followed and an armistice was arranged. This waa not strictly observed, but the neottatlons continued with the re suit that the Manchu rulers, seeing that China proper was almost en tlrely In favor of the republican Idea and the the outlying dependencies or Tibet. Turkestan. Mongolia and Man churia were breaking away, decided that It was their best policy to yield to the popular demand and abdicate from power. Freedom CZAR OF AMERICAN FINANCE HAS , NO INTENTION OF DYING IN THE HARNESS. York. J. Plernont Morgan, ciar of American finances, has retired from active business life. Tht business Interests of 3. P. Morgan ft Co. art now In tbt bands of Mr. Morgan his younger partners. himself is no longer at tht helm, nor ' '' ' does he intend to resume that post when be returns from Egypt. He baa definitely laid aside the burdens and cares which bt has borne for fifty years, and has decided to act hereafter only In an "advisory capacity" In tht affairs of bis firm. Not until Sunday did it become known that "Mr. Morgan, Just prior to TO 60 ON MISSION OF AMITY his departurt for Egypt, on December 29, called a conferenra of his partners and acquainted them with bis Intention to retire from active business affairs. Visit The partners bad kept the secret with to Knox State ef Secretary care. Spanish-America- n Republics In EnMr. Morgan on that occasion made deavor to Solve Problems. the dramatic assertion that bis entire ccrsonal fortune was at tht service of tht firm and would remain so in his of Washlnrton. For tht purpose No one outside of Mr. Mor- lifetime. ac and solving diplomatic problems as quiring more accurate information to conditions In Central and South America. Secretary of State Knox, oy direction of President Taft, will make a five week's trip to the Spanish American republics bordering on the Caribbean sea and the Gulf of Mexico. As now olanncd. Mr. Knox will not visit Mexico, but that country may be Included In the program before he returns the first week of April. Although the official announcement of the trip, made public at the White House late Saturday, gave do aetans, It was made known that Havana would be Mr. Knox's first stop, and it was reported that in Cuba he might attempt to "solve tht problem" that brought about hints of American in tervention there a few weeks ago. Aside from a possible peace-makinexpedition to Cuba, the purpose of the trip was announced to be the promotion of friendly relations in CenJ. PIERPONT MORGAN. tral America. In many respects It around to taken will be similar that gan and a few of his most intimate South America several years ago by associates knows how great that forformer Secretary of State Root tune Is. It is estimated to be at least Bath Tub Trust on Trial. Detroit The trial of the govern mant'a criminal charees ascainst the bath tub trust was marked by what the government claims to be victory when Judge Angell ruled In favor of submission of certain trade agreements signed by members of the defense prior to the final agreement charged in the Indictments concern relng the alleged license plan and sale prices. Convfct Stabs Warden. Lincoln, Neb. Just as the chaplain was about to pronounce the benediction at the close of the morning chapel service at the state penitentiary Sunsen"INSURGENTS." day, Albert Prince, a negro under TAFT SCORES to kill, with intent assault tence for Warden E. D. President Calls 'Progressives" Pollti fatally stabbed Deputy died late Sunday warden Davis. The cat Emotionalists or Neurotics. ' evening. New York President Taft brought Women Want Place on Bench. hia celebration of Lincoln's birthday to a close here Monday night with a Seattle, Wash. Suffragist leaders political speech to the Republican nt Washington are preparing to circu club. In which he breathed defiance late a petition to be signed only by to the Democratic party, declared it women, asking President Tart to was his belief that the Republicans a woman to the federal bench would triumph next November and for the district of western Washing made it plain that he had little sym- ton to succeed Judge George Don- pathy with those of his own political worth, who will retire soon. faith who call themselves "progresWife of Pastor Captures Burglar. sives," but who are "political emotionalists or neurotics." ! ' Portland. Me. While the Rev. E. Nelson Allen, pastor of the HawCoal Famine Relieved. thorne Park Presbyterian church of The coal famine In Portland, was delivering an illustratWashington. disNome, Alaska, has been relieved by ed sermon Sunday night, hia wife the army post there, which supplied covered a burglar in the parsonage next door and effected his capture. the inhabitants with coal. i ap-poi- 1st ''Jmp' r, j I ; P ) ft-p- their duties as heretofore. All bers of tht legation staff and consular officers (la America) temporarily shall retain their present posu." It la not known here if tht appointment of Alfred 8zt to It minister tt Washington, which was made In tbt last daya of tht tottering dynasty, will stand, and tht belief is that be will glvt place to omt pronounced remt-ro- - publican. ttatt department wilt Instruct in China to do butdnett in a provisional way with Yuan Shi Kal In tht north and President Sua Yat Sen in tht south, until a com plctt fusion of tht two flements Is effected, when (he tegular government of all China will bt duly recognized. The Ua officials COMPETITION IS HUMAN NATURE J g h aerial cable across the Platte river at tht government Pathfinder dam Saturday night hurled a gang of work men in a tram car 168 feet to the rocKS. five are ueaa ana severm others seriously injured. The scene of the accident Is fifty miles southeast of Casper. A courier. ride through a wild after an and rugged country, reached Casper with the first word of the accident and an appeal for medical assistance. From his meager knowledge of the disaster it was learned that the men were crossing the Platte river in the aerial tram, as .had been their custom for months, when the cable broke and the car with Its human freight was hurled upon the rocks. all-nig- Serious Floods In Portugal. Lisbon. Floods continue In every part of Portugal, but the southern districts are most seriously affected, and the distress among the population is acute. At Oporto a large number of barges on the river Douro have been sweot away, and several small coast ing vessels have been driven out to sea and lost. Philippine Democrats Divided. Manila. The Democratic territorial convention for the election of dele gates to the national convention at itnitlmore was in continuous session for twelve hours Saturday and was marked by quarrels between two fac tions, which resulted in a divided convention. Each faction elected six delegates to the national convention. , Yaquis Revolt. A report from ap Ariz. Douglas, parently reliable sources reached Douglas Friday night that the Yaqul Indians were in revolt fourteen miles north of Guavmas, west coast of Mex-lc- Women Ejected From Court Room. Fort Worth. Women who persisted In remaining in the court room where J. B. Sneed is on trial for killing Captain A. G. Boyce were ejected. The court held that the testimony was unfit for the women's ears. . Rev. Frank Talmage Dead. Forbids Intermarriage. Philadelphia. The Rev. Frank Berlin. Dr. Solf, the new secreTalmage died at his home here tary of state for the colonies, has Friday for night of heart disease. He the an forbidding order issued 44 was years old. His father was the future all marriages between whites DeWltt famous divine, Rey-T- . two Samoan in the natives tnd islands beloncins: to Germany. Tunneled 'Towards Vault. Oakland, Cal. Discovery of a tunnel headed toward the vaults of the Oak land Bank of Commerce became known Saturday. The tunnel was fifty feet long and had seventy feet to go before De-wl- tbt Jill m the federal government undertakes to it will be a !n nntlnlnatlnn nf nn eliminate competition when WocMnrtfin there will to the time short step allowance by congresa of the war de- - be no federal government, but rule by partment s estimate or si,3ou,uuv tor " . mob."' f the Joint maneuvers next summer of tht the regular army and the organized GERMANY MAY CAUSE TROUBLE. militia, Brigadier General Evans, chief of the division of militia affairs, has Will Insist Upon Complete Investiga- j tion of Alleged Murder of German f Just communicated with the adjutants Citizen on Mexican Soli. general of Californa, Oregon, f Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico Washington. The demand of Gerand Utah definitely to ascertain tht an immediate investigates . for number and the kind of troops each many Mexican the government of the al- - IF by state will be able to furnish. leged murder of Dr. Engleman, a German citizen, has aroused a feeling in Woman. Shoots Seattle Lodger to Seattle. Wash. J. Grossmitz, a the state department closely akin tailor, returning home Saturday night, anxiety. No agreement exists between tie wife found the body of his Mexico lying on the dining room floor with a United States government and bullet hole in the left temple. Up that, Mexico shall be protected by th stairs he found Philip Bromberg, 30 United States against foreign exaccloth tions and the manner in which Ger years, a dealer in second-haning, lying on the bed with a bullet many will enforce her demands promhole in the right side of his head. It ises to establish a new precedent. It Is supposed Bromberg shot the wo- is certain that Germany is convince man and then himself. that she can proceed in the matter without violating the Monroe doctrlw Leper Will be Fenced In. and as a consequence becoming in Tacom a. Shunted about from place volved with the United States. Whet to place as the result of the long gov- er she is correct In this assumption ernment Investigation to determine is a matter which the state depart whether he was a leper or not, John ment must decide. R. Early, formerly of wasnington, u. Judge Whips Belligerent C, has been found at Summit, near Texas. Midland. Judee J. & an on acre in fenced be will and here, laid aside judicial dignity for of land. Early's wife and three small Knowles children are with him. ten minutes here Tuesday while b haat nn a man wjd hnri called hint I Rioting in Paris. liar. Judge Knowles, who Is regarded Paris. Thousands of Socialists, rev- as tbe mildest of men, was presmms olutionaries and anarchists attended at a session of the commissioner! j the incineration on Sunday of the court when he was called a liar W i Preparing to Play War Game. Wash-ngto- reaching the bank vaults. f n, - - d rl Blown From Engine. Elizabeth, N. J. John Adder, enfiregineer, and Joseph Fitzslmmon, man, were blown out of the cab of a freight locomotive nere by the explosion of a flue. It is not believed the fireman will recover. Tht thing Ilea official name nf tht av Cblacst republic. Cblng Hwa oivani Chinese. Formal announcement of the uuu. lng of tbt Ta Chlng dynasty, whirl has ruled China for about 100 yum, and the erection of a modern rtfnit.lle on Ha ruins, was maat at the !st department Tuesday by tbt t'h!net legation, which supplied a copy of aa official telegram from I'ckln to the following general effect: "While a provisional government Is being tatablUhed, all ministers so- credited to foreign governments Kb!) , act provisionally as diplomat le tentative and continue to .perform public Is Will Exist In tht World as Long tt tht Law of tht Survival of the Fittest Endures, Says Hill. Washington. For the benefit of tbt Stanle- - committee and tbt public at large, James J. Hill on Tuesday gave bis views on the proper way to conduct the government, making the n nouncement that only once in his lift did ht try to be a monopolist, and that was when he organized the Northern Securities company, because he need ed 190,000.000 to save his Great Northern from Harrlman, and did not have that sum of money about blm at tht Mr. Hill's philosophy of gov time. ernment, as he expounded it to the committee when he had concluded bit testimony, Is as follows: "Before we can have government i control of Industries that will eliml- - j nate competition, we shall have to I change human nature by elimloutini the selfish motives which dominate f " 1300,000,000. not only human beings but every othct t TRAM CAR DROPS ON ROCKS. The great financier expressed to bis form of life. Five Workmen Killed When Cable partners that he felt compelled to reCompetition will exist in the world i tire because of his age. He Is now in as long aa the law of the survival el Broke and Car With Its Human his seventy-fiftyear and has stood tht fittest endures and that law wlil Freight Fe!l 168 Feet. the wear and tear of financial leader- last long after our present laws haw Casner. Wyo. The snapping of an ship for half a century. been wiped oft the statute books. II Progress of Canal. Washington. Work on the Panama Syndicalist Aernolt, who was promicanal progressed steadily in January, nent in the labor troubles here several according to cable reports received years ago and who died while serving hv the Isthmian canal commission. In a disciplinary battalion in Africa. With one working, day less, the canal Following the ceremony they began cubic rioting, a large number being Injured 2,641,441 diggers excavated as 2,439,i,6 In against in encounters with police. January, yards the preceding montn. of Moody Dead. Conference In September. tor M. Hitchcock, Peace Chlcano. John From Sails England. Shuster Cudahy Packing Company Indicted. of Dwight L. Brussels. The interparliamentary many years a ex- W. Shuster, London. Morgan Cudahy, Packing Atlanta. The ktreasurer general of Persia, was a neace union has called the next In Moody, the evangelist, died of apo company was indicted here by a was 79 on the steamship ueorge terparliamentary conference for Sep- plexy Sunday. Mr. Hitchcock In grand Jury on 265 counts for passenger leader a of had been and old next. 17 The meeting years place tember Southfrom re- Washington, which sailed making false Internal revenue the Moody church for forty years. will be In Geneva. probably York. New for ampton turns on sales of oleomargarine. fed-ea- Who Have Fought far Select Ching Hwa, Whica Means Chinese, Waiblngton. Man Whost Fortune ll Estimated at Three Hundred Millions Has Decldtd to Act Hereafter Only In an Ad vliory Capacity in Affairs ef Firm. Ml!? Murderers Granted Reprieve. Washington. President Taft hos re prieved for ninety-ODdays Mattle Lo- max, a negro woman under sentence of death here formurder of her hus-- . band, pending a decision of a case In the District of Columbia courts. The Judge a had whlppj; he court until journed an Driver, when he reconvened court lined himself $10 for .fighting. Commissioner II 0' ei ai a re fo tb r ac wi wl ! on n Tt SO' fla lo a Th ell a t the am 'I sen ter anc sld bol Ul car Driver. ; A a r era can Zapata's Wife Arrested. par Cuernavaca, Mexico. Senora Enilli f m ano Zapata, wife of the chief of tb',- coir southern rebels, her son and mothe';, u c and two brothers were brought her,. It A Cej Tuesday from Ayala by order of COBU'Ul pral .TiiHtinno RohlPS. federal u mander. He has made no nnnounc ; Join ment of any charge against then i wan Snow In Kansas. Kansas City. Two-third- s t . of Kanf-'- : gorg beio that began rallW t"8 erly Tuesday and which in jjtal places has reached the depth of i''n t Inches. In the northern' counties . Is the heaviest. fall 1aCfi :serri ne can uougm. on Train.. . Secret code Stove Overturned The secret code oj Washington. Emporia, Kan. Mrs. S. H. wife of a Chicago broker, the state department can be biug was seriously burned when an a'cohol at Paris at any time, according stove overturned In a compartment cf Henry N, Hall of New York, who testified Tuesday on the purchase of a car on the Santa Fe California Limt French Panama canal.. ited train near here Sunday. e Is covered by snow Scher-merhor- . |