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Show . THE WEEKLY REFLEX. KAYSVILLE. UTAH We made six thousand school pins last year DEED BALLOT IS TUI We we equipped to male double iht Seed jroet orden (at Beeuiectuneg ,0 Our factory is oe the pnauc. Ue Uuk ead ulvet aed gold yoj moocj uyt out IMlade k Park'sjhsp it will k Sti,f,ctWT OF EAST BOYDpARK: SUFFRAGE PROPOSAL DEFEATED IN NEW , MASSACHUSETTS. YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. MAILERS OF JEWELRY SOUNDS D isei SALT LAX.E CITT Ohio Refuse to Close Up Saloons. While Virginia Elects State Legislature Pledged to Enact Prohibition Measure. The voters of the plre stale gave suffrage Emphatic nial in the voting on Tuesday. A New York, ligible: If 1 Pennsylvania administered another of severe defeat in the aspiration women to exercise the suffrage. The majority against this measure pas estimated at 113,000. The Republicans elected a mayor of Philadelphia, Thomas It. Smith. made Republican in gains four states. They added governor in Massachusetts, made general gains in New Jersey and Kentucky and won an additional congressman In New York. Maryland returns Indicated that the Democrats had gained a governor. Prohibition measures were .voted upon In Ohio gad Virginia. The returns from the flrBt state showed the defeat of the measure by a majority of about 40,000, while Virginia elected a ", - elate legislatures-pledge- to.ieuact d measures In 1916 of intoxicants, la New Jersey the assembly will and 23 Democratic the sale prohibiting .the next house of have 27 Republican members. The Republican gained two state senators in Tuesday's contest and the next senate will be Republicans, 13; Democrats, 8. FERRY WINS AT SALT LAKE. Republicans Elsct Tlckst at Municipal Election in Ogden. Salt Lake City. W, Mont Ferry was elected mayor on Tuesday, defeating R. P. Morris. Herman H. Green and Karl A. Scheld defeated A. G. Glauque and 11. K. Russell in the race for places as city commissioners, while E. A. Bock made a walkaway race for city auditor. The Republicans elected their ticket in Ogden, A. R. Hey wood having been chosen mayor. P. A. Thatcher was chosen mayor of Log&a, while James EL Daniels will be the next mayor of Provo, DIE IN WRECK. SIXTEEN Is Poundad to Pieces. Ore. The passenger Marshfield, steamet Santa Clara, bound from Port land to San Francisco, was wrecked late Tuesday on the south spit at the entrance of Coos bay, 170 miles south of Astoria, Ore., and sixteen persons are known to be dead. - Several, are missing and It Is believed the loss will Steamer Strikes Shoal and ' total twenty-fivis believed to have The Santa Clara struck a shoal entering Coos bay. She t carried passengers and a when she left crew of twenty-fouPortland Monday morning. e. forty-eigh- r V Revenue Receipts Increase. Washington. Ordinary receipts of the federal government Increased about $ If, 000,000 during October, com pared with that month last year, their total being 255,343,113. The principal increase was ordinary internal revenue receipts, whichtotaled 333,813,637, an Increase of abont 39.800,000. Federation to the Rescue. Phoealx, Arix. The executive board of the Western Federation of Miners have voted to levy a monthly assessment of one or two dollars on its membesrship of about 50,000 for the benefit of striking copper miners-in l district. the -- Clifton-Morenc- Freight Traffic. Chicago. general Increase In freight traffic on western railroads for October indicates an davanced prosperity for the nation, according to- railroad analysis. Child Takes Fatal Draught. Ogden, Utah. Within a few hour after drinking about half a pint of whiskey. Herbert Bracken, eon of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bracken, Sled. The child found the bottle of whiskey lying upon a window sill; Increase In A - - Firs Destroys Orphanage. Pa. Sylvan Heights Harrisburg. orphanage, the largest Institution of ita kind in the Catholic diocese of Harrisburg, was destroyed by fire Tuesday, but ita 103 children were marched out to safety. J ;d; ... Em- dema- - Yorker voted against the proposed amendment to the state constitution to this end. At the same time they defeated even more unequivocally the proposal to adopt a new state constitution. Republicans retained their majority In the assembly, naming 98 of the l.io members. They also won all of the congressional elections, made necessary by deaths in three Thirty-firs- t districts, the Twenty-sixth- , and Thirty-sixth- . The voters of Massachusetts denied women the right to vote by a majority of over 100,000. Samuel W. McCall (Republican) defeated Governor David I. Walsh (Democrat) in the race for tie governorship. Republicans also elected the whole of the state ticket below governor. The Republicans, furthermore, gained twelve seats in the legislature. The Progressive vote In the state was almost neg, i - v ' " xe ' , , rrC. ositions i from Salt Lake Citv side, all stand on low platforms or terraces reached exby broad stairways Proportionately low rates from all Utah and Idaho points. tending across their fronts. The rooms of this are group, of which there enare 100, of upward tered for the most part by Only a few weeks until the Expositions close. Tickets en sale daily, until November 30. Limit December 3 . opening onto surthe terraces which A few, court. round the South however, in the ' open exteriorly house, with reference to the eideof group. This same the quadrangle is further differentiated from the other three, by the presence of an arcade passing through the middle, which leads from the court to th outside. This passageway doubtless was the entrance to the main group In ancient times, and establishes the direction from which it was four The approached. of the Monjas houses quadrangle differ very doorways HE second city tn point of size and importance In ancient Yucatan was Uxmal, the capital of the Xiu or Tutul Xtu family,. who ruled there almost down to the time of the Spanish conquest Thla city la located In the midst of a low range of hills, which crossea the state of Yucatan from east to west, and Is about 100 miles from ChlcbenItza. wrttea Bylvanus G. Morley In Pan American Union. The derivation of the name Uxmal or Oxmal, as some of the early historians, wrote It la rather' obscure. Ox" Is. the Maya word for three, and Mai" In the same language means to pass; to pasa thrice," therefore, would aeem to be the meaning of the word, though why the Tutul Xlu should have applied thla name to their f capital Is unknown, Concerning the foundation of Uxmal, 'the following tradition Is related by Diego do Lancia, the second bishop of Yucatan, who wrote in the flrat generation after' the conquest, and who clalma to have gathered hla Information from native well versed In the former history of their country: Afler the discovery and occupation of Chlchen Itsa, which seems to have been the first place of any Importance to be aettled In Yucatan, cltlea aprang up everywhere, and there followed an era of great prosperity. How long these different cities tived at pesee wltH on another we are not told, but In time dissensions arose, and quarrels became so frequent that the different lords of the country found it necessary to take aorae concerted action In order Co suppress violence and to restore order and peace. It was then decided to build a Joint capital, where all those In authority should reside, and from which each one agreed to administer the affairs of hla own particular domain. Without loss of time these plana were carried out A Joint capital was built In a new and unoccupied region, and waa called Mayapan. meaning the standard of the Mayaa." Thither all the lords assembled and aa the final atep In the formation of the new confederacy, an overlord, one Cocotn, was elected and duly Installed In the new capital aa the supreme ruler. These cucuta laid the foundation for an era of prosperity, which endured for many years. Later, after an interval not specified by Lands In hla history, there entered the country from the south an alien people under the leader ship of their chief, Tutul Xlu. The newcomers, previous to their arrival, had wandered for40 year tn the wilderness without water other than that which, had fallen, from the sklea. Thla cos incidence of a wandering In the wilder-ness- " Is sufficiently atrlktng to arouse the suspicion that the worthy bishop, In thla part of haa been at some pains to force a pious coincidence with a similar episode In the Old Testament Immediately after their arrival the wanderers began building in the mountains not 30 miles distant from the capital a new home for themselves, which they called Uxmal Far from being angered, however, by this appropriation of his territory ao near at hand. Cocora, the ruler of the Mayapan. welcomed Tutul Xlu and hla people, and entered into an alliance with them. Lands thus describes the event: j The people of Mayapan formed a great friendship with the Tutul Xlu, rejoicing to see that they cultivated the land like themselves. In this manner the Tutul Xlu became subject to the laws of Mayapan, and allied themselvex with the older inhabitants of the country, and their lord, was highly esteemed by all." Judging from Its size and magnificence tha Xlu capital must hare played a very important role in the history of-- Yucatan before the Spanish conquest. Indeed, Landa says as much.' After a time, we are told, the supreme power held by the Cocom family seemj to have turned their heads. They became successively more and more oppressive, each striving to outdo his grade-cessors in acts of. tyranny and violence. However. there came a day at last when the other chiefs of the confederacy could no longer endure this despotic rulo. and a conspiracy was hatched With one accord, to overthrow the oppressor. the conspirators turned to the then lord of Uxmal. a decendent of the original Tutul Xlu, who had founded the city, as the natural leader In thla movement for liberty, In aplte of the fact that he was vof foreign descent He is described as having been a true friend of the public weal, as his ancestors before him, all of whom had held resolutely aloof from the tyrannies of the Cocom family. On an appointed day the conspirators, led by the lord of Uxmal, met at Mayapan. and entering the palace of Cocom slew him and all his progeny, save one son only, who happened to be absent from the city at the time on a mission to a distant province. After this sanguln-- . ary reprisal, which avenged at one blow the many years, the property of the dead ruler tvas seized and divided among his murderers. and the capital was, destroyed. Whereupon each chief departed into his own country once more and' the confederacy was .dissolved. After the destruction of Mayapan. the Tutul Xlu abandoned Uxmal and founded a new capital some 30 miles distant which they called "Manl" meaning In Maya It la passed," emphasizing by this name that the old order was over. These event occurred about the middle of the fifteenth century. port 0 j op pacaae op rtrWMPPy, vzorjpz ro greatly In 1 Fot information ail any Agent Sr wnte rnmmmmm J. H. Maderfield, A. G."P.A. Sah Lake City WfiXTFD IlHnlLW their character, In their probably function as well, from the House of the Dwarf near of the by. The buildings low upon stand former many hav8 and platforms rooms. The latter, on the other hand, surmounts lofty pyramid and only has three rooms The lrst because of the greater number and accessibility of Its chambers Is better dweU-in- g fitted for use as a of a body for place second. the than priests The second, because of its commanding elevation and fewer chambers, is better adapted for use as a place of worship than connection the first The close so complementary types so different and yet who officiated the, priests, that strongly Indicates the House of whom to in the service of the god In the rooms of lived waa consecrated, the Dwarf the the Monjas quadrangle... The two groups, multtcelled low the and lofty pyramid temple comb d monastery together form a nation. South Passing out through the arcade of the behind, house and leaving the Monjas quadrangle one descends by three terraces, partly artificial and partly natural, to the level 6f the plain, few paces to the south may be seen two large parallel walls, 70 feet apart, each 128 feet wide, 30 feet thick, and about 20 feet high. These two constructions are the sides of the Uxmal ball court the ends being open. In the center of each at' ends directly opposite there had been fastened originally a great atone ring four feet In diameter. Both of thece, however, are now broken, and lie , In fragments at the bases of their respective walls. Beyond the ball court there is a high terrace or platform, covering over three acres of. ground, and rising 23 feet above the plain. This supports a second and smaller terrace, 19 feet high, from which rises the governor' palace the - most magnificent example of ancient American architecture extant today. Behind the governors palace, and on the tower of its two terraces, is the House of the Turtleai Another very Important building at Uxmal la the House of the Pigeons, so named because of the fancied resemblance of Its root crest to s dovecot. The structure described above are by no means all that remains of thla ancient city. Truth Is that the Jungle on every side for some little distance hides the wrecks of once Imposing build Ings, their presence now only to be detected by clumps of vegetation rising slightly higher than the general level of the plain. These buildings and their substructures have been literally torn asunder by trees which have driven their roots Into them and pried apart the masonry. Creepers, vines, and bushes have so overgrown their sides that they look like wooded hillocks. Only on close examination does their real character apand it remains for the Imagination to repear. construct their former glory. But all this ancient lire, this great city once teeming with Its tolling thousands, is gone. Palaces and temples glisten In the sunlight, with never the tread of sandaled foot echoing through their empty coqjfts nor chant of white-robe- d priests sacrificing to offended gods Perchance a bird may flutter through some ruined doorway, chirping for its mate, or buixard 'dr-clinh gh soar above prey. Save these all else is silent, prospective dead, the ancient pomp and glory forever departed, and goda and men alike forgotten In the onward sweep of time. and GATEWAY or 77fEffOiSEQP or some 70 years before the Spanish first landed In Yucatan; but even after the conquest, the Xlus tn their new home contlnuod to exercise considerable authority over the natives, and their friendly attltiide toward the Spanish greatly facilitated the final pacification bf the country. The ruins of Uxmal are best reached today by stage from the little town of Muna, the nearest drive from the latter railroad station. A place brings one to the hacienda of Uxmal, from which the ruins are about a mile and a halt distant The first. view of the ancient city is to be had from the top of a hill just behind the plantation house. Across the plain a dozen or more Imposing structures of white limestone may be seen rising above the dense vegetation which here enshrouds the countryside. Beyond, in the distance, a ragged chain of low mountains cuts across the horizon, each succeeding ridge Ji . deeper blue. But one does not dwell long on the beauties of nature at Uxmal; the habitations of a bygone race claim the attention. Descending the hill again, one takes the road which leads through the bush. The distant temples and palaces sink below the tree tops and for aught that one sees of them they might as well be on the other side of the world. After a half hour's walk, during which the ruins never once reappear, the road suddenly makes a sharp turn to the right. and Just in front of one, apparently blocking the wayr there rises a lofty pyramid, the highest ' structure In the city. The splendid temple surmounting this, grotesquely called the House of the Dwarf or Magician. probably was the chief sanctuary of Uxmal The pyramid on which it stands la over 80 feet high and covert nearly an acre of ground. The summit la reached by a steep stairway on ita east and apparently back side. The temple however, faces in the opposite direction, or toward the Monjas quadrangle, an adjacent group of structures, with which, as we presently shall see. it waa closely connected. Clear down Into Spanish times, long after Uxmal had been abandoned by her native rulers, this temple was held In particular veneration by the Indians. About a century after thecofiquent. Father Cogolludo, provincial of Yucatan, visited Uxmal and climbed to the summit of this pyramid. He found there, he says, in one of the apartments offerings 'of .cacao and the remains of copal burned but a short time before. 'This he thought indicated -that some superstition or idolatry had been' committed here recently by the Indiana of the locality. And again, slightly later In 1673. a petition addressed to the king of Spain says: That the Indians tn those places (Uxmal) are worshiping the devil In the ancient buildings which are there, having In them their Idols, to which they burn copal and perform other detestable sacrifices." ) Long after the conquest, no doubt, the natives continued to practice in secret their ancient rites ten-mil- "40-year- . THE SWAP e and ceremonies, particularly at thoseTplaces which formerly had been sacred or holy A them. It was to some such survivals of the aheient ceremonial and ritual that the above citations prohablr refer. .The Monjas quadrangle, mentioned above as being adjacent to the House of the Dwarf, is, in fact, separated from it only by a small court. The four low, massive buildings, of which It Is composed, are built around the sides of a square, and, with the exception of the house on the south Jg well-balance- . g , REALLY PLEASED, THEN. "Mrs. Gadders is a woman who alwara wer an artificial smile." Not always. JTm sure." What makes. you think soT I've seen her smile quite naturally When a sarcasm mad. some other woman wm.- - " MEN AXD WOMEN. Now to tb tune to leaentbe burlier trade. Bar- bera in great demand. Special rata now open for 30 daya. Ouly short time required. Toole furnished and commission paid while let ing. Call or write Moler Baber School, 13 Commercial 81., halt Lake City, It ah. HE PLANKED TO RECIPROCATE Sam Was Willing to Reward the Who Recommended Him. Min "Well, 'what can I do lor you, Sam? asked" joneii as the "colored waiter who usually served him at the restaurant entered his office. I got a chance to change mah boss. Kin yo say a good worn fo me? Say I&e hones an sichT 1 know, of course, that youre a good waiter, Sam, but how do I know youre honest," Well jea say yo think I se hones. DatU do. "AU right, Sam; anything to oblige p'si-tio- you. "Thank yo, boss, thank yo very tomorjfo come ovah row be sur to sit at mah table. Ill give yo a shot check. Pathfinder. Whetf much. The Doctor Knew. men are skeptical others some If place an implicit faith in the doctors prescriptions; and ot these was a man in Limderick, who went to tb undertaker' to order a coffin for Pst Connell said the undertaker, is poor Pat dead? No. Hes not dead yet, answered the other, 'but hell die tonight, for the doctor says he can't live till and he knows what he gave him." 'Dear me, morn-m- Chicago News. Not Her Fault I Mr. Styles When I married yo I had a fine head of hair and money. Mrs. Styles Well you can't blam me for the loss of your money. Yonkers Statesman. When the Light Came. Their long acquaintance had ripened Into love and he bad proposed. "Dearie," he asked, confidentially, when did you first learn that yo loved me?" "When I feund that I became angry whenever I heard anybody refer she you aa a brainless boob, swered. And It Waa Coatly. "I hear that Brown engagement Grace haa been postponed for s ye1-Wh- . is the trouble V father her him told she "Oh, to play poker." wi Well what has that got to do It? th Why, hes been trying to learn game. Diplomacy. remarked the obere ant person, requires thorough stndY Yes," replied Senator Sorgno In order to be a good dipjo U youve got to know the facta der to avoid saying anything might lead to their discovery." Diplomacy, Sly Teacher. Trustee Were thinking of pm up a nice motto over your desk courage the children. Ho ' Knowledge la wealth" do? cbitfre Teacher Not at ail. The know what my salary la. Missing Tribute. V Manager Whate the leading !n such a tantrum about Pess Agent She only got anets over the footlights tonig |