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Show TALKS WITH TRAVELERS. One of tin leading merchants of the thriving metropolis of the "Great Inland Empire," Spokane. Washington, is among today's arrivals in Zlon. Sol Siegel is the gentleman, and he is quartered at the Tent plet.ui, Mr. Siegel is one of the linn of tioldsinilli ,t company of this city, the pop-ular pop-ular clothier, and bis establishment at Spokane Spo-kane ll a branch of the Salt Lake house. He said today: "Business is picking up wonderfully won-derfully In the west aud 1 anticipate a big trade the coining season. I tops throughout (he west are enormous and the mining Industry In-dustry has revived I" a wonderful extent. The entire wcsl will experience In 1WJ a year of unusual prosperity. Salt Lake's prospects arc verj bright. Natural gas will accomplish much for this city, although even without, that, powerful factor nothing could retard the progress of Zion's me- troptis," - party of iiii-sian engineers have been at the Knutsford for the past two days, and have employed their time In viewing the light of Z'ion. They left today for St. Petersburg. ue of them, K. ( eglitiskl, in conversation with n Time reporter this morning, illustrated In a most forcible manner man-ner the extent of the magnificent distance in the Siberian possessions of the llussiati I... -t, ,..ir .,,,, nn,,i.t, ; 11 , ,1 In empire. 'Myself and a-sm iaU.-," said he, "have been engaged in engineering w ork on the railroad now in process of construction between Vladlvlstocfi on the. Pacific coast su.! the capital of St. Petersburg. The toad Is a go eminent enterprise, and iis main line will be nearly 7,000 miles in length. We are en route homo to st, Petersburg, traveling by wax of the I 'tilted State and Europe. It. is the longest way around, but We avoid the, terrible disi omfortof T.OOU miles of overland travel and the rigors and hardship of a Si berlan winter. In order to reach home we travel nearly three. iptarters of the distance around tin- world, but gain time in doing so." -4- -- Miss Jrffrys Lewis, the leading lady of the 'Mr. Potter of Texas" company, I at the Templeton hotel. Thlslsdyi one of the best emotional actresses in America, and is r.'t ,.le. ,,f ustaining successfully a more difficult part than she ilayinc at present. Miss Lewis is the a, . .-s that made "Diplomacy" "Di-plomacy" the gn at success that it was some years ago; and sh- also created the part of BtOphanl in "Forget Me Not." She was for several oars the leading lady of the famous stock edinpauv that the. old veteran Tom MagUlre installed at the Haiti win theater, San Prsnclsco, The eompsny embraced such artists as James ll'.Veil, Lewis Morrison, James 1 1. Harrows. Katharine Corcoran, Elinor" Carey.Jean Clara Wallers, and others quail)' known to dramatic fame. |