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Show 1 The price of lead took week and was up to $4.1214 Twelve cars of ore wer. from Pioche during the UTAH STATE In . t ) a ?! The people of Leht have declared gainst the consolidation of county schools. The heavy frosts at Ephraim the past two weeks have done considerable damage to. the fruit The next convention of the Utah State Postmasters association will be told In American Fork on June 18, 18 and 20. The taxpayers of Santaquln, at a mass meeting held last week, were unit against school consolidation In that county, The report of the health department of Salt Lake City shows 92 deaths and 177 births during the month of April. The property values In Ogden have Increased over half a million dollars during the past year, according to the report of the assessor. The people of Park City are making light against the consolidation of the schools of that town with the other districts of Summit county. Felix Long fell from a ladder at Lebl and broke both his arms. He is a clerk In a store and was taking down some goods when the ladder Slipped. In In a mix-uTorn Cullen had chewed from his assailants. After the member was a saloon In Ogden, one of his ears head by one of his the fight was over found lying on the Coor. i ' !; $ A The dry farmers in the vicinity of Nephl are rejoicing over the recent rainstorm. Not in eleven years bad there been such a dry spell as was experienced prior to the rainstorm of last week. ' The windstorm which Btruck ML Pleasant on the 4th did considerable damage to trees and electric wires, broken branches of trees covered the aldwalks from one end of the town to the other. While she was kneeling In prayer Ip a Salt Lake church a young woman of the capital city was the victim of a sacrellgious sneak thief, who got way with her purse, containing mall Bum of money. Ogden's chief of police has ordered A rigid enforcement of the pew liquor ordinance, barring women from the wine rooms of the city, and has instructed the policemen to arrest the women as well as the saloon keepers who break the law. 6enator Smoot has Introduced an amendment to the sundry civil bill to make available during the coming fiscal year fS.OOO for the purchase of lands and sheep for the San Juan Piute Indians, and flQ,500 for the support of the Kalbab Indians. June 23 has been set for strawberry day for Provo. Each visitor and every passenger on the trains passing through the city will be served with berries In a beautiful souvenir bowl bearing the inscription: Strawberry day, Provo, Utah, June 23, 1908. Antone Foster, a Frenchman, shot and killed James Story, a tallow manufacturer, who, presumably while drunk, was attempting to break into his general store in Salt Lake City. The shooting occurred at night Foster has been acquitted by an examin- ing magistrate. a Lehl attorney, la exhibiting a curiosity lh the form of a shrimp, which he claims came from the bottom of his flowing web, 200 leet deep. Finding his lawn sprinkler clogged, he took off the nozzle and found the cause of the troublq to be D. J. Thurman, live shrimp. The Cactus Club at Newbouse has 200 members and since Its organization has built an opera bouse at a cost of 8 7,000 and a cafe at a cost of $0,000. It has a reading room, billiard hall and otner convinces for its members showing wuat the members of small club can do. The people of Park City have decided to celebrate the opening of the Ontario drain tunnel, on May the celebration to 13, day o be a recognized holiday througu-cu- t the district Three years labor aud half a million dollars has been expended on the tunnel. Word has been recolved In Ogdeu of the accidental death at Juraez, Mexico, of Joseph 11. James, a former resident of that city. While at work at a saw mill In the mountains near Juraez a large log slipped from the chute and rolled over him and a Mexican, both being killed. A movement has been stated by the Ministerial association of Ogden looking to the organlatlon of a Young Woman's Christian an association, organization similar to the Y, M. C. A., to furnish homelike conveniences tor young women who are thrown upon their own resources. The finding of the body of Joseph II. Stevens near American Fork clears up the mystery of his disappearance last December, since when a vigorous search has been made for him. There wus a bullet In bis body, which Indicates that while rabbit hunting he accidentally shot himself. Former Chief of Police Sheets, of Salt Lake, who resigned while he was being tried on the charge of being In collusion with the men who succeeded In buncoing the MoWherters out of $10,000, and whom a Jury doclared Innocent, has been appointed a special detective by the mayor. e Flag of Rsar Admiral Evans Hauled Down From Flagship Connecticut NEWS Suspended for the Da j, While People of the West Greet the Nations Defenders. 8an Francisco Harbor. ' Business Vessels Pass Through GolNow Anchored den Gate and In the Bay South of the Mar-ha- t Street Ferry Forty-fou- r A-- e San Francisco. After weeks of expectation tbe people of the great west were given a chance on Wednesday to welcome the Atlantic battleship fleet, which, after a record-breakincruise of more than fourteen thouthe sand miles, steamed through rocky portals of Golden Gate and came to rest In the San Francisco d harbor. The white anchored, blue flag of the secretary of tbe navy, flying from the mainmast of the trim little gunboat Yorktown, fluttered the welcome of the nation, while tbe governor of California, tbe mayor of San Francisco, and the people of a hundred towns and cities voiced the greetings of the enthusiasfleet tic west as the steamed majestically up the bay. Once Inside the entrance to the bay the heavy vessels of the eastern coast were Joined by the armored cruisers of the entire Pacific fleet, and the navy of the nation all save a few newly commissioned or reserved ships on the Atlantic, and some patrol boats scattered In the Orient Joined In a parade which for Impressive beauty and strength o fighting timber has never been vessels, ranging equaled. Forty-fou- r Connecticut and from the 16,000-totbe five sisters of her class, down to the tiny torpedo boats, no larger than a racing launch, passed through the harbor to the anchorage grounds, south of the Market street ferry ter. minals. The parade and the maneuvers of anchoring occupied full four hours of time, and gave to the people who made black the hills of the city, the (Blands of the harbor, house tops and mountain heights twenty miles away, the most wondrous naval spectacle they have ever known. San Francisco, Oakland and other cities near by all took a holiday to witness the coming of the fleet. There was a complete cessation of business, and the streets In the down town sections were absolutely desertd. Banks and business houses were closed for the day, and everybody flocked to tbe hillsides overlooking the gateway and the harbor. More people came into the city Tuesday night and Wednesday morning than left during the terror and homeless days following four-starre- n tbe fire. . . , San Francisco. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans flag was hauled down from tbe main truck of tbe Connecticut In San Francisco harbor on Saturday, amid a salute of thirteen guns, and a short time afterward tbe first commander-in-chie- f of Americas first battleship fleet was on his way to bis home In Washington to remain on waiting orders until the date of his retirement for age on Ms 62nd birthday, the 18th of August next. Accompanied by members of his family and hla staff, the admiral left at 6:20 p.m, Aa the blue ensign of the retiring commander fluttered down to tbe after bridge of the Connecticut a new flag of similar design was broken out In token of the presence of a new Charles M. chief, Rear Admiral Thomas, who brought the ships from Magdalena bay to Santa Cruz, and who acted for Admiral Evans at all the South American and southern California social functions of tbo cruise, taking over control of tbe big fleet in bis own light Tbe bunting of the new commander was saluted by thirteen guns fired from every ship In tbe fleet, tbe waters of the bay and the green surrounding hills echoing the Blgnal shots. Admiral Evans was not permitted by bis physician to go aboard the Connecticut during the ceremonies attending his relinquishment of active naval service. An address which expressed tbe great regret the admiral felt in leaving the ships and his thanks for the loyal support of the men and officers during bis long tour of command was read by Captain A. W. Grant, Admiral Evans .chief of staff. The Salt Lake High school cadets were honored by an Invitation from Admiral Evans, which was accepted, to be present on the Connecticut while Admiral Evans' flag was being hauled down forever. EVIDENCE OF .WHOLESALE That Opinion Expressed by Chinese Should Have Some Rights They in Their Own Country. In Meantime the Boycott Weapon Used, and Japan AaVo . th la Being That Promoters of the Movement be Restrained from Further Efforts. Pekin. Chines The government a formal reply to Japan's protest against the construcon Friday handed In Fakumen tion of the Tsinmintun railroad. China asks Japan to determine and fix the distance, according to usage elsewhere, at which she will permit the existing line to be paralleled, and she places a limit upon Japans right to oppose the construction of railroads In Manchuria on the ground that they parallel and compete with the Japanese controlled lines. Raron Hayashl, the Japanese has handed In to the foreign board the names of four Chinese merchants who are officially promoting the boycott movements against Japanese goods, and he asks that they be suppressed. Acting upon advices received from London, the British minister has Instructed the British consul general at Canton to advise the Canton viceroy to suppress the boycott The foreign board has asked the assistance of the French minister to China In tbe suppression of several thousand rebels, who, according to & telegram from the governor of Yunan province, have captured the Laohu pass, on the Tonklng border, and who possess French arms, and who have been trained by Frenchmen. min-Iste- BIDS COMRADES r, FAREWELL. Characteristic 8peech by Fighting Bob Evans at Banquet. Admiral San Francisco. Rear Evans bade a personal farewell to the officers of bis command at the banquet given Friday night In honor of the visit of the Atlantic fleet by the He was city of San Francisco. wheeled Into the room and In a characteristic fifteen minutes address declared that what Is needed to preserve the peace of the world is more battleships and fewer statesmen. As to armor belts, the admiral declared It made no difference whether they were at the waer line or whether they were made of leather, wood or egg i shells. "It is the men who can shoot the stralghtest and stand punishment the longest who win battles. he declared, "and it is of such stuff that the American navy is made. Admiral Evans was cheered time and time again. Bodies ef Many Victims Unearthed on Farm of Indiana Woman. Laporte, Ind. There still seems to be some doubt as to the body of the woman found In the rulna of the home of Mrs. Belle Gunness being that of tbe woman who Is charged wholesale with having committed murders that would make the crimen of the most noted criminals of the past pale Into Insignificance. It is believed by some that the body is tb&t of another of Mrs. Gunness' victims, and that the woman la tn hiding. For the first time since Sheriff Smutzer began work on the farm be failed on Saturday to discover at least one additional body. Excavations were made at several points In the barnyard, but In none of them was there Indications of human bones or METCALF REVIEWS FLEET. flesh. Is It believed that at least a score of people have been buried on Mrs. Secretary of Navy Makes Format Inspection of Fighting Ships. Guinness farm, and that all were murdered by this woman, who seems San Francisco. The combined Atto nave been the most ferocious crim- lantic and Pacific fleets of battleships, inal of modern times. armored cruisers, torpedo boat destroyers and auxllllaries, aggregating Adjournment In Sight In weight of displacement the enorWashington. The supply bills of mous total of more than four hundred congress. In which aproprlatlons are thousand tons the greatest assemto be made for the support of the blage of armor-clad- s thus far to mark government for the next fiscal year, the progress of the American navy to beginning on July 1, are In such con- second rank among the floating fightdition In both houses that if no com- ing forces of the world were replications arise In connection with viewed In picturesque San Francisco ether legislation It will be possible to harbor on Friday by Secretary of the reach a final adjournment by the 25th Navy Metcalf. Inwt. There are fourteen of these The review was the last of the show general measures, carrying an aggre- features on the water, for soon the gate of almost a billion dollars, and ships will be departing, some to go to of these the house of representatives, navy yards for repairs, and others of In which all of them originate, has the Pacific fleet starting south on a practice cruise. passed twelve. thousand San Francisco. Eight bluejackets and marines the largest armed force the American navy has ever put ashore In time of peace or war-w- ere landed on Thursday from the combined Atlantic and Pacific and fleets, now lying In the harbor, marched through the streets of, San Francisco In the most notable parade the city has ever known. hundred soldiers of the Twenty-fivgraregular army, In full dress array, visitto escort the an bb acted ciously ing men of the sea and were liberally The cheers, however, applauded. were all reserved for the sallora and marines. Rear Admiral Evans, commanding the fleets, and the six other rear admirals In command of squadrons and divisions, rode In carriages. Secretary of the Navy Metcalf, Governor Gillette of California and Mayor Taylor of San Francisco rode In the parade and afterward reviewed It as It countermarched down Van Ness avenue. In addition to the soldiers and sailors, there were large representations from the National Guard and veteran and civic from organizations. A baattalion of natty little High school cadets from Salt Lake City acted aa personal ( escort to Admiral Evans in token of his having been appointed to the naval academy from the state of Utah. The parade was the feature of the At night the streets were day. thronged with the liberty men of the fleets, who were given their first leave ashore. The parks were filled with holiday crowds, and were gay with At the music and Illuminations. Fairmont hotel Governor Gillette and at dinner In his taff entertained honor of Secretary Metcalf and the flag and commanding officers of the fleet Admiral Evans was unable to attend, his place being taken by Rear Admiral Thomas, who responded to the welcome to the fleet A number of Informal speeches were made. According d ra,' - F7Ta"5T S rTlTT 5r? jssr i w f" s to what 1 seen outnm n s after the smelters will be gtvei chance to make settlement farmers can bring suit ' In a report submitted by via Ident Barbour to the Balakalala pany, It Is estimated that It vl before in the neighborhood of $40, oa r p Go! 600 1 cross-cu- r,ac. President Approves Freight Rates. Washington. Ri ferrlng to his bill prevent rnllroadu from raising .relght rates, Senator Culberson of Texas on Thursday called the atten-Moof the senate to newspaper Ions to the effect that the ends of the country, with the of the president and the inter "mim,'rca commission, greed to a general Increase of had rates He said it was stated In one tmblb that ,hP preHl,lpnt had ol hu agreed h'8 ao,lon a" Mocking general reduction nt ho mldeSr,lrSted Knapp as ln favor of the advanceo'! rll Sff Tftr,e- IVIIIReopeTTrder Recover Bodleo of Victim, of Explosion. Rock Springs. Wyo. reo,!inil " lne No. 1 of the Union Paclfii iompany, ln which are some hoir tundred bodies, victims of the two re tent explosions of gas In the ire under way for the "". of"ln lh. In lh, I'"" I Bullfrog, Nevada, district month of April was above jiL' The Seven Trougha-Kinaer- f S companys new fifty-tomining is practically completed, and it J t nounced will be In good workU der before the close of the week. The mining camp of Nevada, which is receiving tentlon these days as a regnltv, recent discovery of rich ores Paymaster mine, is located ibog miles from Lodi. Some of the richest ore la tin tory of Nevada, a state known t rich mines, has recently beea countered In the Paymaster mint Phonollte, Nevada. Some of fo, In this property carries over i in gold to the ton. The decree of the United &J court In tbe smelter smoke a) seems to he entirely satisfactory) the Salt Lake valley smelters. Be complete the work on the plant, but It will take two or before It Is completed. Ore is being sacked for shijc from he Initial strike In the ley district of southern Utah do expected to startle the natives V it Is thrown upon the market of the most optimistic contend this ore will assay $25,000 to th The reports of two Coeur f, mines for 1907 the Federal Kj' & Smelting company and the and Sullivan show a decree net profits. This decrease wai EVANS DEEPLY TOUCHED. by tbe heavy slump Id lead ind Tribute Paid by Utahns Fills Cup of subsequent curtailment of prodi The Graselll Chemical compcj Joy to Overflowing. li Salt Lake City. The special corre- new zinc mill at Park City tij zinc mid on the work wires splendid of Herald pathe that spondent per aa follows: "You may say for product from tbe Daly Judge me, said Admiral Robley D. Evans pany's mill, and Is meeting ever? at noon on Thursday, when he had an- pectation. The plant has s nounced to Captain Webb of the Salt of 100 tons a day, there being Lake High school cadets that he haa of material on hand for no further orders to give them, "that work. i5 1 have been The biggest strike In profoundly touched and nudti pleased by the tribute paid me by Salt within the past year was Lake City In sending Salt Lake High May 4, when at a depth of school cadets to act as my escort In in the main workings of the Mote the parade upon the eve of my mine of the Consolidated Miner " retirement from the navy. During my pany, thirteen feet of ore nut service In the navy I have always re- straight across, worth $62 a ton, i membered that Utah through Captain with no hanging wall In sight,' Hooper, whom I shall ever hold In uncovered. grateful remembrance, gave me my A dispatch received in RenoN chance to enter the navy, and always announces that In my heart I have had the kindliest Rawhide, Nevada,, In the worlds bis of feelings for the state. Todays richest strike In the Keanu S made has been tribute fills my cup of Joy to overflowing. Nothing that has been done for lease on the Rawhide Queen, t t me has given me anything like as depth of 117 feet In a much pleasure; nothing that could ore la aald to be more than half R have been done for me would have nothing, like It ever having been! pleased me so much. The battalion in Nevada. j of High school cadets is made up of ' Robert L that Is It reported as fine a body of boys as I ever saw. state mine Inspector for Idano, J p 6ayo ) CbM A reliable Information, the semi-militar- Per8 Washington. President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, In a letter to Representative Brunn of Pennsylvania, enumerates the following as the measures which labor will Insist shall be enacted before adjournment: The Wllwon bill amending the Sherman antitrust law. The Pearre bill regulating the Issu- mg of the injunctive writ to Its original and beneficent purposes. Extension of the eight-hou- r law to nil government employes and to employes of contractors or performing work for the government. A general employers liability law ippllcable to all workers so far lie federal Jurisdiction extends. t Ooo e Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, commander In chief of the Atlantic fleet, and just now in command of the assembled ships of both oceans, stood on the after bridge of the Connecticut as the famous flagship led the way through the harbor's gate end until she came to anchor at the head of the battleship column. After the fleet had anchored the government customs launch Hartly put off from Mission street wharf, bearing Mayor Taylor and the reception committee, to pay the city's official greeting and proclaim formal welcome to Rear Admiral Evans and tbe sailors. The Hartly reached the flagship at 3 oclock, and between flies of marines with arms at present the mayor and the committee were received on the quarter deck of the Connecticut and taken below' to the cabin hall to meet the admiral. Hearty greetings were exchanged between the admiral, mayor and the membere of the reception committee. After the ceremonies of the official More Pay for Soldiers. Nw Mexican Act Repeated. call were over. Mayor Taylor and the The officers and enashington. ccmmlttce boarded the Hartly and Under Washington. suspension of came ashore. the rules, the house on Saturday listed men of the army on Friday won Following the official call Admiral passed unanimously the senate resolu- their fight for Increased pay when Evans came ashore and was taken to tion repealing the act of the terri- the house of representatives, after a the St. Francis hotel to meet his wife torial legislature of New Mexico, debate of two hours, agreed to the and daughter. which passed, over the governors conference report on the army approveto, March 11, 19ns. The territorial priation bill. An appropriation of REPRIEVE FOR ORCHARD. act deals with civil procedure in per- $ .000.0110 was made for the imrnnxe sonal Injury cases.' The resolution $5,000,000 Ot Which will g to the Governor Gooding Grants Request of now goes to the men. Nine hundred officers on president for his sig- the retired list also will benefit bv nature, having passed the senate In the Attorney for Stay of Sentence. Increase Under suspension of Mr. March. Mrdsal of Iowa, having Boise, Idaho. Governor Gooding In charge, declared that the the rules bills were passed placing bill the on Wednesday granted a reprieve to law was the most remarkable piece of the I orto Rican nglnient of Infantry on a permanent basis. Harry Orchard, sentenced to be legislation ever enacted. next to of week, banged Friday July Big Blaze at Atlanta. Child Labor Law Passed. Owing to the fact that a question Ga One million Atlanta, was raised as to the legality of the and a The house on SaturWashington. Is the l,1MJ conservadullurs quarter board of pardons acting on new matday unanimously passed a child labor ters at a special session, Frank Wy- law for the District of Columbia. Mr. tively estimated of a fire which early man, attorney for Orchard, filed with Williams (Miss.), the minority leader, Friday destroyed two blocks of At business proixrty. When the the governor a petition for a re- congratulated the committee on hav- lanta fire was under In a control, the rulne.t model child labor prieve, and the board, which had been ing brought In the district were bound-ecalled to meet Wednesday night, waa bill, and said he would reward them buildings by turacythP, Nelson. Madison advised that the session would not by not Insisting on a roll call. He an- Hunter streets The police and and nounced that he would fire a take Governor held. similar departments he Gooding promptly dynamited what was left assured Mr. Wyman that he would position on several other bills, tbe How the fire not permit Orchard to be hanged passage of which the country was de- started is a mystery. There was no without a hearing of his case by the manding. The Republicans declined los of life and no Injuries. The Inboard, and the order for stay at to accept Mr. Williams proffer of no surance on the property destroyed roll call. sentence followed. was placed at $7o,mn Fiend In Female Form, For Pura Friend. Betrayed' by Life-lon-g Lobbying. Nancy, France. A woman named Guthrie Okla.-T- he Seattle, Wash. In a desperate gun house and Jeanne Weser narrowly escaped senate on Friday passed a light In the heart of the city Wednesvery com day evening Joe Garcia, alias Joe lynching here at the hands of an In- plete pure food bill with more exact-mob. furiated It after had been Patrolwho and shot killed Cordovla, ,han ,he 'lmml man Charles Ford of Salt Lake City learned that she waa guilty of brufood analysis stntiim on December 14, 1907, was himself tally strangling a to boy nlvcr-Ity- . fBShhCd V 0k,ahom' shot and fatally wounded by Seattle death. Several months ago the Weof the leclsla. detectives. Garcia was led Into a ser woman was arrested In Farts, LUh7,hWWd..t0 ,he Mtllobbyln bin that cr,mlna action' trap by a lifelong friend, who be- charged with the murder of over J; flbLh nrLlny l,bb'l!'1 trayed the murderer for the $500 re- score of children. Doctors who exdoes ward offered by the state of Utah. amined her expressed the belief that not n hl,a name state- The friend turned atool pigeon for the was the victim of Inrantlctdal Thhe bltMU n7goWllhto ,he Sheriff C. Frank Emery of Salt Lake mania, and, aa no proof could be a Bii City, and a trap waa laid for Ga'da'a found, she was allowed to go. capture. During the year 1907 th, J Utah distributed dividends fo! the neighborhood of $8,000 In spite of the slump of lead last fall, the nJt? five big mines in the amounted In 1907, to $5,119 j' th Eight Thousand Marines Parade Twenty-fivFrancisco, San of Street Hundred Soldiers Acting as Escort to Visiting Seamen. ys sms? - The Engineering and Mining deal gives Mr. Bell a good I5 served praise In a recent expresses the hope that he tlnue in the work. While the camp or Rosebud, of vada, Is not making much s' the mining world theue ton news comes from that camp W (velopment work is being of u rrecutedonanumPer some w05 ertlcs, and that b are likely to discoveries nounced moat any day. It Is announced that P. al operating a lease on the Hills Mining companys last Mazuma, Nevada, ( chraged one entire shift fr estimated It Is grading. ponada of ore averaging pound was stolen before was made of the operations. In 1907 there were twrntyWp Ing companies In Utah that stockt paid dividends to the sctbatB, Owing to a series of sat which the Industry hns beenneari' pay not ed. the mines will well this year as last, but jW just as rich as ever, and remedy present conditions. A Boston dispatch announce there Is no longer any quest the American Smelting ,D American Smelters SccurltW panles will not renew their contract with the United Met pany at the end of th'8,1?,,,; that the entire output will s by the American Smelters company. 1 The Engineering and Mining 1 that tial gravely announces p , present time there Is nut tendency on the part of went to Nevada on the out , the excitement at Tonopah, to return to California In mines. , f The report for the month 0 of T. B. Miller, In cnarge wyJ t d States assay office shows an Increase in celpts of $42,000 over the , Ing month of last year. Tn8 t' , j ( m .cb rendering all efforts m he mine futile, n to rpPpn log Tine now is flmn The hoWfter mn-bp- wishing the .n ,ltVd for the two year are can To recovered! (88,259, respective! 1 $lJU' |