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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS NEW TURKISH MINISTER T1 Publisher ANDREW JENSEN, - per- SPANISH FORK - - - UTAH STATE UTAH v NEWS 7 i The Ogden coal dealers have reduced the price of coal Gt) cents a ton. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has announced his Intention of attending the dry farming congress, which will be held In Salt Lake City, January V-- 7 - V v" , ,!- mf -- 23-2- M. Knudson. a tailor, suicided at bis home In Salt Lake City, taking that carbolic acid. It Is supposed Knudson became v 9' I) J pv&'Jy over despondent constant drinking. The government has approved to Utah, under the grant for a school of mines, 238 acres of land In the Vernal land district and 3,202 acres in the Salt Lake district. At a meeting of the canners of Utah, last week, twenty-twbL In Ogden canneries were represented, and the general situation regarding the can- t'9 K f o ning Industry was discussed. The ordinance passed by the council of Salt Lake Increasing the salaries of the city recorder, auditor and treasurer from $1,800 to $2,500 a year, bas been vetoed by the mayor. The directors of the Utah-IdahSugar company declared their regular quarterly dividend of per cent on the preferred stock of the company last week, amounting to $141,000. Secretary of State Tlngey paid $50,-00-0 to the state board of land commissioners last week, which was the last Installment of the money borrowed by the state from the board during flEHtlED ALt BEY Recent photograph of the sultan gorgeous court costume. representative at Washington In his o 1' the present year. Ous Johnson, the convict who attacked and nearly killed a fellow convict, 8. B. Dobbs, colored, with a knife at the state prison recently, will have to stand trial on a charge of assault with Intent to commit murder. Wlneroom proprietors are obeying the orders of the chief of police of Salt Lake and tearing down partitions and opening boxes In their places. Restaurants have also been ordered to dispense with their wine rooms and , boxes. The fund provided by the legislature for paying bounties on wild anl mals for the present year Is exhausted and Auditor Edwards has directed county clerks throughout the state tc discontinue the Issuance of warrants IS RICH IN MINERALS. GREAT UNDEVELOPED WEALTH IN THE CONGO. Estimated to Worth $800,000,000 Dlecovered In Katanga District Transportation the Need. Copper Deposits Washington. Consul General James Smith, of Boma, Congo, reports that the Bulletin Official de LEtat Independent du Congo contains some interesting Information In regard to the mineral resources of the state and the results of the efforts made by geologists, explorers and prospectors. Following a technical description of the geological formation of the rocks, eto., the article gives some details of the discoveries thus A. mid-Africa- n far made; In the Katanga district, at the southeastern corner of the state bordering for bounties. Harmel Pratt, secretary of the stats HEN INSPECTOR board of corrections, died suddenly on the 20th at his home In Salt Lake City. He was born In 1851, when his parents were crossing the plains, at a place about nine miles east of old Fort Laramie. Rlchaid Demlng, charged with highway robbery, escaped from a hospital In Salt Lake City, robed In nightgown and pajamas, while suffering apparently from a concussion of the brain, and is still at large, with no clue to his whereabouts. In view of the fact that a number of localities have reported epidemics of measles, the state board of healta bas Issued a circular letter to all health officers, in which suggestions for the quarantine of persons affected with measles are offered. There were 329 deaths in Utah dur Ing November, according to the bullr tin Issued last week by tae state board of health. Of this number Salt Lake Weber county led with 123 deaths. bad 35; Utah, 31; Sanpete, 24; Sevier, 13; Summit, 9; Juab, IS; Uintah, 7. The statement Is made by Coal Mine Inspector Pettit that Utah consumed 865,000 more tons of coal the past year than it produced, most of the coal shipped Into the state coming from Wyoming. Another interesting fact is that the 865,000 tons shipped In represents more coal than Is produced by any two mines in Utah. Sutherland introduced a bill last week authorising a government exhibit of the mining resources of' the United States at the International Mining exposition at Madison Square Garden, New York City, commencing May 25, 19u8, to continue one month. An important decision has beeu rendered by the federal land office at Washington In holding that the deposits are lode In character and not plucer. The decision of the general laud office sustains the decision tendered by the register aud Be on Rhodesia, and In the Manlcma, Kasai, ,Uele, and Mayumbe districts enormous beds of copper and Iron have been discovered. A number of deposits of tin have been revealed in Kantanga and Indications point to the existence of others on the Ubangl and Uele rivers, in the Maniema and basin of the Kasai, Gold and platinum and their satellites are found In the Katanga. Mercury bas been found on the Lualaba. It Is principally in the southern part of the Katanga district that development of the mineral properties has been going on for a number of years. Prospecting bas revealed the existence of copper deposits throughout a cone extending for a length of 200 miles east and west and 50 miles north and south. More than a hundred different beds have been discovered In this zone. The work of development bas been undertaken on only about a dozen of these up to the MAY BE NEEDED present time, and In no case has a depth of more than 40 meters (130 feet) been attained, but even this, comparatively speaking, preliminary work has, it la claimed, revealed the certain existence of about 2,000,000 tons of copper, with an estimated value at the present market price of four milliards of francs ($800,000,000). It Is claimed that these deposits of copper can be exploited without the necessity of deep shafts, tunnel boring, etc. The proportion of pure metal to the ton of ore shows an average of 13 per cfent, A competent American mining engineer who visited these mines expressed the opinion, so it Is stated, that It was possible to produce a ton of copper in the Katanga at a lower cost than In any other mines he had examined, and added: "I do not hesitate to say that, so far as concerns the quality and quantity, the mlnbs of Katanga have a capacity of production equal to all the American mines put together. t The deposits of tin extend along the Lualaba below the falls of Nsllo for a distance of 175 miles, and explorations thus far made assure the possibility of extracting 20,000 tons of an estimated value of $16,000,000. Besides the mines of precious metals gold, platinum and palladium which are being exploited in this favored district, rich mines of iron and deposits of limestone, substances notably useful In the treatment of copper ores, are known to exist The conditions for the exploitation of these mines of Katanga, according to the report of engineers and prospectors, are notably favorable. The climate of the region, given the relatively high altitude, is temperate and healthful and adapted to colonization. Numerous waterfalls existing on the rivers throughout the zone offer a reserve of hydraulic force for use In future treatment of the ores by electricity. In fact, nothing appears to be lacking but adequate transportation facilities, and these, If the projects already decreed are carried out, will be realized within a very few years. A Belgian royal decree of June S, 1906, authorizes the Increase of the publio debt to the extent of 150,000,000 francs ($30,000,000) for the construction of a railway from Stanley Pool to the Katanga, traversing the Kasai district en route, and another branch from the Katanga to meet the Portuguese line now building inland from Benguela on the west coasL An additional outlet is to be provided by the rail and river route south from Stanley Falls, one section of the former between Stanleyville and Pontblerville being now In operation. LEADS FIGHT ON TRUSTS Ordinance for Care of Chicago Fowls It Recommsndsd. e hide-and-see- k buyln Senators and Representatives Rest Until January 6, When the Real Work of Present Session Will Begin. Is i, offer firm me Two Hundred or More Live be t Los in Pennsylvania Mine, Many Washington. The senate on Saturday passed a bill suspending during the year 1907 the requirement that miners shall do at least $100 of work annually during the period In which their claims are being perfected. Senator Cullora Introduced a Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution limiting the terms of the president and vice president to six years and prohibiting a for a second term. A number of other bills and rest lutions were Introduced. After being minutes the senIn session forty-fiv- e ate adjourned until January 6. After being In session about twenty minutes the house of representatives adjourned until January 6. The proceedings were enlivened by a brief but fierce speech by Mr. Gaines of Tennessee, who criticised the house for its Inaction and for taking such a when we long recess at a time and Wall street to have should gone throttled the thieves and turned back to the honest people their hard earnings. Mr. Gaines was preceded by Mr. Hepburn of Iowa, who protested against what he said was the indiscriminate way In which committees were given authority to sit during the session of the house, thereby causing members to be Immune from arrest in case it became necessary to secure a quorum. ' Being Americans. Third Mine Disaster In the Bitumin ous 'Coal Fields Since the First of !SAL1 tho Month 8wells the Number of Victims to Between 550 and REE 600, ding Jacobs Creek, Pa. An explosion o! gas in the Darr mine of the Pitts- jthori burg Coal company, located here, on Thursday, entombed between 200 and 250 miners, and there 1b scarcely a ray of hope that a single one of them will be taken from the mines alive Partially wrecked buildings in the vicinity of the mines, and the condl tlon of the few bodies found early in the rescue work, Indicate an explosion terrific force that It Beems of impossible that any one could have survived It All of tbe bodies taken out were terribly mutilated, and three of them were headless. This Is the third mine disaster since the first of the month in the veins of bituminous coal underlying western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, for the Naomi mine near Fayette City, and the two mines at W. Va., In which the earlier explosions happened, are In the same belt as the local workings. ThursWILL WELCOME FLEET. days catastrophe swells the number of deadly mine gas for the of People of Rio Janeiro Will Extend nineteen days to between 550 and Glad Hand to Americana. 600. That this latest disaster does not Rio Janeiro. When the American fleet of warships reaches this port it equal or even surpass in loss of life will be accorded a royal welcome. It and attendant horrors the one in West Is not Inteded, however, that the wel- Virginia, Is due to the devotion to church duties of a considerable numcome shall be demonstrative, but that ber of the miners. In .observance of all courtesy shall be paid the visitors the church festival, many of the four aa though the visit were expressly hundred or more men regularly emmade to Brazil. ployed at the mine did not go to The fleet is expected here about work. Those who escaped through January 11, and it will remain at Rio this reason are members of the Greek Janeiro for about ten days. Admiral Catholic church, and they suspended work to celebrate St.- Nicholas day. Alencar, the minister of marine, bas A considerable number of the minIssued an order for a division com- ers were Americans, some of the ofposed of the cruisers Barroso and ficers Intimating that probably more and the gunboats Tymbera, than half of the victims are Americans. Tamoyo and Tlradentes, to hold themselves In readiness to meet the AmerCONGRESSMEN FIGHT. ican fleet on the high seas and accompany it Into the harbor. A num- Williams of Mississippi and De ber of fetes are being arranged, of Missouri Use Prize among which are dances, picnics and Ring Tactics. banquets. The finance minister will give a ball on Flsal Island, In the bay Washington. John Sharp Williams of Rio Janeiro. of Mississippi, leader of tbe minority, and Representative David De Armond Exempted From Mining Assessments, of Missouri engaged In a fist fight obSenator Washington. Teller over on the tained unanimous consent In the sen- floor the passing of the lie house of of the representatives ate on Saturday for consideration of afternoon, Immediately his bill, which was set aside Thursday Thursday after adjournment at 2:21 p. m. a filibuster of 8enator through Carter, Mr. Williams struck the first blow exempting entrymen of mining claims and Mr. De Armond retaliated vigorfrom payment of assessments for ously with clenched fists. When the 1907. No objection was raised by Sen- combatants were separated blood was ator Carter or the Utah senators, who flowing down Mr. Williams face previously opposed the measure, and from a small gash in the left cheek, it passed the senate. As adopted, the and bis forehead was red. Mr. De measure applies only to the states of Armond bore no mark of the fray. - d Chicago. A ben Inspector may-bthe newest municipal dignitary, his duty being to look out for the health and comfort of Chicago's hen population. i The committee of judiciary of the city council recently recommended the passage of a 'hen ordinance, which provides that the health commissioner shall control the living conditions of all fowls In the city limits. It also enlarges the manifold duties of the policemen, for It provides that they shall capture any fowls running at large and hold them at the police station to he claimed. The prospect of pursuing a giddy hen land attempting to snatch her by a pin feather Is creating lots of joy among the heavyweight members of the force. If the job of supervising hen condl-tlonis saddled on Health Commissioner Evans It Is conjectured that special hen Inspectors will be added to bis staff. The civil service quallfl cations for the Job will be appalling, It Is expected. It Is announced on good authority that the following provisions are not contained In the proposed ordinance; "Cackling Is positively forbidden before 6:30 a. tn., seven o'clock on Sun days. tn suburban "Worm expeditions garden patches are hereby declared unlawful. The penalty of annihilation will be imposed on all hens found playing with passing automobiles. "liens found obstructing traffic In the loop district will be condemned to Indeterminate Imprisonment In South Water street "liens laying eggs In public con veyances will be delivered over to the canning Interests." In the suburban districts of the citv receiver. followed the an turlstopher Myers, 70 years of ago, little depression an Inmate of the Salt Lake county nouncement of the impending rules and regulations. infirmary, wandcicd away from that institution one night last week, and ENGINE HALTS RUNAWAYS. was not found for several hours, death resulting an hour after he was found, as a result of exposure to the Chasing Cars Down Grads for Miles, elements. It Catches Up. The will of the lute David Henry Norristown, Pa. Three freight ears Focry shows that hts estate Is valued at $123, 000, as follows; $77,000 in broke loose from a train the other mining stocks, $23,ot)0 In cash on de- afternoon while climbing a steep posit In banks, $12,000 due from life grade on the Stony Creek railroad, insurance policies, $5,000 on accounts near the entrance to the state hospital and bills receivable, and real estate for the Insane. They rushed down the valued at $6,000. grade at a speed of 30 miles an hour. The secretary of the Interior sunt Near Elm street the tracks of the a communication to the senate rec- Stony Creek railroad Join those of the ommending action on the urgent de- Reading railway, and the runaway ficiency appropriation bill for tho cars proceeded in the direction of Philsupport of the Ute Indians, who are adelphia. now off their reservation and In the After they had passed Marshall, vicinity of the Cheyenne river ageucy Main, Dekalb and Mill atreet stations in South Dakota. In this town without accident, an enWhile he was assisting la dehorngine left the roundhouse at Elm street ing a steer on his farm at Harrlsvlllo, and started In pursuit of the runDaniel Costley was stricken with aways. heart failure and fell over the body The engine was speeded at a of the animal, expiring almost clip and finally overtook and held up Mr. Costley bad been In the cars between Mogeetuwn and Ivy good health and had not complained Rock. f not feeling well HE Will Oregon, California, and South Dakota. Colorado, Idahot I sh ive 1 iter, tek ot aster i seen1 hat ' juld o ad an beard chi id ted a lew i mute, could iried est ilefly ivlng tbe see at thi is Cl( air. id ma lay, q ;e ild i lore i ow d carter 1U86, I g. Sifted ar sli the Proof Willli amme dlnn as "d rs a-- i letter iry ai erybt ao, at id me hmar hers i ague, ough estlo s bi ea. me, ci gume ster The each ore, our-g- l irned CLARK A3 PEACEMAKER. e fou , Assistant Attorney General of the United States who truit prosecution. la directing the anti SEES THE EARTH DRYING UP. states of America at your door, you cannot drive It back, he aaya. "Such tracts are bound to conquer In the Berlin. Prof. Hennlg, one of the end. Their advance Is as certain aa most brilliant of the German geolo- the advance of death and as disasgists, makes some terrifying predic- trous." Attention Called to Necessity of tecting the Forest. Pro- tions for the American continent where, owing to Its being denuded of forests, he maintains that the earth is rapidly drying up. He draws his conclusions not only from such phenomena as tho receding of glaciers, but from the carefully conducted experiments on springs and rivers In various parts of the world. ' Hennlg In nearly every country of says: Europe the supply of spring water and generally of subterranean moisture is rapidly decreasing. Our grandchildren will begin to feel the want of spring water tn many places where now there Is an abundant supply. One of the main reasons why hitherto the earth has retained Its moisture has been that extensive forests covered Its surface. But every year ahowa a startling diminution of forest area and hardly anything Is being done for reforestation. The United States Is a horrible example. There tracts, as big as European atates, will be arid to all eternity, which might have been preserved for culture by wise economy of which play the forests. Countries fast and loose with their forests are simply hastening their downfall. Prof. Hennlg also drawa attention to the encroachments of sand and drought on ao many regtona In Asia, Africa, Australia and America. "Once you have a huge aand tract of alkali a tract like the Sahara or the Gobi desert or the plains of the western PLAN TO FILL ARMY RANK8. Picture Shows Will Bs Given to duce Young Men to Enlist In- Murdered While They Slept. Former Montana Senator Acting as iddle id ru Mediator In Butte Labor Troubles. Maryville, Mo. Mrs. William O. Boatright and her grown daughter Butte, Mont. Former United States lbjecl were fatally shot wulle asleep by a Senator W. A. Clark Is actively at Lets young farmer, on a farm pear wor- - In an effort to settle the trouble r Ro Maryville Saturday night. The women between the labor unions and the erk each were sleeping together, and the husRocky Mountain Bell Telephone coms ser band and father knew nothing of the pany as the result of the sympathetic cs her outrage until his daughter staggered strike of the linemen and the switchInto bis room and fell on his bed. Bert board operators. He was. asked to ring O. Tolbert, a young farmer who was serve In the capacity of mediator by ked in love with Miss Boatright, was ar- the labor interests, and on Thursday or i rested on the charge of doing the met with representatives from the tele ke shooting, and has confessed the crime. ephone company and the labor unions. Hat r Crime of Insane Farmer. Cameron, Mo. Albert Fllley, a farmer living southeast of here, killed his wife and daughter and his brother by shooting them. Fllley Is supposed to be insane. The dead are Mrs. Flls ley, their daughter, and brother, Clay Fllley. Clay wife also was attarked by tho murderer, but managed to escape from the house and given the alarm. When J. L. Smith, the marshal of Cameron, arrived at the Fllley house he found the murderer seated In the room where the bodies of his vlet ms lay. California Bank Holidays Over. San Francisco. The legal holidays declared by Governor Gillette for tho purpose of aiding the banks In their financial stringency was ended Saturday night. In speaking of the situation Homer 8. King, president of the clearing house, said: "During the pns, two weeks everything In banking circles has been normal. The need o the holiday Is passed. Gold Is plentiful on demand. The clearing house certificates have served a useful purpose. but they are gradually being reFil-ley- Fil-ley- 's o New York. Although It Is not to move a military post about the country for the purpose of showing to possible recruits the actual work of the army, the latter's recruiting service Is determined not to be outdone by the navy, which sent the gunboat Wasp to Hudson river and Long Island sound points in an effort to Induce young men to Join the navy. The army Is about to use moving pictures as a means of showing to young men, who may he Induced to enlist, all about life In the army. A large number of films have been made and these will be sent through the country and turned over to mov- tired. ing picture ahowa. The proprietors of Mexican Revolutionists Will Be Tried. such shows will be asked to uae as Los Angeles, Cal. The three Meximany of these pictures as possible, can revolutionists, Ricardo Flores, and after they have been shown for a Antonio Villareal and few days a recruiting party will movs Rlverda, who have been tn IJbrado here Into the town. It is expected that since August 23, were on jail Saturday many recruit will be obtained In this held by United States Commissioner Von Dyke to answer to the territorial manner. court at Tombstone, Arls., on the Tho pteturea show the life of th soldier In garrison, In camp and In charge of Instigating a military movefield, and exhibit him at play as well ment against the government of Mexas at work. Recruiting In New York ico In violation of the neutrality laws of the United States. Earh was held la proving unusually zuccessful Just In ball of $5,000, which wa not furnow. At one station 180 men wera nished, and they were remanded to enlisted last month. jail. pot-slbl- Ma-gon- , Brutally Beaten by Thugs. Salt Lake City. With his skull fractured In five places, Edward Green, a Junk dealer. Is dying, and M. Globenfelt, sIbo a Junk dealer, lies seriously Injured at the emergency hospital of the city jail from the effects of a dastardly assault near the east side of the fair grounds, a.. 5 oclock Thursday afternoon, by two thugs, Richard A. Baker, 23 years old. and Arthur G. Bowen. 20 years old, both of whom were arrested. They have confessed. The men declare they Intended robbery, but not murder. Twenty-fiv- e People Killed snd e Hun-dred- Injured. Palermo. A terrific explosion occurred Thursday evening in the mill ltary powder magazine, whore a largo quantity of dynamite was stored, and was followed by a number of lesser town being explosions, tho whole badly shaken and the people thrown Into a panic. immediately Almost flames shot high In the air and spread to the ruins of houses that had fallen. It Is estimated that about twenty-fiv- persons were killed and a e hundred King Oscar, Laid to Rest. Stockholm. Seldom, If ever, In Its history, has this city witnessed such a grand and solemn ceremony as that which on Thursday marked the fu- neral of King Oscar, who died Deccroy ber 8. Although the weather wsa bit terly cold, the entire population Stockholm and thousands of visitor from the country stood bareheaded silent and sorrowful along the line procession to catch a lost gllmpMb the casket containing all that malned of their beloved king. Tnlu was entirely suspended. j One tha ang Thei rved eetll istle eh I ter orgy Ind res ildri wlni th t ungi S' IS dies rved id t mm Is. ick Hon i. a pea orte en i le ten Ms ire ff.' uvei Win cd its |