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Show 1. HANDS THE ACROSS (Ccprrlf ht. SEA UOt.) Tracks statement: Vancouver, B. C Fifty men who were engaged In clearing the Canadian Pacific tracks in Rogers Pans, at tbe summit of the Selkirk range, were en tombed by an avalanche Saturday Fourteen others Injured morning. have been taken to the hospital. The men were a working crew en raged In clearing away a small slide which had come down early the pre tIoub evening. They were working rotary engine over It when a larger elide came down and carried them to their death In the canyon below. At first it was believed that all the hundred men engaged were killed England and Japan Are Found to Ba in an Alliance to Sweep American but during the early morning it was Ships Off the Seas. found that many had escaped, and the death list Is now placed In the vicinity of fifty. The accident occurred near PASSING OF SENATOR. PUTT a snowBhed one mile west of Rogers' pass and at the actual summit of the Eh! kirks. Seventy-fivper cent of the doad were white men, the remainder Sudden Death of Noted Republican Japanese. Conductor Buckley and En HAND GIVES GRAPHIC Leader Who Had Been Prominent in glneer Phillips of the work train head SECTION State and National Politics. ACCOUNT OF THE AVALANCHE d by a rotary snow plow were killed, AT WELLINGTON. POSTAL SAVINGS BANK-BILNew York. Thomas Collier Piatt, Measure Passed by the Senate on formerly United fcnates senator from Slide Which Swept Two Trains Into New York and for many years a naStrictly Party Lines. tional figure In Republican politics, to vote of a Canyon Occurred During Terrific By Washington. fifty died at 3:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon twenty-two- , the postal savings bank Thunderstorm, and Rescuers Had In the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. bill was passed by the senate late Sat Difficulty In Getting Into Gulch. Gustave Abele, from whom he had As passed, the tirday afternoon. rented three rooms for the last four Emoot amendment was included, as Mrs. Abele had been his also an amendment of Senator Borah, Wash. Slow progress years. nurse. The Cummins amendment, which Is Wellington, made by the men engaged Dr. Paul Auterbridge, his physician, would have confined during times of In being tbe bodies of the victims said that the excavating cause of death was war the Investment of postal funds In of the terrible snowsllde In which chronic and acute government securities, was defeated two trains were Blight's disease. swept from the track, The end was sudden. An py a vote of 18 to 40. startllngly with their loads of human freight hour before The bill as passed gives the money and the senator died, his two sent of down bottom to the sons, Frank and Edward, with their order department In the postoffices of Deathhurling canyon. Rotary plows and hun- families, and his widowed the country authority to accept sums son, Harry, men are working with feverof dreds of one dollar or more from depositors with the latter's daughter, Charlotte, ish energy, night and day, from poth and and to deposit these sums in the local Sherman, had left the house sides of the Cascades, but the work after son, to remain where Is the money their usual oiinday visit. banks, seems terribly slow. unless withdrawn by the president In Thomas Collier Piatt, the "easy into from Wellington Looking down case of war or other exigencies. boss" of earlier and brighter days, was for many years not only the ReThe control of the funds is vested the gorge where tne wrecked trains Is In a board of trustees composed of and sixty dead are burled, nothing publican leader of bis state, but a fig snow ure seen to of the on surface be the In national politics, shoulder to the postmaster general, the secretary of the treasury and the attorney gen except broken trees, the pilot of an shoulder with men of such rank and eral. The aggregate balance allowed engine, portions of two electric mo- reputation as the late Matthew Stan to any depositor is $500, and no per tors and fragments of a rotary plow. ley Quay of Pennsylvania. Ed Clark, a section hand, who parson Is permitted to deposit more than Both were men of exceptional Intel In the early relief work at ftOO in any one month. The govern ticipated lectual attainments, and both turned of ment is required to pay per cent in Wellington, gives a graphic account them, with signal success, to party terest and must exact not less than his experience on the night when the organization. Quay died still a power; chasm were swept over the 24 per cent from the banks, the ex two trains tra quarter of 1 per cent being re into the bed of the canyon 200 feet below. He says: quired for the payment of expenses "On that nlgnt, about forty of us, and losses. all Americans, were asleep with our clothes on In the bunkhouse just . SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE. alKve Wellington. Suddenly I heard Packer Assaults Banker a noise I can't describe and then CharWealthy Whom He Charges With Ruining lie Anderson, the section boss, rushed Home. In. "'Boys, for God's sake, get up;' Kansas City, Mo. Finding Jere F. Va? V' - X-- l f I he In shouted, and the men sprang up. millionaire local Lillis, ,a banker, his home when he arrived unexpect Anderson salu that the passenger edly at an early hour Sunday, John trains and motors had been swept P. Cudahy, a wealthy packer and son out. 'Get out of this quick, men. or of Mchael Cudahy. the Chicago mil you'll be- - cleaned out.' With that he lionalre, Is alleged to have commit ran out to tell others. "It was thundering and lightning ted an assault upon the man which led to his arrest on a charge of dls when we ran out The flashes were tinning the peace. He was released blinding and the thunder kept up an on a $100 bond and cannot be found awful racket. It was dark as pitcu Lillis Is In St. Mark's hospital. His when the lightning didn't blind us. condition Is said to be critical. Cuts, We heard a faint moaning down the gulch and made a break for It. There said to have been Inflicted with knife, are on his face, limbs, and one were only two or three little railroad arm. The cuts have been made In lanterns for light. All around us we criss-cros- s fashion. If he recovers, could hear trees snapping and other We didn't down. he will be disfigured for life, it is slides tumbling know how big they were, but wo averred by physicians. stumbled and rolled down into the Engtnemen and Firemen Want In, gulley where we could hear the cries. "Some had graboed up what axes crease. were when they first ran out, there New York. The Brotherhood of Locomotive firemen and Englnenien of and then the lanterns, showed a row of the thirty-tweastern railroads have hands beckoning In every llttto hole submitted to the General Managers and opening In the coaches. We HON. THOMAS C. PLATT. the out association a formal demand for an In started chopping between crease In wages. This demand Is slm stretched hands and so began to take Piatt outlived his time and felt himself in Urte years out of touch with nar to mat presented to the same them out "We had worked hard all day and the moving spirit of events. roads last December by the Order of In "Twenty Years In Congress," Railway Conductors and the Brother were pretty well played out, but we all hood of Railway Trainmen and which set to work, each man for himself James G. Blaine described Piatt as a are now in their final stage of negotla and none leading. vVe could hear pas- "business man of great personal popuHe has au aptitude for pubtion. An Increase in wages and nu- sengers crying for watt. Some were larity. rylng for' nothing at all. We got some lic affairs and Is a man of strong merous changes in working conditions of them out alive, but many died be- influence In his state. He is no deire demanded. bater, but has strong common sense fore we could get at them, although and quick judgment of men." we the reached when were To Avoid Trade War. living they Twice In his life Piatt was the cenThe initial steps were spot." ter of the national stage; once when Washington. he resigned with Roscoe Conkling taken by the United States government on Sat unlay to avoid a trade Government Still Fighting Sugar Trust from the United States senate and New York. Not satisfied with the was Instantly nicknamed "Me, Too," war with Canada. Charles M. Pepper, commercial adviser of the bureau of millions received in payment of duty Piatt, and once when he Induced i to run for trade relations In the state depart evaded by short weights Involving dent Roosevelt with much McKinley. very ment, and Henry C. Kineiy, chairman the Indictment of Charles R. Heike, against Roosevelt's better judgment conthe and the In of the tariff board, are company's secretary, Ottawa, Canp:att was born In Owego. Tionu ada, and will hold a series of hearings iction of minor employes, the United county, y., on .Inly i,v is::;! .,' with similar representatives of the States government is still fighting Puritan ancestry, lie 'entered Yale Dominion government to bring about hard to convict the American Sugar college with the class of 1S!. but a closer relationship and more friend- Refining company under the Sherman left In the middle of his junior year because of ill health. t act. ly attitude between the two countries. e (F o lieo-dor- e vice-nresl- .. intl-trus- e Telephone Service is what everybody wants'. Get it by using 'The Phone that talks." Commander Peary Washington. has declined to submit to congress of the the proofs of his discovery to the sent He north pole. of the houee committee on naval affairs, on Monday, the following From Previous Slide When Larger Slide Cam Down and Swept Them Into Canyon Below, Marathon Dancera in Hospital. Six men and six San Francisco. women were taken to a local hospital Sunday, after dancing without interruption fourteen hours and forty-onminutes, at the first annual San Francisco "dancing Marathon." The dance began at 10:50 o'clock Saturday night, and was halted at 1:31 Sunday afternoon. The six couples remaining on the floor at the close will divide a purse of $140. The legs and backs of all are severely swollen, and three of the women probaby will be confined to the hospital for a week or more. Prompt Courteous Commander Peary Under Contract With Publishers and Can Not Comply With Committee's Request. FIFTY MEN KILLED BY AN AVA LANCHE WHILE AT WORK ON CANADIAN PACIFIC TRACK. , were Engaged in Clearing TO SUBMIT PROOFS DECLINES ENTOMBED BY SLIDE Wants Conviction, Not Glory. Kansan Says Roosevelt is the Man. New York. Just so the beef trust is Allen New York. William White, the Sago of Emporia, Kas., and po- punished, Prosecuting Attorney Pierre litical prognosticator de luxe of the Garven of Hudson county, New Jerest, believes that nothing could bin- - sey, does not care whether he gets the tr colonel ineoaore uoosevcit rrom glory or not. Mr. Garven will go to becoming president of the United Washington on Monday and while States again if be desired to hold there will confer with representatives tuat office. Mr. White has been in of Attorney General Wlckersham. New York for aeveral days and while While the credit of indicting the beef there took occasion to cast his eye trust falls to Mr. Garven. it was anover the New York political situation nounced from his office In Jersey City utid speak a few words of enlighten- that he is willing to give way to Uncle ment upon the situation In the west Sam and allow the case to be tried In tha federal courts. and middle west "Commander Peary and his friends say that contracts signed months ago with his publishers render it impossible to make his records and scientific data public now. It would not only a subject Peary to heavy damages loss which he cannot meet, having Just extricated himself from dent Incurred In connection with his various expeditions but it would be breaking faith with his publishers, which he is unwilling to do under any circumOffice Phone No. 43-- a stances." After hearing statements by Repre- W. O. Bid., Spanish Fork, Vuh sentatives Hobson of Alabama and Moore of Pennsylvania, urging a con OFPIOI HOURS gresslonal reward to Peary irrespec- IND.PHONB no. 41. naaioiNOi 10'LoJ?..l, the 81. tive of the question of his proofs, 1 TO 4 OMIOB NO), 4SA. committee adjourned without taking action. f Utah Independent Telephone Co. Dr. C. O. SCOTT DENTIST Cti DR. A. G. STODDAOD TEN DEAD, SEVENTEEN INJURED. IN W. O. CREIR UILDINQ Explosion in Maize Food SPANISH FORK, UTAH Products Factory. Chicago. From eight to ten people were reported killed and seventeen were injured, many of them probably fatally, in a terrific explosion at the Quarantine and City Physician works of the American Mal.e Products company at Roby, Ind., Monday Office two doors north of City Druf night. 8 tore. Night call made from office deThe explosion occurred in a Ind. Phone r. tached building of the plant and was Fork, Utah. Spanish preceded oy a fire that soon enveloped warehouse. Starch a large three-storin an overheated kiln Is supposed to have been the cause. The fire broke out suddenly after a Offic at WarU Drsf C. Baililaf force of men had prepared a kiln filled wttn starch. The starch, a moment Spanish Fork, Utah So later, blew up like gunpowder. Ind. Phone 32 Bell Phone 11 great was the force that some of the Rtatdenc on block wt ot Commcrcisl Back injured were hurled through windows Phytldan Utah Idaho Sugar Company. and doors, and In that way escaped death In the flames. Terrific L Warner Dr. W. 35-2- y Dr. J. W. Hagan Arrival and departure No. 409 For Springvllle, provo and all points east and west no. Lake and and west .. 3:27 p. j. No. 410 For Eureka, Mammoth and Sliver City 7:03 p. i No. 432 For Eureka Mammoth and Silver City 6:15 a, a Connections made in. Ogden Unlot depot with all trains on Southcn Pacific and Oregon Short Line. OFFERS CHOICE THREE AND DISTINCT ROUTES Saturday of Each Week is Butter Paper Day Money Loaned on Irritated Farmi OOIm at realdeace, one block eaat ot Co-o- wj more will tw reclaimed the next 10 years. I bis mw an ooeniuir for many thouu ol homes. TalaphoM fj X PROVO R. M. TAILOR t Spanish Fork, Utah JEX-FLORI- ST Fresh Flowers supplied for all ooca-ilonFuneral designs kept on hand and tilled to order. All kinds of Furniture Repaired. Reiideuce two blocks North of Foundry s. s Hate You Investigated IDAHO? It has been truthfully termed a Land of Opportunities A Land of Homes FASHIONABLE the market at alout Says Appropriations Are Increasing. Washington. The forestry reservation question was discussed and the forest service whs criticised by Senator Heyburn of Idaho on Monday dur Ing consideration of the agricultural appropriation 1111 before the senate. The measure carries an appropriation of $5,703,700 for the forest service, or about $4,000,000 In excess of the receipts from the service. Mr. Heyburn contended that the appropriation was increasing from year to year, where-aassurance had been given that the aervlce would be D Thousands of acres of land hi' been reclaimed to cultivation ' dun: in that State irrigation .... the past 10 years, ihousan with A. B. MORGAN, One Block North of Bank, To Christianize Entire World. Salt l.ake City. The evangelization of the whole world In this generation received an Impetus Monday night such as will be of material aid in that stupendous undertaking, when 5iifl laymen gathered together ai i banquet In this city. The occasion was the first meeting incident to the great tayniens missionary convention, attended by over I.Vi delegates. r IDAHO op. SPANISH FORK. UTAH. Colonel Murder or Suicide. Louisville, Ky. On the eve of his going to Philadelphia to marry Miss Virginia Harrison, William L. Bently, a young physician, was found dead Monday night with a bullet hole in his forehead and In the back of his neck. There were two emntv cart ridges In the revolver found near his body, and although Bently is believed to have committed suicide, the is Investigating. at 4 p. m. With Intersil apaclal tion ot partial payment. low Astor took title In his own name to the Knickerbocker hotel, assessed by the city at a little above $:J,000,000, but appraised in the market at $5,000,- $5,000,000. ready Saturday SAMUEL CORNABY What's the matter NOTARY PIBLIC LORENZO THOMAS To balance his account with the Astor estate, he conveyed to the trus tees or the state property quoted In paper will be ESTIMATES GIVEN FREE ATTORN 000. that date your Braithwaite John Jacob Astor Seeks Settlement. New York. Colonel John Jacob As- Fall ht Building tor readjusted his titles to $10,000,0(10 worth of ...s realty on Mon day. The transactions are said to be settlepreliminary to the financial - If your order is placed before plete Homes Cum-ming- ment with his divorced wife. a asa a Agnes Engberg gilt-edged SCENIC Pullman Palace and ordinary Sleep ing cars to Denver, Omaha, Kauai City, St. Louis and Chicago without change. Free Reclining Chair Cars; Person-ally conducted Excursions; a perfer. Dining Car Service. For rates, folder, etc., inquire o( H. T. MATTHEWS, Ticket Agar. or write 1. A. BENTON. G. A. P. D.Salt Lake City nus-ance- Fortune for Ingersoll'a Widow. Boston. After a legal battle that has dragged through state and feder al courts for twenty years, Mrs. Eva A. I n per sol I has received a certified check for $195,552, representing a fee which she claimed was due her hus band, the late Robert G. Ingersoll, for breaking the will of Andrew J. Davis, a millionaire miner of Montana. Mr. Ingersoll acted as counsel for Henry A. A. Root and Messrs. Cornue, Palmer and others. The pay ment, which memoes interest, was made by J. II. I.ayson, administrator of the Davis estate, of Butte, Mont. OF THROUGH TRAINS DAILT4 AST Optician People of Chicago in Arms Against EYES TESTED Deadly Weapons Worn by Women. CLASSES PROPERLY FITTED Chicago. Womens' long hat pins Office at Residence " were declared to be a "public 38-SPANISH FORK. Ind. Phone, and an "anti-ha- t pin" ordinance was ordered drawn up by the judiciary committee of the city council on Miss Monday. The action followed a week's cru Teacher of sade against tbe long hat pin, which PIANO, ORGAN AND culmiuated in a public hearing. The THEORY OF MUSIC ordinance will stipulate that hat pins For particulars apply at the home of worn in public places "shall not ex MRS. THOMAS CREER an inch betend more than one-hal- f yond the crown of the hat." It is to be the crown of the hat." It is to be & drawn up by the coriora(ion counsel JESSE E. S. and presented for action by the city of Com Builders and Contractors council. Johnson i 8:10 frovo, all points east ror opnngvwe, iti Salt Dr. J. Fred Potter WAR AGAINST HAT PINS. of tnlai from Depot: Spanish Fork. Utah Spanish Fork The Oregon Short Line Railroad C will be pleased to srnd descriptive n: ter regarding ldauo resources. u' to li K. HnrUv. (i P. A., tir 1). S. Si cer. A. (J. l A.. Snlt. Lake City. I'ta Sar B. H. BROWN, AND clsi ss Livery Feed Stable i foni ips: i .1 hns '(tip th. Hack Meets' All Train e bi 'PHONE NO. 12 Co-Operal- ive Spanish Fork rJ Institution, by acting as a cathartic on $ Doweis is Dealers in 'till;; Sill. '0 Merchandise, ir. wve and LAXATIVE Produce. uspt :'vIb. ftUaui&otareri of or Harness, Boots d knot General Flour, Grain 0 The Cough Syrup & rws the 6ystcin oia COUGH SYRU 0 Shoes. Miilh tf4 Baa la th. iwuuuua no opiaias, gaaiif bowels, carrying the cold oil IhroufB' Supt natural channali. l.-.t- l.. j Guaranteed I0 aatialaotloa or money rafaoUeiL SPANISH FORK, UTAH t 8 Jos l.l.l JOHN JONES, f Dpi ' World Drug Co. 1 c!are half iced 'co s la |