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Show RUSSIAN STUDENT THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. iUBEW DOWN JENSEN, Fubllth.r. CPANISH FORK, . IN RESTAURANT A I will try the third first. h, and Inserted one of his skeleton ThiB drawer, Into the lock. third In order from the top on nm SHOT UTAH. THE FATAL REQUEST OR FOUND OUT ( showed itself, opened gt. enough, to contain three article of a widely different character. By A. L. Harris Author of "Mine Own Familiar Friend," ate. These were a large and bull! 3 1 1 Cum pang. Copyright , toot, by V a s veiope, a revolver and a Bmall A by The young f - 9 of colorless fluid. could not repress an exclamatltM- He struck a match, and, lighting surprise and triumph as hia eyt&iP CHAPTER XXII.-- Continued. , (tattle Before he could reply the house- the candle, advanced towards the door upon these. The secret he had been in seard1116 maid put In another word. of tbe apartment into the lock of bo long lay ready to bis hand-ror- ll Begging your pardon for speaking, which he inserted his duplicate key.be- proofs of the crime were there door He entered and closed the after' being told to hold my tongue, however, com- ing for him to grasp them. He but. its something beginning with a hind him, without, it, and yet hesitated. The shocFa it. 'B' as I saw it myself In a prayer pletely shutting the discovery seemed to paralj;,ihl i book I came across accidental." He put his candle down on the writK hand, so that for an Instant he So that is how you came by your ing table while be considered what unable to stretch forth and take le3tr' The waste information, said her master. Some- was to be done next. session of. what he believed his attenattracted first basket paper is with a it? B, Supthing beginning make him master of a mans fa1, tion as being at once the nearest and pose you let me see the book?" At last he put out his hand, exerto on which Which I Intended to have showed the easiest object as he did so, and took trembled it to you at the first, she said, fum- cise his powers of investigation. revolver. It was a pa. i It was about a quarter full of torn ver, and a glance showed thatfcta bling In her pocket and producing the which he promptly ony of the chambers bad beenx:?p well worn little volume, which she fragments, was about to hand to her master, emptied .out before him.' A rapid and charged. jee.1 ' to v when A fierce, hungry look came ; cursory examination was sufficient prove that these were of no import- face as he roticed this, and, laying A sudden dart a long arm stretch, ed out, and a powerful hand wrested ance. So he swept them back Into weapon down, he searched for their original receptacle. it from her. thing which he always carried x The next thing to be done must be him the conical shaped bullet t: This is my property, exclaimed its owner, sternly. The name writ- to tackle the writing table. How was had been discovered in the stuffin' Shocking the fourth carriage from the en. ten within may be mine or anothers, this to be accomplished? but so long ss 1 choose to keep it a to relate, he produced from his pocket He dropped it into the empty which it fitted exactly. nothing less than a bunch of skelesecret secret It shall remain. Proof number one! he said, This is most extraordinary con- ton keys! one grim joy, as he felt the dreadful tl To his great disappointment duct! exclaimed Mr. Ferrers, most Under tbe circum- after another of the drawers upon the for blood return upon him with ai extraordinary! stances, only one course Is t,pen to right hand proved to be empty. He former strength. lie laid the revo, me. It Is Impossible for me to harbor turned bis attention to those on hia down and took up the small stop bottle. What was this, and what 8 under my roof one who has obtained left He put his hand to one and pulled ing had its contents upon the mat admittance under a false name, and absolutely refuses any explanation. I out the tightly wedged contents. He He removed the stopper and irk the contents carefully. A strong!, must, therefore, assuming bis se- spread it open; yes, it was a newspamonths old. What could unmistakable odor of bitter almo verest expression, while the young per-some man seemed to hold his breath as he be the reason for preserving it? A greeted him. Prussic a.cid, waited for the sentence , to be pro- sudden thought he looked at the date What did this point to? Tiut c I must, thereand then Yes, there it was on the In- seemed to be only one answer lave nounced upon him Terrible Railway Acci- slble Suicide! A means of esjage. fore, discharge you at once, and with side sheet. Tho 4:30 train from Dover provided in case of the worst hart Tfc a month's wages in lieu of the ordi- dent! wrecked and partially consumed! nary notice. ing. He replaced the stopper Uscu There was a full account of that placed the bottle by tbe side otguc. It was all up. , When when am I to leave? in- ghastly affair, with minute details revolver, while be took up the tffclvc quired Ted, with eyes fixed upon the of all the horrors a recollection of and last article. This was the which returned to him, most vividly ope before mentioned. floor and heart beating furiously. It was lit This question seemed to take the as he scanned the column. He re- and thick and sealed In no lesstji-- , person to whom It was addressed placed tbe first, and took down an- three places. On it. in place o'ous unawares. other and another. address, were written the strafoya, When!" he answered; why oh. Further details number of bodies words: To be burned, unopt-fhafter my deatju ttt To be burned, unopened, after frrk death! what did that mean? Y 3 if it were to be burned, unopened, ivc; . he put himself to the pains of wr.tll it? For that the envelope contact the completed copy of the true nit 5 tive and confession of tbe strJ tragedy he had not the least dcA But why had he described it ail'-strang- e tragedy? Cowardly and be I testable it might well be but j r Paid With Hia Life the Penalty of Refuting to Honor the Name of the Emperor. The sugar factory at Lehl has coni' pleted fta run for the season Considerable activity In mining matters is reported from Stateline. The Utah mine of Fish Springs has declared its regular monthly dividend of one cent per share. The Commercial club of Nephi is in a prosperous condition, having an enrollment of fifty members. The output of coal and coke In Utah during 1905 was 1,602,528 short tons of coal, and 215,712 short tons of coke. The Oka of Ogden will give a min atrel show for the benefit of charity. The entertainment will be pulled off in February. A Commercial club is being organ ieed at American Fork and will start out with a membership of about sew enty of the leading citizens. The lifeless body of Erik Soderman, an of Park City, was found in his room, he having died during the night from heart disease. Charles A. Roberson of Moab is baok of a scheme to establish a power plant at Moab and furnish power for electric lighting and propelling purposes. Charles Adis, CO years of age, suicided in Salt Lake City, taking mor-phin-e and laudanum. Despondency over his financial affairs was the cause of self destruction. An old time buffalo hunt was held on Antelope island Sunday afternoon in which about twenty-fiv- e of the citizens of Salt Lake took part Four of the big buffalo were killed. M. A. Peterson and Walter Robbins were struck by an Oregon Short Line passenger train, while walking along the track In Salt Lake, receiving injuries which may prove fatal. The city council of Lehi has refused to accept the resignation of Councilman John D. Woodhouse. It also refused to confirm the appointment of R. E. Stule as city quarantine physician. The coroner's Jury in the case of Nephi M. Sheets, of Salt Lake City, brought in a verdict that th gun- shot wound which resulted in the death of Sheets was inflicted by an unknown hand. old-tim- Morales, With a Broken Leg Seeks Refuge at United St. Petersburg. A tragedy in which States Legation. a student paid wirli bis life the pen- alty of refusing to do honor to the Resignation of Former President Tendered and Accepted, and,.Ac-- . companied by Jlmlnez, He Will Leave for Porto Rico. Is old-tim- Morales' San Domingo. General resignation as president of Santo Domingo has been tendered and accepted. He will leave this city on board the United St-tgunboat Dubuque bound for Porto Rico. The former president will be accompanied by En rlque Jlmlnez. Vice President Caceres, who has been acting as president since the time General Morales fled from the capital Is now, according to the constitution, president of Santo Domingo. The change in the government does not imperil the negotiations for treaty between Santo Domingo and the United States. General Caceres is favorably inclined toward the ratlfl crtlon of the agreement reached. General Morales, suffering from broken leg, left the cave wherein be had been bidden since his recent defeat, and sought refuge in the Ameri can legation here. After seeking and receiving the protection of the American flag he began negotiations with the government and his resignation followed. es THE VENEZUELA MUDDLE. With France Diplomatic Relations Have Been Broken Off. Washington. All diplomatic rela- tions between Venezuela anf France are broken off, it Is said at tbe state department and, although It is stated no formal or official information to this effect has been received, the officials assume that, In accordance with tbe usual procedure, this will in volve the early departure from Ven czucla of M. Taigny, the French representative there, and from France of M. Maubourguet, the Venezuelan agent at P&rls. Tbe officials here are awaiting the turn of events with keen Interest, although It la expressly stat ed that definite news regarding the next step that France wiU take is yet to be received. In tbe event that the request Is made by France It is statthe Notwithstanding augmented ed will be cabled to Min of coal in Utah during tha Isterpermission production Russell to look after French in past year, it was still necessary for terests. Utah to import 3C5.677 tona of coal Mrs. Chadwick Now in Prison. The amount used in Salt Lake Is glv en as 218,495 tons. Columbus, O. Mrs. Cassle L. Chad' wick arrived at tbe penitentiary FrP Gambling, which has been in continuous operation for two years past. day to begin a sentence of ten years has been closed In Salt Lake by'the iconp.lrac.y towre?k tke Sltlzen8 new chief of police. This Is one of the first Important acts of the "Amor, taken through tbe baggage room under the funeral waiting room In the lean" administration, union station and hastily placed In a ' Charles Hansen of Levan was and bustled oft to prison. Ten carriage found dead in his home by the con- v stable. He was laying on the floor1 with his throat cut and a razor lying by his aide. He was postmaster at , Juab for several years. I Columbus in a Pullman. No special Utah ,s state prison had an average preparations were made in the population of 193 convicts dur-- man's department for her reception, ing the year 1905, according to the re-- She 'H1 be compelled to Bleep on port of the state board of corrections cot In the corridor of tbe prison, as the woman's department Is tilled. 134 prisoners were received during tbe year and 118 discharged. A PUG OF THE PAST. Two of the main events for thd Corbett Easy Victim of the delegates who will Auretio Herrera. attend, the "See Amerlea First" in Salt Lake City on January Los Angeles. Aurcllo Herrera of 25 a 111 be a concert at the Tabernacle Bakersfield, Cal., knocked out Young and a banquet at the Commercial Corbett In the fifth round Friday club. night at the Pacific Athletic club paThomas Radcliffo, organist, com- vilion. Herrera's victory was an easy poser and one of the founders of the one. Corbett's exhibition was disap Amorican Guild of Organists, died In pointing. He lacked tbe vim and Salt Lake on the 6th, aged 70 years. ' dash that had won so many battles Professor Radcliffo was Utah'a state for him, and his once forceful blows faitod to Inflirt any damage upon tho organist at tbe World's Columbian ex- well conditioned body of hie opposition. . t I wo-aaij- y e While Roy Nix and Arthur Vowels were returning to Mercur from Tooele City their team became unmanageable and ran over a bank, overturning the buggy and throwing both of the oo- cupants to the ground. Nix wa badly injured. One of New York's leading business the Merchants and organizations, Manufacturers' Board of Trado, is1 lending ita aid in furtherance of the See America First" movement, now under way under the leadership of the Commercial club of Salt Lake. Loht and American Fork, assisted by the rest of Utah county, on Saturday last celebrated tbe location of the state central experiment station, which the members of tho state land board and the Agricultural college located between the two oilies. are at present in Negotiations ts LT establishment of a factory In Balt Lako for the manufacture of lire I old regime took place In the famous restaurant The Bear shortly after The annual Saturday. midnight, ceremony of watching the old year out was being observed with somefestivities. thing like the Tbe great hall was crowded, and the orchestra upon the stroke of midnight burst forth with "God Save the ponent. Millions for Public Buildings. Washington. At Friday's meeting of the committee on public buildings were announced and a general discussion of bills was begun. Members already have introduced building measures providing for an expenditure of about 810.000,-duo- . Tho members of the committee are agreed that a bill carrying an appropriation of more than 814.000,0m) la wholly out of tho question. It Is expected that heforo the end of tho session appropriations sought for new buildings wilt aggregate 975,000,000. s e Emperor." The guests, with the exception of a student named Davldoff, a member of an aristocratic family, rose to their feet and the officers present demanded an encore, being determined to turn the celebration into a loyalist .demonstration. Count Sherometieff, a relative of tbe notorious Moscow reactionary, applied an epithet to Davldoff for refus-lng't- o honor the national anthem and pulled his chair from under him. Hot words followed and suddenly, In the midst of the Joyous acclamation of New Year, the guests were startled by five shots in rapid succession and the corpse of the student lay on the floor. Davldoff when he was attacked attempted to draw a light rapier which students carry, but he was dead before tbe blade left its scabbard. WAS CHOKED TO DEATH. Beautiful and Accomplished Woman Victim of a Brute.' Chicago. Mrs. Bessie' Hollister, 30 years old, the wife of Franklin C. Hollister of the printing firm of Hollister Brothers, one of the largest concerns of Its kind in the city, was murdered Friday night by Richard Ivens, 24 years of age, who had attempted to assault her. The body of Mrs. Hollister was found Saturday morning lying on a pile of stable refuse In the rear of tbe IvenB residence. Around the neck was twisted a fine copper wire and death had been caused by strangulation. Ivens. who pretended to find the body, and reported the fact of the murder to tbe police, confessed to the crime a short time after he had been taken Into custody. Copyright, trot, 2SW&.HS cu LVUS SiVSKr "pl Smith, rl - ovf-re- E la strange? COMMERCE WITH FRANCE. Uncle Sam Buys More Than He Is ' Able to Sell. commerce The total Washington. and between the United States France, as shown by figures compiled by the bureau of statistics of the department of commerce and labor, amounted in tbe fiscal year 1905 to about 9166,000,000, of which 876.000,-00- 0 was the value of the Imports from that country. France gets most of its provisions and breadstuffs from her colonies and exports mainly high The grade manufactures and wine. United States exported to France nearly all the copper and the cotton used by that country, the total amount of these two articles being At any rate, so far from its unopened," he saw, aloud, rs, Kr will now myself He held tbe letter In one hand with the other be was about to brAd uv the seals, when a voice cried: Ing Stop! ow (To be continued.) UlU - This is my property! as soon as you can ; or with slightly more lenient tone, as he reflected that, after all, as the fellow himself had said, there might be rea sons, not necessarily bad, for tho concealment you can remain until toabout 948,000,000. morrow, If you like." Victory! Another night, which was RURAL FREE DELIVERY. all he required. He could scarcely prevent himself Washington. A statement prepared from showing some signs of exultaby P. V. De Graw, fourth assistant tion. Ah! perhaps by this time topostmaster general, regarding the morrow the situation might be chang operations of the rural free delivery ed. He might be the Judge, and anservice since its establishment up to other January 1, 1906, shows that the total Mr. Ferrers Stay one moment, number of petitions received and re- continued. ferred was 61,960, of which 13,125 This time he addressed the woman were acted upon adversely. The numwho had reached tho door. Perkins, on the ber of routes in operations As. I have also a strong objection date named was 34,677. to persons who pry into other peoples concerns and Interfere with their prl Girl Sold at Auction. vote property, you may as well take Outbid Pa. for the a month's Washington, notice at the same time. Annie Web- That will do; you can go. hand of pretty ster, who was placed at auction for The biter was bit She had not a marriage to the highest bidder by word to say for herself. She had her father, John Webster, an Ameri-ra- succeeded in wreaking her spite upon Rcjoae Zegaro, an Italian, on him who had despised her attractions 8unday shot and killed Webster as he and repulsed her overtures, but she was stationed In his box at tbe Balti had done it at tne expense of a good more & Ohio crossing, where he was situation. Moreover, the man whose Zegaro, disgrace she had labored to secure employed as a watchman. who was desperately in love with the laughed In her face as he passed her. girl bid for her hnnd, but was beaten by Rosario, CHAPTER XXIII. Idaho Manufactures. the Envelope With Three Seale. Washington. A bulletin has been It was twelve o'c.ock on Issued by the census office presenting nlghL The clock in the hall Friday below statistics on the manufacturing in- had struck the hour. Another half dustries of Idnho. U shows that there hour ticked slowly and at the end were 362 establishments in 1905 with of that time a uoorby, In the upper part an aggregate capital of 99.439,088. of the house was opened softly and There was paid in salaries for the imperceptible degrees. year 9367.011 and In wages 92.021,442. byThe room within was in darkness The total value of the products for the year is given at 98.477,314, an in- and the figure of the man who caucrease of 182.4 per cent over 1900. tiously emerged was barely visible In The flour and grist mill products for the general ghxm. He crept lightly on his stockinged 1905 amounted to 91.084,473 and the lumber and timber product to 92, feet past the doors of the rooms on 834,506. the upper Qoor, and hcgr.n to descend n, the staircase. Mexican Government Will Shut Out It was much in his favor, the stairs Foreign Prospector. being so well and so massively constructed, that there was no startling El Paso, Tex. Because of the slan and treacherous creak to betray the der of foreigners, who claimed they feet which Irod them secretly la the had not been given proper protection dead of night. And so he made his from alleged Indian outrages in So nora and Lower Californln, and owing way slowly and safely to the floor on to the clrculntlon of such stories, the which the room was situated into Mexican government has issuod an or- which he was minded to penetrate. went of freight, but as tho right of der forbidding mining agenta In After careful and noiseless search, Western lneltle extends those states to allow foreigners to he succeeded lu laying his hand upon ay a candle end a box of matches, which, file mining claims. This is the outgrowth ol the circulation of alteged earlier In the evening, be had secreted Yaquie stories in tho United States in a convenient, hut out-o- f the-wacorner. f prospectors. Railroad War In Oakland. 8an Francisco. The game of cheek ml couuter-cherbetween the rival railroads was resumed Friday when tbe Southern Pacific laid a stretch of track through the town of Melrose, four miles from Oakland. The move blitking Btrroi felwi-townsmen- found distressing scenes the In quest the verdict mysterious discovery with regard to a first class pas senger foul play suspected! Verdict of Wilful Murder! And so on and soon he retraced his way through the whole of that dark tragedy wasting what he felt to be precious time, but unable to tear his attention away from these, records of the pasL At last he rammed the paper back Into Its pigeon hole and turned his attention again to the drawer When it at last yielded to his efforts, he was rewarded by tbe sight of a flatly folded packet of parchment, tied with tape tho iden tical last will and testament which he had heard spoken of go often by tbe cook. But this, though of interest in one way, was not that of which he was In search, and ho began to feel a qualm of fear lest, after all, his quest should prove useless. His eye, roaming restlessly about, was caught by the gleam of brass In a dark corner. The candle, which was sufficient to light him at his task, still left tho greater part of the room In and there was something over there, in that corner, which he had not taken Into account. It was an old fashioned piece of furniture the only shabby and evidently second hand articlo la the room. It was an upright article and was divided into t .vo portions, the lower conand the upper being taining draw-erhut in with doors, which were fitted with a brass lock and fastening. It was old and much scratched, and had apparently aeon considerable use; but must have been a good article originally. He took the candle in his hand and, crossing the room, Inspected It cloudy, There is a look about It holding tho candlo up higher as though It might have a history attached to It It looks" with a sudden impulse as though It might he trusted to keep a secret, He put the candle upon the mantelpiece close by and again resumed his burglarious I shall soon be able to operations. pass muster as an experienced housebreaker, at this rale," he remarked to himself, with grim Irony, as the lock turned traitor, and the door, swinging open, revealed a number of drawers within, each garnished with a lock and brass handle. Which should ho attack first? Much time had already been Wasted, and at that moment, as though In answer, the clock on the mantelpiece chimed three, while the chick In tho halt without repeated the hour after it. h. semi-darknes- Doctors Knew a Good Thing, or. Congressman John Sharp Wlllii It tells of a man in Mississippi who Id're hypochondriac of the first order. TorU individuals falling Is a source of tig . amusement to hia It was of this man tune some one humorously remarked, Infcn: swer to a question as to how the er: man was getting on, that he explained that he was feeling sornevA1-better- ." Mr. Williams says that the l?orl; chondrlac was one day telling a of his efforts to regain his health. He ran over the list of tors whom be had Consulted. Wl,rde Nrit: upon the friend remarked: Well, old man, I must say Lvat euv appear to have lots of faith in b tors." Certainly I have, replied the man. Don't you think the docet" would be foolish to let a good tomer like me die?" Color Tl I B Springs Gazette. fr!-- old-t)aT- jum Long Lines of Kings. Though Japan be the latent coar-1to enter the circle of world po$r1 her emperor surpasses all soverci.n In the length of his redlgreo, aceA,r Ing to tho London Chronicle. !!? tlje one hundred and twenty-sec-member In direct, unbroken desr3 J of his family who has sat on t T throne of Japan. The founder of house was, In Japanese legend, a er dess of tho sun, and eontempor-r- t with' Nebuchadnezzar, 666 years V fore the Christian era. On the hand, the Romanoffs have been m";1 only since 1601, when they succeed to the sovereignty of the then tlnct house of Rurlk. A for oti'?3 European rulers. King Edward caBf" hack to Cerdlc. 395 A. D.. the burgs to 952 A. I)., and the Hob' xolterns to the eighth century, but 1f kings ouly to 170L !' 1 r oi; f. 1 n , oH Why It Wasn't Legal. In the New York law School t recent lecture on the making of ITS tho case of a woman In one of B1, PHaggard' books was cited. woman had a man' will Inscribed Ink on her hack. And tho will held regular and legal because U I' been made In writing. t After giving this prartlcal llluj, . lion, the professor called on Smith, saying; (tl "Is a will so Inscribed regular 'B( slegal In your opinion? No," answered Smith.' ( Why not? asked the professor. Because H'e a skin game," reP11 ' Smith. - k Tho professor felt angry enoiiK order Smith out of tho room, hut t class laugh' so much that h 'n elded to overtook the student' i pancy. |
