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Show vyv 2. THE M0BYI3G Coal and Kindling Wood Rook Sail Cldckon Food Oats, Wheat Whole and Chopped Corn Barley, Bran and Hay at SMITH'S 26th and Wash. Both Phones DIAMONDS FOR Perfect Cut Fine Color EDITORIAL ROOMS ladapendant Phono Bell Phoao, two rlnga BUSINESS OFFICE Na. SI Indepondont Phono Boll Phans, cno ring Na. 66 No. $g GO TO SMALLEYS SL monkeys. Tbe Woman'a Home Companion, tha beat woman' niagaaina on earth, can t aeea at tha Standard office. Western railroad a continue to have their banda full transporting freight and accordingly the earninga am In red Ink oa tbe right alda of tha ledger. Among the rallroarie reporting the earninga for November am tha Hlo Grande and tho Union Pacific. The Km Grande ahowe aa Increaae of $177,021 Air the mouth and for tha period, July 1 to Kuv. Ill, tha gro.a earning worn $8,533,60. or an Increase of $1,001,111. Tha Vnlou Pacific figures are decidadly more aug-gerln- For the month id November tbe earning were $6,109,535, and tbe increaaa of I3H9.736; July 1 to Nov. in. IHl'tl.Kti:, an lnneasa of Faclfle la at thla rod of the line ar beginning to arrive. Tha oonaignmenta hat a been arriving in email lot of on and lao carload fur aoiue day paat. .Thla U preliminary to the laying of tha trark about April 1, whea operation will be inanguratod oa a large scale. At tho present lime tbe grade la 7U mile out and tha hauling of ramp supplies and outfit thla distance by team la ralrulaled to be an unprofitable Job, taking up considerable lima. tha W eater Taka the Seeing America bob rida from tha Methodist church thla afternoon and evening. Round trip including refreshment, B0 cent. GET A RING DIAMOND TOR THE LADY By our new CREDIT SYSTEM In tha dlalrtct court yealarday a motion to guaah and demurrer to information testimony filed, la the matter of tha Slate of tlah vs. Leroy Hoe-- , rorks, waa act for hearing Saturday. January 2nth. Sample copies of tha Woman'a Horn Companion, tha beat woman's maga-slnon earth, can he aeon at tha Standard office now. Thla magailne 1 offered with tbe American Queen and tb Illustrated American for $1.66 per year. It la the 4iet offer made. A marriage license was Issued lata last evening to H. O. Hale, aged ZB of Rot lie, and Mtea Benele Uudinundaon, aged 23. of Bprlngv Ille. A man who gave hla nama at tbe , waa picked police atatlon aa Hpam-erstreet on Twenty-fiftsariy last up evening by Captain Brown and Sergeant llncock. lla was takes to tha city Jail whar be will be detained pending future developments. FOr the last throe days ha baa been observed walking through the streets without a hat. He has been drinking heavily and It la the opinion of tha officer that hla mind in temporarily h unbalanced. A DIAMOND IS A GOOD INVESTMENT TtieM atones ant canatantly advancing 4n valua and you cannot peaatbiy loao money when buy- ing diamonds. A diamond bought at our atom today for $50.00 la worth $5000 whan you want to got a larger atone. Yotncan buy a diamond hero by paring a email amount down and tho balance In monthly Wear tho atono while paying for it. Oar atock containo anything fnem $11.00 to $1000.00 In rings. J.S.LEWIS S CO. JEWELERS. am A special car oc tripled by B. Campbell and party arrived on Union Pacific No. X thla morning and continued to Salt Lake over the Oregon Short IJae. . Brakeman C. A. Spencer. Train AgI. F. Beyrelea. Conductor O. M. Morris of tha Sacramento division of tha Southern Faclfir, and Depot Mas- ent ter Ahern of Sacramento went west In Balt thla morning. They have aa witnesses for tbe 'company Nickerson ault brought by on In who claims damages for being ejected from one of the company's trains at Baeramento, account of traveling on u scalper's ticket. bn l y Mrs. Ike Flinders, wife of tbe of Tolh-- r' dancing academy, left last evening for n few day' visit with relative in Idaho. nee-rotar- The funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Aggie June Smith will be held Thursday at I o'clock from the residence, 2024 Adams avenue. Friends desiring to view tha remains may do an between the hours of 11 and 2 on the day of the funeral. of the intermountain and hla attorney. Month A. K. Bluuck Republican ere In Ogden last evening, conferring with local Manager Walter Brat regarding matters pertaining to tha owning of the new papers branch office in this city. GO TO for - MONUMENTS Copings and Headstones PONT BUY FROM AGENTS Aa ibey get large roimnlwiion. and thorn, for your you have to rv fir.t. home people Two car load from. r (lock to select Yard 2003 Jefferson Avc. Opposite Qty Cemetery. The Utah National Bank OF OGDEN Doited States Depository The ciif or the 8tata of Utah va. Wm. RIIIn la to be hear In the district court on Saturday for the third time on tha rbare of selling liquor without n licenae. The above party twice before on the hue been am-stesame charge and each time fined heavily. Tito funeral service over the remain of William Fouler were held from the late residence. 2054 Douglass avenue. Bishop's I'minaalor Hyrum Helnap presided. Konte beautiful music wmh furnished by a quartette, and Vocal selecthe Fourth ward choir tion by Orson Griffin and Mr. A. Million wora rendered. Other than and M'. I., llynim Helnap, E. A. Olsen The Inter-nirnporter were the Hpeak-i- v waa in the Ftty cemetery. Harold M Pt'l and family came up from Balt Lake yeaterdav ami left over the Overland I mltcd for San n rlaco and Seattle after which they will go to Manila to knate. tfr of Winnemtte. L. Coae and Nevada, are In Ogden liairin with c, frirnd. ('. M. MrTamejr leaves ihi afternoon for Oakland. Cal., where ho intend to make hla future home. R. I.. Fid A Co.' new city direPresident ctor. volume ten. f.r the ur 190(1. VIm Proatdant being distributed. and show ihe Cashier population of Ogden CPy i Stu.V-- iMV : eut'-iThe e.iti.fon ....Assistant Cashier -r shout one.rhtr'l than That of Interest Paid on Savings Accounts previous years. E. Dooly Horses E. Peary Ralph E. Hoag A. V. McIntosh PLAN BIG DEVIL SAYS JUNKET JONES J- - p. la-g- SPECIAL t Bait Lake Abandoned and Party Continuad Over tha Union Pacific for Washington, Rev. Samuel P. Jones stool before an audience that overflowed into the choir seat of the Taberngcle last night for on hour and a half and preached more practical, everyday living, in n more impressive way, than It has been the good fortune of an Ogden audience gan. Tha Junket la for Ihe purpose of cre- to hear in a lifetime. He took his hearer to task, spoke mil bluntly ating a fccHrg that the oraanizatlon and mer- reached the point, couimtinlcaied hi la for the manufacturer chant throughout the state and to off- opinions in sentence satirical, sparkset any idea that it la aSalt Lake ling with the keenest of wit. full of concern. pathos and v1l felt sympa'hy, pregTha cud data of tha Junket ha nant with truth divine and lasting. Character" waa the theme of a not been determined, but Gordon Place. In communication to Charle general discourse on the erll of tbe Hollingswoith, secretary of tha Wsber dy. Character it tha Immortal part of club, state that tho junkot milt probably ha held some time during tbe man: that which outlives tbe at are," declared Mr. Jones. He distinguished next three weeks. re- between character and reputation, ilSurretary Hollingsworth waa InGorlustrated thy strength, the lnvulner-aiilenes- a ceipt of the following letter from of the one; the weakness, the don Plare, secretary of the Manufacturer and Merchants' association. In- deceit, the false face of the other. Digressing from the main subject troducing W. H. Tohiaa and B. J. somewhat the lecturer touched upon Page, who were In Ogden yesterday: Mr. Charle Hollingsworth. Recretary the theory of evolution. I don't believe man aprang from Weber club. Ogden, Utah: Dear Rlr Thla will Introduce to wriggling worms, to crab, to squirrels, you Mr. W. 11. Tobias and Mr. B. J. to apes, to monkeys, to man. 1 bePage, repreaeniaMve of the Manufa- lieve In the evolution that deteriorates cturer and Merchants' association of a man to a monkey, for some are Utah, Incorporated. Any special surely going back. said he. From evolution Jnnea passed to the that you may be able to extend to them will he greatly appreciated by erring vice of the age. He said that are thla association. These gentlemen In the land Of the free and the home In Ogilen for the purpose of explaining of the brare there were more slave to manttfarlarera, merchant and pro- and coward, per square mile, than In fessional men of your thriving and en- any place on the earth. Blavea of n. vices, hypocrisy. ergetic city that this association i not organised tor tha purpose of boosting' Why men pray to the good Ird Rail Lake and Ha Immediate vicinity for strength to withstand temptation, any more Ihan.tn work for Ogden and for purity and freedom, then they go her great resources. dowutown and mix with a lot of red"GORDON nosed politicians and vote for filth and (Signed) and Mer- corruption. You vote a you pray. Manager Manufacturer chants Association. Ask God for one thing and vote tor Messrs. Tohiaa and Page wars In tbe the opposite," philosophised the dicity rest unlay, and rilled upon a num- vine. ber of the business men In an endeavthat Ogden waa Continuing, or to Interest them In the association going to the devil, body and soul, hut and secure, If possible, their coopera- he would not get much, as most Ogden-lie- s tion In tha scheme. are so caaracterlesa that they will They alatod that while tha full plana evaporate on the way to the lower for tha Junket had not aa yet been regions. Abrupt, straight from Ihe arranged It waa expected that the Mioulder, containing an atom of truth member of the Junket would be lu hut not to be taken seriously In its Ogdon aboui January 24. but whether wide scop. By a mathematical dembefore or after they went to Lognn onstration he showed that the dry could not ba said. of Ogden sell a license for corrupSecretary Hollingsworth suggested tion and vice for $2.51) per head of Its that tha night of January 24. upon the population, while hog ar worth $12 return of the excursion from Not a chewy outlook. apiece. would be the beat time for tha memRev. 31 r. Jones affirmed that he did bers of tha association to meet the not reproach the saloon keeper, na he local business men. It in probable that waa a good aa tha aaloon, which In they win ba entertained at tha Weber turn was equal to the city, that was rlub that night, and tha local men on a par with tha government that naked to meet them at that time. passed liwp pertaining to traffic In The following explains tbe object of In. the aaaoclaUnu: Tha higher the saloon, the lowar The united action of all of the tha man; the higher tha man, tha member In tha matter of securing any lower tha saloon." reforma that may ba just can be more To multiply examples of wit. beaueasily secured by tha association with tiful character pictures and solid comtha combined strength of all members mon sense Is not expedient. Rev. Mr. than by tho individual effort of the Jones holds his audience because he members. la sincere, .delights them with hla "The traffic department offer a so- quaint ne. wit and unconventionally; lution for many vexing problems that chides them with directness) and truth; confront shippers. points our ihe wav of right living, The association stand for the pro- rlear and forcibly. He la original. His motion of honie'lnduatrlea. It desires language is a mingled harmony of to bring a lout the Investment of capl-ta- l southern accents and plain hone In new factories and In tha enlarge- words. His character lays open like ment of those that are here. These a book; tbe attdlenre reads and prowill furnish employment for those who nounces in a breath, There stands a are They will pro- man." The rlly te heller for the visit vent a tendency to overcrowd the pro- of Ihe reverepltneman. He awakfessions. Increased payrolls and work ened a new determination for right all of the year around within doors living and character building that will will be provided for many who are not down easily. T)na of the sweetest ' now unemployed. tribute ever paid by a strong min The asaorlatlnn desires n cam- lo hla mother waa uttered .In quiverpaign looking to the education of the ing tones, by Jones. He won Ihe remasses of tha consumers, with regard spect of an audience that, absorbed to the value of horn made goods, his philosophy of life with avidity. a thus Increasing tha output of our and the prosperity of the state. FRMK-LIN- S A ladles' auxiliary la being organ- WILL OBSERVE BEHJ. ised to boost the use of home made BIRTHDAY TODAY goods and to Increase generally the patronage of home Institutions. of the Today Is ihe 2o0tb annlvert-aA catalogue be Issued containof Benjamin Franklin. The birthday of all of businesses names tb tha ing pnhlfc and high school of ihe city are of the members. A catalogue will also to have appropriate exercises, and all of Industries be issued showing tha of the buildings will hsM the star Infor the state and the opportunities banner hoisted over them. vestment and for the development of spangled schools such topics a "FrankIn the the undeveloped resource of the state. lin' Service In the Founding bf the Vigorous protests will it made a "Franklin's Services.'' and occasion arises against the passage of Republic." "Franklin In Europe; HU Diplomatic any legislative act that will have an Service." will he discussed to a ill effect oa the Industries and proslength. perity of the state or of the west. For At the Grant school It has been arexample, freight legislation, the par- ranged to have Dr. E. M. Conroy cels pout hill, the Philippine tariff ami the grammar grade. Extracts other measure that are before con- Trum the writings of Franklin are lo gress or that may ha Introduced he used during the readings of the congress or that mar he Intro- morning session. Everything possible duced In congress or In the state is to bo done to impre-- s indeiliblv on she of the minds pupils the life of Lite Messrs. Tobias and Page are In the rncir stats in the Interest groat national character. of the association, and will boost for a membership that make it a MODERN WOODMEN OF power In the state. AMERICA INSTALL OFFICERS Tha Manufacturers and MeTrhsn' of I'tab, whose membership include over 250 Jobber, merchant a end professional men of Salt Lake and the dale at larga. are planning a junket to Ogden, Brigham City and lar four-leaie- s E, he-sai- ad-di- ran-vas- TRAIN Side Trip C. D. e Tbe aperial train of five cars palled into the Union Depot it S:40 o'clock leaf evening, having aboard a notable group consisting of seventy of the moat distinguished Chinamen that ever viaiied this country. The original plan waa that the aiiecial train continue to Salt Lake and return today when they would go cast over the Union Pacific to Washington. tha terminus of their overland however, the nip. For some reason, waa abandonaide trip to Sait Lake ed, and after a stop of throe hours and a half at Ogden for rest and sightseeing the train wa again started upon ita Journey. At the Union depot about fifty of their countrymen gathered and a genwaa the order of eral business for several minute, after whirh a number of tha visitor d by their escorts wended their way through the main atreeu of the city. During the atop at Ogden the imperial commissioners, Tuan Fang and Tal Hung Uhl were engaged on official business, which made it impossible to obtain an interview, but tha 8. L. Hung, through an Interpreter, atated to $ reporter of thla paper that the trip to Washington was uimply one to gain a knowledge of the Caucasian government. Accom-panvin- g the party were a number of military attaches, who wore tha new uniform, recently adopted by the Chinese government, and which ars In a certain aenae similar to that of Uncle Sam. The hfue coat, brass button boots, made a very strikand high-to- p ing appearance. The distinguished Celestials came across the pond In tbe Siberia, arriving in Ban Francisco Friday afternoon. They were met by a federal representative and city officials of Ban Franrlaco and Important members of Ban Francisco's Chinatown- - The accorded the highborn reception Chinks was such aa ha never before been accorded representative of tha country of the Yellow Dragon. China la not sending men from her army alone to study America's forts and naval stations. Bha sends a mandarin in Ihe peraon of Tuan Fang; of the Peking board a of finance in Tal Hung Chi; the dean nr a celebrated Chinos college In Wu a Cornell graduate In Kiting Klen; Bao-KAlfred Bxe; a business man In Wan Bing Chun, also educated in America; the superintendent of tha Chinese Imperial telegraph, Y. C. Tong, and surgeons and lawyer and met chant prince, as well aa many Chinese youths, who will enter American colleges to learn American ways. hand-shakin- aee-retar- - of he The Installation of officer Modern Woodmen of America waa held last evening, and tho following officer were installed: G. E. Wnrtnu. consul; A. W Agee, adviser: W. T. Ail1l, hanker; .1. H. Shaffer, clerk: M. A. Gould, escort: A. H. Hrown. watchman: T. F. Preshaw. sentry: D's. G. A. Dirk --on and 8. G. F.glian. physicians: George Hcrrv. .John Randall and George M. Rtiddard, managers. After the ceremonies were concluded a Kittokcr was the order of luialnes-an- d a good lime vs- by all. I romplaint wee filed jicMenlay hv Roae X. Wilcox vs. .Tlmmi Wilcox in a for divorce. The complaint atilt state that the couple married In this city .Inly 2. 1902. and since October 21. 194. tlte plaintiff has been compelled tu arn her own livelihood for herself and minor child. The of the bond of matrimony, the ciirnlv of the minor child and that the maiden name of Rose N Hartog. together with reasonahln at foinev fee and permanent alimony of fio per month Is asked by the piam enjrd WARRANTY tiff NEW FURNITURE STORE L While, proprietor of the H'K-r-hol-d Fair at 15 Washington avenue, vesterday sold hie furniture busin to O. J Herrick The Company member of the new firm arc uM hands in the furniture business, havYankton. ing rocently arrived from South Dakota, where they vrere engaged in a similar business for twenty-oH ne year. The new firm wili at once commence the building and will ear-ra more complete and larger xnu-of goods, and will mdawr in rwry wav to pleaao old aitd uew patrons of the Household Fair to v DEEDS. The foilowiiia warranty deeds w- filed yeste'div with R.-- r order Elt,. Rofshelto M E Srowrrnfr to .Ivnrrj Wallace, parr of ha'f of eg- -t half of let 8. Woes 2 r'at A. ronf'i. eratJon. f7- Marie .tor'n to R.ismuf .Trrsen. lo-- . 3. 4. 7 vnd 8. hiork 2d. pl.yt Hunt villa survey; corddrrsrion. t'.on II. l.urrem n Farr to el 1.. a!l o lot 8. block :!. plv C. ridden City ( irrej : considiTation. JV W. S. Ft!a! and wife to J. G. Real A Bros parr of lot fi. Mock Lv idnt C. Ogden Cllv :irvei ; conri-i- i ratior ll.on I and ife :o J. G J. U. Bros., proper! in hiorVf 1. ?..v awl in Cock's addition: ccn-lration II. R-'- li--- I df A mas by thn name of Cudahy jumped from a train nt the tow of Roy Inst evening when the train wns going at the rate of 20 miles nn hour. He was In charge of Sheriff Bailey who wsa taking him to Salt Lake City, where ha is wanted on a charge of grand larceny. Cudahy waa arrested n few days ago in Ogden by Deputy Sheriff Bes senhring and was serving n tence In jail on the charge of grafting." Nothing has been seen of him since ha Jumped from the train, but the officers are out looking fdr him. Cud.thy la five feet nine inches high, weigh 140 pounds, medium complexion, well dressed and wears a dark suit and derby hat. Salt Lake City offers a reward of $25 for hla capture. Friday Night 100-day- 25Fretly Girls Vandeville 6 Acts-- a Bnrlssqnes2 2-- Funny Prices: 75c, 59c, THEATERS 25c AVkiVkVkVWVMVVVVVVVgj The next attraction at thn Grand Friday night will be the Dreamland burlesquern, an organization numbering nearly fifty people, and including atich artists aa Jolly Zeb, Dreamland the burlesque trio, which include queen. Miss Gladys St. John, tauis Pritakow, character singer; Palfrey and Barron, marvels on the wheel; Marin Dodd sparkling aoubrette; La Ciede and Raymond, In their novel offering. "A Society Circus," and the thirty singing and dancing darling, who participate in all the big special musical numbers, of which there are no lets than twenty-aix- . Two of the heaviest ami moat complete1 scenic productions ever offered with' an attraction of this class will be found in the brilliant and breeiy railed "At the Circus," and In Barney Gerards new comic airship dream. "Through Ike Clouds, in both of which productions the entire organisation will be seen in n whirl of exciting fun, exhilarating nonsense and n aerie of song and big musical numbers of recent Issue. circo-romed- BEAT SALE THURSDAY. y WE DRAW A DECISIVE LINE between good and indifferent laundry work. Wa conalder it a part of our business contract with our patrons to give them tha beat work possible. In order to accomplish this result we spar bo expense in adopting any naw machinery or methods necessary. During tha EXCURSION OF THE SEASON. past year wa have installed a waiar softening plant. No other laundry in Those contemplating a visit to the Utah haa one. We alao have distilled South, California, Mexico. Roaton and water lor waahing aU our wool and coAlaska, can find it to their interest lored goods. No other laundry In Ogto take the train nt tha Methodist den haa this, and it la really a very church, Wednesday, January 17, at great advantage. 2, 3 and 4 in thn afternoon.- - Trains leave every hour, and at 7K 8 and 8 Jn. thn evening. Fifty cents' thn round Laundry trip, including berth. Tickets good Phones 174, for two hours after starting.' Meal 417 TWENTY-FIFTSTREET. erred at every station. Ogden Steam e OF VICTIM ALLEGED REED HOTEL MINING TRANSACTION According to a complaint filed in the district court today Henry T. Schaffer was the victim of a fraudulent mining deal consummated by U. V. Wlihee and Fred T. McGurrin and is alleged to have been Induced to part with the total sum of $1,513-8in connection with the transaction, ears the Deseret News. Tho complaint alleges that defendants made certain false and fraudulent representation to plaintiff and Induced him to buy 323.71 acres of land located In section 32, township 28 south, fango Is 6 west, Ball Lake Meridian. It claimed that they represented that the land contained timber of Ihe value of lti,000 and also an Immense ledge of gold bearing quart upon which a large gold mine could be deveJoped. On February 17. 1904. they Induced plaintiff to pay them 9C0 for the land when they well knew that the said land contained no timber whatever quart and contained no and waa not even claaaifled by. the K'ologtral purvey aa mineral land. He also alleges that they represented that they hsd:ecured some samples of ore from thie property which had been assaved and found to contain gold and sliver and that it would ba necessary to employ a mining expert to examine the property and make a report on the aamo and induced him to pay $375 for the aervices of said expert when they well knew that there waa no mineral hearing rock on the said land. Plaintiff alleges that the said representations were made made for the purpose of deceiving and defrauding him of his money. He asks judgment that the deed to the land which he received he declared fraudulent and void and that he have Judgment, for the total sum of the money paid by him on the gold-bearin- g deal. WITH THE BOWLERS 1 SUIT FOR DIVORCE r OPERA HOUSE TRAIN Sam Jonas Drives Soma Trenchantly Expressed Truths Into Noggins1' of Big Apdianca. GRAND FROM PASSBUT HE WONT GET MUCH, THE CHINESE COMMISSIONERS ED THROUGH OGDEN LAST LECTURER ADDS. EVENING. The number of ibe Btandard-Kxam-Ine- r bualneas offlra 'phono baa been Will Alao Viait Brigham City and Le gan Ara Eapected ta Ba Hr rhaaged to No. 5G, tha aamo aa the Night of January 24. Bell business offlra 'phona. band-orga- 1906. ON JUMPED BUSINESSMEN 'fiOINGTOTHE ARRIVE MANUFACTURERS A MERCHANTS ASSN. TO INVADE OGDEN. Tbe Bunoo Journal want to know why thin paper baa failed to put a in the great premium Hat of tha diandard and Examiner. W have tha band organ, all right, but Bad that the Journal tana all tbe 17, AMUSEMENTS. NeM BREVITIES Material for Lowest Price Twenty-Fift- h EXAMINER TELEPHONES MORNING, JANUARY EXAMINER: OGDEN, UTAH, WEDNESDAY Standing of the Teams. DeeBlanford Wrights ... ....... yp hal-ta- ff Rushnier Sltupe-Wllllsin- .. a Z. t M. I Toggery Rushnier. Z. M. ...... .. 2.307. '. I.. 2.275. P. C. .744 15 .545 14 .534 14 .533 14 .515 15 .444 P. W. L. 30 33 3d 3 33 33 18 14 1C 17 12 12 9 7 21 . 344 21 .300 The howlers known as the Ruslinters the team front the 7. C. M. in s howling contest In the Commerat the alleys of the Ogden cial Ron ling association last evening, winning hy 79 pins. As a remit. Hi Rush-tc- t 'earn advanced lo fifth place in .he standing of the teams. This evening team from h Tcggerv and NyeeMahli.-bmcn- 's will battle for supreradeft-date1 physical anthropy In the determination of our general wage agreement; however, it appears to me, that inasmuch as we gave relief to our employers by accepting a lower rate of wage at a time when there waa little demand for coal and whea prices wen falling below a profitable margin, they ehould reciprocate and voluntarily share with us their present and prospective prosperity. 1 recommend that the scale committee take these facta into consideration in the formulation of their re- port N. C. Polak, St. Louis; L. Settles-eng-er, New York; B. V. Page, Salt Lake; W. H. Tobias. Balt Lake: 11. M. M (Hinson, San Francisco; W. J. Barbe, Philadelphia; O. R. Sterling, Salt Lake; H. Edaell, Seattle; S. T. Corn, Cheyenne, Wyo.; F. C. Branttm, Wheeling, W. Va.; M. H. Doran, Chicago; Mrs. Martlndall, Ogden; Mrs. Wheeler, Ogden ;Jas.H. Grant, Woods Croa, Utah; Dan Mplr, Woods Cross, Utah; C. R. Robinson, Woods Cross, Utah; Sam P. Jones, Georgia; Thos. Thorne, Kansas City, Mo.; James Mutch. St. Louis, Mo.; Cbaa. J. Thomas, Salt Lake; F. J. Chamberlain, Salt Lake; F. R. Silversmith, New York; E. P. Schwarts, New York. UNITED i "In the opening paragraph of this report reference waa made to the obstacle we have encountered in the work of organisation. Let our language be understood whea we apeak of 'open foes and profeaalng friends, I desire, even at the risk of giving offense and inviting controversy, to say that we have been attacked from two sources which one would expect to he diametrically opposed: First, we havn had the intense f the Parry-Pos- t aggregation position d of union wreckers who have made to we have every effort n fields of tha organize the country, especially, the Erwin, and Meyersdale district of Pennsylvania, the Georges Creek of Maryland, the State of Colo redo and the two Virginian "Second, we have been oppoeed with equal vigor although with different weapons by an organisation styling itself the industrial Worker of the World, and by its principal affiliated body, the Western Federation of Mia op-o- 1 entxg-onixe- non-unio- -- ere-- . MINE WORKERS Indianapolis. Ind., Jan. 18. President John Mitchell's announcement a this afternoon that "satisfactory la being made toward a conference between the Mine Worker and the operators of the anthracite region, drew round after round of applause from 1200 delegates aaaembled in Tomlinson hall for the 17th annua convention of the United Mine Workers of America, which began this morning. This announcement waa made in the course of tha presidents annual report, and address, almost aa nn incidental remark. There was no further explanation in regard to tha anthracite situation from President Mitchell, but the word of their chief wan enough, and when, a few minutes Inter, delegates came in from the streets with a rumor that President Thomas of the Valley company waa reported to have said that the anthracite operators had agreed to hold a conference with the committee appointed by the mine workers In their Shamokin convention: the enthusiasm knew no bounds. President Mitchell's Speech. In hla annual address before the Mine Workers' convention. President John Mitchell, in speaking of the policy in he pursued hy the miners in the coming Joint conference with the coal opera rors. said: You will recall the depression in the coal trade in the fall and winter of 1903. which culminated in a reduction of wages in the spring of 1904. The adverse conditions prevailing at that time continued during the year 1904 and even up to the spring of 1905. From that time there was a gradual improvement jn both in prices and tonnage whirh baa continued until the present and if the activity in the Iron market, in the railroad! industrial and commercial affairs of thn country i any barometer by which future conditions may be forecasted. the prosmvt of cor tinned prosperity In the mining industry seems assured. I recognise the fact that there la little sentiment and no pro-grax- . The recognized spokesmen of threee aollci-tudorganisations profosl that the mla-erfor the welfare of tha coal they seek to convey the impression that the coal misers are so densely Ignorant that they are unable to conduct their affairs or succ-- s fultheir ly manage -aa organisation of constown choice. Indeed, these self ituted advisers, none of' whom, to my in a coil knowledge, ever worked mine ia his life, and moat of whom have made failures of the several op ganfzatlona with which they have been connected, justify their attack upon na by earing that we make trade of agreement which ao tie the hands our members as to render ua unable to strike at any time during the year when conditions would seem They lose eight of the that If we had no agreement ana11 were therefore at liberty to strike our own aweet will, the operator would have precisely the eeme right. Mr. Mitchell said that notwithstand- ing opposition of open foe and prof easing friends," there had been stsntlal increaae ia the numerical tne strength of the organization, paid-umembership having the 800.000 mark. Tbe gain in anthracite Arid was 41.477. President Mitchell said the committee appointed at the Shamokin con vent ton to confer with representative of the mining companies for the P,lT pose of formulating an agreement h was making satisfactory progress. marailed attention to the Increase in chine mined coni to 28.78 per cent that the total production and urgedestabstrenuous efforts be made to execulish a fixed differential. The a tive board, he said, had prepared bill for presentation to the state Urt t0 ialaturea, the object of which la of examination the for provide sons seeking employment in mines ana so prevent the employment of incompetent men. The bill passed in gresa for the creation of a government bureau of mine wsa indorsed in tjs address. proP-tlou- p - PY N. T.. Jan. 6. Joseph It, former United Staten w Albany. A |