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The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26
A FABULOUS FORTUNE.

TIE welth of John d. Rookie
feller has now reached the sum OF
244, 900 COOS, and furthermore is
increasing at the rate Of 1900, COOS
a month, or 5O,O0OS a day, or g.
O83$ all hour, or 81 sos minute,
or 81 cents every second of time,
day and night, Sunday and holi-
days.
John ID. Rockefeller sleeps eight
and one-half hours every night,
retiring at 1870 and rising at
seven. Every morning when he
gets up he is 17,7OO$ richer than
he was when he went to bed He
sits down to breakfast at eight
o'clock and leaves the table at $50
and in that short half hour his
welth has grown 1,O41 sos. On
Sunday he goes to church, and in
the two hours that he is away
from home his riches have grown
4, LOGS. His nightly amusement
is playing the violin. Every even
ing when he picks up the instru-
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26
Prepare for War!

The undersigned has IN inven-
ton to provide a Metallic Shield for
Men of War that will Resist any
missile ever invented by man Tor
that can be-. [ assure you that
this is no humbug, because it has
been tested on small scale and
practical gentlemen who have in
vestigated the principal are sure
that my device is what ! recon-
mend it to be. Any Official Of the
War Department of our Govern
ment desiring further information
on the subject will be enlightened
by corresponding with
Melancthon Burgess,
ST. George, Utah.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26
-R. M. Rogers, Photographer
and Enlarger, is now located at
Booths Gallery, this CITY,

George Albert Laub, son of
George and Ann Eliza Laub, was
born April IA, 1865, at St. George,
and died March %, 1898, caused
by inhaling the poisonous dust
while working at the DeLamar dry
stamping mill. His wife died De-
cember Is, 1896, and they leave 4
children, 2 boys and 2 girls, the
oldest being 9 and the youngest
not quite A years of age.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26

Nh. and Mrs. Donnan, accom-
panied " Miss Josephine Brooks
made us a pleasant call on Friday,
25th inst. Mr.. Donnan is canvass
ing in the interest of the Beesely
Marble works of Provo, Utah, and
has disposed Of several tombstones
and monuments in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donnan expect to
start home next week.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26

ment he is $4,000 dollars richer
than he was when he laid it down
the previous night. These little
facts give some idea of the con-
slant growth of this mans fortune.
Republican.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26

snow clear down to the foothills.
1t both showed and rained at
Bloomington and showed little
in this city. The cold wind was
piercing but after snow began to
fall the air was trife warmer.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26
FINANCIAL REPORT
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY,


TO the Hon. The Board Of Coan'y Commissiop.
ers OF "ashington County, State oi Utah;
C-ntiemen
The following In tho Fin ncial tatemeut 81
H.shi gion County for the X months ending
December 81, 1887.
Ne<oCoipt@.
Ealai ce on had July LIST, 1897. az follows:
Cash S455 a.. riders 81 15p s556ol
Received from Ashby Snow, Treasurer,
Taxes for 1891, 2IOOOO
Clerks leo, 16a IN,
kecorde, = fees. IA Il
Cash borrowed Oh Note oN q,
License acct IOS.U0
nc acct 2y.5I
IRON county, "a Tax on transient stock g2.l5
otate Irei' urer "a salary OF officers, 519.16
Total receipts $4lS2 II
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26

This week John L. Morse has
been fixing up Jed. Nj. Gates
rock wall just west Of Col. A. p.
Hardy's residence and jed has
fixed the sidewalk, too. There are
several places in this city needs
like repairs.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26

All persons having stock running
at large in the vicinity of Joes
Foley are hereby notified to take
CARE Of them, or said stock will be
placed under the jurisdiction of
the City Marshal.
J. w. Carpenter.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26

Orson Hyde Foster, son of Scion
and Sarah d. Foster, was born 22d
of March, 1850, and died 10Th of
March, 1898. He leaves wife
and two children, / and 10 years
of age, both girls.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26

We undertand that Mr.. Thomas
Kingsbury is in the country buy
ing up stock and as he is paying
the top price it will be advantage
Gus to all those having stock to sell
to be sure and see him.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26

On Monday, 2lst inst, we had a
regular stormy wave instead of a
wave of prosperity; and the noun
tains all around were covered with
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26
Saturday, March rs, 1898.

Next week we will have an arti-
Gle on much needed home indus
try-Potting, or the manufacture
of Pottery ware,-which has been
so poorly encouraged in our midst.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26
n II UN 80 N.
ST. GEORGE POST OFFICE.

The mail from the north arrives every day except
Tuesday.
TIE mail from Pine Valley and the SoNth arrives
every Tuesday and Saturday and leaves OIL Mon.
day and Friday.
The Office is open from a IN. to 7 n. m. every
day except Sundays and holidays when it is open
ffoi, 4 to p.
Missy order and Registry department open from
8 a. m. % p. w.
JOHN PYMM Postmaster
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26

EEIS See new advertisement of
Jesse Tye, Boot and Shoe maker
and Photographer.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26
s2616o5
f41S2.17
pa eeo11rcoes otlhe County.

Amt. on hand January /, 1898,
Cash s252.S9,
orders s3l6. s2G16 0s
que rom ate on acct nj Salary OF Officers l7sJS,r
Notes held by Road Supervisors pay. bile
Ill labor $500
Due from Ashby Snow on Taxes 1i276
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26
IaiaDiIitie4 .

Civil Service Bill for months ending
December 81 1897, S6,soo
D ii frame l.. DaRget Comfy Clerk I62.5o
Bills payable cash borrowed 200 90
Harmo ~ Road District ,ooo
Warh'bel II hoid L"s facto order, 1900
Charles X. Worhen x-Sherif 20 90
James II. Bracken Jr. hoad Supervisor 500
J' hu NJ. Larson, Road Supervisor, 200
sIoo6 go
EAoess'oi RESOURCES SIo450i
S2o424I
Respectfully Submitted,
fRAHcIs H. DAeGsTr,
SEAL Coanty Clerk.
Dated January 8 1898.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1898-03-26
Resi- ectfully Submitted,

County or Washi g'on.
j, F'arcis l.. Daggett, County Auditor in and
for Washington County. stale of Utah hereby
certify Tho fore long to be true and corr, CT copy
81 the Financial report ~ Washington County
for the six months ending December 31st, 1897
a. submitted TO the Board OF County Commission
ers and approved by them. January 4th, 1893.
FIR. ncis l.. Daggett,
!s'ALl Csuniy Clerk.
Dated January 9Th. 1893.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
Attorney General Boyle to the Miners.

Attorney Scott last week when the letter Local
He statement
reply received Tuesday morning after the last forms
too late for publication just as good
reading this week. however, and is given below:
Judge simons up6odns the eonsud0nsy o the screen
victory for the miners OF Kansas me OPP
the to the Court Of Appeals where ney Wl
perfectly confident the Ap
SmOns did Justice
violate the law However, when laws are
themselves with impuden
defiance violate resolutions requesting push these
well
that Mr. Wildly County Crawford myself doing
getting speedy solution
Appeals decides these in favor
which DOUBT the operators VIII De
lawsin i" u DOAlr
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
Killed by Lightning.

Superintendent McNall has recently
decided that all insurance companies do
ing a live stock insurance business in
Kansas must pay the market value of all
live stock killed by lightning insured by
them; that no sliding scale prorating
will be permitted in the future, and that
they must amend their charters before
they shall do business.
This is one of the most important rul-
ings in the interests of the farmers Of
Kansas that has yet been made. Hun
dreds of thousands of dollars are car
ried in insurance on live stock, and the
losses that occur annually on this haz-
ard are something enormous. Many
complaints are made that, where the
farmer has a small loss by lightning
the companies invariably refuse to pay
them, knowing that it would be poor
business Judgment ON the part Of the
farmer to go to law about a matter Of
$25 or $50.
Another method used by the insur-
ance companies is what is known as
''prOrating" or sliding scale adjustment
A farmer ENSURES by placing $500 on his
stock. Say he has twenty head Of mules
and horses. He thinks this sum is suf-
ficient to cover any actual loss that he
may have at any one time. He pays his
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

premium and no more Is heard about
the matter until a horse or mule Is
killed by lightning, when an adjuster in
forms him that his loss is pro rate" of
those not killed; in other words, that
$500 placed ON twenty head makes the
value OF one $25 The farmers are com
planning vigorously all over the State
about this cut-throat practice and want
to know If something cannot be done to
make insurance companies responsible
for their representations. 1t Is fair to
say that when the farmers read Gear"
McNall's decision giving them equal
show with the corporations they will
say, Hurrah for our McNall! [Adv.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
JOhnson's New OyclOpedia.

The following letter is from the Hon.
w. A. PETER, ex-United States Senator,
and speaks for itself:
Topeka, Kas., December "a, 1898.
M. T.. Brown, Davenport, Iowa.
Dear Sir:-Enclosed hand you my
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A cyclopaedia is to a reader what
map is to a traveller, 1t shows the world
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Being a reader and student, and need
ing the use of the latest and best author
tiles, l have just purchased a set OF
JOhnson's Universal Cyclopaedia, which
now stands unequaled as a reference
book because it is Late, fresh, full and
complete. It's new matter is enormous
in amount and world wide in scope; 1t
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A great many changes have taken
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Among the thousands of articles re-
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Supt., Davenport, Iowa.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

Kokomo plate glass plants and the Pitts
burg Glass Co. The agreement covers
wages and working regulations, and Is
in the form Of a civil contract, violation
of which on either side is punishable as
contempt of court
The executive committee of the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen, at It's an
nual session at Peoria, ILL.,, reports that
the net increase i'm membership during
1897 was 5000, and thirty-seven new
lodges were instituted The officers re-
port a steady demand for brotherhood
men by the railroads.
Leavenworth Typographical Union
No. As has elected the following officers
President, David A. Bosley; vice presl-
dent G. E. Reed; financial and cOrre-
spending secretary, r. V. OConnor;
treasurer, George Fl. Howard; sergeant
at arms, Fred Metschan; auditing COM
mittee, R. r. Burbank, D. A. Bosley,
Leslie Bell.
The BARRIERS license law is already
bearing fruit in Minnesota. The proprl-
etor Of cheap shop will have his license
revoked for having inOculated several
patrons with sycosis (barbers' itch).
Evidence introduced showed that the
same towel has been used for different
customers, and medical experts testified
that that practice itself was a menace
to public health.
A large levee will be built at Pueblo,
Col, without the aid Of contractors.
Labor will be employed direct by the
city. BY the elimination of the contrac-
tors profits the city will be able to- pay
81 per day for eight hours work, and
this action Of the city council in prOvid-
ing for fair days pay will also force
ether employers to raise wages to a rea-
sonable amount. The Business Mems
Association protest and want the work
done by contract.
When a gambler comes into mining
camp and gets rich the miners all rec
Ognize that he does not earn his wealth.
as he does not produce it, but that they
all support him and receive no equiVa-
lent. When you wonder why we have
hard times did you ever think how many
enormously wealthy gambling institu-
tions there are in the land that do no
productive labor, render the people no
equivalent in wealth, wisdom or plea
sure and yet proSper.-BinghamtOn, N.
Y, Independent.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

Marion Times: The Times is be-
hever in a union Of forces against the
plutocratic party, the party Of bribes
and corruption, the friend and advo-
cate of corporations and monOpolies, the
father of all the class legislation ever
spread ON an American statute book,
father Of all the class legislation ever
the Republican party, whose represen-
tatives are even now, at Washington,
engaged in making the gold standard
more perfect and more permanent in
this country" Let us unite in our ef-
fort to "cast out some devils"
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

Wanted.--A few wideawake, energetic
and reliable men for a position theyscan
fill and be at home every night. Work
light and occupation commendable and
pay good. Address lock box 98S, Nc
Pherson, Kas.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

Kansas City Star: Speaking OF q To-
peka man who is going by the whisky
route, Captain Joe Waters said the othes
day: His candle Is cut In two, and u
is burning at all four ends. VA
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

Meals 25 cents. Sunday dinner,
so cents. Only the best of food
cooked in the best way isservedat
Mrs. Wiley's. Mealsatusual hours.
Short orders. Exchange depart
ment in connection with the cafe.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
THIS WEEKS MARKETS.
Kansas City Live Stock.
Kansas City, February

NdIIbdb OIIyI II UUI ItII J U
Cattle--Receipts, 5000. Best grades
steady, others slow Texas steers, $3.50
043O; Texas cows, $2.7O03.4O; native
steers, $330@5; native cows and heif-
ers, $17O@410; stockers and feeders,
S3.S0@4S5; bulls, $2.75@4.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

Hogs Receipts, 5000. Market active
and strong. Bulk of sales, $3.65@3.S5;
packers, $3.6O03.95; mixed $4,000
3.921a; lights, $S6O@3SO; workers., 1915
03.SO; pigs, $3.25@3.6O,
Sheep-Receipts, 5000. Market firm.
Lambs, S4.75@55O; muttons, $S.25@46O'
Kansas City Produce Market.
Wheat-Hard, steady to 1ac lower
and active soft, firm but slow. No. |
hard SSc; No. 2, S6@S7lac; No. 3, 500
SEC; No. red 93c; No. 2, 92c; No. 3,
SS0S9c; No 2 spring, S5%@ %@S7c; No. 3,
S2@S5c.
Corn-Active, steady. No. 2 white,
22A@22%c.
Rye Steady No. 2, 431Sc.
Butter-Steady. Creamery, 15@lSc;
dairy, 12@14c.
Eggs-Steady, 13hc.
The evening times., 1898-11-11
Republican Mix-Un I'm DeIavare

Wilmington, Del, Nov. 1l-Republieans
will have at least twenty-nine members
of the general assembly. Several contests
have been filed. and if they result favor
ably to the Republicans they will con-
troll thirty-two or thirty-three members of
the legislature. -Addicks will control a
majority Of the members of the general
assembly if but twenty-nine Republicans
are seated, but if more than that number
are seated a result of the contests in
Sussex County the regular Republicans
will be in control and Addicks will have
no chance. The selection of the United
States Senator will depend on whether
the two factions of Republicans will work
together. Addicks cannot be elected un-
less the Union Republicans can get the
regulars to abide by the caucus decision,
while a regular cannot be elected un-
less the Union Republicans will agree to
drop Addicks and vote for a regular. 1t
will take twenty-seven votes to elect. The
candidates will probably be j. Edward
Addicks, Col. Henry A. Dupont. who
claims to have been once elected; Judge
James Pennewill, of Kent County, end
ex-senator Anthony Higgins, of this
county.
The evening times., 1898-11-11
GUATEMALA MUST EXPLAIN.
Secretary Hays Inquiry Concerning
Nr. Mays Railroad Interests.

New Orleans, Nov 11.-lt was made
public here by friends of r II.
May. of New Orleans and Meridian that
Secretary Hay. on the request OF Mr..
May, had called upon the United States
minister TO Guatemala To ask the gov
ernment of Guatemala 10 explain its seiz-
ure Of the Guatemalan Northern Railroad
and its forcible dispossession of Mr.. May
from his property in that road.
Mr. May has resided for several years
in Guatemala, where he owns coffee
p!auLativI. Iie was one of the sub-con-
tractors in the construction OF The Guat
emalan Northern Railroad under sylvia
nus Miller. Of New York. Miller died
last December. a which time the repub-
lie owed him and the sub-contractors
81 S05, Goa. which Millers widow, now in
Guatemala, is trying to recover, The
road was turned over To the sub-contrac-
tors TO operate, the government agreeing
TO pay them a certain sum a month
There was some dispute between il and
May as to the d1ty. whereupon they were
last month ousted by Guatemalan troops,
who took possession of the railroad.
The evening times., 1898-11-11
UNITED STATES PosToFFICEs.
Assistant Postmaster General Rris-
tow Submits His Report

Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow yesterday submitted his annual
report which contains an interesting ac-
count of the postal facilities for Alaska
and shows that there are now 1919 post
Offices in the United States: 1916 Presi-
dental. and 69, 754 fourth-ciass. The net
increase for the fiscal year was ISIS.
New York contains the largest number
of Presidential postoffices-530: Pennsyl-
vania is next. with 2S4; Illinois. 257; Iowa
212 and Ohio. 20S Pennsylvania contains
1871 fOurth-class postoffices; New York
1894; Virginia, 5,297; Ohio, 3, la and North
Carolina. 2.S9S. In the amount expended
per capita in the use of the mails by the
people of the various States. Massachu-
setts stands first. with $3.50 per capita ::
New York S2.27; District of Columbia
s26; Colorado, s193: Connecticut. $3.50
South Carolina stands at the foot of the
list, with an expenditure of % cents per
capita.
The evening times., 1898-11-11

on the heights TO view the hated ty-
rants as they s-ould letr.a, in cfagrin
and despair 10 the ships that would
carry them away from the island they
had so long misgoverned and from the
sight Of the people they had so mall
ciously outraged. Now they have grown
weary of asking When will they go?'
and weeks ago they settled down into
dull hopeIessness. Is il surprising
that they have lost their confidence in
and reAkect for the Americans? That
they listen not without favor TO the
demagogues who tell them their only
hope is in an Independent Cuban gov
ernment? We are surely much to
blame
If there is a plausible reason why
Blanco should still be allowed to exer-
else the sovereignty which the Presi
dent has refused TO recognize; should
still collect the revenues that belong TO
Cuba, and should still be permitted to
act as a restraint on the liberty Of
movement of Cubans and Americans
let it be frankly stated and the people
assured that we have not grown indif-
ferent to their distress, but will abolish
the painful conditions i'm their interest
at the earliest practicable moment. If,
as we believe, there is no reason what
ever why we should tolerate Blancos ;
supremacy because we have TO endure
his presence, let him be dethroned at
once and at any cost, so that the same
benefits the people of Santiago enjoy
may be extended to all the Cubans
Every days delay strengthens the
power for mischief of the self-seeking.
unpatriotic and ungrateful soldiers of
fortune who want to embroiI the igno-
rant masses in conflict with the
Americans. For his own sake and that
of the American people who would de-
plore the necessity Of dealing harshly
with the people they have rescued from
Spanish cruelty, and who insist that We
must establish good order and pros
perity in the island. the President
should act at once
The evening times., 1898-11-11
THE WFsTMEATH A DERELIcT
Her Crew Abandons the Great Car
Eo-Garrier AT Sea

Montreal, Nov 1.-THE Allen Line
steamship Monteyidian. which passed
Cape MagdaIen yesterday, signaIed
that the steamship Westmeath. of the
Hamburg-American Company, had been
abandoned al sea and her crew was Oh
board the Montevidian. No further par
ticulars We're given
The Westmeath. Captain Johnson. left
Hamburg on October %, with a full cargo
sugar. cement. glass, etc. The two larg-
est items were SEQ tons of sugar. and
3,ttt tons OF cement. The sugar was in
sured for 100000 and the cement was
worth about Sl2 per ton. The va.ue of
the cargo viii be about $350,CG0
The " estmeath was one OF the largest
cargo-carriers which ran to this port an I
made record for herself in the grain
trade this Year by taking 254 90 bus Is.
the largest cargo of grain which ever
left Montreal in one bottom. She was
i.4s6 tons net register. and was f5J f-et
long She was valued at about $50 o
to S358, ,GG0.
The Westmeath is u British vess 4 and
was chartered By the Hamburg Americ an
Packet Company this year.
The evening times., 1898-11-11
LESSONS FROM ERRORS.
Army Officers Want a Military In
ycstignfion of the War


A movement is on foot among certain
prominent officials OF both tAe volunteer
and regular army to induce the President
and Secretary Alger TO appoint a com
mission TO investigate the conduct of the
war with Spain from strictly military
point OF View.
The promoters of this plan claim that
working 10 suppress scandal.
whereas the military commission
they propose will deal with mill
tary maneuvers. transportation fighting
line problems, battle and skirmish move
ments and fortifcations. and also cases
of improper judgment and other matters
in the nature of military object lessons.
in order that Improvement can be made
and mistakes avoided in any future war.
1t is proposed, in fact, to employ eXpe
rience as a teacher and utilize the les
sons learned in the war with Spain.
IT is stated that Gen Miles is in favor
of the proposed commission, and other
officers declare that the results aimed at
will be of the greatest value.
we started in this war with Spain
with but a memory of the War of the
Rebellion to guide US, said an army Off
Ger of high rank yesterday when asked
about the proposed commission. and at
the very beginning made the mistake of
the Civil War. This would never have
happened had a military commission pre-
pared at the close of the war of iS6l-'6
a critical review of the several cam
paigns pointing out the errors TO be
avoided and the successful moves to be
followed"
influential army officers are using their
best efforts to bring about the appoint
ment of this commission. They believe
it is an excellent OPPORTUNITY for them
to gain valuable information on the prac-
tica side of warfare