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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26
PROOF THAT The EARTH
WAS SUBMERGED.
Dr.. Wright Makes Discoveries That Show
the Bible Story to be True.

New York. Feb. 25.-Letters have
lust been received here from the Rev.
DR.. George Frederick Wright, the au-
thority on the glacial period and Bibli-
cal geology, telling of the results of his
search in Asia for evidences that the
deluge covered the whole earth.
Dr. Wright secured a leave Of alb
sence from Oberiln co. university, and
sailed for Japaa early last year. He
went at once to SIBERIA. and began his
work. His son accompanied him as an
assistant. The professor went all
through Siberia and then PROCEEDED 10
SYRIA via the Ural and caucasus
mountains. In a letter received IN New
York last week from him at Jerusalem
Professor Wright wrote:
s'Tbe account of the flood in the Blole
is not such as to lead US 10 eXpecl
much direct geological evidence OF II
A submergence of year. several tnou-
sand years ago, would leave rev signs
which are not ObliteTated by time.
ssTbe Bible history stands on its own
merits and has independent value. The
main question of geological interest IS
Are there insuperable objections to the
account The answer to this ques-
tiOn turns upon the geological theories
concerning the possible or proD3ble faIe
at which changes of land levels may
proceed. .4-......,,-
has been pushed too far and has had
too much influence in discrediting the
theory of geological catastrophes. Fro
fessor Prestwich's great work on geol-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26

Montreal, Que. Feb. 25.-Harry A
Scott, chief steward of the steamer Rio
Gle Janefro, who was among the lost in
the disaster at the Golden Gate, was
the son of a farmer at Brandon, Man.
His friends had often predicted such a
fate for him, but he laughed at them
and pointed to his record. During his
ten years service at sea he saw four
ships wrecked and each time escaped
in safety. When 10 years old, in June,
1890, he shipped in the stewards de-
partment on the steamer Islander Of
the Canadian Pacific line, trading be-
tween Victoria and Vancouver. In less
than a year the Islander was on the
rocks of PlumpaS Pass.
Scott soon found a, place as watch
man on the steamship Queen, of the
Pacific Coast Steamship company. For
nearly two years the ship had ordinary
sea luck. Then, one foggy night, the
Queen foundered on the rocks off Sitka,
Alaska.
Bedroom steward of the steamship
Mariposa of the Oceanic company was
SCOTS next billet The Mariposa was
caught in a cyclone between Sydney
and Auckland and had been given up
for lost when she limped into port a
wreck.
On another trip, while Sarah Bern
haTdt and her company were aboard,
there was a mutiny on the Mariposa
in which the stewards department
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26

today by Sir Ellis Ashmeade-Bart
conservative if the government had
any information confirming the Russo
Chinese agreement regarding Man
churta, mentioning the clauses in the
agreement referred to in dispatch to
the London Times from Pekin, pub
lished Feb. 20.
Among the clauses referred to We're
provisions that all the military and
the other officers shall be appointed
subject TO Russian approval, that each
province shall have two Russian Off
police and the other to control the
allowed to build any railroad in Man
churia- Sir Ellis also referred to other
articles previously published.
The under secretary replied the gov
eminent had no official knowledge of
the terms of the Russo Chinese agree
ment, but had been informed that it
includes most of the provisions enum-
Grated. He added that the Russian
government gives verbal assurances
that the agreement was of a temporary
and provisional character.
Lord George Hamilton, the Indian
secretary, answering a question re-
garding the lOOting at PelIin. replied
that the British troops had been strict
~ forbidden to loot. Stringent meas
ures had been taken. Certain articles
Of value which had been left in the
summer palace after the Russian evac-
Uation We're in possession of the Brit
ish, and they would be restored to the
Chinese when peace was established.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26

Ogy does much to counterfeit the errors
OF Lyell and his followers.
'CatastrOpheS comparable to the
flood are not strange things in geology.
The glacial period was connected with
a series of catastrophes. 1 have tray
eled $4,000 miles in Asia to find evil
dences Of the glacial period, and have
found none. There was no general
glaciatiOn of eastern and central Asia,
as there was of America and Europe.
But 1 have found indisputable evil
dence of an extensive Submergence of
the land extending to the base of Mount
AraTat and that this submeTgence took
place subsequent to the appearance of
man on the earth. The Russian geolO-
gistS have recently found remains OF
man deep down in the deposits con-
nected with this period Of submergence.
1.-The one point Of certainty is that
since mans appearance there mas beeh
a period of instability in the earth
crust in northern and central ASA,
which shows that the Biblical account
of the flood is al entirely creditaple
story"
The theory Of UnifOrmitarianlsm
conceived by the famous geologist,
LyeH. which Professor Wright crltl-
cfses. is that the qualification OF the
earth's surface, due to different geo
logical periods, was in large measure
uniform over the whole earth, and that
catastrophes were of almost no occur
renee in the history of the earth S
crust.
The debate over the deluge question
has. been waged for 800 years, and Pro
lessor Wright's Investigations viii
probably reopen it with energy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26
FIFTY MEN BURNED
IN DIAMONDvILLE MINE
Flames EnCirclc Doomed WOrkmen in -e Depths
of the Earth.
Fire Drives Back Those Who Would SuccOr Them, and
They Are Left to Die.

Especial to The Hsrald,)

Kemmerer Wyo, Feb. D. o'cock.-Fdty,
more, miners are imprisoned by flames between the
sixth and seventh levels Of coal mine No. at Diamond
: vile
It is not known at this hour If any OF the number
are still alive but believed that all dead. for the
fire in the mine, that began early last evening (Mon-
day. is still burning fercey has cat off every exit
for them and thus far has proven fierce to be Sub
dusd by any means at the disposal Of the company.
: Repeated efforts have besn made to succor the
doomed men, bot all have failed. The flames drove
the rescuers back TINA after tina, until hope at length
: has fled.
The imprisoned miners are all foreigners, and is
: impossible tonight to obtain their names.
: The cause of the fire is unknown. 1t cannot even
: be conjectured with any certainty.
: Coal mine No. ! at Diamondville formerly belonged
to Salt Lake company, the principal stockholders in
which were the S. S. Walker estate and W. FL Reming-
ton who so it coupe Of years ago to the Anaconda
Copper company. It belongs to the Amalgamated
Copper company.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26
DECIDE ON A CIVIL GOVERNMENT
FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

members of his cabinet, and head of the
supreme court. 1t is probable that in
huential natives may be admitted to
membership in the cabinet.
Major General Macarthur will be re-
heVed in the spring by Major General
Chafee. The latter's functions will be
purely military. His troops viii be at
the disposal Of former Judge Taft for
the suppression of disorders, just as the
troops OF a state are available for the
maintenance Of the peace at the call
of its governor. It is stated that as
nearly as possible the new government
win be much like that which the ter
rttory OF Arizona IS today. Military
officers viii be relic ID of civil duty of
whatever character and Americans and
natives will be employed to attend to
all civil matters
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New York, Feb. 25.-A special to the
Herald from Washington says: Secre-
Iary Root has practically completed
preparations for establishing civil gov
eminent in the Philippines as soon as
the necessary legislation is enacted by
congress The secretary has been in
communication with Judge Taft and
his associates on the subject.
one Of the schemes suggested was to
divide the archipelago into depart
mentss over one of each q member Of
the Philippine commission should pre-
side, all to report to Chairman Taft
who would occupy the Office of govern
or general.
The plan that viii probably be adopt
ed is TO keep the Commission intact
but TO make former Judge Taft the
governor general, and his associates
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26
EXECUTION OF HIGH CHINESE
OFFICIALS TODAY.
Must Pay the Death Penalty for Their
Participation in the Boxer Uprising.

Berlin, Feb. 26.-The LokaI Anzeiger
has the following from Pellin, dated
Feb. %: 1.-The execution of Chin Chiu,
former grand secretary, and Cheng Flu,
son of the notorious Hsu Tung, tomor-
row by the hangman, viii occur upon
the same place where last summer two
prO-ciViiized mandarins were beheaded.
The spot is within the German zone.
All the other officials whose lives are
demanded by the ministers of the pow
ers viii be beheaded in Sian Flu.
The opinion largely prevails in
Pekin that Prince Tuan'S punishment
will necessitate the choosing of an
other heir 70 the throne than his SON"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26
SALT LAKE WILL HAVE TO WAIT
FOR ITS PUBLIC BUILDING

to the sum total Of the appropriations,
and then tackled it upon the sundry
civil bill as an amendment. He felt
certain that the amendment would
fail. Other interested congressman
agreed with MERGERS opinion in this
respect.
This means, of course, that the $780,
600 appropriation for the public build
ing at Salt Lake viii be delayed until
the next session. as will also the $250.-
900 appropriation for the same purpose
for Boise, Ida.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26
CoNGEG TO RETURN.
Turns Over Affairs of United States
to Mr.. Rockhill.

PeIxin. Feb. 25.-This morning Minis
ter COnger turned over the affairs of
the United States legation to W. w
Rockhin, particularly to conduct the
negotiations with the Chinese plenipO-
tentiaries. and he will shortly return
to the United States for a six months
vacation.
Americans here feel that this ar
rangement is a confirmation of the re-
port that everything is practically set
tied, for Mr.. Conger felt il his duty to
finish the negotiations satisfactorily.
The Pei-Ho river will open next week,
and then the exodus Cf diplomats, cor
respondents ana others VII begin.
Ii Hung Chang says he expects the
imperial court viii return to Pel1in as
s0on as notification is given that the
troops of the allies are evacuating the
capital. He also asserts that no fur
Their difficulty in the negotiations is
nOSSibIe
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26
Especial to The IIerald.)

Washington, Feb. 25.-Representative
Mercer, chairman of the house COM
mittee on public buildings and grounds,
said to The Herald correspondent to-
day that he did not believe there was
any hope for the passage of the omni-
bus bill. AS is we'll known, this bill
provides appropriations for various
public buildings. Chairman Mercer
added that the principal reason why
this bill would fail was owing to the
fact that the senate had added largely
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26

certain specified points, to be agreed
upon with the president of the United
States.
'Eighth-That by way of further as
surance the government of Cuba will
embody the foregoing provisions in a
permanent treaty with the United
States
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26
No More Bodies Recovered.

San Francisco. Feb. 25.-No more
bodies of victims of the Rio de Janeiro
wreck have been recovered, and it is
not expected that any will rise to the
surface before next Thursday or Fri
day At the spot where the vessel is
supposed to lie the water is thirty-six
fathoms deep, which is said to be twice,
the depth at which divers can work.
1t is thought by expert wreckers that
the bodies of those who went down
within the ship will never be recov-
cred.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26
PASSED THROUGH MANY PERILS, TO
co DOWN WITH The SHIP Rio

sided with the officers and beat the
rest of the crew after hard fight.
Scott's next berth was assistant
steward on the Pacific Mail steamship
City of New York, trading from San
Francisco to Panama. on the thir-
teenth trip the vessel went ashore or
the rocks off the Golden Gate. Many
lives were lost. Scott helped save the
passengers.
The company recognized his heroism
by appointing him chief steward on the
Rio de Janeiro. On his first voyage on
the ship the machinery was disabled
and she had to refit in HOngkOng. She
ran into a typhoon or the second trip
and was blown 200 miles off her
course Her third trip with him as
chief steward ended on the Golden
Gate rocks last Thursday.
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The amendment was referred to the
committee on military affairs. 1t can
be stated on high authority that the
Cuban amendment to the army appro-
priation bill is satisfactory to the pres
ident, and that its adoption by con-
gress viii avoid the necessity for an
extra session.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26
Three hundred Chinese Killed.

Berlin, Feb. 25.--A dispatch from
Count Won Waldersee says over 300 Chi
nese were killed when they attacked
the Germans at Kueng Chang recent
~. Hoffmeister's column, which start
ed thence, will return to Pao Ting Flu.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26
Evacuation of China.

Paris, Feb. 25.-A dispatch to the
Temps from Shanghai says it is be
heved the evacuation of the foreign
troops from China VIII begin at the
end Of March
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THE HAND OF RUSSIA.

England Anxious Regarding Infiu-
ence Of Car.
London, Feb. 25.-LOrd Cranborne.
under secretary for the foreign Office,
was asked in the house of commons
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Silver and Lead.

Silver. size per ounce.
Copper. 15Esc per pound.
Lead. A. S. g r. Cos price Si.0e: New
York exchange, S4.3T1z; New York brok-
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CoaIing and Naval Stations.

'Seventh-That to enable the United
States to maintain the independence
of Cuba and to protect the people
thereof, as well as for it's own defense,
the government Of Cuba will sell or
lease to the United States lands neces-
sary for coaling or naval stations at
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26
Weather Today.

Forecast for Salt Lake Today is
Fair, mild temperature.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
3 U FF AL OE
AL MOST EXTINCT

The American buffalo is fast disap-
pearing from the. earth. 1t is estimated
that there are now remaining alive in
the world only 1924 of these noble
beasts, 6S4 Of which are in captivity.
But it is not possible to be exact in
such statement, inasmuch as the wild
survivors cannot be rounded up and
counted. In the densely wooded re-
gions between the Saskatchewan and
Peace rivers, in British Columbia, are
several hundred buffalo; there are
twenty or so perhaps in the desert
Panhandle region of northwest Texas.
and in the Yellowstone national park
there are fifty or sixty more, it is
believed There are none at liberty
anywhere else.
These few remaining wild bison are
being steadily reduced in number. In
British Columbia they are being
killed off gradually by the Indians,
while those in the Yellowstone park
are potted by poachers whenever the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
Military Ardor.

Military ardor still possesses the
flower Of the country. Of the young
men now in the volunteer regiments
1000 have filed applications for the
610 second lieutenants to be filled in
the reorganized army. And there are
1000 who served in the war with Spain
asking for any places that may be left
after the president and secretary OF
war have made selections from the
1000. A rule excludes from consider
alton as eligible others than those Of
the two classes mentioned. But for
this barrier there would be countless
thousands applying and bringing to
bear political and social influences for
army commissions. The pressure even
from those who are not now in the
volunteer service and who were in the
regiments from the states is very great.
A second lieutenancy in the army is
not an exalted position. The holder
of it draws moderate salary. With
the army reorganized the opportunities
for promotion will come very slowly,
for the higher grades will be filled with
men averaging much younger than in
the old army, and, therefore, vacan-
cies will not occur rapidly. But the
craze for the army has taken strong
hold.-Washington correspondent ST.
Louis Globe-DemocrGt.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02

The movement to recover possession
of the Island of Anticosti from Mr..
Menier, the wealthy Frenchman, has
been recommended. A communica-
ton, it is learned, was recently ad-
dressed to Mr.. Chamberlain, the colo
NAL secretary, urging that the Island
of Anticosti should be appropriated
and fortified by the imperial authori-
ties as military post commanding
the entrance of the St. Lawrence. A
reply has just been received from Mr..
Chamberlain stating that he has re-
ferred the communication to the gov
ernor general, Lord Mimic, as to the
question is one for the Dominion gov
eminent to consider. 1t is claimed by
the promoters of the movement that
under the militia act the Dominion
! government would have power to ex-
propriate the island, compromising
Mr.. Menier in full for the cost and
the money he has expended in inn
provements. The promoters Of the
movement intend to press the matter
on the attention of the government
Montreal Herald and Star.
One pattern Of small arm will now N
used by American fighting men ashso.
and af1oat, and the army rifle is fast by
ing placed aboard the warships.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
WONDERFUL ADVANCE
MADE IN THEIR WORK.

who received s1.5O in money during
the first year, and the journeyman in
the same factory received SO in cash a
week from January until July, and
repienished their Impoverished pock-
etbooks by working in the harvest
fields for the neighboring farm rs.
How different then and now. We enter
the carriage woodshop of today, and
we see nothing of the old-time fittings,
neither do We see the apprentice. The
wheel maker is missing, and in
place of rough plank and thick panel
boards we find the workman supplied
with his framework timber Dire sed to
a thickness, and not infrequently en-
tirely dressed to pattern, his panel
boards all planed to thickness, and
around him all manner of appliances
to facilitate his work. We are not re-
ferring to the wholesale factory, where
machinery fits almost every .ng
ready for gluing or screwing toge .er
but in the shop of the custom Blu
we see power machinery that rel
the workman of much of the h
labor. The shop is arranged to in
comfort in winter as well as in
mer. and the sanitary conditions
such as to protect the health OF
workmen. The manufacturer of l.
has learned the Importance Of ca
for the convenience, comfort
health OF the employees. Wage art
ranged on more equitable b,sls, no
store order is thing of the past; ha
wages earned are paid in cash, and
the workman is free to buy where he
will. His hours of labor are reduced
and fixed by law. Not only are the
wages higher than they were fifty
years ago, but the buying power of the
individual dollar is, with the single eX-
ception of house rent, higher, and in
every way the worker is better stu
ated than he was then.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
CGrviage
MGE crS

fhe rapid strides made by the manu-
facturers of wood working machinery
have changed completely the fitting OF
me carriage woodshop of the present
lay, says TIE Hub. Fifty years ago
one of the largest and best fitted wood
shops in the country was advanced SO
tar that it was provided with cir
cular saw, an upright saw hung on the
gate method, and wheel boxing ma
chine, worked by hand power. All tim
Der that was to be planned by machin-
cry was sent to shop where there was
circular planer and saws, the pro-
prletor of which confined his attention
entirely to planning and saving for
carriage, wagon and cabinet factories
ma carpenters and builders. Three
years later an enterprising machinist
let up a head knife for dressing up the
neaVy timbers, and the wCodworkers
IN the cities began to get rid of some
OF his heaviest work, but he of the
louhtry shop sawed out his shafts,
'oles, felloes, ETC.. by hand. Then
set OF rip and crosscut saws, which
saws, small and large, cons iituted an
important part Of the woodworker's
KIT. We recall a prosperous shop in
an inland town where there were fif-
Teen woodworkers. Through the center
ol thls shop was row of fine chop
ping blocks, with their broadaxes for
heWlng heavy timbers, spokes, etc.
Inc axle makers (the axles being all
Oh wood, the wheel makers, the boy
makers and the men of all work oc
cupied benches in the one shop. Not
piece OF power machinery was used;
even the grindstone had to be turned
by the youngest apprentice; men
worked eleven and twelve hours
day. The best wheel maker was able
10 make one set Of buggy wheels a
week. The man who made a single
seat phaeton body of pattern similar
10 the Queen" in one week was look
ed upon as marvel of speed, and a |
other work was accomplished in about
the same proportion of time. Wages
ranged from 81 to $12 a week. exc pt
$1,000 AAiethCio, lHeSe got SZ 10
81 more, according to their skill and
speed. The apprentice boy received
S25 year and his board for the first
year, and $35, $50 and SS5 a year for
the three years thereafter.
When the labor hours were reduced
| TO eleven day the year around en-
ployers cut down wages ACCORDINGLY
and there was visible reduction in
The yearly output The life of the
Youngest apprentice was hard one
He did about al the rough work tina,
40 one else would do; after that he
got a bench, and then began to "learr
his trade" but with all his disadvan.
ages he could, if he would, become ar
expert workman, although he worked
On the cut and dry" rule The work
| however, was of the hardest kind an6
MS wages small, and these, small as
they were, were further reduced by his
being compelled to trade at the village
store. In this latter respect the jour.
neyman was little better of, as he too
traded at the store, and was fortunate
indeed If he received SIS in ronay each
week. We can call to mind the boy