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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
Provision Supply In Caracas VIII Last
But Ten Days Longer.

A dispatch from Caracas to the
Paris Matin says tho approaching de.
parture OF United States Minister
Bowen does not arouse fears for their
safety among the foreign residents
their sole anxiety being on account Of
the scanty supply Of provisions and
-four. which is sufficient to last the
Caracas population only ten days
longer. The government, according tn
tho dispatch has only $4,000 in hand
The revolution movement is said to be
making no progress.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS.
Men Selected for Official Positions In
Utah Legislature.

Men Selected for official Positions In
Utah Legislature.
The following are the caucus nomi.
neea for onnclals OF the coming log.
islatlvo session.
In the Senate-Preaidert y. NJ. AIN.
son. OF Weber: secretary. A. W. Jensen
Of Sanpete; minute clerk. Carl A.
Badger. OF Salt Lake; docket clerk.
II. Bachman. OF Utah; engrossing
clerk. Y. J. Henderson ~ Weber,
mailing clerk, Miss Priscilla Smith ~
Salt AXE. committee clerks. Colonel
y. W Tatlocly. Of Salt ale; Walter
l. Wildlng, Of Salt axe, George II.
Croahy, " SEWER; sergeant alarms.
Charles u. ayne. OF Weber. chaplain.
nishon Snroul OF Washlnrtcu; mesgen.
gers. Thomas ~ Jones. Of Utah, and q.
NJ noehe, of piute; doorkcener. w. l..
White, ST.. Of BOX Elder; steHograrher.
Mas Carrie Keate. OF Salt AXE;
Waterman, Hans Christensen " Salt
Lake.
In the Honsc-Sneaker Thomas
Hull 81 Salt ale. chief clerk ".
CUMMINGS. Of Utah; minute clerk Sci
don l. Clawson, OF Salt AXE, eneross.
ing clerk. Norman @. Allen. OF Cache;
docfet clerk A, l.. Toone. Of Weber;
committee clerks. Cora SNYDER. OF
Summit; PHYLLIS ynch. Of Salt axe;
Estella Smith. of Salt ako, sergeant
alarms. NJ. A. Ross. OF ulntah; watch
man. Seth Johrson. OF Kane; messen
gers Alex Kelley, OF Willard; Carl
Hoist, OF Box Elder; chaplain. Joseph
n, Porter. Of MORGAN; doorkeeners, u.
II. Voas, OF Salt AXE; @. A. Peacock.
Of Pluto.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
silver coInane Of Hawaii.

The session OF the house Wednesday
lasted a little more than two hours.
The senate bill for the redemption OF
the silver coinage Of the Hawaiian
Islands and It's rocolnage into United
States coin was passed after an hours
debate II provides for tho redemp-
tion OF silver coins by being received
either in Hawaii or the United States
iu the payment OF dues. Standard
silver coins OF the United States may
be exchanged for coin of Hawaii at
their face value.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
over a Score Drowned.

About a score OF lives have been
lost in Austria as the result Of floods
caused by the breaking up OF the Ice
in the rivers. At szolnok floating ice
capslzed a boat and eight persons
were drowned, A washout wrecked n
train at Paussa, with the result that
two persons were killed aud seven in
iured. Nine boys. while skating at
Jarkasi, were drowned through the ice
breaking. The rise In the Danube has
beed rapid. Al Ybdes the river rose
1--WE feet in one day. The rivers in
south Bohemia have overlooked.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
TRIED TO suRN FAMILY.
Horrible Crime Charged Against San
Francisco Woman.


Horrible Crime Charged Against San
Franelseo Woman.
Mrs. Mary Kline. Of san Francisco.
and her baby boy are lying at the
point Of death tonight at the receiving
hospital, both having been frightfully
burned. At the police station Mrs.
Mary Davis is in custody. pending an
investigation that may result in the
charge Of murder being placed against
her.
Tonight the inmates Of the house
we're attracted ct Mrs. Kline's rooms
by her agonizing shrieks. and they
found her envelopod In flames. The
clothing Of her babe was also on fire.
and two boys. one years old and the
other o, were burned about the face
and hands.
Neighbors quickly gave all possible
aid, and the woman and her children
were hurriedly conveyed to the hos
pltal for treatment The physicians
said Mrs. Kline and the babe would
die.
Mrs. Kline charges that Mrs. Davis
threw a lighted lamp at her. and her
dying statement was taken, in which
she declares Mrs. Davis was respon-
slble for the condition Of herself anG
children. The 9.year.old boy corrob-
GRATED his mothers statement.
The accused woman, who was ar
rested. denied that she threw the lamp
or knew OF Mrs. Kline's injuries until
informed by the other dodgers In tho
houpo
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16

Because there was a coal famine
In the city. and the dealers were un.
able TO secure any coal, large num-
Der OF citizens OF Arcola, Ills, held
up coal train Of thirty cars on the
Illinois Central ralrond ms Il wac
nnssing through the town So'ur'
afternoon. ard unconrlca tho r'-'
nnd refused 10 nl'ow @ GERS 10
coed further. despite tho ~
trainmou, aided by tho ~Di e.
The citizens are wlll'19
yalue Of tho coal. Int .
70 have q
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
VOLCANO IN SOUTHERN UTAH.


II 10 Located About Twenty mlleS
North Of Moab.
A partly active volcano crater has
been discovered by prospectors at
point about twenty miles north of
Moab.
On a high mesa the prospectors dis.
covered steam or smoke rising some
distance from where they we're, and
on investigating found that II rose
from a hole in the sollu sandstone for.
nation. The orlhce is oblong. about
three feet In width and six feet long,
A strong current OF warm air carry.
Ing some vapor arises. but seems 10
have httle or no gaseous smell. The
Sides OF the hole are very black and
sooty. A rock thrown in apparently
falls a long distance. The prospectors
working In that section will make fur
thor investigation.
This section has been prospected
over for number OF years. and cattle
and sheepmen have ridden over It for
the past twenty-five years without dis
covering the crater. The prospectors
who visited II say they would not have
found Il but for seeing the steam
arise. AZ II is In place that would
be unlikely to DO passed.. It appears
to be an old volcano vent that has
been lying dormant for years, and is
Just beginning to show signs of actlv-
liv
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
DISASTROUS WRECK.

Seven Persona Killed In a Collision on
a Pennsylvania Road
As a result Of collision between a
passenger train and the rear end OF n
freight train on the Pennsylvania rail-
road at Cochrane station, Pennsyl-
vania, seven men are dead. one is dy-
Ing and Ave others are injured.
The officials Of the road attributed
the disaster to the failure of Patrick
Quinn, the rear brakeman of tho
freight. to see that his train had fully
cleared. Up to late hour Quinn has
not been located.
Three OF the victims were appar-
emily killed outright. two OF the other
four were literally roasted 10 death,
and the two Who dled on tho way TO
the hospital were 80 badly burned that
recognition is impossible.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
our coallno Station in Cuba.

The indications are that the United
States will satisfy itself by claiming
one coallng station In Cuba, at Guam
tanamo. although the navy department
Is DESTROYS of acquiring two others, ono
at Clenfuegos and another at Bahie
Honda, which seems TO have been So
lected instead of Nipa as the best port
on the northern coast next 10 Havana.
The Cuban government has been made
aware OF the wishes OF the United
States. and the subject will soon come
up for adjustment.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
French Murderer Gets OF With Sen.
tenee Of Life Imprisonment.

The sentence Of dea.l passed upon
Henri Vidal. November 8. 1909, has
been committed to penal servitude for
life. Henri Vidal confessed at Nice 20
the extraordinary wanton murder OF
two women and attempts to assassi-
nate various others It was for these
murders that he was sentenced 10
death. but he is believed to have been
the author Of a series OF crimes on the
Riviera. which made him one OF the
notorious murderers Of France
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
Woman Makes Living by ENtortlng
Money From Applicants for
Her Hand.

Mrs. Laura stackhouse, alias Laura
Miller. alias Marion Monselle, of Mar
letta, o., was arrested Wednesday for
using the mails for fraudulent pur-
poses in advertising that she was seek
Ing a husband and extortlng money
from applicants. sho has confessed.
Government officials say her business
has been extensive throughout the
United States, and thousands OF dol
lars have been gathered In this way.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
DEAD HAND AT THRo1rle.
Passenger Train In Tennessee sun by
Corpse.


Passengers on an incoming Knox.
vile q Ohio railroad traln roo sew.
eral miles Sunday afternoon Nh the
hand Of corpse at the throttle OF the
engine. The train left BuekGe on
time. and thon through car@viIe. tho
next station. When Engineer A. c.
Young ran through tho latter town,
Fireman Mattlock knew somsthing
was wrong and stepped 70 the engl.
neer's side Of the engine. lie found
Young dead, and Immediately stopped
tho train. There il a wound b tho
left side Of the engineers head. and
the supposltlon is that a piece Of stone
foil from a high cut through tho
mountains and killed him insanity.
The train run perhaps eight miles
after Young was killed.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
sMoor STILL A CANDIDATE.
Can See no Reason Why He Should
Not Secure the Office.

When Apostle Reed smoot was
shown a copy OF the Kearns interview.
he is quoted as saying: This is UNI
precedented. In any other state in the
Union such action on the part of the
president would be resented"
when asked II the attitude taken
by President Roosevelt would cause
him to retire from the race. Mr.. Smoot
replied: Il am candidate"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
WORK OF COAL sARoNs
Coal Shortage Responsible for Heavy
Death Rate In Chicago.

Two thousand persons ia Chicago
are suffering from ailments directly
duo TO cold and exposure resulting
from tho coal famine. according to the
weekly bulletin OF the heath depart
ment. Issued Saturday.
Serious results are already seen in
n heavy increase in tho death rate.
and tho health department brands the
men responsible for the situation as
guilty OF constructive homicide.
The death rate last wodk for chill
dren under yeare old whs is.2 per
cont greater than in the snb9e YNek OF
iastivcrr. and nt,ane- PsYoni ~
years OF age IL was SET % mt
greater. Nv
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
ANIMALS FoR pAILIPPINEs.
Bill Approprlatlns s2,5oo,ooo to Pur'
chase Of Draught Animals.

The senate committee on the Philip
pines has taken favorable action on
the amendment to the sundry civil APP
preparation bill suggested by Senator
Lodge, approprlating S2,5OO,0OO for tho
purchase OF draught animals for the
Filiplnos. The measure was prepared
in response to a suggestion by Gov.
ernor Taft, and the funds are desired
to supply stock In place of that do
stroyej by disease.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-01-16
chsrred sody FOUND Ai.sr .h

Mrs. Florlne Henry. the VI 70 OF
Philip s. Henry. wealthy coffie mer'
chant, was burned TO death Id fire
that almost entirely destroyed tho res
ldence OF the family In New Yo4S City.
Alberta Erickson. domeatlcl jump
cd from the fourth story wlnddw and
received injuries from which SIP died
soon afterward. Mr.. Henry, VIII was
ailghtly burned. was rescued by a po-
ilcoman. who entered the house before
the arrival Of the firemen. It was sup
posed that his wife had already made
her ESCAPE. After the nre had been
extingulshed. Mrs. Henry'a charred
body was found In her bed room or
tho second floor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

dren run riot. I think we need some
of the stritt old Puritan rules en-
forced.
Cooking on the Sabbath day is
quite common now, whereas it used
to be done only in cases of absolute
necessity. Sarge Plunkett said in a
letter for the Atlanta Constitution
not long ago that some of the young
folks had actually openly avowed
their disbelief of the Bible. Some
one says the boys and girls of
Georgia must be very BAD. But I
say they are no worse than those of
other States. But there remain a
faithful few in every State and ma
ton who know God and believe His
word, and stand steadfast beneath
the baner of the cross. [ think it
would be nice to have a contest in
scriptural questions, and give some
good Bible student a nice prize.
One who is SINCERE.
M~ecklenburg Co., N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27
Aunt Jennie's Letter.

We appreciate the long and in
teresting letter from Rev. N. B.
Cobb to this department. The veter-
ans of the War Between the States
are fast crossing the river that di-
vides time from eternity. The order
to march, with the accompanying
promise that they shall rest on the
other side, is being rapidly answered
by those who remain.
Sincere bewails-and justly So
the decline of religious sentiment
in the home and the waste of our
Sabbaths.
To-day has been of the kind that
tests the patience of mothers. It is
sieeting and too cold for the little
people to be out, so they must stay
in the house and the mother must
needs endure their noise and often
times their fretfulness. I some
times think that it would pay US
we're we to lay aside all work on days
like this and devote our time to
amusing and entertaining the chill
dren. We think that we can't spare
the time but after the day is done
and we remember what we have ac-
complished and the worry of it all,
would we not feel better satisfied
had we laid it aside and tried some
other day? Then we so often have
t o undo what we have done on such
days, and the make-over takes more
time than the first work.
AUNT JENNIE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27
Decline in Religious Observances.
AUNT JENNIE.

Dear Aunt Jennie:-I will say a
few words about the difference be-
tween the social and religious as
poets of our country fifty years ago
and at the present.
1t was the custom a half century
ago to have family prayer. Now it
is almost entirely a thing of the past.
And even the bedside prayer is now
often omit d. Why is this? Are we
on the verge of religious decline?
And the young people of to-day,
we're it not for Sunday-school, would
be almost ignorant concerning the
Scriptures. Bible study. is also on
the decrease. Only for a few of our
schools make the Bible a part of their
work, reading perhaps eight or ten
verses a day.
And the old singing school is gone.
The young folks of to-day r with
out an idea of correct singing, except
in rare cases where they have shown
special talent, and have been sent
North and had their voices trained
to a pitch between that of a cats
wall and the screech of a screech owl.
They are then ready to join the
choir. Long ago all the young peo-
pie studied vocal music, and the
whole congregation sang.
The Sabbath day is not kept as it
should be. Our young folks go walk
ing or driving, and make the Sab
bath a holiday instead of a holyday,
while their elders lounge around
home, and are too lazy to go to
church or Sunday-school. Some of
them lie abed all day, and the chill
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27
Now Buys wi

eff you please, sir, father says he's
going to kill a pig, and can you do
with a side of bacon"
eyes, my boy" said the school
master. "TelI him to send it as soon
as he likes"
A week passed away, and as the
bacon had not arrived the teacher
reminded the boy of his order.
II expect you forgot to tell your
father, you young ~rascaln said the
schoolmaster, good-humoredly.
ooh, no., sir, I didn't" said the
youngster. "My father hasn't killed
the pig"
Flows that, Tommy"
"Please, sir, it's got better.-Lon-
don Answers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27
Got Their Fees, Anyway.

McJigger-"Young DR.. Downs re-
Gently made fifty dollars in a CUES
sing contest"
Thingumbob-"The only one who
guessed correctly, eh?"
McJigger-"Oh, no. Two other
doctors got the same, and all three
Of them guessed wrong. You see,
they were called in consultation over
a Observation-Disclosures Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

these men were never whipped, but
simply overpowered by superior num-
bers and superior equipment.
These prayer-meetings were kept
up night after night, and privates
and officers came and bowed to-
gether, forgetting all military or
other distinctions when they present.
ed themselves before their Maker.
When we halted for a short rest
at Hagerstown, Md, Rev. j. A.
Stradley and I baptized fourteen in
Antietam, some of whom had met the
foe in deadly conflict on the same
stream some time before. In the
barracks at Carlisle, Pa, the Sun
day before the Battle of Gettysburg,
several others were baptized by Rev.
A. D. Belts and Rev. Mr.. Brooks,
Of Georgia.
I have been preaching forty-three
years, and have been in many glo-
rious revivals of religion in the home
churches and on mission fields; but
[ have never yet seen the power of
God more manifest than in the re-
vivals in the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia.
One night while Rev A. D. Belts
and I were holding the meeting above
referred to, a sentinel on duty near
the place of meeting was found lean
ing upon his gun and weeping like
a child. The sermon had reached
his heart as he trod on his beat, and
he had paused to seek reconciliation
with God. When I arose to pro-
nounce the benediction, a fne-look-
ing bronzed soldier on the outskirts
of the audience called out, "Please
stop a minute, SIR" and, coming for
ward to the log on which [ was stand
ing, with his cap in his hand, said,
II want to say a word, my comrades;
I've found the Saviour tonight. Now
you can DISMISS"
We sang "Praise God, from whom
all blessings fow," and pronounced
the benediction.
The next morning before day we
broke camp and started on the never
to-be-forgotten campaign which end
ed at Gettysburg, and that mastery
retreat of Lee to the south side of
the Potomac. N. 3. COBB.
Clear Run, Sampson Co., n. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27
REVEALS IN WAR TIMES.

IA - ~
ligion and Baptisms of Soldiers in
Camp and on the March.
Dear Aunt jennie hope that
minnie" of Cumberland County,
will continue to produce sketches of
religious scenes in the Southern Ar
mics during the years 1861-'65 under
the title of "Glimpses of Life in War
Times" DR.. j. William Jones has
done the South incalculable service
by putting into permanent form
many of these incidents in his book
entitled "Christ in the Camp; but
of course he could reproduce but a
few of them, and many of the best
and most touching, | fear, will never
be recalled, as the participants are
now fast passing away. Within the
last few months I have been called
on to preach the funeral or to condole
with the families of no less than six
of these old soldiers who have passed
to their heavenly reward. Only very
recently was [ called to preach the
funeral of two aged kinswomen, n
of whom had given a Christian hus-
band and the other a noble Christian
son to the cause of the Confederacy.
l think the baptisms referred to in
DR.. A. E. Dickinson's report were
in Ramseur's and not Ransom's
brigade. The names are so nearly
alike that a printer or a listener
might easily mistake the one for the
other. The Second, Fourth, Four
teenth and Thirtieth North Carolina
Regiments composed Ramseur's
brigade, and Rev. A. D.. Belts and
myself held a meeting between the
camps of the Second and Fourteenth
Regiments near Fredericksburg just
before they started on the march
through Maryland into Pennsylvania.
I remember well the parting that took
place between me and n of these
men at Gettysburg. His right arm
had been torn off by a annon ball
in the second days fight, and the sur
geons had unjointed the shredded
stump that remained at the shout
der. When orders came to remove
the wounded, as the last days battle
was going against us, the surgeons
in the field hospital reported that
Novel;, among others, would have to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27

ing the wounded whose condition
was not so unfavorable from the
large barn to the ambulances for
that long retreat across the South
Mountains, NOVEL; called me to him
and said: "Parson, I hope you will
get back home safe, and if you do
and see any of my folks, tell them
you left me here rejoicing in the
hope of heaven and hat you bap-
tiled me before we started on this
march. [ have a wife and nine chill
dren. Tell them all, if you V e see
them, to meet me in heaven" And
he turned over on his side to hide
the tears hat came into his eyes.
The revival that began in Ram
seur's Brigade, near Fredericksburg,
continued all along the march from
there to Gettysburg.
After breaking camp and march
ing on foot twenty-five miles through
such clouds of dust as made white
men undistinguishable from negroes,
[ passed along the lines where the
men were pouring water from their
canteens upon their blistered feet,
and was accosted by Levi Dawson,
from Wayne County.
"Parson," said he, care you going
to have prayer-meeting tonight"
II don't know, Levi, I reckon you
r all too tired to turn out to
prayer-meeting, aren't you?"
"Well, Parson, we're pretty tired.
Look at that old heel" Can inch of
skin was rubbed off where he was
pouring the water), "but we are
neVer too tired for a prayer-meet-
ing"
"Well, pass it along the lines that
in five minutes there will be prayer
meeting between the Second and Thir-
tieth Regiments" said I.
The word was quickly passed, and
men at once began to come from
every company, some limping, some
with their shoes off, some with shoes
in their hands-all just as the word
reached them; and standing there
between the lines of the stacked arms
of the two regiments, [ asked them
to sing
cam I a soldier of the cross,
A follower of the Lamb" etc.
They made the woods ring with
their manly voices. At the end of
the song announcement was made,
off any Of you want us to pray for
you, come give me your hand and
tell me your name"
It was now dark and no fires we're
allowed to be kindled, lest the scouts
of the enemy might divine Lees
movements, and I could not distin-
guish them, even at very short dis
lance. As n after another came
forward, announcement was made:
Captain B. asks you all to pray for
him." "Private @. asks your pray
ers." sergeant D. asks you to pray
for him." etc., till quite a large mum
Der had given me their hands and
knelt together in a row on the dusty
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-01-27
OUR SOCIAL CHAT

All letters Intended for this department
should be addressed to AUNT Jennie care
of The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, n. G.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-02-07
Looks Like Thirty Cents.

The Freeman & Lynn Commercial
Mems Ministries intend to favor US
with a musical entertainment this
season that will be long remembered
in this town. Charles H. Cassassa,
the noted bandmaster, and James H.
Doolittle, of San Francisco, have orga-
nized a band and orchestra that will
simply make the bands of profession
al minstrel companies look like
bunch of misfits Great care and
expense have been devoted by Messrs.
Cassassa and DOolittle in their must
cal organization. Only the very best
instrumental artists on this coast will
don a Freeman & Lynn uniform this
year. Last year the press criticisms
of the Freeman & Lynn minstrels
claimed that in minstrel performance
| in California has there been such a
general and conspicuous excellence
in the musical lines as was prominent
in their performance. VIM. Melon
aid, California's greatest basso, late
of the Bostonians, will be one of the
attractions that Freeman & Lynn Of
fer this season. Remember the date
Carson opera house, next Monda,
evening.