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the sea of more than two miles. Straight
upward we scared: and within an hour,
during which we felt not the least dlscOm-
fort, we had risen so high that the
earth was row broad expanse beneath us,
blue In color and showing no convolutions
whatever. 1t seemed perfectly fiat at such
distance, and the ocean had become the
same color as the land.
One OF the gentlemen Of the party low
cred n thermometer through the floor and
drew 1t back within ten seconds, its bulb
for it to record the temperature A special
Instrument was then sent down, and came
back with the information that the rarifed
atmosphere were in was eighty degrees
below zero Within the car, the thermome-
tiers registered sixty-two degrees, which
was quite warm enough for comfort. In
another hour we again tested the outer
to more than one hundred below zero. BY
this time the earth had become a dim
haze, and calculations showed that we
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were more than sixty miles above its sur
face, The thought staggered me; but on
we kept, the scientists exulting at such
wonderful progress. Constant observations
were being made of every condition, and
all were jotted down for future reference;
and still onward and upward we scared for
another hour.
eat the end of the third hour, I noticed
remarkable thing and called the attention
Of one of my companions to it. Hitherto
the earth had, as L have said, been a blue
gray blot beneath us. 1t now appeared
part blue and part pale gray, the latter color
being toward the west; and, as l interested
my other fellow travellers in the sight, the
western portion of the colored map was
seen to grow larger as the eastern portion
diminished in size. None of my companions
could account for the phenomenon. The en-
tire field Of our vision was changing, until
now it seemed that only Il portion of the
old familiar blue remained, the pale gray
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Americans are the heaviest meat eat
ers in the world. This appetite is said
to be an Inheritance from the hunting
and fishing stage of the country's life.
The annual income of the Emperor
of Japan is &2,7JO,OOO. His official al
lowance is $l,5OOOO0. He has an iu-
come of 100000 from the $1O,OOO,OO0
granted him out of the Chinese war in
demnity, &25O00O from his private es-
tatcs, 100000 from the forests of the
empire.
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spot that indicated water; yet even then
the territory was wholly unfamiliar to any
Of Us, even t. m" who know thrS' 20, h.
taIns as you do your own home. The bal
loon, under the guidance Of the practised
hand of the operator, descended rapidly
toward plain. but of course you are IA
miliar enough with aerostatlcs to know
that the sensation is that of being station
airy while the earth does the moving. In the
air, all seems moving except the balloon
Itself. Well, within an hour we had fallen
toward the earth in an entirely strange re-
gion. Not thing was familiar, and we had
evidently passed beyond the mountains and
were above a broad plain.
Immediately beneath us now was n per-
fectly circular disc of variegated colors,
here and there feathery clond. The disc
seemed very small in comparison with the
surrounding blue ocean, and we could none
Of US understand II. The balloon now fell
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! the atmosphere of the earth. a fact that all
scientists accept. Some of these bodies are
/ as small rs pinhcadS, while others may be
/ dent; yet now it had never been discovered
by the earth's astronomers was q puzzle
/ 10 me.
That is simple matter Of explana-
/ ton, said our leader: this asteroid has
never been discovered, for the same rca-
son that many small but important things
| have been for years overlooked by Scicn-
| lists In search of greater fields to con-
qu!Gr' IT Is within less than one hundred
| miles Of earth, while the very nearest
| object that has ever attracted the telc-
scopes of our astronomers is the moon
distant quarter Of million miles Can
You not understand that no astronomer
| would ever train his instrument so as to
! focus an object less than a hundred miles
distant.
That sounds reasonable. yet I asked
| him how It was that it had never been
seen with the naked eye
- Simpler STILL he answered because
this little planet is less than ten miles I'm
diameter So small an object with
color nearly identical with that Of the
Garth atmosphere, would never be no
urrd; and having no light Of its uwn.
could not be seen at any time. It is n
mere spcck in the sky, and no man can
toll how long it has foatod around our
. earth. There may be many more OF
them, but for the present we will connne
ourselves to his one and soon shall land
anu see what there is to see
IAN anoro1 barometer was thon Tct
through the tran I'm tbn foor In ordor 20
ascertain the pressure Of +ho otmo.nb,ro
before we dared to onc,l tLn ear and s,n,,
ont" Tn" little world we had discovered.
TIL" planet WAS growing largor every mo.
mcnt and we were now within less tnon
n mile of its surface. The instrunInnf
showed that fine prosSnrc v.os ni,,rt
pounds TO the square inch which obout
equaIrd that on hirh monntoins on tbe
earth. So we were sofn In lana THO
nnomomctnr attached "a thn cor # tbis
time showed nm nntirn 1ocl, op broo1c onJ
we gently dropn.J 10 tbo snrt t'na~, ava t,o
'Nchula as hoI ,rrntoorn,i . III t tie
discovery A. yro 1,I.nd ,,, 10 ,'''i w
scape. II seemed nc e. rro Ihna cue I'M,
drmnrcd intn 'rt%9,.', ,H'ifc n"u suuueIiE
couId no+ nossiII,, irs+tf, nj 80,
Of vcrdmro With tic snail si1 1nS 90 r +hn lion
cvrnntnd to oi,sfrnnt or tm,nE t4u'I not De
Of tha SIM 70 rroduoo s,,eh vi IN" neat
pryzIod T ,n,saIe ,,o,, Sd'n a. ronultioh.
tbrorrb mo trot,, ~. rpnI ~ t"rf'i"Ihet'r
istor II uos oibt a JAW no.," ny r"e
frrtbcr srrnrii Ivy W. gts-a lact that
az dare s ',,N r,I'. ci,nIi Sn'd So
oro o+bor somroos 20 S hno4 nnn that there
nai 't nrn S" s OF neat besides the sun,
s"nnor had ,.a Ivy u",,P4i.lonS; ana no
Tor,rn ,'" , we oIeneu me car door and
,Gih J." 'Ihp uoWh the anchor rope,
a mn,,n i' ~. peem east our. IMAM we. dis
T 3,n.," l,e Sorrfcthess or MS prophecy.
) HIr" "'r" bohing springs everywhere,
ao IE,ns ne ahchor rope about bowl
Tmri, w" h.san survey or our world.
d,r. "rsl "i A. l TOOK good look at the
1t was a more magnificent sight than
o w9Tns can ever tell 1t filled almost the
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The beef trust controls the supply OF sole
the kicks of the consumer do not hurt.
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oscar, not the king Of Sweden, but the
chef of the Waldorf-Astoria, says tnat one
meal day Is enough for the average man.
Doubtless at w. A. prices.
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The Cleveland woman who was arrested
for putting love potion in her husbands
coffee should have used some coffee instead.
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The cough lozenge man Is glad that tne
uncomfortable hot weather is over.
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A Few AifertHOughtS.

The recent campaign effectually dispels
the Illusion that there is any ''silent vote"
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The Panama Canal has reached the stage
of a splendid coat Of arms and a commend
able motto. This Is a good deal further
than the French got.
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Tie Short history Of tile most re-
markabLe AeriaL Exploration on rec
7rR. Secured from and bH6lIShc3 7Oifh
H'ustratlonS mate Of the TRIP, by c0Nr-
ksrrof The Technical Worla, Chicago.
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serving his apprenticeship and then re-
turned to farm life.
He married Miss Jane Wadley in
1888, and three years later emigrated
with family of two children to
America He settled at Kirkland o..
with the members of the Mormon
church, to which faith he was con-
verted in England. He suffered the
haTdships to which the Mormons were
subjected in those days. He started for
Utah in 1850 under the command of
Captain William Snow, and reached
Salt Lake City in the fall of the same
year. He lived in Draper for six years
until the time of the Salmon River
colonization In that year he bought
section of the Kay place and made it
his permanent home.
His wife died in 1888, happy in the
realization that she had raised a family
OF eleven children. all of them now
grown and married. At the present
time he leaves seven children, thirty
six grandchildren and forty-One great
grand children
In NauVOc he was a member of the
Mormon Legion. and after coming to
Utah participated in the Johnston army
troubles under Philemon Merrill. Since
that time he occupied numerous posi-
tiOnG IL the Mormon church.
The funeral viii be held Sunday next
at . p m. at the KaysvilIe meeting
house.
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LURlD TALE FALLS FLAT.
Murderous Assault on Andrew ROhn
Turns Out to Be an Invention
to Deceive His Wife.

The thrilling tale of the murderous
assault of two masked highwaymen
upon Andrew Rohn of S57 North Third
West street. committed Sunday after
noon while he was returning from
Bingham Junction. WAS found by Mar
shal Michael MauSS of Murray and his
deputies to be untrue
Marshall MaUss said last night that
Rohn admitted that he told the Story
to his wife in order TO explain the
broken arm and bruises that he re-
ceived while on drunk. Some of the
papers told a lurid story with the de-
tails of the assault
Rohn had been 70 Bingham Junction
for junk and during the day had been
drinking heavily When he started for
home he feil asleep IN hfS wagon and
rolled out The fan awakened him. and
he ran and caught his team again At
Fourteenth South street. on the Bling
ham Junction road. his horses bolted
and he was thrown from his wagon and
run over He was picked I'D by several
men who saw the accident and was
taken back to Murray. It was found
that his arm was broken and his head
badly cut. His horses were put I'm a
stable nearby and brought 10 the city
yesterday.
DR.. e .. Jones of Murray attended
To the mans injuries and Marshal
Mauss was called TO take him TO the
jail, where he could be taken care of.
1t was learned that he lived in Salt
Lake, and he was put on the car and
taken to his home by one of the dep
utiPS
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John Sivel Smith. a pioneer of this
state and one of the first settlers of
Davis ounty, died Sunday night Of
pneumonia at the age of 95 years. at his
home in Kaysville, where he has re-
sided for nearly half a century.
Up until two weeks ago, when he
encountered pneumonia, he was
actively engaged in looking after his
business interests. Despite his age his
faculties were as we'll preserved as
when young man. and during his long
and remarkable life he enjoyed perfect
health In Davis county where he
spent the greater part OF his life, he was
in active business as a farmer and
stockman. His business interests were
extensive and he was interested in
livestock companies located throughout
the state, Idaho and Canada. He pur-
chased part of the land under the old
Kay survey and he afterwards named
the settlement Of KaysVille
He was born IN Worcestershire
England, March 10. 1909 and had he
lived until the coming March he would
have been 80 years Of age. His father
was 2 stOCkman in the old country. and
the first fifteen years of his life was
spent on his parents farm. At the age
of 10 he commenced a five year APP
premiership learning Ia be a carpenter
Wood-worker ana wagon-maker. He
followed the trade for three years after
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-14
COLD WAVE MOVING AWAY SLOWLY
AND MODERATE WEATHER is PREDICTED

All things considered Salt Lakers
have reason to feel grateful that they
did not have so cold a spell from the
recent frigid wave as some of their
neighbors have had I'm adjoining states.
All of Forecaster r. J. Hyatt's predic-
tions have come true almost to the lei
ter and now he says the town is going
TO have more moderate weather with
scarcely any prospect of a stormy
period for several days. though " may
cloud up a bit now and then. enough
10 give one the impression that d snow
storm might be brewing.
The lowest point touched by the mer-
curry yesterday in this city was zero.
between s and o'clock in the morning
At the latter hour it Was ] above. and
from that time until O'Clock in the
afternoon the upward gain vas at the
rate of . degrees per hour. At the hour
mentioned the thermometer indicated
Is degrees above, and then il began 10
Tecede slowly.
Today viii not be as cold as yester-
day, and there are strong pTCba bilities
that at least p above Will be reached.
The barometer. was highest over the
plateau region, the middle and south
ern Rocky mountain slopes. and the
lowest was over the northern Rocky
mountain slope and over the Atlantic
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ment, was not present. His name was
confused with that of Senator Alger
who was present and voted for the
amendment.
The pairs recorded were Depew and
McEnery. Proctor and Mallory, Clark
OF Arkansas and Willard. Pettus and
Crane and Simmons and Clamp. No
record was made, however. as 10 the
manner these senator's would haze
voted.
End of the Matter.
The treaties We're received at the
White House today and following the
usual procedure they Will be recorded
and forwarded to the state department
They viii be sent to the librarian
where in accordance with the state
ment issued by Secretary Hay, they
fill remain.
Cullon's Comment.
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Gull
lom, chairman cf the committee on for
eign relations, after reading Secretary
Hays comment on the action of the
senate in amending the arbitration
treaties. said:
The senate's position is right. abso-
lutely. IL anything is done hereafter
the president will have to take the SEN
ate into his confidence. 1t might require
a little more time, but otherwise l can
see nothing in the senate's course In
harmonious with the presidents inter-
probation of his treaty-making power
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coast states. The precipitation has
been confined principally 10 the south
ern and eastern states. Ohio and Mis-
siSSippf valleys and the lake region.
1t was showing yesterday at Havre.
Buffalo, PfttshUrg. Elkins. Knoxville
and AShevilie, sleeting at Montgomery
and raining a Norfolk and Charleston.
The largest amount OF precipitation
was at Montgomery. 1-2S inches
The severe cold wave with teInpera-
lures from zero to 2S degrees below.
extended over the country from the
plateau region To the lower lake coun-
try, with temperature below freezing as
Tar south as the Gulf coast. The low
est temperatures We're as follows: Bis
marck and Duluth. 2S below: Moore
head. 20 below: St Paul. Huron and
North Platte. "a below: Omaha. p be-
low; Kansas City and Winnipeg. 20 be-
low; St. Louis, IS below: Dodge and
Denver, IA below; Sault Ste. Marie. -
below; Oklahoma City and Cairo. 10
below, and zero at Cincinnati
Considerable trouble was experienced
yesterday with the telegraph service
eastward. 1t was especially bad east
of Pittsburg and along the eastern OF
seaboard states where wires were pros
trsted BY reason of severe storms OF
sleet and snow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-14
JOHN w. GATES
VISITS IN UTAH
Train Held Back by Western
Blizzard.
OBJECT OF TRIP KEPT DARK
THOUGHT BIG IRON DEAL MAY
BE UNDER CONSIDERATION.

Jonn w Gates did not reach Salt
Lake yesterday owing to the fact that
the Overland Limited on the Harri-
man system was behind time. 1t was
due to arrive at 4:45 in the afternoon,
but at midnight it was reported that
the train. would not be in till $3.50 this
morning
The non-arrival Of the noted mag
nate and operator was a source of keen
disappointment to q number of ambi-
tious promoters who had propositions
they wished to submit to the man who
has figured prominently i'm some of the
great industrial deals of the day.
Deep mystery surrounds the object of
Mr. Gates visit TO Utah at this time.
The belief found lodgment IL the minds
OF many that d large deal in the iron
lands of southern Utah was i'm proc
ess Of incubation. The fact that Mr..
Gates recently operated so extensively
along similar lines in the east was the
foundation for the conviction
The fact that Mr. Gates is in Salt
Lake is Ia itself significant. Taken in
connection with the fact that he is
now Independent of the trust, and that
he is supposed to be looking about for
opportunities TO develop industrial en-
terpriSes on n gigantic scale may mean
big things for Utah, especially the
southern portion of the state.
May Want Bull Valley Iron.
1t is we'll known that Senator a. r.
Lewis is now in New York for the pur-
pose OF disposinE of a great body of
iron and coal land in Bull valley.
Whether there is any connection be-
tween this and the visit here. of John
w. Gates is merely a matter for spec
ulatiOn Others who are interested in
the same property and ready to take
up the option the minute Senator Lew
is sUTrenders it may be in closer touch
with Mr. Gates
Little is known locally as to the flu
ture movements of Mr.. Gates and his
party. The identity of the men with
him is even kept in the dark. They
til o'clock, when they will take break
fast at the KnutsfOrd and be ready for
whatever business brings them to Salt
Lake. There are those who will not be
surprised if the whole party takes
flying trip into southern Utah.
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ARBITRATION TREATIES ARE DEAD
Roosevelt Will Not Present Them TO the Countries With Which
They Were Negotiated Statement by
Secretary Hay,
Secretary Hay,

IAI ASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-President
Wv Roosevelt viii not present the ar
bitration treaties. as amended by
the senate, to the countries with which
they were negotiated. In reply to
numerous inquiries by representatives
of the press at the state department to-
day, Secretary Hay made in substance
the following statement:
The president regards the matter of
the general arbitration treaties as con-
cluded by the senate on Saturday. He
recognizes the right of the senate to
reject a treaty either by a direct vote
or indirectly by changes which are in
compatible with it's spirit and purpose
he considers that with the senate
amendments the treaties not only cease
10 be step forward i'm the cause Of
general arbitration, but are really a
step backward. and therefore he is un-
able to present them i'm this altered
form 10 the countries with which we
have been in negotiations"
Sent to the President.
The arbitration treaties which were
amended and ratified by the senate on
Saturday We're sent to the president to-
day. Each treaty was accompanied by
the usual resolution setting forth the
action taken by the senate
The vote of fifty to nine in favor of
the adoption of the amendment to the
treaties does not give the fun strength
of the senate on the question of insist
ing upon it's prerOgatives in treaty
making. There were five pairs record
ed, but in each case il was stated by
the senator announcing his pair that
he believed If his pair were present he
would vote for the amendment. There
seemed to be lack of information as to
whether general pairs covered the sub
Ject of amendment to treaties and on
that account a number Of senators re-
Trained from voting Senator Allen, who
was recorded as voting for the amend
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GOULD is COMING WEST.
Great Railroad Builder Will Inspect
the Western Pacific and Other
Important Projects.

George j. Gould is out on another
trip of inspection ever his western
properties. He is scheduled 10 meet
his consulting engineer. Virgil -.
Bogue- in Salt Lake next month and
with him go over portion Of the route
of the Western Pacific between here
and san Francisco. From here n VIII
go to san Francisco and inspect the
Western Pacific plans at that end OF
the route.
The Could party Will include Mrs
George J. Gould, Robert Howard Rus
sell, Benjamin Nicol and Miss Anita
Stewart. The start has already been
made. The COMPLETE trip will cover
1900 miles. 1t Will include visits to
Denver. ogden. Salt Lake. San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles. as well as many
minor points between The party will
live on the special train and VIII re-
turn to New York IN the spring.
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fered to sell his property to the city for
$4,000 This was denied by Mr.. Neb-
eker, who again said the offer was
made on the night of oct. ,. between Al
and u o'clock. and not on the night of
Oct u. as claimed by Councilman
FeTnstrOm.
Viking Lawson Cross-Exsmined.
n F. Lawson, who is interested with
r. NJ Pope, was next called upon for "A
statement. He denied that the Pope
property had ever been offered TO the
city for less than 81, coo.
Mayor Morris asked him as to the
name of the tract that he and Mr.. Pope
tried to sell the city, and he said it was
known es the Tip Top
Then the mayor asked him as to the
names of the owners Of the land, and
at this point his memory became de-
fective and he said: y can't remem-
Der all Of them. There are eight own
erS. That is, the $50 acres was entered
under eight names, with twenty acres
TO each
The mayor then asked him If the
tract of $50 acres was owned by the
Westwater OIL & Asphalt company or
the Westwater Land & Mining COM
psuy. and if by either of those corpora
tons: if the assessment work had been
done during the past year.
MIR. Lawson said neither company
was interested in the land that had
been offered the city. and the assess
meut work had been done on that land.
Then came Milo Clark. the man who
owned the land sold TO the city. the
sale of which had been approved by
Mayor Morris in the same message in
which he vetoed the Pope purchase. He
said that Mr- Pope brought Mr.. Neb-
eker TO him before the special commit
tee had acted upon the asphalt PR po-
sitions. and MT. Nebeker in Mr.. Pope ;
presence. asked him 10 boost the price
OF his property $500. His answer was
That Mr.. Pope could look after his
CPOpe'S) business and he would look
after his own tClark's) business. He
said at the meeting Of the special com
mittce referred to he had heard Mr..
%ebekeT offer 100 acres OF asphalt land
for $1,000. While Mr.. Nebeker did not
describe the property or tell Of its loca-
ton. he knew that 1t was Mr.. Pope's
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the railroads today was almost com
plete. The Baltimore & Ohio road -
the greatest sufferer and il is reported
that there have been no trains be
tween Meridian, Miss, and New
Orleans for ? week. The only cheering
news from the entire south came TO-
day from western and southern Texas.
where a slight moderation in tempera-
turc was reported. From Western
Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska come
reports Of temperatures ranging from
20 to p below zero. All through these
states the month of January was the
coolest known since the esta blishment
Of the weather bureau and the month
OF February has so far shown equal
severity. All through Minnesota. Wis
cOnsin and northern Michigan the mer-
curry ranged from 20 to A. below. the
coolest place on the map being Rich
land Center, Wis, which announced the
low marx OF A. below
Rise in Temperature.
A general warming up is nOticeab bic
tonight in the northwest. St. Paul
showing a temperature Of 10 below to-
night, as compared with % below
twenty-four hours earlier. The rise in
temperature is accompanied by some
snow, but no heavy precipitation is
recorded
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MIGHT BE PREJuplcIAL.

Sacramento. Cal, Feb 13.-Fiuai arEu-
ments in the cases of Senators Emmons
BunlSers. French and Wright accused OF
bribery. were made tonight before the
investigating committee The accused
protested against any report by the com
mittee being made until their cases had
been tried i'm the criminal court.