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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26
Big Task Imposed on Official Reporters
by Misunderstanding Meetings
by Committees-New Record
Is Established.

Washington. - Never before in the
history of the world has there been
such task imposed on shorthand re-
porters as the one which has just been
completed at the capitol. There has
been more talk recorded there in the
last seven months than was ever put
into print anywhere before in the
same length of time.
When the first session of the fifty
ninth congress adjourned 1t was
found that the Congressional Record
had gone beyond the 10000 page mark.
figure before in one session of con-
gress, and that was in the tifty-frst
(the Reed rules SESSION., which sat I'M
til October l. The congress in seven
months did as much talking on the
floors of the house and senate as the
fifty-first did in ten months. The house
contributed the greater volume of the
oratory. but the 20 day senate debate
ON the railroad rate bill was quite I'M
precedented in that body for its con-
tinuousness, quantity, rapidity and
technical character.
The official reporters of the house
who take an interest in such things
have collection of figures which
show that the debates in that body
average a more rapid rate than any
where else. For instance the record
often contains 60 columns of reported
matter for six hours session. This
means an average of about 165 words
a minute the whole time. Some men
like Mr.. Tawney, Mr.. Hepburn, MT
Mondell and Mr. Clayton, speak with
such delightful elaboration and clear
ness that they could almost be taken
by a good longhand writer; but the
average is made by the rapidity of 9TH
ers, like Mr.. Lacey, Mr.. Hull, Mr.. DE
Almond, Mr.. Stephens of Texas, Mr.
Bonynge, Mr. Gillett of California, Mr.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26
SMlRCH LOVELY CITY.
People of Naples Unworthy OF the
Beauty with Which They
Are Surrounded.

Say! God made the site OF Naples
the finest in the world. The bay and
its surroundings are grand Deyohu
conception. But Naples is to-day
the vilest city | have ever seen
There are fine people there, but they
are a small minority, and are pow.
erless to correct the evils. Some Oh
The streets are only four feet wide,
everywhere there is macaroni lor
sale. Men, women and chhafen VI
the slums drift lazily along. and II
tbey have a cent or two help mem
selves out of the common bowl OF inc
haste. Just as some folks eat siaw
in a barroom here. 1t is very DIS.
qustlng to see them hold 1t two ieel
above their heads and let it run down
their outlets. l have seen ouris
italians buy two cents worth OF tne
stuff suck it down and go to sleep
ON the neighbours doorstep "nei'
thew will lie for a day and a hail.
N. Y. Press.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26
CONGRESS WAS TALKATIVE.

Wekes. Mr.. Cochran and Mr.. Little
field, whose conversation in colloquy
often goes about the 200 word mark.
But the debates on the floor are only
part OF the doings. Never before have
there been so many committee hear
ings. A brand new chairman of the
house committee on appropriations
came In this session, and under the
leadership of Mr.. Tawney the depart
ments of the government have received
such an overhauling as never before.
This committee was in session almost
all the time, and the printed hearings
on the appropriation bills alone
equalled in volume the entire house
proceedings in some former con.
crosses.
There was scarcely an important
house committee that has not had more
hearings than usual. Often six or
seven committees have been in session
at once and there was one memorable
day when IL committees of the house
sat at the same time, and sever OF
them ran all day. The committee STEM
ographers' record of the assignments "a
hearings shows that there have been
$50 during the session. OF these the
regular committee force reported sol
and outside reporting firms had to be
called in to take care of 155.
There was very little general politi.
cal debate, strange as 1t may seem
Almost all the talk has been of the
kind that seeks to attain definite re-
suit, and whether on appropriation
bills or on matters OF specific legisla,
ton the debate was of the sort thai
counts.
The senate committee hearings
while very much less voluminous than
those of the house, were also heavy
notably the interoceanic canal commit
tee hearings, which amounted to more
than 100000 words.
Altogether there were more than 40,
00O, 900 words spoken and reported a
the capitol in seven months, RECORD
the like of which the world have neve,
before known.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26
Me6MHLkH2nYNMwAZ1ET

pared. From without II Is true that
the building looks sadly out of place
In the center of the beautiful grounds.
but within it is the finest residence,
no doubt, in the entire archipelago.
hence, when the position of he who
lives there Is taken into considera-
ton, the name of palace.
Malacanan has some little History.
Until 1868 the Spanish governors gen.
eral had their official residence In
palace situated in the walled city,
near the present rebuilt Catholic ca
thedral, but in connection with this
they had summer residence III
country house in tropical climate
can be called such) in the suburb of
San Miguel, where the palace of
Malacanan is now located. A ter
\rible earthquake occurred in Manila
in 1868, which destroyed about two
thirds of the buildings of the city,
among them the governor generals
palace and the cathedral and Don
Rafael Echague, then governor gen.
eral of the island, had the summer
residence properly fitted up for per-
manent home. From that time forth
it was the official residence of all the
Spanish governors general, no less
than 33 of them having resided there,
some of whom served but six days
in office, and among whom were such
famous men as Weyler, Blanco and
Augustin. Francisco Rizzo served a
few days in 1898 after the capitula-
ton, and was the last Spanish govern
or general to live there. The Spanish
coat-of-arms still grace the arch over
the entrance, but big American po-
liceman sits daily as guard over the
place, reminding one of latter day
conquests.
Hon. William H. Taft was the first
American official to occupy the pal
ace. being succeeded by Governors
General Luke e. Wright and Henry
Clay Ide. Mrs. Taft while mistress
of Malacanan inaugurated a system
of public receptions held monthly and
which are still in vogue. To these
receptions all the prominent people
go to pay their respects and enjoy
the hospitality of the chief executive,
and such personages as the duke OF
Abruzzi, the prince of Savoy and
countless other notables of the world
and of the orient are numbered among
those who have been entertained
there. it falling to the lot OF Miss
Marjorie Ide, as first lady of the land
to entertain the prince of Savoy be-
fore she had spent fortnight in her
new home.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26
LORD DUNRAVEN'S RANCH.

IL was through no lack OF love for
Estes Park that Lord Dunraven aban-
doned this preserve From beginning
to end things went more often III
than we'll with II. The settlers were
inimical. the management was mex
perienced, the property was contin-
ual heavy charge on the wrong side
OF the account. and the game preserve
idea had to be discarded before he had
given half dozen hunting parties or
fairly learned the sec<~ts of the woods
This Is the story:
The earl first went to Estes Park
in 1873. He homesteaded as much Of
It as the law would permit and bought
the homes of two settlers who had re-
Gently made filings on the land. These
transactions gave him o large part
OF the most desirable land along the
creek, rich meadows where native
grass (and there Is nothing sweeter
to cattle than mountain hay) grew
high.
| But two or three settlers who re-
NAMED, along with others who had
eyes upon this treasure OF valley.
|
The authorities at Washington were
informed with considerable feeling OF
the pretensions Of this English lord
who would turn one of the fairest
garden spots In Colorado into pri-
vate hunting patch. II was not diff
ficult to arouse antagonism to the en-
terprise, and while the earl was stir
negotiating for more land the govern
ment suddenly threw the entire park,
saving only certain timber reserves
high up on the mountains, open 70
settlement
That was blow to Lord Dunraven.
He was compelled to abandon his plan
Of owning the whole park, for the re-
naming settlers and the new ones
who came In soon were stubborn.
But Dunraven was determined not to
be driven away. He would go 20
ranching like the rest Of them.
From England was brought fine
herd of Hereford cattle which speedi-
ly became the cause of special bitter
ness.
In 1876 Lord Dunraven built no
tel on a commanding site above his
ranch houses. This, like all the other
! features of the venture, was never
! profitable, but 1t afforded him facili.
ties for entertaining his friends. BE
} sides, there was the cottage, luxurious
: ly furnished, filed with reminders Of
J old England To this day many Of
: the pictures, old steel engravings o.
Landseer, colored hunting frnts ant
the like, remain on the walls of th,
cottage The settlers, relieved of th,
] bodily presence of the dettst,d Brit
] lsh, tell fond tales of what they cal
Q the extravagances Of those days.
y piano was brought by wagon and witt
infinite labor over the mountains an
installed In the cottage. Traps, stan
, hopes and victorias were IMPORTS
3 with similar difficulty, to be knocks
to pieces speedily over the unmad
roads and pastures Of the ranch
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26

make Estes Park a go, both as
hunting preserve and profit-earning
ranch, and now that he has given up
the struggle. he will probably be mad
der than ever and cuss his American
experiences from the western border
land to the blue waters Of Long Is
land sound.
When the deal was closed Dunraven
is said to have remarked to the rep
resentatives Of the western gentlemen
who bought the place:
Il wish you luck of 1t. Estes park
And what the English lord had
hoped to make a hunting paradise Is
to become a summer resort, and even
now In the narrow valley tucked in
between the high mountains the
sound of the hammer and the saw
are heard and the new hotel grows
apace. Dunraven himself had not Wis
tied the ranch in decade of years
but there remain the Hereford cattle
some remnants Of his stable, the pic.
lures in the cottage and the small
implanted chapel, the wonder Of all
visitors, to suggest the pretty little
harmless earldom he meant to estab
lish for his recreation In the Rocky
mountains.
1t is 70 or 80 miles from Denver
about northwest; little cavity among
the ribs of the continent, completely
isolated.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26
MONKEYS WE'RE
BOOZE EXPERTS

and behaved just like perfect gentle
man.
After a little while, under the in
fiuence of this fine whisky, he began
to show signs of pulling round, and
gave him some tea, which he took very
pleasantly, and behaved quite well.
There were no after effects, and the
monkey was happy.
The other monkey, when given
some OF the patent-still whisky, gof
drunk and went mad. He went flying
about the place and ultimately col.
lapsed"
$50 that the pot-still whisky made
one benevolently drunk and the other
mad drunk?" asked Mr.. Bousfield, who
appears for the Islington borough
council, which instituted the prosecu.
lions.
Yes" Mr.. Hunter replied. Il
changed the experiment three weeks
afterwards, and the monkey which had
been peacefully tight on malt got sud
denly uproarious with the patent-stilI
spirit"
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Figure as witnesses" in Big Lon
don Liquor Case-Experiences
of Animals.

London.-There is distinctly hu-
morous side to the evidence in the
great whisky case at the Clerkenweii
sessions, where two North London IL
censees are appealing against police
court convictions for 'unlawfully SELL
ing Scotch and Irish whisky which was
not of the nature, substance and quail
ity demanded"
Mr.. Hunter, a fellow of the Institute
of Chemists, and a public analyst
caused much laughter by his recital OF
the experiences of two monkeys.
81 experimental on them with alco-
hol." he said, "in order to ascertain
the physiological effects OF pot and pa
tent-still whisky,
zone was filed with malt, and he
got peacefully and beautifully tight
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26

l.. j. DERSiAN. living at the latter
place he lost his right arm by being
run over by freight car, from which
he fell while playing with other boys.
For year or two thereafter he at
tended school irregularly and caused
his teachers more or less anxiety as
to his future usefulness. OF late he
has been constant attendant at
school, fitting himself for a stenog-
rapher, in which he is quite proficient.
For several seasons he has been a
member of the athletic teams and has
astonisked everyone who has seen him
at play by his cleverness. In the foot
ball team he. plays left guard and part
OF the time right end. In basketball his
position is center, and in baseball he
is captain Of the club and his favorite
position is left field, but can play
equally well in the diamond. His mar
Vicious fly catches are only exceeded by
his batting. He is a sure striker and
a hard hitter. Last season he made
three-bag hits in three successive
games. He is considered one of the
best base runners in the club. He is
six feet one inch in height and
weighs 1876 pounds Besides being an
all-round athlete, he plays the bass
drum in the band.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26
MISSIONARIES USE AUTOS.
driving Rollers" of Benton Harbori
Mich, Discard Bicycles and Buy
Horseless Carriages.

Anderson, Ind.-The Flying Rollers
a religious sect that has its headquar-
ters AT Benton Harbor, Mich, Is about
N abandon bicycles for rolling over the
country and adopt automobiles for ira
cling missionaries. The first move
toward the change has been made by
US TYLER of Benton Harbor, repre-
sentative of the Flying Rollers, also
Lnown as the House of israel, buying
from local automobile factory 81
400 automobile and leaving an order
for another. Mr.. Tyler. accompanied
Nv one of his sect, is driving the ma
shine from this city to Benton Haroor.
II. undertook the long trip after Few
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Irish American athlete. He already
starred in the high hurdles, the dis
Gus, shotput and quarter mile, and
hopes to better himself along other
lines in order to win the required
number of events. Sheridan Is
greater weight man, taken In the
three events--shotput, hammer ana
discus-but is not as fast a track
man. Garrels is just now easily tho
most versatile track athlete in any
American college, and TRAINER Fitz-
patrick. never given to optimistic
statements, believes he will make one
of the greatest all-around athletes the
world has ever seen. One of Garrels'
greatest difficulties will be to do much
in the pole vault. He weighs over 200
pounds and has never tried pole vault
ing al all. A special pole is being
turned out, strong enough to sup
port his great weight, and he will
take his initial lessons in the stunt
IS soon as the pole is ready
T. F. Kelly. Of Tipperary, Ireland,
won the national all-around champion
ship of the Amateur Athletic union at
Brookline, Mass. with 6,274 points.
He broke two weight records John
Bredemus. of South Bend, Ind. was
second with 5,O64. and Ellery II. Clark,
of the Boston Athletic association,
third, with ACTS. Kiely's victory was
due principally to his superiority In
the weight events. He put the shot
81 feet 10 inches. threw the hammer
142 feet 10 inches and the 56-pouni
weight 80 feet inches. The hammer
and weight distances are new records
for this competition, according to the
officials, although the other marks
were not available. Kelly also won
the high hurdles by two yards over
Clark and captured the broad jump.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26
LIKE HIS YACHT 1T BRINGS
BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT.
English Lord Has No Better Success
Running Colorado Farm Than He
Did Racing for Americas
Cup, and So He Quits.

IL when Lord Dunraven pockets the
$4,000 received in the sale Of his
Colorado ranch, which cost him sew
eral hundred thousand. he deuounces
things American, II will be little
wonder, for he has found only mis-
fortune and disappointment on this
side the Atlantic. American land
as well as American yachts have
proved too many for the titled Eng
ishman. He tried hard to win the
Americas cup and got mad when he
didn't. He has tried even harder to
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26
a.. cood rhing About Autos.

scientists have always contenaeu
that the odor of gasoline is fatal 70
Jersey's chief product, the mosq p,,,c
This is something the anti.moolle
,a n should keep in mind when
doing their best to drive the car ,r Un
New Jersey roads and make an I'm. IN
nenetrable barrier to visiting ruo'O'
men.-Motor World.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26

Mo SoiiC6c WI "
and has started
training for the
worlds all-around
C h a m p ! o n ship,
Garrels Is working
at Ann Arbor I'M
der the direction
of Trainer Fitz-
patrick and will
go after the rec
ord OF Sheridan,
the celebrate d
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26

Baseball, the great national game,
has taken root in England, and is fast
growing in popularity in the old coun-
try. An amateur league of London
teams has been formed and weekly
games will be played during the sea-
son. The chief difficulty that confronts
the promoters of the game in England
is that OF securing Englishmen who
are able and willing to go behind the
bat. AS yet none Of the English teams
has used an English catcher, American
players having been secured to fill this
responsible and difficult position. The
Englishmen seem afraid to don the
mask and protector. Those who have
tried il complain that the movement of
the batsman's club acts as a great OBJ
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26

Dershan, of Yves;
Union, la. Der
shan attends the
high school at his
home city, and is
one of the best
men on the foot
ball, baseball and
basketball teams.
He was born In
West Union, June
~, 1887, and has
lived there ever
since, with the ex-
ception of three
months residence
in Sioux Rapids.
when he was six
yearso fage. While
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26

days of experience as chauffeur. The
new automobile is paid for out of the
treasury of the House of Israel.
The organization now has about o.
500 acres of land in a fine state of cul-
tivation near Benton Harbor. and also
is successfully conducting several bust
ness enterprises and manufacturing
concerns.
The total membership of the House
OF Israel or Flying Rollers. is estimat-
ed at $4,000, but they are widely sep
arated at this time, Over 700 are ac-
tive in the central states, with Benton
Harbor as headquarters.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26
Sports and Athletics.

stacle to their judging the ball thrown
by the pitcher, and that the position
Is too trying on the nerves to make it
enjoyable as a sport. In course OF
time, however, at IS tnoushy our Brit.
ish cousins will outgrow this feeling
and develop as good catcheis as field
ers. The game Is not popular as yet
with the masses, the English finding II
somewhat intricate and involved.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26

A flock of $50 sheep strayed on a
quicksand at Mont ST. Michel, France.
and before the shepherd could rescue
them AZ had gradually disappeared,
bleatipg pitifully The shepherd him
self nearly lost his life.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26
c., n+ures widely Distributed.

rSe british and Foreign Bible soei-
o,n now distributes the Scriptures IN
aSo languages. Last year the 500 soci OnS
, lUU : few volumes short Of e.oOo.VV"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26

John Garrels. the prize University
of Michigan athlete. has concluded
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-07-26

Probably one of the best one-armed
athletes in the country is Lewis j.
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Nervous exhaustion invites dissaoo.
This statement is the positive truth.
When everything becomes . burden
and you cannot walk . few blocks with
ont excessive fatigue, and you break
out into perspiration easily, and your
face hushes, and you grow excited and
shaky at the least provocation, and
you cannot bear to be crossed in any
thing, you are in danger; your nerves
have given out you need building mp
at once To build up woman's nerv.
ous system and during the period Of
change of life we know of NO better
medicine than Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Here il an illus
tration. Mrs. Mary L. Koehne, S71
Garfield Avenue. Chicago. ILL.,. writes |:
at have used Lydia z. PinkhamsVeg stahoo
Compound for years in my family and =
never disappoints; 20 when felt that was
nearing the change Of life commenced treqA.
nspt with 1t. took in all about sik bott3ae
and it did me great deal Of good. II stoPDe4
nv dizzy spells, pains in my back and u
headaches With which ! had suffered fo9
months bpfovs taking the Compound. TEL
that II IL had not been for this great med1qtna
for women thai should not have been altve
today. 1t is splendid for women, old or youn0,
and WIN surely cure all female disorder"
Mrs. Pinkham, daughter-in-law q
Lydia E. Pinkham. of Lynn, Mass. in-
vitss all sick and ailing women TO write
her for advice. Her great experiences
= at their service. tree Of cost.
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The newly patented eN .cric cook
Ing stove of Professor Elihu Thomp-
SON is heavily jacketed outside with
q layer of asbestos, fire-clay or min
eral wool. and is provided with lid
of the same character. Inside is
placed a mass of refractory SUBJ
stance. within which is embedded .
granular resistance material. Silicon
is recommended as a resistance ma
terial, as it has a high specific re-
sistance, and acquires a suitable tenn
perature without fusing or oxidizing.
The whole interior of the stove can
be kept red hot. and it is anticipated
that the running cost for cooking
through the day will not be excess
sive,
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BY gaivano-faradizatio DR.. Lew.
andowski. an Austrian physician.
claims to have solved the problem
OF removing troublesome scars. A
galvanic battery and an induction
coil are so connected that either the
direct or the alternating or faradic
current can be used, or both togeth-
sr, and a large plate electrode at the
negative pole of the coil Is passed
over the scar for fifteen or thirty
minutes, another large eiectrode at
the positive of the battery being APP
piled to the sacral region. In thirty
to sixty sittings the scars nearly dis
appear, the disagreeable redness be-
Ing quite removed, while the tissue Is
made soft and flexible. A specimen
Of about thirty bad cases successfully
treated Is that of a soldier, whose
chest was covered on one side with
the scars of an enormous powder
urn and who had the use of his arm
restored and the scars nearly obliter-
tied.