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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
UNITED STATES MAKES AN
AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN
Is Based on the Idea Of encour,ri,.
and Defending Free and Peacet,, .
Commercial Relations.

Washinston-Despite official go,
cence' Information from roliahlo
sources has been obtained of an aaa ,o'e
ment of far-reaching importance ~
tween the United States and II
covering the policies of the two on,, ""
tries of the Pacific The agreemon, -
based on the idea of encourapin, 49,,
defending free and peaceful commor
cial development in that ocean :,
contains not only mutual guarantas
to respect each others territoriai
possessions there, but defines tho ~,
titude of the two countries towo.,
China, each to defend by every neaoo'
full means China's independence ana
integrity, and to give equal CONNER
cial opportunity in the Chinese emniro
to all nations. More important sim
the agreement, in the event Of cor,
plications threatening the status nm
binds the United States and Janon
to consult each other with a view to
acting together
This agreement has been drawn I'm
in the form of declaration and con.
sists of five articles, of which the fol.
lowing is II faithful description:
The first article gives expression to
the wish of the two governments to
encourage the free and peaceful devel.
opment of their commerce in the pa.
ciiic The second is mutual dis.
claimer of an aggressive design, and
contains also definition of the policy
of each government, both as directed
to the maintenance of the existing
status quo in the Pacific, and the de.
Tense of the people of equal opportu.
nifty for commerce and industry in
China. The third article contains
statement of the consequent firm re-
ciprocal resolution of each govern.
ment to respect the territorial posses.
'sions in the Pacific of the other. In
the fourth article the United States
and Japan expressed their determine.
ton. "in the common interest of all
the powers" to support by all peace.
full means at their disposal the indie.
pendence and integrity of China and
the principle of equal commercial and
industrial opportunity for all nations
in the empire. The fifth article mu.
tually pledges the two governments,
in the case of the occurrence of any
event threatening the status quo as
above described, or the principle of
equal opportunity as above designed
to communicate with each other for
the purpose of arriving at an under
standing with regard to the measures
they may consider useful to take
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
THE PASSING OF RIeeY.
Man Who Had Charge of Abe Ruef
for Eight Months Is Drowned.


San Francisco-William ]. Buggy,
chief of police of this city, was drown
I'd late Monday night while returning
across the bay in the launch Patrol.
Chief Buggy had been at Belvedere,
suburb, to call on Police Commits
eioner Keil, who resides there. He
boarded the launch to return to the
city about 10 O'Clock, and when the
boat was out on the bay complained
of feeling cold to Engineer Murphy
the only other occupant of the launch
Murphy advised Biggy to go to the
cabin at the stern of the boat. That
was the last he ever saw of the chief
William ]. Biggy was appointed
chief of police by Mayor Taylor after
the latter had been placed in the Of
fee following the removal of Mayor
L. f. Schmidt Biggy succeeded Jer
emiah Dinan formerly a detective
sergeant When Abraham Ruef was
arrested the prosecution asked that
l,iggy be appointed elisor and be
Given the custody of the prisoner For
eight months he held this position and
at the expiration of that time was
appointed chief of police in Septem-
her, 1907.
Ever since tn suicide of Norris
Haas. sthe man who attempted to kill
Assistant District Attorney Francis ],
Heney, and later took his own life
OF the county jail the relations be-
tween Chief Biggy and the graft pros
ocution have been strained to the
breaking point. Charges and coun-
ter-charges have been filed by both
parties to the controversy III the at
tempt to fix the blame for the fact
that Haas had or secured pistol
Nhile in Jail
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
SLAIN BY HlLlMEN.
Tragic Fate of Two Americans In
Wlds of Philippines.

Chicago.-The tragic details Of the
murder by Filipino hillmen of H, D
Everett of the forestry service and
Tilden r. Wakely, a school teacher
were made public here on Friday by
Ebenezer Wakely, father of one OF
the slain men. The elder Wakely
has received reports completing the
record of the crime and of the expe'
dition which resulted in recovering
the skeletons of the two Americans
and two Fflipinos who accompanied
them.
Everett was engaged in forestry IN
vestigations in a. sparsely settled ana
wild section of the island OF Negroes
and was accompanied into the nus
by Wakely, who wished to spend MS
vacation in the open
From the hillmen captured ana IN
terviewed it was learned that the muir
ders probably occurred on May IL;
and that the deed was accomplished
under the leadership of CHIEF naiheu
Ayhao.
Ayhao, in the guise of friendship
became the guide of the Everett pa.
ty, and one night, just because nc
felt like killing some one, ne urue
ged the party with the fumes Oh sli1
tuyugtuyug plant He and ms iUr
lowers then fell upon their VICTIMS
and slew them.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
MANIAC MURDERS TWO.
Both Victims Shot Down Near Same
Place by Mysterious Assassin.

Eureka, Cal.-The mystery sur.
rounding the shooting of Burt Porter,
hunter who was murdered on
Thursday while sea,eG. gun in hand,
on the bank of lake near here was
intensified by a second murder on
Friday under identical circumstances.
Porter was shot down by con.
cealed assassin. Huntsmen rowing
on the lake heard the crack OF a
rife and saw him PROSTATE, with a
bullet in his brain. Joseph Viera,
Fridays victim of the assassin, was
killed near the scene of the former
tragedy, while he was walking
through the woods Men near by
heard the report of a rifle and Vieras
death scream. He had been shot
through the head.
In both instances mushroom bullets
were used. At neither time was the
assassin seen. 1t is the general opinion
that the murders were committed by
a maniac.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
DEPUTY SHERIFF MURDERED.
ogurn Man Shot Down Without
Warning by Unknown Criminal.

Ogden.-Deputy Sheriff Seymour L
Clark of Weber county was shot and
instantly killed by a highwaymaD
near the depot at Uintah early Friday
evening. The bandit also wounded
Deputy Sheriff j. J. Murphy and an
Italian who was with the officers. The
murderer is still at large.
Posses from Ogden and the sur
rounding country together with most
of the members of the ogden police
force and the sheriff's staff, are
searching for the desperate in the
country surrounding Uintah.
The two officers had been called to
the residence of Timothy Kendall,
near Uintah, to get the Italian. who
was ill., On their way back to Ogden
they encountered a suspicious char
acter Clark began to question him,
when the unknown man opened fire,
Clark falling dead with three bullets
in his body, while Murphy and the
Italian were also wounded, and their
team ran away. Murphy fired several
shots at the murderer but it is not be-
lieved either shot took effect.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
Extension of Colorado Southern.

Council Bluffs, Iowa-General G.
NJ. Dodge said Saturday that the Col,
orado & Southern, as soon as finan.
cial conditions permitted, would close
the gap of fifteen to twenty miles in
its line south of Cheyenne, Wyo., and
extend its line north of Cheyenne
which now reaches Orange Junction,
Wyo some $50 miles further to a
point on the Yellowstone, where II
would connect with the st. Paul and
the Hill lines. This connection will
Texas, to Edmonton, Canada
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
MRS. LUKE {. WRIGHT
CABINET HOSTESS A TYPICAL
SOUTHERN GENTLEWoMAN.
Wife OF Secretary of War the Daueh
ter Of Admiral Semmes, Famous
Confederate Naval Leader
Was Ten Years in Orient.

Washington The cabinet circle OF
hostesses received decided acquisi-
ton in the addition of Mrs Luke Ed
ward Wright, wife of President.elect
Taft's successor in the war depart
ment
Mrs Wright has passed the best
part of the last ten years in the ori-
snt. and her estimate of eastern peo-
pie is worth hearing. 1t is interesting
TO know that she formed some lofty
friendships in the Japanese royal cir
Gle and that some unusual honors
we're paid her She and the empress
became quite chummy, and her maj
esty sent Mrs. Wright beautiful col
ored photograph of herself with her
august signature beneath She had
already bestowed gifts of bronze cab
inest and embroidered gowns, laces
and fine silks, but the autograph filled
the court with awe. 1t is the first time
since Commodore Perry forced Japan
to open the country for American dip
lomatic and consular officers that the
wife of any American official has been
50 honored Mrs. Wright was aston
ished to learn that the writing of roy
atty is so highly priced in Japan and
that had the empress conferred any
of the orders of chivalry upon her or
honorary degrees of any sort it would
have been commonplace beside that
photograph adorned with the royal
signature 1t is quite a joke in the
family that when Mrs. Wright, with
her customary modesty, inquired why
the empress regarded her so highly,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
American Cattle Under the Ban.

Ottawa, Ont.-Canada is taking the
greatset possible precautions to pre-
vent the foot and mouth disease from
gaining a foothold in the dominion
An embargo has been placed on live
stock and hides in the affected states
OF New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl.
vania, Michigan, and Delaware, and
guards have been stationed at the
railway and highway crossings of the
International boundary to enforce this
prohibition. The Canadian govern
ment has passed an order in council
which will close Canadian water
routes to American cattle
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
the reply came back, because she
talked so well.

the reply came back, because she
talked so we'll
Years ago the doughty commander
of the confederate squadron, Admiral
Raphael Semmes, said of this daugh.
ter then Kate Semmes, and a noted
belle of Mobile, that she was the best
talker in the family and that it was
a pity she was not a man so she could
adopt law as profession and convert
her conversational powers into fame
and shekels. That his opinion. so
many years after has received the in
dorsement of the most august woman
Ill Japan is considered "A noteworthy
coincidence. Mrs Wright has a chat.
~ little way of telling things which
makes the most commonplace occur.
renee seem thrilling. That she always
talked with the empress through an
interpreter difficult process always
makes the gift still more accountable
This photograph, in a gorgeous silver
and gilt frame, will occupy the place
or honor in the Wright drawing room
thls winter, and no doubt its history
VIII furnish amusement for MANY a
dinner company and the hordes of
afternoon callers
Mrs. Wright comes of distin.
guished family of Mobile, Ala. the
Semmeses, French in origin which
mas been Roman Catholic for untold
generations. She was brought I'm in
that faith, while her husband is a
Presbyterian She was educated at a
convent on the gulf coast and still re.
tains Keen interest in her alma ma.
Ter In the Philippines Mrs. Wright
was iervent laborer in many church
organizations and her home was fire.
quehtIy the scene of hospitality to
'he Roman Catholic clergy. Her sue.
cessiul efforts to aid the yhilippine
orphahs received recognition at Rome
during the late pontiff's regime. She
received from him a Handsomely iIIu
minated white leather breviary. with
the autograph and blessing of Len
All on the fly leaf accompanied by
gold medal surrounded with small
gems N'''"''
MIS- CHARLES H. Watkins, the elder
daughter of the house, will snend tho
winter with her parents in Wosbipg.
Ton and will assume large share Of
the social burden. -
mere are three Wright sons. two OF
"hom are married. The Wrigbts oon.
nut De counted among the very rich
p people IN the executive set but thew
nave an income sufficient @, for the
many many demands on a new cabinet
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
Russla,s Red Record.

Chicago,-That in the years 1905
and 1906 $4,000 revolutionists were
iilled by soldiers of the car and
100000 were sent to Siberia, was as
serted by Longer Gerus. member of
the second duma, when he took the
witness stand to testify in behalf of
Christian Rudowicz, whom the Rus
sian government is seeking to extra
dite on a charge of murder. He de-
Clared that 1000 of the governments
forces were killed during the same
period, and 5000 spies We're "execut
cd" by the revolutionists.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
Minister TO Nicaragua ResIans.

Washington.-John Gardner Coo.
lidge, American minister TO Nicara.
qua, has rendered his resignation. 1t
is reported in Managua that Mr. Coo
lidge took this step because of disap-
proval OF his government in meddling
with the internal affairs of Nicaragua.
The archives of the legation have been
placed in charge of John II. Gregory,
Jr., the secretary of the legation. 1t
Is declared in the most authoritative
way that nothing Mr.. Coolidge has
done while in that country has met
with disapproval except the entering
of his RESIGNATION, which has been &C.
cepted with regret.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
STEAMER STRUCK REEF
AND WENT TO BOTTOM
Estimated That Hundred Passen-
GERS and Crew of III Fated Vesse'
Were Drowned.

Nanila.-The coasting steamer
Pointing, carrying a large number or
Iaborers from Narvancan to the rice
fields in Pangasinan province, struck
q reef and sank Friday night during a
storm off the town of San Fernando.
in Union province. 1t is estimated
that a hundred of the passengers and
crew of the Pointing were drowned.
The steamer Viscaya rescued fifty
two
4 patrol of constabulary which was
established Immediately after the ac'
cident picked up fifteen bodies and
many others have since come ashore
It is not known whether any Amert
cans or Europeans were aboard the
wrecked steamer.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
HUNDRED VICTIMS
OF MINE DISASTER
Explosion in Coal Mine Which Had
Just Been Inspected by Deputy
State Mine Inspector.
Either Pocket of Gas or the Seep.
age from Gas Well Was the
Cause Of Accident Which
Caused Fearful Loss
of Life.

Pittsburg. than 100 men
were killed by an explosion in the
Mariana mines Of the Plttsburg Buf
falo Coal company on Saturday,
which entombed a large number OF
miners
About fifty of the victims, it is re
ported about the mine, were either
Americans or Englishspeaking men
A majority of the foreigners were
comparatively new arrivals in the
country, many of them having left
families in their old homes.
The workings in which the catas-
trophe happened are known as the
double mine with underground
connections. Construction work was
practically finished and Deputy State
I Mine Inspector Henry Loutitt a few
minutes before the explosion had
completed a two days inspection
which had revealed no cause for ap
prehension.
The cause of the explosion has not
been determined. Two theories are
entertained. One is that pocket of
gas was struck by one of the miners,
quickly filling the workings and then
| igniting from lamp. The other the
DRY is that gas from well on the
Fulton farm, under which the mine
is located. penetrated the workings
The land in the vicinity is said to be
gaseous and it is possible gas may
have seeped through the coal stratum
until it accumulated in sufficient vol
ume to cause the disaster.
So great was the force of the ex-
plosion that shattered portions of
the woodwork about the mouth of
the shaft were blown into Ten-Mile
creek, 1000 feet away. Besides the
three men in the cage, portions of
at least two other bodies were blown
from the shaft house and were found
in field nearby.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
Edward Vanderbilt Sane.

New York.-After having been de.
CARED insane a year ago, and incom
petept to manage his affairs, Edward
Vanderbilt, husband of the spiritual
let. Mary Ann Seaman Pepper Van
derbilt, has been declared sane by e
sheriff's jury. Three commissioners
appointed by the supreme court tC
conduct the trial concurred In the
verdict. The inquiries into Mr.. Van
derbilt's mental condition were insti
tuted by his daughter Miss Minerva
Vanderbilt, following his marriage t.
Mrs. Pepper in June of last year
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
Revolutionists Have Best of One Bat
tie in Hayti.

Port au Prince.-Governmen
troops. under command of General
CyriaQue, minister of war, composed
largely of young recruits, who were
sent out to capture the leader of the
new revolution. General Antoine ST.
mon, have met with severe defeat
The engagement took place at Anze-
veau, which lies about fifty-five miles
to the east of Jeremie, one of the dis
affected ports. After severe fighting
the government forces were routed
and driven back to Miragoane, about
twenty miles distant.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
Rxstander the Victim.

Philadelphia.-Ric Burke, a by
stander, was probably fatally wound
ed and Andrew IOnergan was shot in
the arm in an exciting pistol fight
with George Midway in front Of the
Bellevue Stratford hotel Monday
night. According to the officers Lon
organ and Midway had a dispute Sat.
urday night over the proceeds from
the sale of tickets for the army and
navy football game which they had
been "scalping" together, The men
met at night and the fight was re
pewed.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
THREE THOUSAND HOMELESS.
High Waters Drive Oklahomans From
Their Homes.

Guthrie, Okla.-As a result of a
forty -eight-hour downpour in the val
ley of the Cottonwood river and its
tributaries, the Cottonwood overflow
ed here Sunday afternoon.
Several hundred homes were partly
under water in West Guthrie and 81
600 persons were homeless at night.
The river at 6 o'clock was one foot
higher than ever before in it's his
tory. So rapid was the rise in the
Cottonwood that twenty head of cattle
by the affected district were drowned
before they could be gotten out of the
waters. Street car service was soon
completely at a standstll. The city's
water plant Is under water
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03

Denver, Colo.-Through the efforts
OF Arthur Price, national president of
the Marble Workers, the trouble be
tween the local union of Marble Work
ers and the w. II, Thompson Manu-
featuring company, which resulted in
a strike last May, and filing subse-
quently of suit for $4,000 damages,
to which the American Federation OF
Labor officials were made party de-
PENDANTS, has been settled. The
Thompson company's works will be
unionized, and the damage suit will
be withdrawn
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
CONVICTED OF WIFE MURDER.
Jury Finds Thomas Vance Guilty of
Murder in the First Degree.

Salt Lake City.-Thomas Vance,
charged with numbering his wife, was
found guilty by jury on Saturday
afternoon, the jury returning YER
dict of murder in the first degree. 1t
was charged that Vance beat his wife
and in addition gave her poison. 1t
was at first thought she had died from
the effects of the beating, while an eff
fort was made by the defense to show
that she took poison with suicidal in
tent as a result of the harsh treat
nent of her husband, Notice of an
appeal has been given
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03

Paterson, N. Jas his playmates
looked on with pride and amazement.
Andrew Schier years old, scaled a
tall chimney of an abandoned brewery
here and stood for a moment trium-
phant at the top, Then, to the horror
of the boys and girls who watched
him from the street below, he plunged
downward to his death. Almost every
bone in his body was broken. Children
who witnessed the tragedy say that
the old bricks in the chimney crum.
bled under the boys weight, causing
him to fall.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
Says Price of Oil Was Reduced by
Standard.

New York-Detailed information Of
the magnitude and diversity of the
Standard Oil companys business was
given by John d. Archbold, vice-pres.
ident of the company, on the resump
ton of his testimony on Wednesday
in the hearing of the federal suit ia
dissolve the oil combination Mr.
Archbold asserted that it was the
Standard which, by eliminating the
jobbers and retailers, stepped in and
greatly reduced the price of oil to
consumers, The hearings were ad.
iourned after a brief session until
Monday
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
ENTIRELY NEW
POSTAL. SYSTEM
The Joint Commission Appointed
Two Years Ago Will Submit
Plan to Congress.
A Director Of Posts, With Seven AS
sistants, to Take Charge Of Postal
System If the Report Of the
Commission is Adopted.

Washington four Offices of as
slstant postmaster general viii be
abolished; n director of posts with
Geven assistants provided for. and the
entire postal service of the United
States divided into fifteen separate dis
lricts, If the bill for the revision of
the postal laws which is being pre-.
pared by the joint postal investigation
commission, appointed two years ago,
Is passed by congress.
1t is claimed that a director of
POSTS appointed to hold Office until re
moved for cause, and who shall re-
reive high salary, will tend to i'm
,rcve the service through a contin-
ri.y of policies for the benefit OF the
Eervice.
BY providing for seven assistants,
The disadvantages due to frequent
changes and the appointment of mex
Gerienced men to the four offices OF
assistant postmaster general can, 1t
g believed, be obviatcd. Thee assist
ant directors are also to hold Office
turing good behavior
To perfect the system of manage
ment, the provision for fifteen super
lntendents to have direct charge of
the fifteen separate postal districts,
mas been decided upon. Another pro
.ision of the bill is the assignment of
certain duties now performed by the
third assistant postmaster general to
4 commission of appeals. This com
mission would issue all fraud orders
end pass upon the admission to the
mails of second-class matter Tho
,odification of the postal laws is also
a part of the work required of the
commission.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
Escaped from RevolutIonIsts.

Port au Prince.-General Leconte,
who was reported few days ago to
have been killed at Jeremie by the
revolutionists, has arrived here. He
got away from Jeremie in a rowboat
with four officers and two sailors and
after being at sea for three DAYS with.
out provisions finally succeeded in
reaching land at Petit Grove, The
general declares that the reports that
three men had been put to death at
Jeremie on his orders were mfounded.
LecOnte has resumed the duties OF
minister of the interior.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-03
Severe Wind Causes Collapse of Build
ina in Montana Town.

Laurel, Mont. r. Johnson was
killed and two other workmen seri-
ously injured on Saturday as the re-
suit of the collapsing of the side of a
building which was being erected here
Northern Pacific. A severe wind
caused the wall to topple and the
three men were caught. Johnson was
a resident of Minneapolis, where he
leaves two daughters. The other
workmen We're cared for and are rest
ing easily.