The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-16
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NEW YORK, Nov. l5,-Eleanor Brooks
Sloane Maternity hospital after a brlei
illness. Mrs, Bartlett was born I'm Bos-
ton I'm 1868 and was the daughter of the
late Bishop Phillips Brooks. Educated
at Radcliffe college. she received call
shortly after graduation 70 Leland stan
ford university In California. where she
occupied the chaIr OF English for three
years Mrs. Bartlett leaves a husband,
one daughter and an infant son.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.-Baron Lians
l<uci. son al the late eminent grand sec
Rotary. lung bu and brothcr-In Law OF
/ his imperial hiShncss. Prince Regent oi
| China, arrived i'm Washington today.
Baron LianG is commissioned by the
prince regent 10 investigate and report
upon topics connected with government
| reform, finance and other subjects OF inn
| port TO China.
FORT COLLINS. Colo, Nov 15.-Wel
! lIncton ilibbard of the Laramie Poudrc
| Irrigation company announced today that
contracts had been let for boring II 1000
| foot tunnel through Green mountain. by
| which waters Of the Laramie river Will
! be brought into Cache la Poudre basin;
| irrigatinE $50 000 acres The tunDel Will
| cost $3.50. 600. Work will be begun within
| two wcckSs
PTTTSBURG, Pa. Nov. 15.-Dircctors
Of the internal reform bureau today ap-
pcaled TO the Laybans Missionary
| brotherhood 10 aid President Taft and
the International reform bureau OF Wash
iEgton In creating an international public
! sentiment that will constrain tho coming
! conference of nations 70 take decisive
action against the opium traffic in China.
! WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.-Four hun
/ drcd thousand dollars. in the judgment
of Secretary Wilson of the department
| OF agriculture. will he necessary 10 ad-
minister properly the 25.0o0.O00 acres OF
| public lands added To the national for
! csts by President Roosevelt during the
last six weeks OF his administration.
ALBANY, \. Y, Nov, lj-The annual
conference OF the general committee OF
J the foreign missions of the Methodist
| Episcopal church. at its closing session
today. fixed 81 500, ,0u0 n basis for the
! apportonmcnt To be laid upou the
| churches TO raise the amount desired lOT
| missionary work.
CHARLESTON. w. Va. Nov. 10
! 1'rccland Meadcrs, coal miner. was held
for the murder OF his lo-ycar-old son to-
day. according 10 testimony. Meadcrs
beat hiS crippled hoy 10 death because
the lad could not keep pace with his
fathers steps as the two were on theii
way TO q train.
| WASHINGTON. Nov. l5.-Tho supreme
court OF the United States today was
asked by Attorney Martin w. Littlcton t.
. %
the former New York lice king son
IGenccd to fifteen years i'll prison. Th'
court took the application under ConSid
GRAFTON,
CHICAGO. Nov, 15.-'Land for th'
people; people for the land was the sen
timcnt OF the many delegates who ar
rived today from the west. northwest an'
southwest. to attend the first Natlona
Land congress which will open tomorrow
and continue for three days,
OAKLAND, Cal. Nov. ia bond is
sue FOR public improvements aGgrcSat
ins 81. 800 900 was authorized by the Vot
crs of Oakland at a special election he'll
today, OF thiS amount, $2.jO%. 900 is 70
the improvement of the Oakland watc
front. and $li50,000 for a new city hall
LAWRENCE, Kan, Nov. 15.-Becaus
of crowded docket the ease OF Wil
Mckay. accomplice OF Earl Bullock u
the robbery of the EudorL State banl
last Friday. was not reached by the COur
today, The boy probably VIII be ar
raigned tomorrow
r JOPLIN, Mo. Nov. 15.-Au inlermit
I tent rain which has fallen I'm this dis
l trict for eight days at times in torrents
has Hooded all lowlHuls filed mines I
the top and ruined crops. All stream
4 i'm southwestern Missouri and southeast
ern Kansas arc rapidly rising
] BATON ROUGE La, Nov, 15.-Wir
simple, but impressive, ceremonies tlI
monument erected in honor OF the Massa
ChusettS soldiers who were buried her
: during the war between the states va
; unveiled today.
ALBANY. y. y. Nov. 15.-The com
! mon council tonight passed an ordi
nance. which. II approved by Mayo
+ snyder will limit the Fourth OF Jul