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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
ELECTION IN IDAHO.
Democrat Elected Mayor of Boise,
"Wets" Win at Twin Falls.

Boise, Idaho-After one of the
most bitter campaigns in the history
of this city, in which the churches,
the saloons and the union labor votes
were intermingled in an unusually Wit
riolic manner, Joseph 7. Pence, Dem
ocrat was elected mayor over John
NJ. Haines. Republican, the present in
cumbent. Fences majority was $50.
Haines represented the so-called lib
.eral element and Pence was strongly
backed by the church vote.
e. H. Dewey, heading liberal and
progressive movement was elected
mayor of Nampa. and ]. Gowen, rep
resenting the liberal element of Cald-
well, was elected mayor
The "wets' carried Twin Falls by
n majority. Carl J. Hahn of the
Business Mems ticket received 226
votes for mayor, while T. J. Warner,
the anti-saloon candidate, got 149.
Charles Null, antisaloon candidate
for city engineer, was the only man
elected on that ticket. He had 10
majority
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
Roosevelt Meets italian King {
Messlna.

Messina. Roosevelt and
King Victor Emmanuel met on Tues
day on the Italian battleship Reum-
berto in Messina harbor. The meet
ing was characterized by the utmost
cordiality, and the king expressed
,he gratitude of himself and the Ital-
ian people for the generous assist
ance of the United States to the
earthquake sufferers. AT the close OF
the interview Mr.. Roosevelt went
ashore and inspected the ruins of the
city, the desolation OF which moved
him STRONGLY.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
Next Meeting of Development Con-
gress to be Held in Weiser.

Boise, Ida.-The next meeting OF
the Oregon-Idaho Development con
gress will be held at Weiser. April
80 and May /. In connection with this
meeting an excursion from Weiser to
Evergreen over the Pacific & Idaho
Northern railway will be rendered to
the congress by the Commercial club
and the citizens of that city Weiser
is making extensive preparations to
entertain the congress while in SEES
sion at the Junction city.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
RearAdmIraI Converse Dead.

Washington.-Rea Admiral George
A. Converse died at his home here
Monday night of uraemic poisoning.
Although placed on the retired list
several years ago, he was in active
service at the time of his death, be-
ing president of the board of con.
struction of the navy II was under
him as chief OF the bureau of nayi-
CATION that the battleship fleet of
sixteen vessels, which recently
circled the globe. was assembled, His
service to the navy was largely iden-
tilted with torpedo and torpedo boats,
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FOR 15c.
ALPINE
BUSH
STRAW-
BERRY

Grows fres,-
~ from set.ti.
WIN fruit the
first summer,
very prOstui'-
tive. medium
eize, superior
In flavor and
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with this club, having been introduced
into it by man named Jack Hand.
sailor Nolin's Instructions, sent to hin
in Richmond, were to go to Washing
ton, get John Walsh, and go with him
to Philadelphia. where, at the Phila-
delphia & Reading railroad station, at
Up. m. on Saturday, April IA, they
would meet a third man who would
give them further instructions. Nolin
obeyed the summons promptly and
fastened to Washington from where,
accompanied by Walsh, he went to
Philadelphia as instructed. AS they
stood in the station at the appointed
time a well-dressed, stout man came
up and accosted them. Their replies
being satisfactory the stranger said
Il am the man you want to see,' and
engaged them in earnest conversation.
At the conclusion of their talk the
stout man handed 500 to Nolin. with
two railroad tickets and sleeping car
coupons from Philadelphia to Buffalo,
over the Lehigil Valley railroad. de
then left them and Nolin and Walsh
took the Lehigh Valley train for Buff
falo. They arrived in the latter city
at noon on April Is, went direct to
the Stafford house and registered as
John Smith of New York and Thomas
Moore of Washington. They were as
signed to room IS, and Immediately
ordered up drinks. While waiting for
the refreshments there was a knock
at the door, and Dallman stepped into
the apartment. He introduced himself
and satisfactory understanding was
reached between the trio. Dallman told
them to prepare for an early start next
day, and after breakfast on the follow
ing morning, April 16. he gave to No
lin and Walsh two canvas grips, or
telescopes.
In each of these grips were about
consistency of stiff dough- Fuses
were with each cake, lying on top,
but unattached. 1t was shortly after
this that the near-catastrophe occurred
Karl Dallman. the arch plotter in
the conspiracy, turned out to be an
even more picturesque character than
Murray had suspected before com
mencing his in. estigations. For. fol
lowing up one clue after the other, the
detective became aware that the So
called Dallman of Trenton, New Jer
sey. was none other than Luke Dillon
of Philadelphia, who had figured
prominently in the world-famous Gro
min case. Dillon was a member of the
executive committee Of the Clan-na
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whittier the trail led The results OF
his persistent quest were as follows:
In the year 1894 three young men
set sail for America. They were John
Nolin, a young machinist, John Row
an, a mechanic. and John Merna, a
mechanic. They arrived in New York
and on May II, 1894, Merna declared
his intention of becoming citizen
Of the United States, took out his first
papers and gave his residence as No.
Al Peck slip, New York. Nolin went
to Philadelphia,
The four Johns, after spending a
few days in Philadelphia. went to New
York. They stopped at the lodging
house of John M. Kerr. As Peck slip,
and hung about New York until De-
cember, 1899, when Rowan returned
to Ireland, and went to work at his
trade in Dublin. Nolin and Walsh ap-
piled to the South Brooklyn branch of
the Amalgamated Society of Machin-
lists for donation money, which
amounts to SO per week for those out
of work, and the request was complied
with by John A. Shearman, secretary
of the society, who worked in the
Pioneer Machine works in Brooklyn.
In the latter part of this month Nolin,
Walsh and Merna went to Washing
ton, D. c. Nolin remained there a
short time and then went on to Rich
mond, Va, where he obtained job as
filter in a foundry.
On Christmas day, 1899, Merna
went to work as bartender in Wash
ington saloon, at PIP Ninth street, of
which Joseph McEnerney was pro-
prietor, and on January l Walsh was
given similar position in the same
saloon. They relieved each other at
the bar and shared room together
over the saloon. They worked as bar
tenders for McEnerney through Janu-
airy and February and along into
March, while Nolin stayed on in the
Richmond foundry. Early In March
Karl Dallman had registered at the
Stafford house, in Buffalo, and had
then gone away.
On Monday evening. March -, Mer-
ma was found dead in his room over
the saloon.
Somewhere about April 10, 1900,
Nolin received a communication from
lodge to which he belonged. known
in secret circles as the Napier Tandy
club. 1t was a Clan-na-Gael organi
Moore's hall, corner of Third avenue
and Sixteenth street, in New York.
Nolin and Walsh were both affiliated
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AT EACH IND OF THE LOCK-
STOOD ONE OF THE ITEM AND
EACH HAD a MALlSE.

Gael, and defended that organization
and publicly championed it, achieving
more than national notoriety when. in
his official capacity, he went to Chica-
90 at the time of the murder of DIR.
Cronin. At that time he denounced
Alexander Sullivan, raised funds for
the prosecution of those accused OF
Cronin's murder; advocate the throw
ing off of the oath of secrecy, so Tar
as necessary to run down the assas-
sins, went on the witness stand, and
by his testimony revealed the secret
of the Triangle, the chief three who
had ruled as the executive of the Clan
na-Gael; made public the charges
against Sullivan and fought through
out on the side of the anti-Sullivan
wing. The identification was made
absolute and final. Men who knew
Luke Dillon, who had worked day by
day near him, visited Karl Dallman
and identified him positively as the
former high official of the Clan-na-
Gael.
But above all Murrays careful, I'M
elring tracing of the chief suspects
career convinced the Canadian gov
ernment that Dallman and Dillon were
one. Originally Dillon was shoema-
ker In 1881 he was working at his
trade at $50 Paul street. Philadelphia.
The members of the dynamite trio
were brought up for trial on May 25,
1900. With the mass of damning evil
dence accumulated by Murray's pa
tent efforts and submitted to the
court, there could be but one result.
AS the clock struck six on the even
ing of May 26, the jury retired to con-
slider the verdict. Four minutes later
they re-entered court and the three
prisoners were declared guilty. The
dynamiters were sentenced to impris-
onment for life and taken to Kingston
penitentiary.
For two years after the trio entered
upon their prison life the general pub
lie knew nothing of the Identity of
Karl Dallman Then Buffalo paper
made known the fact. telling of his
connection with the Cronin affair. The
story was denied by some of Dillon's
friends. who asserted that he had
been killed during the South African
war while fighting with the Boer ar
my against the British. But the real,
grim truth is that the once famous
leader of the Clan-naGael is buried
alive within the walls of Kingston pen.
itentiary
Copyright. 1908. by w. G. Chapman.)
Copyright in Great Brittany
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-03-11
ALTITUDE IS FIXED
Pixies PEAK 14,1os FEET ABOVE
SEA LEVEL.
Government Survey Determines Elk
act Height Of Famous Mountain
Difficulties Encountered by
the Party.

Notwithstanding various federal
surveys of the country are carefully
determining all the high points. the
elevations of well-known mountains
and those of other important places,
and, in many instances, shattering
prior notions of the heights of certain
prominent landmarks.
Perhaps IT has not occurred to every
one how these accurate elevations are
secured: how, for instance, is found
the exact altitude above the sea level
of some high peaks in the Blue Ridge
or in the White mountains or Pixies
Peak, or Mount Shasta. or Mount
Whitney the highest peak in the
United States.
II is done by a simple system of Law
cling. practically the method used by
the first crude surveyors employing
spirit levels OF course the instru-
ments for sighting and determining
an elevation to a hairs breadth are
vastly different from those used 100
years ago; but the principle is the
same. In other words. all surveys to
determine elevations or attitudes be-
gin at the seashore, if accuracy is de-
sired.
From there a sight is made through
a telescope to a rod placed a few hun
dred feet inland. and then from that
point on to another rod and so on for
miles and hundreds of miles, until the
point desired or the other ocean is
reached. But it means great many
sights and very wonderful accuracy 10
get as far away from the Atlantic or
the Pacific as Pixies Peak and to be
able to say that the apex of that ia
nous mountain is so many feet and
so many inches above mean sea level.
This. however, is what the Seolosi-
cal survey has done the past season,
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correcting the formerly established al
titudes; the first of which was shown
to be in error by more than hundred
feet This does not mean that the sur
veyors have run line of levels during
single season all the way from the
ocean to Pixies Peak. They simply
started from some established point
and carried the work up to the summit
of the mountain.
All of the federal surveys are con-
stantly establishing points of exact
vey organizations have accurately
fixed the altitude of Colorado Springs
for instance, it would require the work
of only a week or so for a
party starting at Colorado Springs
to carry its line of levels up to the
summit of Pixies Peak.
The elevation of Pixies Peak was
determined by Parry some time prior
to 1884, barometrically, as 14,216 feet.
Later the elevation as determined by
the signal service was 14.147 feet,
and more recently the coast survey
determination gave the elevation as
14.1OS feet and the weather bureau as
14,111 feet.
In 1907 level party in charge Of
Charles Hartman of the United States
geological survey, started from sur
vey benchmark in Manitou, near the
foot of the famous Pixies Peak cog
road, and ran level line to the sum
nit and then across down to a point
on the railroad. The cogs in the cen
ter of the railroad track furnished eX-
cellent turning points and the work
progressed rapidly until the summit
was neared. when bad weather very
much delayed matters and the sur
veyocs suffered severely from eX-
posure.
To handle rod and levelinG instru.
ment with the thermometer down to
zero and stiff wind blowing is no
childs play and the weather condi-
lions are most uncertain in these high
attitudes. Before Mr. Hartman had
completed his line he was caught in a
snowstorm and had to run the last
eight miles of levels through snow
from eight to fourteen inches deep.
To convey an idea of the sudden
weather changes which may occur
in the mountains in summertime. it
may be interesting to describe the con-
ditions on the day last September that
the tablet marking the exact elevation
of the summit of Pixies Peak, which is
IA 100 feet. was set.
When the summit of the peak was
reached" said c. f. Barnard, the geo
grapher in charge of the survey party,
1.-The day was an ideal one. with a tenn
perature of about 60 degrees and no
wind. Before the setting of the tab
let was finished, some few hours later.
the temperature had fallen to % de-
grees. it was showing hard and gale
of wind was blowing at the rate of
40 miles an hour"
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Threatened to shoot.

3. An army officer. in a great state of
Indignation over some trouble he had
had with General Sherman. presented
himself before Mr.. Lincoln and said:
"Mr. President, this morning went
to General Sherman and he threatened
to shoot me-"
Threatened to shoot your" asked
Mr.. Lincoln; then dropping his voice
to whisper, he said very earnestly to
the officer. II would advise you to keep
away from him. he is liable to do it."
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-03-11
Special Round Trip Homeseekers'
Rates to New Mexico and Texas.

On the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month. during the entire year.
he Colorado & Southern Railway will
sell round trip Homeseekers' tickets
to great many points in New Mexico
and Texas at one fare plus $500 for
the round trip. Final limit twenty-five
days. allowing liberal stop-over privil-
eyes. For detailed Information. rates.
etc. call on the Colorado & Southern
agent or address r. =. Fisher, General
Passenger Agent, Denver. Colorado.
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A " Nj n GS, TENTS

The Colorado Tent & Awning Company.
The largest Duck Goods house the Me-t. l'42
Is,wreuce ST. Denver. Colo. Roht. $. Gutehall. fres
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ProsperIty.Sharing.

A number OF instances Of present
day "Prosperity-sharin and its va
rious phases, will be the subject OF an
article in the March Century by VIII
liam II. Tolman, director Of the Amert-
can Museum OF Safety and Sanitation.
New York. In the article is incorpor-
ated letter dealing with social enGi-
neering" from MIR. Andrew Carnegie.
whom Mr. Tolman desisnates "a not
able social engineer himself
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-03-11

ALL. dark and for
bidding, on the
banks of the st.
Lawrence riv er
loom the massive
stone walls of King
ston penitentiary
where the desper-
ate criminals and
all long term con.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-03-11

Don't worry. Things are never half
as bad as it is possible for them to be.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1909-03-11

DO YOU RE ALIZE
That 70 are mAnufactur
ing for you. 10 Denver.
The Best Line Of
Farm Implements
Made 10 the United
Ststaf Send for Cata-
lnxus and FREE USE
Jul SOUVENIR.
THE PLATTNER IN.
PLEMENT CO..
is and, W arc 5ts.
Denver. Colo.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

34th-st and as soon as I'm ready he'd like 20 ,art
Sol qives swiftly Joe some partin words Of advice,
crabs my kit bag and of piEcs For the only
son OF plow trust president. he's democratic
youngster All the yachtin costume he sports - 4
pair OF striped flannel trousers or less ba%Gcd "A,
the knees silk outing shirt q blue serge coat and
a Panama hat Hedont even have the taNcab habit
We gets over TO the ferry by Jumpln on crossto"n
On the way down gives him few more openln
70 express his opinion Of T. Wally; but about all
got out OF him was that Mr.. Sloane looks on hin
merely as Peggy's kid brother.
You'll see says he; that IS il he shows up IN
time to 90 with US
OH" says l. "Wally is to be aboard IS he
Geel Wish I'd put my full dress suit
L asked him just TO please Peggy. says DuiileId
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

-uIS was one Of Sadie's programs YOU might
L--ev- First OF She planned = that was -
IL IKE the tvelye-titteen express up saturday
-,a- : was the fve-seven Friday night. ana here
-,,S- Is I've fixed my dates tor mat scheIue comes
- which saws " Never mind train. ou are -
49, Z,5-b Dfltfleld II The Swish. He VIII call tor
z-,i about three P. Il.
V4-b D,,.tieli in the Swish. en- thinks / " How
5-r-ze I knew who Dun was. Hes the cub
brother of Peggy Cutler The Young LADY [hat 9ade
,-,sitln' But the Swish was something am pte
----,5u-el TO ve-. From the name. Il might oe
a.--e- An sIrsllu or a Shootn star. hno"liS JlaS
me Cutters was On an island up the sound. though
suspects its some kind u Yacht
[ay that should have lei me out a. the start. tor
l., done about all the amateur yaChtn l yearn 70
T., P,- this weekend stunt Al The Cutters was
s~e-isI occasion. and ! knew Sadie be sore Il
-ss-ira5 Al The last minute You see. She had
Ls-5 s- e-rrreern little romance for Peggy. and
this party go- up Tor the paTtic lar purpose o'
s-7-5r.a the news that Miss Cutler was engaged %
IL T lysuE- sloane which WAS due 70 surprise lp-
OF people.
\I0-- know about T WaI.v. The newspapers has
L had hir7 taggin' lrS- one and then the other.
f-,-- Russian C1untesseS - ieaiiu ladies Tor the
last i've years. but WaIy has kept right On con
l-tin. c5-lious and llvir ~ his club. and lookIl
f,-y and handsome and SpeniIn Grandma Legacy
"a the ciassiesr little bachelor dinners go- Up any
where on The avenue.
And ,-, must of heard Of T Wallvs dinners any
Wy THEY'VE boosted hiu from No l3 IN the back
r1p- 10 front center position II constant range OF
rre society reporters spotlight. And YOU can do
thai lust by s-ut-ln people. YOU know W ny, they
say that when he calls UD Louis - order spread II
the pink ball room he sends n al The me details.
from what shade Of orchids mus be used Tor the
table decorations the exact eTa-ITe each par
II lar vine must be when l. served. once. when
he vas rrissiu for whole week. they found ne :
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

been exreriuentin' on new salad dressn- Oh
smoker Bur I. Wallv Is the mos, run after chappy
~ The coupon burnin SCI. and as long ,ha.s his
ambition ] cont see but he's made good
Just how sadie and Mrs Purdy-PeIl worked : -
g. h1u and Peggy Cutler mated up ] can't say. nov
hzv1n followed the campaign close But that $
va- they did II spite Of the fac- that the Cutters
ami One-two-sixteen when i comes 20 the social
t-ame-up Why they're upstate folks. from Syra-
Cuse. or Schenectady. or somewhere on the road 70
Buffalo. and Pa Cutler chin "hiskers. and sci
dom breaks loose from his Office the plow and
reaper factory.
Course, Mrs. Cutters different proposition
shes from Of the old patroony- Eli, Oh yes
from Of the old PATRON fam hes that got their
real estate II chunks a gift from King George. Il
vas her that bought this island for q summer home
C53g- sa-. y 5-e-i Fri z-s r-s-r.-1
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25
By Sewe11 Ford
Drawings by F. NauX Wilson

and bull, big house on it. But YOU might own a
dozen islands, with houses on all OF EN- ana StlII
not be counted in with the Newport crowd
As fer Peggy-Well. say, | never saw her but two
OF three times; but m glvIn YOU my word she $ a
thoroughbred You know Of these slim. dlrec-
tore built girls that carries her chm up and has an
air of beongin wherever she happens to be: not
starv eyed or brassy. YOU know, but modest and
sweet lOOIn like some OF these YOU see on the art
calendars And while Sadie seems to think she's
done great stroke in tindin Peggy such chap as
T Wallv. nv private opinion IS that WallyS the one
who's about to get the prize. specially when YOU
come thnl, of the sized check Pa Cutler can draw
WTHENi il comes to this Young Duff Cutler though.
w | didn't have much more information about
him than | did about his Swish craft But when he
shows up at the studio all needs is one glance TO see
who is-same straight nose same tilt to the chm
and same deep set dark eyes Miss Peggy's- He
amt much heavier than her either, and maybe a
year younger
- | beg pardon. " SAYS he. but | am"
L know saws | You re the brother in law
elect OF 7 Wally Sloane Do l strike the combina-
ton"
You may put it that way If YOU choose. says he
scowlin but | prefer TO be known simply as Duf-
field Cutler
S-o-o." says / Looks like YOU didn't appreci-
ate having such a swell for a brother in law:
Since YOU We mentioned Il, SAYS he. perhaps l
don't"
Well. we'll" says Hope YOU amt said as
much to Wally He'd feel mighty bad about IT,
expect
Huh, grunts Duftield and shuts up like clam
There was no gettn him the string. for he ain
conversational youth He says the Swish Is al East
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

" When she found | was
going TO run down this
morning and bring YOU
back with me. She
hinted that | might get
Wally, too. | told her
I'd let him walk first
but-but-'
" Yes. | see. SAYS |
" \ ou changed Your
mind "
&c | couldn't 60 back
on SIS. say- he
" She's a brick. YOU
New-York tribune., 1909-07-25

But Duff thrpw- Il few switches and Jerks couple
Of levers. and the first thing we know were being
srakcd IN and out among the tugs and ferry ybodts
and excursion steamers For awhile both me ami
Wally sat there grPpln our chair arms and almost
hodIu our breaths
BY love but She Is speedy" says Wally.
Hunph," SAYS Duff Wait until get
Strengthened out
The machinery had only been purrin along. sott
and smooth like a havin' its back rubbed. but
after we got through He'll Gate and into clear
stretch Duff begun 10 open things wider and wider
until il hummed like a runaway trolley car. We
could fairly feel her Jump under us.
Got more or less power on the Job, am t YOU
Duff ?" says |
Hundred and twenty horse. says he: gas tur-