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AMERICAN FORM.
UNTlMELY DEATH OF
EsTIMABLE WOMAN

American Fork, Nov. 6.--Alls. Luna
Chapman Friday, wife OF Thos. S. Pri,.
day of this city. died Friday evening
rs result Of contracting Il severe cold
while visiting in Lehi recently The
deceased lady vas the daughter of Hon.
and Mrs. james Chapman. and leaves
II husband, three little daughters and
a wide host Of relatives and friends
70 mourn her untineiy death She was
born in American Fork SO years ago.
and was lady of many admirable
qualities.
Funeral service was held in the Sec
5ond ward han Sunday afternoon. Bishop
!Storrs presiding. The floral offerings
Were numerous and beautiful. a num-
Der OF friends paid high tributes of
respect TO her memory The husband
ana family are plunged in deep grief
as result Of the ady's untmely Death
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SUIT roH AHANnoNNlENr.

Provo, Nov. THE case of the state
vs.. j. Alma Thatcher is now being
heard in Fourth district court before
Judge Booth and n jury. Defendant
is being tried on the charge of aban-
doning II minor child. on complaint OF
his divorced wife. Winnifred Thatcher.
The child which defendant is charged
with abandoning was awarded to the
custory of Mrs. Thatcher at the time
of the divorce and she was awarded
alimony for its support. Defendant
has failed to pay the alimony, and
instead of bringing him before the
court for such failure. the charge Of
abandonment MAS brought against
him, which makes the case unusual.
The following special venire Of Jurors
was subpocnacd to try the case: Jas.
Bullock, j. w. Bates, A. d. Stubs.
Provo; James Giles. Springvlle; Jesse
Harding, Axcl Andersen. Vineyard:
MAIDS Jorgcnscn and Harry Crane,
Pleasant View.
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RECENT DEATHS

BEECuI;R, SARAH JONES
Sarah Jones Beecher Of willard, wife
of William Bcccher. deceased, died
Oct. 81, 1910 after n lingering IL
ness of several years. Death came
suddenly. as she seemed In her usual
health until Il few hours before death
She was born in Wales 5S years ago.
i'll the year 1866. She has been an
active church worker in every
capacity. She was president of the
Religion classes for a period of five
Years and was very energetic in the
work. The funeral was held Thursday,
Nov 8, in the tabernacle. Bishop Jos. 4
Hubbard conducted the exercises.
Singing was under the direction of
r. b Baird a musical number by
Mrs Terry of ogden was given. Elder
james J. Chandler Of Rigby. by re-
quest. was one OF the speakers. Presi-
dent Olcan n. Stohl and Dan r.
Woodland of the stake board of
Religion classes. also spoke words OF
encouragement and of the good work
done By Mrs. Bccchcr. Her husband
died 10 years ago while on II mission
to Los Angeles. Cal,
CONOVER, JOIIN-John Conover
departed this life AT 8 Il. m. Sunday
morning after lingering illness of
over two years from cancer. The de-
ceased was born Sept. 4 1896, In
Morgan county, H., and was baptized
in early life a member of the Church
OF Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He drove two yoke OF oxen across the
plains for Hcber G. Kimball. when
only II years of age, arriving In Salt
Lake City. in 1870. He engaged as
Il herder of the Church stock. and
was In the Echo canyon and Tintic In
dian wars, and passed through the
privations of Utah in its early set
tlement He was the son of Peter w.
Conover and Emeline Golden. and
leaves wife and six children three
sons and three daughters. The funeral
services are to be cld177WedncsdaNi
Nov. o, at the Second ward chapel.
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MOUNT PLEASANT.
NEW HOME INDUSTRY
UNDER FULL PROGRESS

Mt. Pleasant, Nov. 5.-Durng the
present week a new manufacturing
concern has been started in Mount
Pleasant. known as the Peterson
'Doublctrce Manufacturing company.
Tho company owns tho doubletrec in
vented and patented by J, p. Peterson
OF this city, ana the purpose is to
manufacture and sell that article. The
following organization has been cf-
fectcd: President, j. p. Peterson:
vice president, w. +. Beard: secretary
and treasurer, l.. Larsen. These with
&c. l.. Ruwlns of Salt Lake. Albert Pc
tcrson and John Iioclsch form the board
of directors. The company Is incor-
porated for $4,000, of which $4,000 is
paid up, The Peterson blacksmith shop
is being used as II place to manufac-
ture the trees and n force of men Is
at work supplying the demand. already
large, A. factory will be built hero and
the work carried on on an extensive
scale t4Hl.s 'tE s.sj55-3s5 .4f HAt.
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RETURNS FROM upAuo

Ogden, Nov, 7.-Jailer Hagbert Ander-
MF mas returned from n weeks visit
e BOISE. Idaho, and vicinity where he
~, nas been on II combined pleasure ana
business trip. Mr. Anderson sang at
~. nc formal opening of the new Boz"
,,.neater, which is being conducted by
fred Bossner, a former Ogden news
naper man While In Idaho, Mr. An
u .,f,} had occasion investigate poll
stS,li conditions and states that tho
s.,]npaign Is being wagcd with great
rt '9,s ny both parties, but that the
political fight seems to be what might
be termcd L"clnnn 2, III ~ ''l-
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SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

Mt. Pleasant, Nov. 5.--Whic hauling
coal this week, Il son Of Richard Brown
met with an accident that might have
cost him his life. One horse was killed
and the wagon completely demolished.
While going UP the canyon he turned
out Of the road to pass a. team com
ing down. His wagon slipped over
tho gradctand pulled the team with it.
Together they went rolling to the bot
tom of the canyon, hundreds of feet
below. The boy jumped from the wag-
on In time to escape injury. The dam
agc will amount to between $500 and
StnD t54 ! ,a.i-g
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PROVO NEWS NOTES.

Messrs, Eldrcd and Martin will open
a skating rink in the Boulevard Stable
building on Academy avenue this
week.
Frank Ramsey and Clyde stark have
left for Phoenix, Arizona. where they
will engage In the automobile bust
ness this winter.
President ]. Golden Kimball was In
Provo yesterday, attending a meeting
OF the One Hundred and Forty-iifth
quorum of seventy. when some va
-canCies in tho presidency We're filled.
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DIVORCE GRANTED.

Provo. Nov. An intcrlocutory de-
cree of divorce has been granted Elodia
Hansen of Salem, from Calvin Hansen.
on the ground OF failure to provide.
The custody of Il minor child was
awarded to plaintiff and she was given
$50 u month almony. The parties in
termarrled in 1907
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OGDEN BRIEFS

Nandalisrhof a most destructive tyne
1sss heen. discovered by Manager JOS
t nnss and employees at the Orpheum
,,nen'er where boys and young men
iSHe penn using pocket knives In
tt,Ms,iiS tneir names ana shaping pic
,n ~ inc plaster and woodwork In
~, h,;i,, iitis ana stairways OF the thcater
building. In one of the halls the mar
nticlons habit has been so bad during
We iast few nights that it viii lie
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necessary to replace the plaster and
possibly some Of the woodwork. +.
Marriage licenses have been issued
by the county clerk to tho following
parties: Archie. Moore OF Rock Springs,
den; Charles Al. lTores and Mrs. Mcttie
q. Armstrong, beth of Ogden. The
last named couple are colorcd.
Tile new Hartman freight depot.
which has been under erection for the
past year, s rapidly nearing compile
massive firanrGof iron doors, will bn
rsady Tor occupancy about Dec. Is. Tho
building. when completed, will repre-
COO. 49, go !
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" your live stock with.
Us Tor sale and get quick re-
suits,
SUNSET 81 LIVE STOCK co.
lo2 10th Street, Ogden, Ut.
Bel Phone 455.
John Doe Greek, no other name no.
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before midnight. a part OF the ter
restrIal orbit would he occupied by the
comet
Ihese results. supported by all desirable
scientific authority. were brought by the
newspapers TO the knowledge OF the peo-
pie; the profound sensation which they
produced may be imagined. All was over!
the end Of time was near; the Earth was
going TO be shattered, pulverized. ami
hilated by the shock OF the comet; such
was the theme Of all conversations. The
bravest spirits were for a moment stag
gered by it,
But one question remained to be asked.
and the papers had neither asked it nor
even foreseen IT, In what part OF it's
immense orbit would the earth be on the
10Th Of October, 1872. before midnight at
the moment when the comet would rush
through this orbit at one Of it's points?
Calculation solved this difficulty very
quickly. Arago wrote in the Annuaire
for 1892: THE transit Of the comet
very near certain point Of the earth's
orbit win take place the 18th OF October
before midnight: well, the earth will not
arrive at the same point until the goth
Of November. IN the morning, that IS
10 say. more than a month later Now Il
is only necessary 10 remember that the
average velocity Of the earth In it's orbit
is $4,000 leagues a day. and a very simple
calculation will show that the comet will
pass at a distance Of more than 2OOOO, 900
leagues from the earth"
Another Collision Seen.
The destruction OF the earth by a comet
has been announced. still more recently
for the 18th OF August. 1872. under the
fictitious patronage Of NJ. Plantamour, OF
Geneva. who was certainly quite uncon-
nected with any such announcement
People were afraid: but none the less they
lived on as usual. and the fatal date
passed without catastrophe.
Eighteen centuries ago Seneca was
farther advanced than a great number
OF his successors.
Alone. or almost alone. this philosopher
had opposed his powerful logic to the su-
persutious idea Of his contemporaries and
10 those Of Aristotle, who attributed these
stars TO exhalations OF the earth
Comets. said he. move steadily In the
paths prescribed by nature and. casting
prophetic glance toward the future, he
afiirms that posterity will be astonlshed
al the fact that his generation refused 20
recognize truths so palpable. He was in
the right against the whole human race,
which is very nearly equivalent to being
In the wrong, and during sixteen
centuries the question made no progress.
even in that sixteenth century so bold
as 20 shake OF the yoke Of authorities
powerful in a different way. Kepler him
self after 1900 Kepler, the free-thinker,
the astronomical innovator. the discov-
erer Of the laws which govern the motion
OF celestial bodies. admits the prognosti-
cations and the cometary influences; and
yet one cannot accuse Of supersti;ious
weakness him who dared 10 say TO the
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theolOgisns attacking the doctrine OF
Copernicus and Calico: DO not quarrel
with US about mathematical truths; the
AK that one wants to cut iron with, can
not afterward. make an impression
even on wood
Fear Not Unnatural.
The observers Of the sky. accustomed
to the great regularity OF the motions OF
the stars, to that calm, that peace which
characterize the heavenly regions, could
not see without surprise and terror stars
which seem TO burst out suddenly in
all parts Of the sky, whose form and
appendages differ in appearance from the
other stars. which appear followed or
preceded by luminous trails, often i'm
mense: and finally. whose path. contrary
to that Of all the other moving heavenly
bodies. terminates in a disappearance as
brusque as their arrival has been sudden.
II is not at all astonishing that fear was
born amid the establishment and the
ignorance. so natural is il TO see miracles
In things which appear extraordinary anG
inexplicable.
Besides. it must be confessed that the
apparition Of an immense comet like that
Of 1911, for instance, fills with wonder all
who contemplate it. Without recourse 70
the more or less extravagant forms at
tributed to the comets appearing In the
centuries when credulity was so intense
and critical sentiment so little developed,
the simple grand aspect Of a celestial
visitor OF the size and shape OF that one
explains and excuses the eXaggeratlons
OF awe which brings into play the
celestial anger or the demons Of the
Internal regions. Let US judge each
epoch by its respective enlightenment
We shall see later that this comet meas
ured no less than l76,00O,0O0 OF kilo-
metres In length
In order % make the miracle disappear,
It was therefore necessary TO ind the
laws Of the motion Of comets. and that
is what Newton did on the occasion Of
the great comet Of 1880. Having es-
tablished that according 10 the laws OF
universal attraction the path OF the
comet must be a very elongated curve,
he attempted. assisted by HALEY, his
collaboration and friend, % represent
fundamentally the course Of the new
star, and he succeeded completely Hal
ley eagerly mastered this branch OF as
tronOmy. and recognized later that the
comet OF 1852 was so similar In its path
around the sun 70 two comets previously
observed IN 1881 and in 1907. that it was
doubtless the same one which, in that
case, must reappear toward lbs.
Move in Regular orbits.
BY the theoretical labors OF Newton.
and by the calculations OF HALEY. the
prediction Of Seneca was accomplished.
comets. or at least some among them,
moved on regular orbits. Their return
could be forecast: they ceased TO be &C
cidental apparltions; they were true
celestial bodies with fxed and regular
course The miraculous disappeared; or,
better, Il was transformed
HALEY had with great effort calculated
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OF the holy Eastertide. a phenomenon al
peared in the sky. AS soon as the en-
peror. who was very watchful OF such
phenomena, had perceived It, he no longer
had a moments peace OF mind "A
change Of rule and death Of a prince are
foretold by this sign,' he said 10 me. -
He took counsel Of the bishops. and was
told that he must pray. build churches,
and found monasteries. This he did.
But he died three years later.
Guide to the NOrmana.
Halley's comet appeared again in April.
1866. at the moment when William the
Conqueror was invading England. The
The chroniclers write unanimously: The
Normans, guided by comet. are invad-
ing England" The duchess-queen, Ma
thilde. Williams wife, has quite naively
pictured this comet and tho amazement
OF her subjects on the piece Of tapestry,
seventy meters in length. which any one
may see at Bayeux. The kings OF Eng
land. say these chroniclers, still wear IN
their crowns gem drawn from the tall
OF this comet which had so great an in
nuenCe on the victory OF Hastings.
But the most celebrated OF its appear
ances is that OF 1855. three years after the
capture of Constantinople by the Turks.
Europe was StiH n prey 10 the emotion
produced by this terrible news. tales were
rife that the church Of Saint Sophia had
been converted INTO a mosque: that all
Christian people had been murdered OF
reduced TO captivity; men trembled for
the safety OF Christianity. The comet ap-
peared in June. 1856; Il was large and
terrible, say the historians Of the period !;
its tail covered two heavenly signs, that
is, 50 degrees; IL was OF brilliant golden
color anc presented tho appearance OF
an undulating fame. People saw in il a
sure sign Of divine wrath; the Mussulmans
distinguished a cross, the Christian a
yataghan. In so great a danger. pope
Calixtus III urged the faithful 10 repeat
the Angelus with greater fervor. in order
to ward off The comet and the Turks, and
II is actually from this year 1856 that the
custom of saying this prayer has spread
among all Christian peoples, a custom
which has been preserved, in spite OF the
fact that we now have scarcely any fear
OF comets and still less of Turks.
This comet. furthermore, IS no excep-
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ton to the general rule that these mys-
terious stars have had the gift of exer-
cising on the imagination an influence
which plunged 1t into ecstasy or dlsmay.
Swords of fire. bloody crosses. flaming
daggers. lances. dragons. monsters Jaws.
and other epithets OF the some kind are
lavished upon them in the Middle Ages
and I'm the Renaissance. Comets like that
Of 1871 actually seem 70 justify, by their
strange forms. the title with which they
are generally saluted. The most serious
writer's cannot shake of this terror.
Thus, IN a chapter on Heavenly Mons
tiers, the celebrated surgeon, AMBROSE
Pare, depicts In the most vivid and
frightful colors the comet of 1923: This
comet was so horrible and so frlghtful.
and It produced such great terror among
the common people. that some died OF
fear: others fell sick 1t appeared To be
Of excessive length. and was the, color
Of blood; at the head Of It one could see
the outline OF a bent arm, holding a
large sword in its hand. as II il had
desired 10 strike. At the end of the point
there were three stars. On both sides OF
the rays OF this comet there were seen
a great many battle-axes. knives, swords
stained with blood, among which there
were large number of hideous human
faces with boards and hair on end"
II is evident that the Imagination has
good eyesight when It sets about It.
Even the scientist Bernouilu was not
free from tho superstition, and he per-
petuates # by saying that II the body
Of the comet is not a visible sign OF the
wrath Of God. the tail might well be
one. II Is 20 this comet that Winston
attributed the deluge. relying on mathe-
matical calculations as abstract as they
were weakly grounded in their premises.
Comet and the DeIuge.
This Englishman. contemporary OF
Newton, both theologian and astronomer.
published in 1896 a Theory Of the Earth in
which he proposed 10 explain by the mo-
ton Of a comet the geological revolu-
tons and the events in the Book OF
Genesis. His theory vas at first entirely
hypothetical not applying 10 any one
comet in particular, but when HALEY had
assigned 10 the famous comet Of 1850 an
elliptical orbit traversed in $40 years.
and Winston. going back in history had
found as the date OF a former appear
ance one Of the epochs fixed by the
chronologists as that OF the deluge,
the observation-disclosures hesitated no
longer; he stated his theory and gave TO
this comet not only the role Of extermin-
ator Of the human race by water. but
also that Of incendiary in the future.
When man had sinned he said. "a lit
tie comet passed very near the earth,
and, cutting the course Of its orbit OBJ
liQuely. impaired TO il a rotary motion.
God had foreseen that man would sin.
and that his crimes. arrived al their
height, would call for terrible punish
ment; in consequence, he had prepared.
at the very instant OF creation, a comet,
which was TO be the instrument OF His
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That is, Since the First Record of 1t in Il
.C.-HOwIt Guided" the NOrmanS in
Their Invasion of Britaln-Fear and
BewiIderment 1t Has Caused.

Translated in the New York Post from IN article
IN 10 Figaro by Camille F1smmarion.l
OF all the stars. comets are surely those
whose appearance arouses the interest OF
mortals most intensely. Their rarity,
their slngularity. their mysterious aspect,
amaze the mind of the most Indifferent
UnQuestionably at first sight the ma
5estIo uniformity Of the heavenly motions
seems dIsordered by the sudden appear
ancs OF the hairy comet, whose remark
able aspect seems like the form Of a
supernatural visitor. Thus. ancient
writer's always depict them in the most
frightful imagery: they were javelins
sabers, swords. helmet-plumes: severed
heads. with hair and beard on end they
glowed with a splendor of blood-red hue
or yellow or livid. like the one the his
torian Josephus tells OF. which appeared
duS4ng the frightful siege OF Jerusalem.
Pliny discovered in this same comet "a
whiteness so dazzling that one could
scarcely look at H.; the image OF God
could be seen there in human form"
Each epoch has its supertitions, and In
our time we have some quite as ridicu-
lous.
The Middle Ages surpassed, II that Is
possible, the mad ideas Of antiquity. and
made descriptions OF certain comets IN
which the fantastic exceeds the bounds
OF the imagination. Paracelsus assures
US that angels send them as a warning.
The blood-thirsty madman called Al
phonso VI. King OF Portugal. on learning
Of the appearance OF the comet Of 1864
rushed TO his terrace. overwhelmed the
comet with abuse, and threatened It with
his pistol. The comet majestically pur-
sued its course.
We shall see later that one OF the most
famous periodic comets OF history Is the
one which to-day bears the name Of
HALEY, IN memory of the astronomer who
calculated and predicted the first OF its
reappearances.
This comet has. in fact. appeared 10
this earth twenty-four times, since the
year II before our era, the most distant
date Of which a record has been kept
Its first memorable appearance in the
history Of France is that OF the year S87.
IN the reign Of Louis I. the Pious. An
anonymous chronicler OF the time. sur
named The Astronomer" spoke OF IT
In the following terms: TN the midst
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vengeance. This comet is that Of 1880 ."
How did the catastrophe come aboutg
Here it is:
Either Friday. November Is. of the year
of sin, 2349, or the second of December
1926, the comet cut the plane OF the
earth's orbit at point from which our
globe was not farther distant than 1914
leagues. The conjunction occurred when
it was noon under the meridian of Pekin.
where Noah, IL seems, lived before the
deluge. Now what was the effect Of this
encounter? A prodigous food spread not
only over the waters Of the oceans, but
also over those which were below the
solid crust. The mountain chains OF
Armenia, the Gordian mountains, which
were nearest 10 the comet at the moment
Of conjunction, were shaken and opened
up. And thus were disturbed the
foundations OF the bottomless pit" The
disaster did not stop there. The at
mosphere and tail Of the comet. touch
ing the earth and its own atmosphere.
precipitated torrents upon 1t, which fell
during forty days; and thus were
opened all the cataracts of the sky
The depth of the waters OF the deluge.
according TO Winston, was nearly ten
thousand meters.
Setting Us on Fire.
Now, how will this comet. which first
deluged the human race. be able to set
US on fire at a second encounter? Whis-
ton is not embarrassed: II will come be-
hind US, retard the movement OF our
globe and. change its orbit. THE earth
Will be carried away near the Sun; IL
will there experience heat OF an extreme
intensity; II will get into a state OF COM
bustion. Finally, after the saints have
reigned a thousand years over an earth
thus regenerated by fire. and rendered
once more habltable by the divine Will.
last comet will come and strike the
earth, the terrestrial orbit will Iengthen
excessively. and the Earth. turned comet
again. will cease TO be habitable"
After that no one can say that comets
are useless
The fear OF comets is a periodical NAL
ady which never fails 10 recur whenever
the appearance OF one Of these stars is
announced with some acclaim. An event
happened in our own time where fear
seemed, so to speak, scientifically justi-
fed; we mean the return OF the little
comet Of Biela In 1892
In calculating the time OF the future re-
appearance Of the new star. Damoiseau
had found that the comet was to come on
the twenty-ninth Of October. 1882. before
midnight, and would traverse the plane
In which the Earth moves. and the only
place in which a comet is capable OF en-
countcring the Earth. The transit OF the
star must, according 10 the calculation.
take effect in the plane. but a little
within the orbit Of the Earth and al a
distance equal 20 four and two-thirds
radii from our globe. AS the length or
the radius OF the comet was equal 10
FIVE and a third rays it was quite evil
dent that on the 10Th OF October. 1892.