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1, NO. 79. weather today-snow: coidir. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, "WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1908. 14 PAGES-FIVE CENTS
III Lake Devotes Many Hours
i f to Oreat Celebration of
-) ( Event.
St
I Rtr PARTIES MEET
.8 I AT RESTAURANTS
I
1908 Is Greeted by a Mighty
S Klin, VJifcIi Continues Until
I Wednesday.
j3j oil. lIov-. yoti fiends! Blow ou I
i he vfir!
V a- ave." blow it right Into my oar!"
Vl fcjj an oM nifin with acidity.
j Kow'" '' shouted at the passing
3low"0'' screamed at tho unceasing
fUr MiTcy Hd with great avidity.
' !At a fowil It was of young and old.
rfc ot old bov sn' and young boys lold.
'it, fr.Dcnt on rare joviality;
b of granrlcflt dames nnd maidens fair,
Kth Mitrnnrins eyes and flowing- hair,
( not, built on angularity!
Ml crerrero drosses neat, and some, not
tf't so.
W ntkrs or 1. or brown, bine, and lo!
is fy V flMd of viridity!
n' to card- ) a bag. and ono a muff.
A Aid t wore gowns of queer, filmy
'f ttuft.
s jyikh had a seeming viscidity.
Rieo!d man forced Ills way in the crowd,
lf Ml shoulders stooped and his head well
? L lowil,
a' .5 b Ht '" H'f w-ild hilarity;
J ills cys were dim and Ills cheeks "were.
jC? (ho Ji -sokl'K" throng passed him cm,
. Hflr.? not Ills mean disparity.
its yhj" IMs "vcr and unceasing prate
In. RTiy tins ado ahout Nineteen Eight?"
DM lie with utmost frigidity.
4 KIs ft"m Pulled Ills cloak about,
'1 U be valnty tried the crowd to rout
f.f, !v t spasm of stupidity.
$ VKrnr, von fools," lie cried, In tones
IS- ;r irat'.
tVBIw!" hissed he, 'ill the hour was late,
i Kith Pitiable vapidity.
j& Ar.d then he passed Into atmosphere.
In A-ftaitlnc tow'rd earm Ills foolish jeer,
jg inth singular rapidity:
- '."Blotr; Oh, blow, you fiends! Blow out.
V- the year!
it Blow, aye, blow It right into my cur!"
In a voice that showed aridity;
: VEIok!" he shouted ai the passing
f- throng
4JBlow!" lie screamed at the. unceasing
a h sonp
J Wbkli Uiey did with real cupidity.
'3 U'903-i5 horn."
J cjffijrnw dull car.. -aside avaiui-wiLh.
iwerrv, jonr-bail and knocking! Select
,v ai modest member of the race of
Mliuoiieniuita or a sparkling planet in
y i. brilliant, constellation for a family
B Sponsor and face the impending twolvc-
aalh mtli a visace that will beam
v Srror and anon, ako resolutions! .
Snit the weed which, those inexorable
r-. im inryiiinfjkss year?, lias meant a j
kSitc tbat "annuii potabilo" cannot j
frarrJinfc; quit Uic liquid felicity
i! ,jlicii, as yon liave ineaiide.rfd the bar
nf !'1D inorcs of time, has been joy, sor
,Bj :'rR'f optimism, pessimisiu, faith, doubt
rn , and courage or fear.
lk ft' Or, if it is more in keeping with
A Jpar desires, your, dreams, yourjispira
aj '!i?I130r ny of those inlinitesiinal notli
i iwencfScs which mitigate the pangs of
?S JjavcrsUy. ur the smarts of gout, quit
.j; fjne "water wagon!" Wollaway, do
;Rmctbinc', There is a time in the
Hi ''(S Incn wnC11 somctliing somo-ftj-i
Ithme new, soniethiug unjireecdentcd,
oiuciliing &lu)cndou8. should be done,
that time is on the first day of tho
'" ISboru year. If you onlv make a
Year's call, Hint will be some
Va ",DK luitc out of the ordinary.
k! 'n? what Salt Laker, if the din of
7i nefday night meant auything, will not
:fi ;?"Mipt to do all of tlu-ao things. There
it& B9t, 3 mnn "ic v'y 1,;is ii0''
Co r'"'1)' 'lut the use of tobacco or n
llfl -fi a-ao'lcly to indulge occjision-
jj.".v m ft "finger.'' Nor .is there a
ti J?an, nor so bq it, woman, who has not
i ;?pmmeacel the young and promising
, a i-car 'vith the determination ot oliin
is t'u M lc"J5t' one t'vidaiiec of human
ijWJwcecl or egg-nog, bridge or
lh m' Tho veeont financial striu-
P .nry'-perliri')S' vJS suggested alj theso
A .v'uions which bear strictly ou econ
i.2 fi0 MY sages, but. as a matter
in - ct l-nko's observance of this
S""JForlaiit beginning of 100S dem
4 Sirat;!1 irrefragablv that no one ex
i ii l,K' ensuing twelvemonth,
Lv , n.l'1:in in thll,; peculiar something
SSR'i 13 Dtial 1o a full stomach, a
II! -"y Wlied figure or a handsomely
;i iWoiutcd home
fi U- T Proprieties.
,ffA I,!" '"ijr's CVf ineaiit somothing real
f :.0",llK'ro wp" t-'i-eat preparations
3 Ijivih i ,.ra "ionili the whole eitv has
y& fnr 70k," forward io this occasion
""'loniiicnt oC heart-deadening
lSl1jrVnklc,,"1,1:i"K oarr. It waspur
tfif iSf . to "lukt' 'i'0 r't memorable.
" L?rrilllj:cJn',nls for successful car-
'V 'nVi-n i"ut t,f tl11' programme could not
'P rr., w ,,'.r)oro completo. There were
b taf Ui vn i"ltwlocl in Ihis in
V i ii i '""""'.t:. It was a celebration
M,l i ,cl1 0Vlr,v ,UH"- woman and
rift i& 1 "'"""'g lo do. Aii.l though
-J tol .7r,non,M joyous, there was
fiic a, lsplay of a t i ng that
$' S'lt'1 L)0,,ml ot I'ropriuty.
VV "ourft-r. I 'l cf lhc new yoar w-as'an-
sf ffir '''o'hiR of whistles and tooling
taall;; At 11,0 ""'Ji "f nildi.lglit no
ttl? fas diM?,ru fie" 1:111011 of the population
-I S I tP. ?hmvtl 'nonp the various i-nf.-a
J? ihanw ai,ra'"-'- i -neh of which -.fecial
Bi m&monu' ,inl ind K' provide
htn? r"lcrllnmeut for hucIi an aus
iitinJ "v'-"'"sr. Huudivds of watch
M held In private residences,
i;' late,i nmnber of persons congrc-
'i 'oui;.,.3.' ,v""1u fhmvlu an.l olhnr de
rt .k B'-'H'cr1, ''tiitloin. wheic special cere
t ' v,,-r
At thc Hotels.
nli'Zmni' oT xho holeln evidenced p
.i veiA '"r t0M Pleasure. In overy eafc
lb n2$'ri0,M lllt0 decovalloiui. togothoi
4M toct'i im ldnlt;ht ininm and musiea'
Ji':;,0 "fort was purpoHui
eirrib. ti-,U Ijnk'' " r "oho-
fljVJ Ihilnc l?i u71" .,lu,e l-oloiiH at mnln-
e&S&I Combined on L'oge Two
no'"' :
Twain of Greeks is Arrested
While Af templing to Pass
Stolen Paper.
FIND POUNDS OF MAIL
IN LODGING HOUSE
!
Lock-Box of Bamberger Coal
Company Is Looted, and
Culprits Caughl.
With stolen cheeks, totaling 2108.10,
in Ihrsir possession, payable to tho .Bam
berger Coal company, Tom Thcopopus
and Peter Paulus, 'Greek laborer?, were
arrested in Zeilcrs Bros, clothing store
at ID Commercial street by Policeman
Carlson, Tuesday evening, on a charge
of robbing th United States mails.
"Vhcn arrested the thieves were attempt- j
ing to pass one of the stolen checks. !
Their arrest was effected through the
cautiousness of a clerk employed in
Zeiler Bros, store. When the Greeks
presented a t cheek for $38, drawn by
Porter it Walton, grain dealeis, in fa
vor'of R. Siddoway, bookkeeper for tho
Suit Lake & Ogden railway, ami pur
porting to be indorsed by him, but. in
reality indorsed "by the Greeks, in pay
ment for tho goods selected, the clerk
sent tho cheek to thc Bamberger conl
otlico to ascertain if thc indorsement
was genuine,
T. J. Midgley, manager of the com
pany, and Sidney Bn'mbcrger. connected
-with tho concern, immediately went to
tho clothing store, inching up Police
man Carlson on the way. Mr. Midgley
and Mr. Bamberger identified the check
as one missing from thoir mail and the
Greeks were arrested and placed in jail.
Tlioy made a weak denial of their guilt.
A Largo Check. .
Among other Stolen checks found in
thc possession of the Greeks was one
for $2041.9.1, in the form of a vouchor,
drawn by tho For tun a Mining company,
controlled b' tho owners of the Bam
berger Coal company, in favor of the
.latter concern, for ore. The thieves had
made no attempt to cash this check,
owing probably to fear of detection be
cause of its size.
Two other checks in their possession
woro from tho Koogh-Uammond hos
pital for $1S, and from thc Jewish syna
gogue for .$10.
John y. I3ocs of 259 South Main
street, jeweler, called at (he polico sta
tion and identified the Greeks as men,
who. attempted to pass a check; for $7n' '
in favor of the coal" com p.tny oirhinT'ttt,'
payment for some jewelry tour or live
davs ago. "Whou Boes sought to cstab
lish the validity of the check the
Greeks, presumably becoming scared,
fled from thc place, leaving both the
check nnd the intended purchases. Does
reported the circumstance to the coal
company at once. The indorsement to
this check w.as forged also.
! ;So far as known the Greeks succeeded
j in cashing only ono check. Cor $10.
drawn by E. O. Howards,' cashier at
Walker's bank, in favor of the coal
compan-. This check was cashed bv a
pawnbroker "and was indorsed by 'the
Greeks.
Checks Missing.
In the Greeks'' room, on West Sec
ond South street, were found two or
three pounds of mail taken from tho
coal company's mail box at the post
office, also personal railroad passes,
among which was one over thc Buffalo,
Lake Erie Traction company's lines,
and another over the El" Paso" & South
ern railway. Most of the envelopes had
been opened and the contents destroyed,
but thc envelopes retained.
The coal company discovered about
three weeks ago that mail was being
missed, but was unable to trace the
leak. That the postofificc box was be
ing looted became evident when the
Portuna Mining company notified the
coal company that it was mailing a
check for $2041.01, with the request
that it be doposited to its credit before
tho first of tho year. Another evidence
that tho box was being looted came to
I'ghl through an employe of the com
pany, who ran through tho box full of
loiters searching for personal mail
early In the day. and found only a few
papers in the box wheu he returned two
or three hours later.
How the thieves came into posses-'
fcion of the key is a matter of con
jecture, but the mcst popnlar theory is
that an employe of thc company! in
gottiug the mail, If ft it in tho box and
the thieves found it there anil made
use of it to rob the mails. The coal
company is under tho impression that it
was stolen from the company's office
on South Main street.
The thieves are liable for forgery, as
well as being amenable lo Ihc Inderal
lacs, .'inch gay.: his age as eighteen
years.
DARING Til I B.VKSTAKK i
MONEY" (WEST KR03I CAR
j UCHilKSTEK. X. V., Dec. .".). Two
men stole a chest containing $2855) from
I a stroet car standing in front of the
,! Main street east car barns at 0:25
; o'clock this morning, and got safely
j away with it in an automobile. The
stolen money represents the earnings
of tho Hochester Hallway company yes
, terdav ou what is known as the ciutern
division. It was being transferred ac
j cording to custom from the Federal
; i street barns to the State street office
1 to be counted.
;iM. DETROOS. PREMIER
:! OF BELGIUM, IS DEAD
! BKL'SSlSl.S, Ui'c . .M. Do Troon, pre
mier and mlnlHloi- of thc Interior, died
today. 1 1 c hern me premier May " last,
succeeding AI. Do Smet do Nayer.
i The death or M. He Troos further ooin
i pllratcs the situation with regard to lh
r annexation by Belgium of tho Congo In -1
dependent Slate. U wan to him that all
I the political parllen looked tn arrlvo at
- Home aort of compromise, a It wm iiii-
ikrstotxl that ho possessed much intlu-
- em:.' with King l.uopolri. The ouentlou
as tn who will lf his suoceuuor at pres
ent Iu probl'.-umUuil.
Awaiting the New Year With Confidence.
RETAM HILL FORCE II
CAMP HF K0LDF1ELD
War Department So Decides
After Correspondence With j
Gen. Fiinston.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. The War
department ban been lu correspondence
by telegraph with Gen. Funston In San
Francisco, relutlvtf to the disposition of
the troops at Golufleld in conformity with
the President's intentions to maintain
tho force there, pending the meeting of
tho Legislature of Nevada.
Gen. Funston Intended a reduction In
the number of troops at the mining
eamp, but the War department has de- '
eided to retain there all of the present
force, numbering 2S3 men. In tho Inter- I
ot, however, of simplicity, and to avoid .
the maintenance or a considerable mini-
her of oflleers who were not needed. It ,
has instructed Gen. Funston to consoli
date the nine companies into two.
Gen. Funslon's statement of the case
was as follows.
"San Francisco. Cat, Dee. o0, 190".
Tho Adjutant-General, "Washington, D.
C. 1 deslro to renew recommendation
made In my telegram of 15th Inst., from
Goldfleld, that commanding officer of the
Twenty-second Infantry now stationed
ihoie be authorized to Increaso two com
panies of regiment to slxty-tlve men each
bv transfers from remaining seven com
panies at Gold field of men having at
least throe months to servo, tho com
panies thus Increased to remain at Gold
Held until War department, desires their
r.durn'to stations. Regimental headquar
ters, machine-gun platoon and remain
ing seven companies to return to sta
tlonM as soon as transfers have been
completed. '
"Many tnfii are now being discharged
In Twenty -second, reducing companies to
more skeletons. Inadvisable to send re- j
emits lo Goldfield. Facilities for drill
and Instructions not good and Is poor
I plae for men not yet disciplined. Regi
ment tdiuiild be receiving and training re
cruits preparatory In service In Alaska.
Two i-ompanls Increased to full strength
will be ample for any contingency likely
tn arise. Mere presence of detachment,
howevor small, will pn.-v.mt trouble by .
'aid of Its presence. Action also reeom- i
nitmdud as In line of economy, as touts
should bo tluorcd If troops aif to remain
longer. FUNSTON.
"Commanding. '
COMPLETE BOMB FACTORY
FOUND NEAR SEBASTOPOL
.SIOBASTOI'OL. Dec. One of tho
most i-ofnpb'te uomt factories over dls- J
covered In Russia has been unearthed at I
a farm house twenty miles from here. It i
consisted of a complete apparatus for tho
manufacture of high explosives Twenty- 1
Hi-veil louded bombs ir tln most destruc
tive type, and one hundred and twenty
sMich implement s unfinished, were aelzel
and three men were arrested,
i . . i
j Tv.'o killed in Mine.
MASSILLOX, U.. Dec. 31.-Georgo
Roberts and hi: son, George,- Jr., min
ers, were killed ioday by a heavy fall
of slats in a mine near East Green
ville", O. Three other miners were on-'
tombed in the mine and arc believed to
be alive.
Index to Today's Tribune i
l;i ir'SlS Jv"MtMtv1 v-rn v-I- v ,
r Departments. Page, v i
j. Editorial ! !
- Society i" 4
Alines S ,
J. .Markets a !
Intermounlaln . - !
r 'lm
-I- Domestic. v
v Mystery deepens In strnngo mur-
!- der case at Harrison, N. .1 1
r Financial review of year gives -
r good reasons for optimistic
j view of the future t -r
.J. Government will retain the full -J-
x- force of troops In Goldlleld... 1 v
- Nine men killed in mine explo- v
.J. "slon at Carthage. N. M 1
. Poor tenants of New York win
.'r nlngr fight for reduction of
J- rents 7
.J- Government will light adverse
' decision In Colorado land fraud 4.
. cases 10
4. Comptroller of Currency says
4. nation has been going too fast
. financially 4
Local.
Salt T.akc greets 1"J0S with
'r great celebration 1 y
j. Greeks arrested for stealing
.j. checks belonging-no Bamber- -I-
ger Coal company from post- -!
J' office ..... 1 !
4- Children of Thomas Vance give
damaging testimony In pre-
4. llmlnary hearing 14 .J-
.;. State Senator Lawrence says 4.
4. D. & R G. and U. P. are in 4
.!. pool to keep up freight rates on
4- coal 12 4-
4- Game Warden makes report, ;
4. showing splendid Increment at
Utah hatcheries 12 4-
4. Hundred children spend hayipy 4-
.5. New Year's eve at home of 4-
4- Senator Kcarns 11 4.
4. Sporting News. 4
Bonhcur. a -10 to 1 shot, upsets
4- the talent at Emeryville 1" 4-1
a "Jtube" Smith and Charles WH- 4- i
j. Hams will box twenty rounds 4-
.;. at l.agoon today at I! p. m...l2 4
.'. Alblr-llc programme is scheduled 4 I
. at tho Y. M. C. A., commenc- 4 !
4- ing at 11 a. m .1 4- j
At tell and Moran will liox for -;-
J- featherweight championship -
4- today In San Francisco 1 4-
.;. 4
.X4H4H-HXHJ-H-sr-J'4-!!'4-'4'4"!
MANY HOLDUPS IN
THE CITY OP RENO
RF.NO, Nov.. Doc 31. Municipal and
county peaeo officials hero decided today I
to "ding" Reno. In an effort to cap- j
turc what they believe Is a gang of i
crooks that have committed hold-ups
every few nights during the last iwo I
mciiiih?.
George G. Brown, a laborer, was inur- ,
dored bv one of the four highwaymen
who robbed the Jargtllorf hotel at au
earlv hour last night. After searching
most of thc crowd in the gambling houso
attached lo the hotel, the highwaymen
took the roulette bank roll, amounting to
several hundred dollars, and then, as
tbev passed through tho door lo the
street, the shot was Jlrcd which ended j
Brown's life.
Tho Dalton gambling house, in the
center of Reno, was held up In tho same
manner la3t week,- the highwaymen escaping.
Smoking in Bod Fatal.'
LINCOLN, Neb.. Dec. .M. Mrs. A.
Mofdcr. while smoking a pipe in bed
hero this afternoon, set her coverlet
on lire and was burned to death.
'UK ffilT IS DEATH
BY MJKE EXPLOSION
i
Disaster in Denial Property at
Carthage, N. M.; Others
I Wounded and Dying,
ALBUQDERQUU, Dec. .'1. At least
nine miners were killed and three fatally
and two seriously Injured In an explosion
I of gas and coal dust at noon today In thc
Bcrnal mines at Carthage, Socorro coun
ty, New Mexico, one of three large coal
mines owned by the Carthage Fuel com
pany. Nine dead bodies have boon taken
out. and although tho mine Is still filled
with gas. it. Is believed that no more vic
tims remain In the workings.
The Dead.
C. L,. WILCOX, an American mine boss.
.1 UAN ARCHULETA, a miner, native
l of Socorro county.
IGNACro ARCHULETA, miner. Socor
ro county. i
C. T. NASTERSON. American miner.
THOMAS ARCHULETA, Socorro
county.
ANGEI.O LIGORNE. Italian minor.
THREE NATIVES of Old Mexico whoso
names have not been learned.
Tho Injured.
Ronnardlno V. Avuratta, probably fa
tally. Benito E. Cuclilldessa. probably fatally.
Max Walkor, probably family.
Mall Brooks and George .lockovlch, so
i rlously Injured.
All of tho men had apparently been
killed instantly, and uoinc of (he bodies
were mangled beyond recognition.
! Superlntoiide.nl C. F. Weber, with a
party of rescuers .numbering several doz
I en, have been busy working all thc aftcr
I noon. In spite of ihc gases. Women and
children are with difficulty kept from tho
mouth of tho mines, and tho scenes when
the bodies of the dead were brought up
wero most harrowing.
I Carthage Is a small town on a branch
i lino twenty miles from San Antonio. X.
I M.. on the banla Fo railroad, and com
munication Is difficult. Savo for thc fact
thai the explosion occurred during thc
noon hour ibe death list would'bn largor.
Thc explosion shook the country for miles
around and several of the bodies were
thrown clear out of thc main entrance to
the ml no. Two men were blown five
hundred yards away.
A force of about fifty men is employed
In the mine, and all but those who wcro
killed or Injured bad gone to dinner.
I No cause for the explosion Is assigned.
i I) ARROW MAY ESCAPE
j KNIFE OF THE SURGEON
LOS ANGELES, C'al.. Dec SI. The
condition of Clarence Darrow, tho Chica
go attorney, brought bore yesterday from
Boise and placed in the California hospi
tal, suffering from mastoiditis. Is practi
cally unchanged. IIcMh suffering consid
erable pain from the inflammation. Dr.
I 1 1 ay lies silll Is of th" opinion thai an
operation may be avoided.
PLAN NEW SUBWAY
TO COST $60,000,000
N12W YORK. Dee. ".1. The public
service commission today approved pre
liminary plans for a new subway, extend
ing from thc Battery to the Bronx, hi
very nearly a straight Hue. The eallniat-
n.l nnui iu Sn0.00U.0u0.
f
RECENT PANIC IS
NOT IIHJTK
Expert's Financial Review of
Year Contains Much of Rea
son for Optimism.
AGGREGATE VALUE OF OUR
CROPS WAS $7,400,000,000
Restoration of Normal Condi
tions Depends Upon Easier
Money.
NEW YORK, Dec. .'51. Thc with
drawal of $125,000,000 from a few
large trust companies, precipitating a
season of hoarding and sending cur
rency lo a premium at a time when in
was most needed throughout thc coun
try, is credited in 11. D. Dun & Co.'s
animal review of trade to bo published
to morrow, with having been one of
thc great factors in turning thc year
.1907 front its promise of new records
in prosperity to a closing period of
financial disturbance that caused many
plans for future extensions of business
to be either abandoned or postponed.
The restoration of normal conditions,
thc review declares, dopends upon
easier mono3' and a revival of confi
dence, both of which seem nearer to
Any than at any time since October 1,
when the stringency began. While
failures were froquent during thc last
quarter of the year, tho review points
out that if thc comparison is carried
back to previous periods of distress,
there is much cattso for congratulation
in tho insolvency returns.
Promise of Great Things.
The review says in part;
The vour 1P07 started under auspices
that seemed bright beyond precedent and
thc movement of trade attained a velo
city that constantly promised new rec
ords of prosperity. For almost ten
months statistics of production, bank ex
changes, railway earnings and other
measures of commercial activity com
pared favorably with any previous year,
and In many Instances tho total for the
twelve months was never eclipsed. Pro
ducts of the farm far surpassed all ear
lier records, high prices more than com
pensating for smaller crops of some ce
reals and cotton than In banner years.
Immigration and foreign commerce both
exceeded anv previous year, gold In the
treasury rose to $950, 000,000 and thc
amount of money lu circulation per capita
became greater than ever before, despite
an increase In population to over SO.OuO,
000. .."'ondltiotis. changed radically during
tho' las: ten weeks of 1907. tho financial
dlsuirbuncOwXhau.atar.tcd In Octobex.un.
settling contldeifce so completely that
Currency commanded a premium and
plans for future extensions of business
were abandoned or postponed. Failures
wore larger than at any time since the
-risls of tho previous decade and a num
ber of banks closed, somo of them only
temporarily. Orders wcro canceled nnd
now contracts came to tho mills so slow
ly that forces wc:o reduced and produc
tion materially curtailed.
High Price for Money.
Probably tho year might have ended
without anv sensationally high quotations
for monev "had it not been for thc heavy
withdrawals of deposits from a few large
trust companies thai precipitated a sea
son of hoarding. No accurate figures are
available regarding thc extent of this
movement, but it is estimated by well
posted bankers that tho cash withdrawn
from Now York banks alone amounted
lo SU'5,000,000. and perhaps four times as
much throughout thc country.
Insolvencies wcro not unusually num
erous In 1907. despite sonii increase In
the last quarter, hut as tho year advanced
there were more defaults of exceptional
size, and liabilities In the r-jurih quarter
exceeded those of any throe-month period
s-lnce 1SH3. Considering the severity ot
the financial disturbance and thc Inability
of the banks to provide mercantile ac
commodations. It Is exti-i:ncly gratifying
that falluros were not much mora num
erous, while the comparative tightness of
the aggregate amount, of defaulted in
debtedness is the -noro striking when it
Is realized how vastly the nation's busi
ness bus grown. Based on a ratio of lia
bilities to thc amount of capital involved,
thc mercantile mortality in 1907 was
comparatively light. Taking the last
'quartet, which supplied thc largest
amount of liabilities, the percentage of
defnulis was only ViAl to each ?1000 of
payments through the clearing houses,
whereas lu Ihc corresponding three
months of 1S93 the ratio was $7.$3 and
thc average lor the same quarter for ten
years ending with 1SU6 was over $3.
Iron and Steel Crippled.
Changes in the Iron and steel industry
during 11107 wero more striking than else
where, particularly In respect to the vol
ume of production. During the early
part of the year there was a gradual In
crease in output, the weekly active capa
city of blast furnaces constantly estab
lishing new records until thc high point
was reached on July 1, with a total of
3"S.1"0 tons of pig Iron per week. From
this point a moderate decreoso occurred,
until, toward the ond of Hie year. It was
estimated that not more than about 33
per cent of the entire Iron and steel ca
pacity was in opcraiion While this rec
ognition of the reduction iu orders for
the time being was unmistakable, it is
sig-nlllcant that the leading Inloresls in
this country had great confidence In tho
future, because at no time was work sus
pended on the plant at Gary.
Although In many cases the size of
crops In 19U7 fell below some preceding
years, high prices made the return to the
farmer much lurger than ovor before. To j
somo extent short crops In oilier coun
tries accounted for the high prkes, no
tabl yln the case of wheat, for which for
eigners wero willing to pay more than a
dollar per bushel during the closing
months. Not only did the high prices
fall to check shipments abroad, but the
to turns for November showed more than
20,000.000 bushels wont abroad. Ihc first
time any monthly total was as large in
over live years,
Sovon Billions In Crope.
Adding the value of cotton, meats,
dairy products, poultry, cgg3. and all oth
er Items raised by tho agriculturist, the
year's total attaint) thc phenomenal value
of $7. 10il. 000.000.
Cotton has ruled at a high position
throughout the year, while the latest sta
tistics of the crop Indicate a yield of
12.000.000 boles, or 10 ncr cent less than
thc high record established In the pre
vious year. The old crop year ended ou
August 31. with the largest tola) ever
harvested, and with oxports exceeding
all other years, except 190.". as to quan
tity, while the high average export price
of "to. 7 centa per pound this year raised
the total vuluc $70,0Uil,000 above the pre
vious high water mark established two
Continued on I 'a go Two
MYSTERY DEEPENS If
in in case ii
Woman Who Positively Identi- m.wk
lied Victim Now Confesses m ffi
She Ivied. ' K
NOW DECLARES DEAD GIRL if M
HER OWN HALF-SISTER W;
Officers Seem No Nearer ii Soln- Sh-
tion of Strange Case Than if
at Its Inception. BjH
NEWARK, X. J., Dec. 31. The iden- t f Hi
tity "of thc woman whoso dead bofy nfflt
I was found in Harrison, N. J., last Thurs- v jflfc
day rcmuius a mystery. The story told L mB;
by Mrs. Hull, that the woman was het Jjfll
friend, Mrs. Agnes Young, was ex- HK1
ploded today when Mrs. Young was IB
found alivo and well in New York H
City. She is employed as an account-- f jH
ant in a real estate office in New York H
and declared emphatically that she had . HI
not been in New Jersey on last Christ- f ffjjj
mas day, aud that sno did not know 'i flu
anyone named Charles Myers, for whom r nH
tho police wore searching as a result of ? M
Mrs. Hull's statements. Mrs. Young: 1
obtained first knowledge of tho fact M)
that her name had been connected with Bi
the murder mystery from this morn- ; HI
ing's papers. "She expressed indigna- " HR
tion that ber name had been drawn ir- HK
into the affair by Mrs. Hull. i- W
Mrs. Hull iold'the police that she had ffc Hj
parted from Mrs. Young on Christmas: if. Hi
day and that Mrs. Young was about to ffe Hj
start for Harrison in company with Hj
Charles Me3'ers. CrilLRffl
Mrs. Young declared loday that whilo Mr" Wjfaj
she knew Mrs. Hull she had not seen iftBjBi
her for two 3-cars. tiK'B K
Some Strange Deception. 1BBt
"I am at a loss to understand, " sho iW-fl P
said, "why my narao has in any way mm li
been connected with the murder mys- W m H
tcry. . I know Mrs. Hull, but she must HS. v
be demented to tell such a story about RM H
mo to tho "police. I have never been WSI.j
in Harrison in my life. Mrs. Hull's" Hfm$H
statement that I accompanied her and a. Wr'nii
man named Charles Meyers to Jersey UTt iifut f
iilrs. Young gave out the followiug HfliPl
"I was assistant accountant at tho lilillfll
Hotel Ansonia and I know Mrs. Hull RniSaiil
and befriended her, but have not seen Biifrai!
her for tho last two years. Any other, ullllwi
statements concerning in e are- ahsolutc- h!!iMmI
lv false. AGNES YOUNG." .
When' Mrs. Hull" was" told tha"r5f"' fflttM I
Young had beeu found alive she do- Oil Hi I
! clarcd that the murdered woman was ffloffl f
her own half-sister. Minnie .Teauctto oliiiilB
j Gaston, dnughtcr of li. B. Gaston of 9f if RiB:
I Sorvilln, Tonn. She said that Miss Gas- hIIthW
ton was formerly a member of tho Sinfiw
chorus of "Tho 'Texas Steer" company mlSip
and had been living lately in Now PI Barn!
Mrs. Hull declared thai Charles Mey- nlDiffi
ers brought her sister to New York ft! H mil
from the South and that she ac.com- KtllB
panicd the latter to a meeting with nlillfllfi?
Meyers on Christmas day, when Miss ljuS9l
Gaston was to go to Harrison with Mey- iuhOb
ers. Mrs. Hull said she identified tho Mnllffl
body as that of Mrs. Young in order flljlllnB
to avoid involving Miss Gaston's name KnifiHR
in a scandal. She asked that thc body Hllllinff
be sent to Mr. Gaston at Servilla. Tho fill it j
magistrate lectured Mrs. Hull for her mjltaBS
deception and ordered a detective to inihSffi
escort her out of the State. RalfHBKi
"LAND FRAUD KING" MS
OBTAINS HIS PARDON
PORTLAND, Or.. Dec. 31. Stephen A.
D. Putcr, thc "land fraud king." tonight U
received the following meseago from. ft
Francis J. Honey, who is In Tucson, 111 Iff If
Ari., on private business: JHH' ll:
"President has pardoned you at my re- ijjljj, W
quest. Warrant goes direct to Marshal. f" gj
Happy New Year, and may you apply
your undoubted talents to honest 'work mic 85
Pulor was highly elated over the news jjjjf IP
that he should bo pardoned. By a pc- mIfh t
collar coincidence, tho document that will PJ11V "($
give him freedom should reach hero next iiltlcm
Monday, January C, which Is his fifty- HwmBh
first birthday. In a statement to the VlUj 5h
Associated Press, Putor tonight said that gli j Hi
he knew that Mr. Honey had been cn- jjijl.'i .
deavorlng to secure his pardon, but lhal 4jna iKi
llcncy was being opposed by Influential Jlillilfel
persons who were still further trying to 'lill1
demean him by keeping hlni In Jail as 'JilllSW
long as possible. In order to discredit hl.t ill ff 3 Jfll
story of the Orogon land frauds which lff n S
he is writing In collaboration with Hor- i'itldtW
ace Stevens, an old San Francsco news- illf.j'aF
paper man. In this volume Putor says ho jilt J iff-
intends 10 exposo a number of people iriiliafc!
who arc "deeper In the mud" than ho. itiifiK'
bul who cannot be reached because thc 'Ill'IRi
statute of limitations has run against ill I if IR'
their crimes. Puter will leave Immcdi- jjilwl)
atoly for Berkeley Cal., where he lives. liiifflfB'
returning In lime to testify at thc land iilrVvi
fraud trials In -January. Vhtohi
GOLD FIELD'S OUTPUT Mtt
FOR. YEAR $11,090,000 nM
Special to The Tiibunc. i I f
GOLDFIELD. Nev , Doc. 31. Unofficial ,fpi BB V
figures place the total output of the fji 5.
Goldlleld district for the year just closed l mW- K
at 106,952 tons, with a valuation of $11,- ; (I
690.000. This represents only about eight ; If fit
months' actual work, thc balance of tho u Hw a
time having been taken up with labor S v'ti jfi
troubles that enforced Idleness. This XttilsJT
year $'",".00,000 was paid In dividends for " luXj a
Goldfleld, or as much as the total gross fo If-xigf
production of oro In 1906. '' H 3 9
BIG STEEL PLANTS i
WILL RESUME WORK '3H
JOLIET. HI.. Dec. 31. After being shut If ' jSifi
down alncc December 22, the Jollct plant M iff
of the Illinois bteol company will rcsumo rtf 4 m
operation tomorrow morning iu practl- , If t jjiC
callv nil departments. About 2f00 men fTf
will" be culled back to work, and tho pros- ijl jl
pects arc good lor a steady run. Tho HI ' WSjjs
Rockdalo plant of the American Steel and HT ,jil
Wire company, closed since last Saturday nf JfPml
night, will resume Thursday morning. fl
Heavy Loss by Tire. gS y?S'
NEW YORK. Dec. 31. Offico furnlturo m jafi
valued at $600,1100 was burned tonight In f "Miff I
the five-story brick building at 2i and wj LacL;
27 South Htrcel. used as a warohousa (Bt TiSfE'
and shipping office by the Derby Desk j' rfr
company. WU "i j
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