HE POINTS A MORAL JoTcrnor Hill X V Oa IntlmM lion and Currnptioa at Election KANSAS CITY THnCATCNCD WITH WATER FAMINE Death of r Sonthnortn the JInnlcros of Stephen Petlm TWO TERRIBLE EPIDEMICS IN WEST VIRGINIA An Important Point Concerning the Liability of State Treasurer lx J Telrpnphto the NEWSI Governor HUP Meaner i AIJJANV X V Jan 7 Governor Gover-nor Hill in his annual message to legULiture is legbltur desirous of some changes in the laws relatIng to Ie tions He reviews the present election Jaws and fays itt in spite of thc e excellent provisions our Jw do not reach tie two great evils I gt evll which attend our elections namely intimidation and corruptltn These flourish unchecked un-checked bringing shame brlnllng upon our Stat rendering and threatening out elections even the a integrity nail existence ofourioli tlcal institutions I Is indeed asad allegation which 1 made amid not denied that in some parts of our State at the rent Presidential den ton corruption was r unrestrained that the scenes at tho > olls resembled an auction more than an election and that in other places intimidation was so prevalent undisguised particularly at some of our manu utLturing centers that the employes were virtually driven tQ Ute polls and actually instructed by their pell ployers as to what Uckct they boul votc The Governor reviews list Australian system aud finds Mme excellent thinglu It butas a whole he condemns IL He recom mends the potsjgu of a law which will provide for secret compartments for Urn voter and claims that this provision alone would do much to preventtorrup tion and secure the chief benefits corrup of true electoral reform beneft The governor objects to an exclus gvernor ohjecl exclus ively olllclal ballot and says that the provision which requires the voter to vote by placing lib mark opposite thou name of his candidate unconstitutional because it makes the educational qualification mes the voter shall b able to read I otherwise he can not know where to > l4Cu his mark Frocrn foDrnlb NEVADA Ur January 7 Malcolm F JIcLeod a mall carrier mnl carier was frozen to death this morning Yesterday lie and a companion started on snowshoes to carry the mall and express to Washington eight miles distant expecting J m gut there a dark Two miles from Washington they began to fall His companion carried and dragged him I to within half a mile of the town and went for relief A party of citi zens went to the relief of ilcLoxl He was still breathing when they re him but coon die The carricrahaj becoiuu bewildered and traveled in a circle many hours Ilajnl Many Fart j i CJIHVOA I Jen 7 General J Luis Laduo died nt his farm here today aged CO Laduo was born in Frauce and entered the army at an early ase He was private secretary to tint Due IJo AildlHo nn l a tie camp to Louis TfapnlixU liecnmb her after the downfall of the latter DrCIII jf Jionllmorlb = > KW IOBK Jan7 Mrsliaiiwali B Southworth who shot and killed Stephen PrUne on November 22nd died in i her cell at tho Tombs prison this morning Dr ChetnooJ who gratiied tie jl3ute death certificate gives ibe cause of death prlmirlly lieart failure and general dtllllty thue 11 JIM Iso Isr vxo CIty Jan 7Thc atkfniislioiM In tie yard of the LoCK Island Railroad Depot fell this morning killln three men JVndTlnuilllc JVIXSAS CIT Jan iA ralcr famine I linatetied this city by tliv sudden gorging of ice lu the Big Muddy aboveSt Joseph Thestngo of Ute water her has teen lowcntl I about two fret below record This uulookcd for fall of water bos caustil the main section pipe at the water work to Utomu exposed conec qurntly t frater can Le ptimieJ I nnlrrrrnl IOn HONTWCTOX W Va Jan 7 D Church amtl 15 made nil attempt at-tempt t poi oii ills father mother brothers end sisters ou Sunday night niar tiuazandiittu Ont child n girl a < cd 131s dead The broUierandfftfef ae dyln The fatbrr mother and a turtle child are in a critical condition I vaJ don in revcngo for a scolding which tie father gave him The morderer t scaHrd The rrUilnjr C > mlnalIou WASHINGTON Jan Ti The Presl dent pent time following nominations nomina-tions t tie genate tony Oil 1 Culler rcjiitcr of the land cilice I g l lal CoutrDAHelic Itfafta Irttraiist yes Iftd H Robbing East 14 Yeas N jr Robert HBttrilng n City California J 1 Squires nLlau Califgrnto Jllthle rc rlhlfa MorGANTotxvc iV Its Jan 1 Physicians who have been fcDt by the count into Urn mountain ilfa tl trict alons the Chat niycrlnwhich was rilorteti nn epidcmu lei I i list rible tale of njderiug The people r now fullering from epidemics of two diseases diphtheria and black tongue The iatttr has broken out and in tho last I two weeks thirty deaths have occurred The county I has trvtt J1 teoimpiT iiofpitnl f and a large force ot iiilcb5 mid I nurses IS attending there Tlienlre nnd Uoiirxe Ilanieil Biifssrxs Jan iTho theatre and hours u burned his morning Only tie bare walk remain Thee lrnel Ntrln Rntr 9iL8JauT AtameiUngof mine owners of the Charles district held today to consIder ties contpro mlse proposed by the striking miner min-er It was decided not to C I Wn t accept a cmprml3 spread The strike continues lnUZ Loxiws Jan iue htlndrct and sixty ioys l longius to tin training ships JZmoutft amlSAcrto fUT ar sullerlngfrcm influenza BEHLIV Jai iThe Dowagej Empress Augusta is suffering from Influenza anj has had a relapse Her coiiilltion I rritisil BniiLlv Jan 72 pnTiie Em l > ror and Empress and their twt eldest moms the Crown Priucu Vll liamrnd Prince Trwlerlck and tht grand tliiKu and grand duchess ol Baden mnInlaw am daughter re S > pe < t vely of the Dowager tmpruss mire at her bedside Count fnS 01 Mollku left her palace at non Hi was much aflVtUtl at her alarming condition A lanro crowd has as semblal In the Unter lcnLIndtn Wfore tno jihUeV aud much rvm policy shown for the EmJrC Ijter Thu Dovager Empress 5 Augusta did a iM Are Male TrrnMirrr Ilnhlrf DKtvim Jan 7TIme Attorney general yesterday afternoon ou behalf be-half of the State btgan suits against cxStatc Treasurer Nathan S Culver Wm C Sanders Fred Walscu Ceo R Swallow and Peter W Brecn together with their tllr Iwndsmen for the purpose of recovering recov-ering I the money which It is I alleged those tnirlals received as mIens ton t-on the State funds loaned to dlfter cut tanks and for which theyfjiled to account to the State Tlieamount sued for Is not stated in tIme complaint com-plaint but it U believed Cl IILnt I belevld thusunu b received hI each treasurer during two years term reach nearly 10 O The suits bring up thequt tion whether or not the State has a right demand tho return of Intent i upon State fuu Js held ly them dur log their incumbency of oflice Tin principal point involved in thin prncllOI 11 tl con troversy is whether State a t treasurer is merely a custodian for the State or whether being absolutely liable for any and all losses of the State money cntltetl to hint he becomes Uie virtual owner of the money to do with Ia hu sees lit until called upon to expend it forStatupurjx or turn I over to Ills wieoessorat the expiration of his term of ofllcu rtnhTrrrltnrlnl onlrer Elr WASitiNCTOX Jan C The United SlateS Supreme Court today render nl oplnlol III tho case of = tphl W Clayton ppclbnt V8 tlt Pcple of Teritory of Utah The appeal Is from the supreme court of the This Territory case ce arises out of the jxxuliar situation of aflairs Ie Utah ttt hit Mormon question Clayton was elected auditor of public accounts nudlor publc ncuul of Utah in 79aud has held thuoulro I ever since refusing to turn over his offlcu to Arthur Pratt appointed to the place by Govenior Murray of rtah It Is contended that I I cnt nUt Clay ton is unlawfully In offlco for the reason that the act of tho legislature of Utah josscd in ISh2 creating the oflkv and providing that it should be filled by popular election Is Iri coutravtntlon I of the organic aitof tIme Territory I which vests Uiuantilutmintnf ofllccrs except loc officers lu tie governor The supreme court of Utah decided against Clayton and this court affirms Judgment Tho decWon of the United States supreme court in the cnrt mist of James Jack elected treasurer Utah Ter ritory was also l rmeil The XsIe mist arising out of the killing of Judge Ten 11 California last summerwas lat Jmlr WI set down for argu menlo on Jlarth 1m as was also the case of the San Tulare railroad tll pony of California Involving the right oCtile Stat to Impose special taxation roads pl tton upon rds