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Show aaava vwava a NEWS SUMMARY. NORTHWEST NOTES. Tbc new Korean budget will make a liberal provision for schools. Stockmen of Rawlins, Wyo., report very light losses of stock during the past month. The cold weather and snow at Fort Laramie, Wyo., is unprecedented in the vv wv wv J TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE. The reported uprising in Ponce trict, Porto Rico, is quite without nificance. . dissig- last thirty-tw- o years. . Fourteen new families arrived last week to make their homes in the White In Cincinnati the Morris Foundry company has advanced the wages of its employes 10 per cent. The strike on the White Pass railroad is ended, and nearly all of the strikers bare returned to work. The United States is slowly but surely obtaining a commercial footing in Turkey and the east generally. Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, a expected to issue a manifesto at an early date regarding the plans for the future. The Cuban army has 13,310 men all told. This number includes corporals And sergeants, but excludes command ot gold-beari- Nantuck, one of the four Stick Indians under sentence to be hanged for the murder of William Mean one year Ago, died In jail at Dawson. Missionary Parsons of the China Mission society was attacked by imperial soldiers, while en route from Chung .King to Paoning last month. During the absence of John Dian and wife from their farm near Winnipeg, Man., their residence caught fire and their five children were cremated. The riots which occured between the reform and conservative elements of Korea have subsided. The reformists were victorious in a large measure. Arrangements are beinsr made for a reunion to be held at Guthrie, 0. T., in June next, of the rough riders who fought in the battles about Santiago. 'The emperor of Korea has caused a sensation by appearing in a full uniform cut in American fashion. His Attendants have also been attired in American style. Preparations are being made by Chief Wilkie of the secret service to destroy 1,231,306,298 worth of counterfeit coin and bogus notes, which have been ae- cumulated by his bureau. For the eight months of the present fiscal year the total receipts from in. 8178,783,-48- ng Tou-um- officers. ternal revenue sources were diver valley, Nevada. ' About five or six miles south of Silver Peak, Kev., are sandhills which are known to contain gold ranging :'rom 50 cents to 52 per ton, and there are millions of tons of it. It is reported that the big seventy-;!oledge at the Drinkwater mine in Silver Peak district, Kev., will not be Idle very long, as the whole ledge averages about 815 per ton in gold. A ledge of quartz was discovered while grading for the Sierra railroad near Chinese Camp, in county, Cal. Great excitement prevails and some of the men are putting in extra time in panning out gold. Governor Gage of California has attached his signature to the Morehouse 4; increase as compared with the .eame period of 1898, 808,299,058. At MeKeesport. Fa., Frederick T. dark shot and fatally wounded his wife at the home of his mother-in-laMrs. Richard Moyle, and then killed himself. Mrs. Clark recently applied for a divorce. The English merchants have been startled by the heavy inroads being made by the Americans into their trade with the British colony of Capetown, .And there is much talk of a combination ne bill requiring all articles, except telegraphic dispatches, published in the newspapers and periodicals of California referring to individuals, to have the true name of the writer affixed. On a boulder of brown granite, near Vista, Nevada, have been discovered some hieroglyphics which some people claim are the expressions of an ancient language. The characters, signs, or letters vary from one to seven inches in length, and were evidently chisled with some pointed instrument. Inquiries in all portions of Johnson county, Wyo., regarding the condition of live stock show that the results of the winter on live stock interests have not been unfavorable. The foresight of the farmers in providing a large amount of forage is in a large measure accountable for the small loss .of stock. The Union Pacific company has pur. chased the King coal mine property on the road between Fort Steele and Saratoga. The purchase indicates the probable building of the line connecting Dillon, Cola, and Fort Steele, and opening up to railway communication the mining districts of North Park and Grand Encampment. It has been ascertained that the entire shortage in the accounts of Captain J. M. Neal of the Fourth cavalry, who recently returned to his post, did not reach 5,000 and this amount was made good by Mr. Mackey, who has known the captain from the latter's boyhood and with whom he was a favorite. The Big Ilorn forest reserve officers at Buffalo, Wya, have received orders from the interior department modify ing a prior order which prohibited to repress this. sheep on the reserve. By the Near Oregon, Mo., Samuel Crow, grazing modification grazing will be permitted aged 76 years, an eccentric character, on all parts of the reserve south of the was murdered while asleep by robbers, thirteenth standard parallel. This inwho beat his head to a pulp with an cludes all of Johnson except ax handle. Robbery is said to have the northern three tiers county of sections. .been the motive. W. II. of the Powder River, It is said that about twenty tons of Wyoming, Davis, has discovered a country, mail matter bearing American stamps on his ranch property which is piled up in heaps at Skaguay, the spring pure lubricating oiL He has Canadian contractors refusing to handle yields sent a number of samples to merchants mail matter that does not bear the and is taking orders for the delivery of Canadian postage. the product in barrel lots. The oil Sung Kuang, controller of thehouse-- ! comes from the spring free from grit hold, has been restored to favor by the and needs no refining process to make . empress dowager of China, and all his it suitable for use for lubricating purhonors and- titles handed back to him, poses. ,and Wai Ten, the censor, is now perThe first verdict at Leadville of murmit tel to wear his peacock feather. der in the first degree in twelve years A dispatch to the Paris Eclair from was in the case of Robert Strickland, Toulon says that the experiments made lie stabbed and killed Barney Carr of shells have Mauch Chunk, Pa., on the night of there with .conclusively denonstrated the possi- February 10. Why he killed Carr is a bility of a shell piercing a warships secret still in Stickland's breast. He . Armor and exploding inside the ship. set forth that he was being held up at The agreement reached between Mr. the time, but the testimony shows murder. Stickland's wife Rhodes and the (German government includes the erection by the Trans- - fainted when the verdict was read. African Telegraph company of a second Rain fell in all parts of northern wire through German territory for the California during last week. News from exclusive use of the German govern-- . the valley sections shows that the ment rivers are rising, but there is little Frank Kinahan, an electrician, was damage of flood just at present, unless ' killed in a street duel with two unthe weather should becomo warmer, known men. Over twenty shots were in which case the snow in the mounKinahan before dying tains would melt more rapidly than exchanged. the water could be carried off. Efforts Acknowledged that he knew his assailants but refused to divulge their are being'made to harness the surplus water and prevent a repetition of the names. Information has been received from past two years. Sierra Leone, on the west coast of AfThe pulp and paper plant to be erect Ameri-ca- n an of two near Floriston, west of Reno, will that ed daughters rica, in held are be in progress of construction. soon captivity missionary Mendi the of natives the The district, projectors of the scheme are inby their parents having been tortured and terested in pulp and paper plants in killed. Oregon and thoroughly conversant with every phase of the business. The of serious a con. Regarding a report entire plant will cost 250,000. When mails at It is Skaguay, gestion of the completed and in full operation it is that stated at the poatoftiee department to make Januthe expected that 400 hands will be employfailed contractor the ed. Also that the demand for wood to am overland December and trips ary be used in the manufacture of pulp . consequently 3300 pounds of mall will be 40,000 cords a year. . - armor-piercin- g cold-blood- ed $ vsvsvmuuimvMssuM There are now 147 missionaries laboring in the eastern states mission, under the presidency of Elder W. 11. Smart There were 447 seventies laboring as missionaries in Europe at the close of last year, and 443 in the southern states. Elders Charles S. Green and S. J. Callan, who have been laboring in Great Britain, sailed from Glasgow fdr home on LARRY'S LAST SPREE. the 23rd inst The morning was cold and bleak at (he lonely frontier post; the men about to fall in for guard mouutlng slapped their hands across their chests and wished that the thing was over. The bugler staggered up the path to a point in front of the officers' quarters in a muffled, hesiand blew first-calto the guard returned and tating way house. Five minutes later he reappeared, staggering worse than ever, and blew fall in. The officer of the day, coming down the path with his crisp step and clanking sword, eyed him sharply, while one of the men muttered to anl" There were 1,288 persons baptized last year in the southern states mis- other: "Larrys drunk again. sion, or more than in Great Britain, Drunk on guard! The officer of the Scandinavia and Switzerland comday stepped up to the first sergeant. bined. Elder II. J. Grant of the council of the apostles, returned home on Friday, the 24th inst., after an extended visit to the conferences in the northern states mission. The Deseret Sunday School Union is preparing another Bible picture chart. This one illustrates the life of the Savior from the cradle to the grave in twelve more than usually beautiful pictures. Dr. James E. Talmage expects to deliver a lecture, illustrated by atereop-tico- n views, at the tabernacle, on the evening of Thursday, April 6. Ilis subject will be Scandinavia and Her People, and will be enlivened with national songs by natives of these lands in costume. The southern states mission reports that during 1898 the elders laboring therein walked 146,060 miles and visited 287,716 families, held 69,190 meetings and distributed 778,650 tracts and books. There were during the year new ten new branches and forty-si- x schools Sunday organized in that mis- sion. Fifty years ago next December the first Sunday school was opened in Utah. The Deseret Sunday School Union has decided to hold a jubilee in honor of the event. It is proposed that on Sunday, December 10, that memorial services be held in every Sunday school of the church, the semi-centenni- al actual date of the opening of the first school having been Sunday, December 9, 1849. Previous to these individual school exercises, it is proposed that the Union meeting held at the general church conference in October be devoted to this purpose. Elder Charles W. Penrose was the principal speaker at the tabernacle Sunday, March 26, his remarks bearing to some extent on the temptations offered the missionary at home. At one point in his remarks the elder said he had heard of wagers being made here in Salt Lake that certain young men, retured missionaries, could be influenced to such an extent that they would be intoxicated at a certain time. The speaker held out no words of comfort to the parties who participated in such work. lie branded them as men of the devil. The time not occupied by Elder Penrose was taken up by returned missionaries. Elder Joseph Duckworth was the first speaker. lie reported in a general way his labors in the European mission. He had charge of the Liverpool mission for a time and encountered wide and varied experiences while in the position. If he had not succeeded in converting any one else, he was thankful to say his own conversion had been thorough and his own mind greatly enlightened by his work. He found that God would at all times be with the elder who was faithful, and .though there is prejudice, the people of England, as a whole, are very hospitable. Elder Albert Matthison said, in effect, that this church sends more missionaries into the world than any other organization of the same size. They go to preach the word of God anc penetrate the regions where wickedness exists. Where the greatest wick edness is, there is the truth most denied. Elder Edwin G. Wooley, from the southern states, reported that about 8,500 souls had been baptized in that portion of the country. The elders, he said, travel entirely without purse or script, and rightly place their trust in God. The people are hospitable and treat the elders with consideration. They are not hypocrites, and show in reality their friendship or hatred. They are wonderfully well versed in holy writ, but they have not read understandingly. The speaker's testimony has been greatly strengthened by his labors. Elder Hans Ieterson, recently returned from New Zealand, brought encouraging reports. The missionaries have been successful, but a great work yet remains to lie done, especially among the Scandinavians of that Sergeant, he said, severely, fine McGregor immediately con- after guard badly wounded, when across the plain came the faint notes of a bugle call. This threw the Indians into confusion, they feared that reinforcements were, ll over coming, and scattered the rocks, but Just then the other halt of the troops came around the edge of the butte at a full gallop, blocking the path of the flying savages. In the final charge no one noticed the figure that rode up and Joined the soldiers. It was Larry, and he rode right into the thick of the fray, to the side of his beloved lieutenant. Looking up the hill he saw an Indian taking deliberate aim at the being he loved best on earth; be had no gun; he could not stop that bullet; but yes, there was a way Larry rode directly in front of the officer as the shot rang out. The bullet struck him in the chest. Just above the heart. He reeled in his saddle and was caught by the strong arm of Lieutenant Mason. Good heavens! It's McGregor! he How did be get here? cried. The battle was over now, and Larry was carried to the rear. The surgeon said that he bad but a few minutes to live. Larry asked to see Lieutenant Mason alone for a few minutes, and his request was granted. The young officer was deeply affected, for be liked the old soldier, and when he learned that Larry had given his life for him the tears rolled down his boyish face. McGregor, poor old fellow; I am very sorry for this! "Dont mind, lad; dont mind; it is better as it is. Bend your head, lad, Ive something to say to you. Would it hurt you to know that I am your pell-me- 1 mounting! The sergeant saluted and retired. The young officer who had ordered Larry McGregor in arrest was a general favorite at the post with both officers and men. lie was an especial favorite with Larry McGregor, the best bugler in the Seventeenth cavalry. Larry was an habitual drunkard. He could not stay sober a week at a time. He had served .twenty years in the Seventeenth. There was something very strange about his fondness for this young officer. The day that the lieutenant had arrived at the post Larry had stared at him and fainted, something he had never been known to do before. father? My father! the young man cried. He blamed the heat for It. However, Yes, lad, you were but a tiny chap that evening, he was in the captains kitchen bribing the cook, who hap- when I went home drunk one night, and well, your mother told me to go, pened to be a white woman, to find and I went; I came out here, changed Mason him where out for Lieutenant my name, and enlisted. Will you call was born. When he called again he was told me father once before I go, lad? Hugh Mason had been studying the that Mr. Mason was born at Rutland, face of the dying soldier, and be knew VL he had told the truth. Larry did not go to his quarters that that he said, pressing his My father! night He slipped by the guard, took a horse from the stables and started lips to Larrys brow, I am sorry that for town, where he was captured the I have learned this too late. next day, gloriously drunk. He was Larry, raised his dying eyes to his brought back, tried and given the so- boys face in a loving farewell, and From said: "My son, my bonnle boy; but It ldiers dose, "ten days and $10. that time on Larry was drunk very is getting dark; it is nearly time to And for Larry it often, and if he had not been a fine blow taps, lad, bugler he would have been "drummed-ou- t was. long before. Lieutenant Mason Intended to reTHE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLE. form McGregor, for he brought to the The first Atlantic cable was laid by lieutenants mind something his dytwo warships the British Agamemnon ing mother had said to him. My boy, beware of wine! Tour and the American Niagara which set father fell under its power, and I was out from Ireland with the 2,500 miles not patient; I sent him from me. I of cable on' board. They met with failhare never seen him since. He died In ure after failure, but, though men of the west, years ago. Oh, my boy, if I science were spending their time to had been more patient I might have prove the impossibility of an Atlantic saved him. cable, the ships set out again and again During the day word was brought in and finally steamed to that the Indians were causing trouble; they separated, the one returning to cattle had been stolen and one herder Ireland and the other proceeding to Newfoundland. , As the ships steamed ahead the cable was rolled off by wonderful machinery and lowered into the sea. Signals were transmitted from ship to ship as the space between the two Increased but from time to time these messages stopped, showing that the cable had snapped on some sharp rock or through contact with same great fish. THE BULLET STRUCK HIM. shot The commanding officer ordered the troops to be in the saddle at daybreak. When Larry awoke the next morning his head seemed to be bursting. He wished the guard would stop their chattering; but what was that they were saying? The entire command ordered out? U that boys gone, I'm not going to stay cooped up here! Larry muttered. When the guard brought his breakfast he begged so hard for the freedom of the guard house that the sergeant - said: If you will give me your word that you won't try to get a drop of liquor 2 will let you out. Larry promised. Half an hour later the sergeant went out to post the relief; that was Larrys chance; he put on a coat and cap, took his bugle from the peg and went out. He made his way to the stable, took a horse, mounted and rode away. The troops had ridden directly to the scene of the outbreak, where they found that the Indians were hiding among the bushes. The colonel decided to attack their stronghold at once. He divided the troops into two. parts; one he sent out to get behind the Indians, while the rest advanced directly on them. The Indians had the better of It, for the rocks hid them. Bullets were flying thick and fast, and a couple of soldiers bad been At one time the cable snapped 850 miles from Ireland, the broken end Blnking 12,000 feet into the sea thirty times the height of SL Pauls! Three times the cable broke, and the ships had to return, and at another time 140 miles of the heavy, line became almost irreparably tangled. Every mile of cable weighed a ton, and the task of unraveling 140 miles was not an eafir one. But it was accomplished at last, and after more than a year of patient work, both ships arrived at their destinations on the same day united by an iron cable 2,500 miles long! The two ends were landed at Valen-t- la in Ireland and Cape Race in Newfoundland, and the two ships exchanged greetings. But the sea was not yet The cable worked long conquered. enough to carry a message from the queen to Washington the first royal telegram across the Atlantic and then refused to speak. It was a bitter For years the cable lay at the bottom of the ocean, parts of it five miles deep, and in 18C6.the Great Eastern laid the new cable,akrag which John Bull and Uncle Sam exchange messages today. Diplomatic. Mamma, I was playing with your beBt tea set. while you were away, an' when you bring It out for company you'll be shocked, cause youll think one of the cups has a hair in it, but it Isnt a hair. What Is it? Mamma Little Dot "It's only a crack. Boe. Little Dot . ton Journal. Canada needs only 237,000 square miles to be as large as the whole continent of Europe; it is nearly 30 times as large as Great Britain and Ireland and is 5,000 square miles larger than the United States, excluding Alaska w |