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Show THE INDEPENDENT. William F. Gibaon, - - Editor. L H. Jordan, Bnainess Manager.! Satarad as tbm Poat Offloa at Bprlnrrtna, Utafc tar traaamladoa tarcnh tba oultu aaooaelaat laaued Evary Thursday Mornlngf. TERMS Ol SUBSCRIPTION'. Tear $5.00 mix Months 1.00 fore Month 50 ASK FOB ABTERIHINO KATES. UTAH STATK NEWS. Eighteen tickets to Cape Nome were old in one day in Salt Lake lat week. Quarantine has W-en continued in Mercur until the first of April, ow:u to the appearance of new smallpox cases. A large hotel i to he built opposite the site for the new union depot at Salt Lake ity y MunUua and Salt Lake parties. Owing- to the time lo-t ly it-aiun of the srrallpox sear-, the cuurie of study in the public sclio.jN of Salt Lake t'ily has beeD changed ly eliutiiiatiOe' all but vital subjects. The Westminster I'rc-I.y'erian congregation con-gregation of Salt Lakt- has selected a site for their new house of worship and work on this magnilk-ent tditice will begin in a short time. Fit-hard Stiiland of I'r.jvid.-iiee. Cache county, has gone insane from religious mania, and ha- been taken to the insane a-ylum. He shuns a dip-aition dip-aition to be violent at times. Ida Shimming, a 1 j- ear-old Salt Lake girl with a weakness for bicycles that belong to other people, was sent to the Orphans' Home and nursery la- t week by .ludge Nortell's court. Salt Lake stonemason-, are demanding demand-ing an increase in age. from to S4..VJ per i.ay, beginning May 1st. Contractors who have contracts on baud will endeavor to push work before that date. William rooks, an American Fork rolunteer, came home from the Philippines Philip-pines last week and surprised his relatives rela-tives and friends. He remained behind when the majority of the volunteers catne home last fall. Web Oreene and W. I), t'andland, of Mt. Pleasant, have secured possession of 1..VX) acres of land near that town and will erect buildings for the purpose of breeding thoroughbred sheep and horned stock upon a large scale. Dr. JIagby. pastor of the Christian church in Salt Lake, caught a burglar in his cellar last Thursday. Mr. P.agby took the fellow into the dining room and endeavored to show him the erj-or of his way, while Mrs. l!agby cooked the man a good dinner. He was then told to go and sin no more. A lease has been negotiated by Agent Myt-on for the Indians on the I'intah reservation, by which the Indians lease to sheepmen Timumm) acres of land at a yearly rental of flH.-juo. The Indians objected to the sheepmen at first, fear-ing fear-ing that they were poor men who could not pay such a sum. Mrs. Pendleton, a pioueor of 14S, died in Salt Lake last week, aged nearly so years. She was on the frontier all her dawrhaving been born in Western New York when it wa frontier country, and removed to Illinois Illi-nois when it whs a wilderness. She leaves eleven children and thirty-seven grandchildren. An appeal to the state board of health came from t ireen wich last week, statintr that a family atllicted with smallpox is about to remove there from Koosharem, another to Heaver county, and another to Cainesville, while no attempt is made at maintaining a iiia rant inc. Patients, the letter said, are concealed from Dr. Garrison, the representative of the state board of health. Three men, two of whom are said to have been deputy sheriffs and the other a prisoner from theconnty jail, created suppressed excitement in a Salt Lake gambling house by appearing disguised by false beard. It was thought they intended to hold up the joint, but they were evidently trying to identify 8 suspect by means of the prisoner without with-out creating suspicion as to their identity. iden-tity. Mayor Thompson has approved the ordinance passed by the Salt Lake council forbidding the sale of tobacco and other narcotics to minors and mak-ug mak-ug it unlawful for junk dealers to re-jeeive re-jeeive any property from persons under the age of is years. A bundle containing a small infant, perhaps two weeks of age, was left on the front doorstep of dohn Piatt, oi Salt Lake, an employee of the Rio tirande machine shops, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Piatt have no young children and will adopt the waif. Lehi Thomas, a youth who several months ago escaped from the reform school at Ogden. was captured in Salt Lake last week and returned to the institution, lie had persistently kept off the street till the day of his capture when he ventured up town. The sheepmen of Sanpete, Juab, Sevier Se-vier and Emery counties will organize an association for the recovery of strays at the various dipping and shearing places, and restoration to theirowners. A brand book is to be published, sc that any brand can be traced. Lorenzo Dickert of Salt Lake has been awarded S3,5 h damages from the Salt City street railway company. In 1895 Mrs. Dickert was thrown to the floor of a car by its being suddenly started, sustaining injuries which it is alleged caused her death. A 3-year-old child of Mr. and rfrs. Frank Hrunson, of Fillmore, was probably prob-ably fatally burned while playing with other 6mall children around a bonfire. The child was frightfully burned before be-fore the cries of the other children brought help. Jesse M. Smith, a prosperous farmer and sheep-owner . of Lay ton, had his left hand nearly cut oil in his windmill wind-mill by its suddenly starting while he was oiling it. lie suffers intensely and rests only under opiates, but his doctor hopes to save the hand. Sheriff V. Kelly, of Millard connty, has begun a search for the missing Pennys, who so mysteriously disappeared disap-peared while prospecting in the Wah- Wata range over two months ago. The .sheriff thinks he has the bodies lo cated in the Sawtooth mountains NO WAR ON FRANCE. I Paris Ganlols Publishes Interviews on England's Position. The Ganlois publishes several ! answers to the question whether Eog-; Eog-; land intends to make war on France j when the hostilities in South Africa are ended. Cardinal Vaughan, arch-! arch-! bishop ot Westminster, replies: ' "Nobody in England dreams of turning turn-ing our military and naval forces against the colonies or other nations. ! Our experience in South Africa has taught us not to expose the empire a j second urae to oesn ucno... , "As to a war with France, the prop osition is diabolical. Regret is felt among us because of the hostile tone of a portion of the French press, but we have a great desire to live on friendly linns. " VOLUNTEER GENERALS. I'r lilrnt l-lr-t to Retire Wheeler, Lee j nn (I Other Ulih lUnk of ISri(;ailier An effort is being made by some of j the administration officials to induce j ieneral Wheeler to withdraw his request re-quest for immediate action upon his I resigua ! ion. In this con ne.-tiou it is recalled that I the president has bad it in minu to ask i cougr. s- for special legislation empowering empow-ering him to retire t.ei.tral Wlu-eier. Oeuerai Lee and other brigadier-generals brigadier-generals of volunteers with the rank of ; brigadier-general in the regular army. Jsome of the persons w ho are interested in the success of this movement feel : that by immediate resignation and the prosecution of his present determination determina-tion to attempt to secure his scat in ; the house of representatives, Oeneral Wheeler will arouse antagonism which ; may make it diHieuit or impossible thereafter to secure from the house the legislation needful to secure his retire- ment. BRYAN'S PLATFORM. Announce t, I h National Larjre Wh.ti he, I Considers llet. ! In ettect W iliiaiu J. l.ryan announced ! Monday night to the Democratic party and to the nation at large the platform which he considers best for the Deuio- cratic party and practically upon which I he desires to stand if nominated at the i Kansas City convention. The platform which was adopted by ; the Nebraska Democracy with the ! greatest enthusiasm reatlirtns the Chi- j cago platform, declares for If, to 1, op- poses a large and standing army, de- ! nounces the action of the Republican party on the Porto Rico tariff bill, de- ' clares against trusts and imperialism, 1 and favors the choice of Fnitcd Slates senators by popular vote. i i McKINLEY'S FUTURE. ; W ill Accept Position ut American I'nivernity After Conclusion or Ser lee. IJisbop Hurst in bis sermon at the ! opening of session of the New Jersey ; Methodist Episcopal conference, in 1 speaking of the American university at Washington, said that President j McKinley would at the conclusion of his service as a public officer accept the position of professor of interua-: interua-: tional law at the university. I Poor Spanish Duke Catches Heiress i An intimate friend of the Duke l.a . Torre says that the latter is engaged to Miss Sylvia Oreeu, daughter of .Mrs. : licit v i ireen. The duke is a son of 1 Marshal Serrano, ex-regent of Spain ! and ex-captain -general of Cuba, and is 1 poor. He is now in New York, and the i gossips have connected his name with 1 that of various wealthy young women. ' Mrs. Green denies the report of the en- gagemeiit with some asperity. ' V heeler S.iken .u;iin ! Gcueral heeler says he found that i the island of Guam was well favored I climatically, that it was of strategic I importance to the I niteil States, was I especially valuable as a midway coal-! coal-! inir o'ace in the ioiig run from llono' ' lulu to Mi.uila. and that the people are well satisfied with the change in their condition. loin !lorlockr"f Case. 1 The trial of Viola HorloeUer, ou the ' charge of sending a package of poi s-; s-; mii-il candy to Mrs. ('. F. Morey on j Api-ii li. ls-.i.i. has been taken up iu the , District court. The defendant sat I in the courtroom. her face con cealed by a veil, during the proceedings. proceed-ings. The defense will make use of the insanity plea. Wheeler W ill Wait for Knot. General Joseph Wheeler was at the capital Momiay and was warmly greeted by many old 'riends. He will make no effort to take his seat until after Secretary Hoot returns and his-military his-military status is determined. Canal Coutmissioii Coming Home. The 1'nited States canal commission has left Colon for Costa Rica, and will proceed from that republic to .New York. To Fortirr Our Seacoast. The fortifications appropriatitm bill has been reported by the house committee com-mittee on appropriations. It appropriate! appro-priate! 57,' 'J3.4Ss for carry in if forward the piau oi 8:i0jal ucicu-j beuii iu lss-. Dewey Will Sty t Home. - Lieutenant Crawford. Admiral Dew- , ey s secretary, denies the report that ' Admiral Dewey will matte a trip to j Europe this summer. 1 J Tried to Blow t p a Chnrch. In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, seven young men have been arrested charged with placing dyuamite with intent to destroy de-stroy a Catholic church building. They have made a confession. Mrs. Aliee Weaver, whose four children child-ren were burned to death as the result of a gasoline explosion in Columbus, O. , is dead of her injuries, making in all six victims of the accident. Captain Carl Reichmann, the United States officer detailed to observe the conduct of the war from the Boer side, has returned to Pretoria from the Mod-der Mod-der river. The right half of A company, now being recruited in British Columbia, will not go to Halifax, but will assist imperial troops in garrisouing Esquimau Esqui-mau forts, A private letter received at Los Angeles An-geles from Congressman R. J. Waters contains the statement that under no circumstances will he consent to a re-nomination re-nomination to congress. AFTER STANDARD OIL TRUST. Kesolatlon lu Congress Aimed ist Dlstrao-tlon Dlstrao-tlon of Corporation . Bepresentative Fitzgerald of Massachusetts Massa-chusetts has introduced the following resolution: -Whereas, It appears as a matter of public record that the Standard Oil company paid in the city of New York on March 15, 1'JOO. the sum of 17,000,-O00, 17,000,-O00, this amount being an extra dividend divi-dend in additiou to the regular quater-ly quater-ly dividend of S3.U0O.O00: and "Whereas it is a matter of public that this last div idend is S.5,000, 000 in excess of the last quarterly divi dend paid by this corporation: and "Whereas, It is also a matter of public pub-lic record that the price of kerosene, the sole method of lighting used by the middle and poorer classes of people, during the period of time of declaration declara-tion of these dividends was increased three cents per gallon, constituting a tax in every home in the land; therefore, there-fore, be it "Resolved. That in the opinion of congress this action of the Standard oil company is in direct violation of the provisions of the Sherman antitrust anti-trust law and therefore punishible by fine and imprisonment, and the attor-ney-treneral is hereby directed, in accordance ac-cordance with the provisions of this act, to direct the several district attorneys attor-neys of the 1'nited States in their various var-ious districts to institute proceedings ta bi ing the above-uanied violators of the law to justice." SCHEME TO DROP SILVER. i;ile:n I mocrt Will ICmleavor to Control Con-trol Party Organization. tiovernor Stone of Missouri, regarding regard-ing the silver issue says: From informal infor-mal ion that c i me to me at Washiug- ton and since, I gather that the ol'ject i which the Palmer and IJuckner Demo-I Demo-I crats are trv'mg toattain is the capture t,,e or,r;uliation of their party. The , . . . i . scheme seems to be to get into the eon- ventKin as delegates ami witu as mnw noise as possible, but by means of adroit manipulation, control as many delegations as possible with the ultimate ulti-mate object of controlling the conven. tion and capturing the national committee. com-mittee. They will be for Bryan but they want the organization. SOUTH CAROLINA REGULATORS . . . -. l. l : i tioveriior Appealed to l or Troops to Protect Pro-tect Citizens. Citizens of Neeces, Orangeburg county. South Carolina, have tele-grahed tele-grahed the governor begging for troops to protect them from v hite regulators, who had twice visited the town, beat the people, white and black, and promised prom-ised to return and kill them. Work on the surrounding farms has been stopped stop-ped and people driven from their business. busi-ness. The governor telegraphed the sheriff to ride across the countrv with a posse aud give protection until troops could be sent if needed. The cause of the lawlessness is unknown. HE CAPTURED JEFF DAVIS. Officer In Command of Soldiers Who Captured Cap-tured .Jeff Iavis Parses Away. General Henry Harnden, the commander com-mander of the Wisconsin department, O. A. R. , and who commanded the Wisconsin troops that with a Michigan company captured .left' Davis, is dead. General Harnden was born iu Massachusetts Massa-chusetts in lsj:i, roved the sea for several sev-eral years, was in California in 18I1S. and again a decade later, participated in the Mexican war, was several times wounded in the Civil war, captured Jeff Davis, was for ten years a revenue collector, col-lector, and has lived in comfortable retirement ever since. A widow and four children survive him. Creainaled in an Iron Furnace. Three hundred tons of molton ore, coke and minerals used in the production produc-tion of pig iron became fast in a furu-nce furu-nce at Pittsburg, l'enn., and George Martin and George Curvan, top fillers, tried to dislodge it. Suddenly the enl ire mass fell, compressing the gas below and causing a terrific explosion. Not a trace of Martin's body can be found. Curvan when discovered was in a horrible shape, and cannot live. Two other men who were at the bottom bot-tom of the furnace, fared some better but one of them is so badly burwed that his recovery is next to impossible. i CENERAL WHEELER REPORTS. Say Philippine War is Fntled. Only 15ri-nnilaue 15ri-nnilaue lteinaiiiH to le Snppresed. j General Wheeler has made his report to the war department, thus complying j with the order from the deparment j which brcught him from Manila to ' Washington. He insisted that the war j was over and that nothing more, was to be doue except to run down a few j guerrillas and irregulars. j President Aaked to Interfere In Kentucky j .Muddle. Governor Taylor of Kentucky is said ! to have prepared a statement making i a second appeal to President McKin- ; ley. John Yerkes of Danville and . other Republican leaders were called j in conference at the executive mausion j and the alleged paper was submitted i R js ft committee to be i,eiuiej by Mr. Yerkes is to be sent to i Washington to lay the snatter before' president. irave IMekcih I'nlon In Chicago. Unless a body goes to its last resting place in a union-made coffin it will be refused burial in the cemeteries of Chicago and vicinity if the plansof the labor unions to organize a grave diggers dig-gers union are carried out. Flnet Troopship Afloat. The new United States army transport trans-port Sumner, commanded by Captain Charles T. Baker, and said to be the finest troopship afloat, has sailed from the Norfolk navy yards to Hampton Roads to go into commission. Warship Ordered to Takn. Chin. Secretary Long has cabled instructions instruc-tions to Admiral Watson at Cavite to send a warship to Taku, China, at the mouth of the Tieho river, to look after American missionary interests that are threatened. He has left the selection selec-tion of the ship to Admiral Watson. - Cruiser New Orleans Disabled. A report from Manila indicates that the cruiser New Orleans must underg-o extensive repairs in order to continue in active service. 3IAP OF AFRICA MUST BE CHANGED SALISBURY'S REPLY TO SOUTH-AFRICAN SOUTH-AFRICAN REPUBLICS. In View of the Manner in Which They Have CJsed Independence Oreat Hritain Can " ot A4t-Tt to Iiipen.ietiee of F.l-tlu F.l-tlu r of the Itepuhlirs. The joint telegram of Presidents Kruger and Stein of t he Transvaal and Free .state to the Rritish government making a proposition upon which they would be willing to bring the war to '.m end, has becu made public. It asserts that the -war was undertaken under-taken solely as a defensive measure to maintain the threatened independence if the South Afik-au republic, and is only continued in order to secure and luu.inla.in the incontestable independence independ-ence of both republics as sovereign in-terna in-terna tional st-ates, and to obtain the Insurance that those of her majesty's subjects who have taken part with us in this war shall suffer no harm whatever what-ever in person or property. Lord Salisbury in reply asserts that for years the two :epublics have been riuietly laying in a vast store of war material, which by the very nature of things, was intended to be used against the Lritish government. That the war was begun on two days' notice by the two republics making demands which could not possibly be complied with, interrupting peaceable negotiations, negotia-tions, and that the mere cessation of hostilities, after the great loss of life and expenditure of treasure, is inadequate inade-quate reparation In conclusion Salisbury Sal-isbury says: "This great calamity has been the penalty Great I'ritain has suffered for laving of recent years acquiesced to I ho. existence of two republics. "In view of the use to which the two republics have put the position which ,vas given them, and the calamities these unprovoked attack's have indicted ou her majesty's dominions, her majesty's majes-ty's government can only answer your honor's telegram by saying that Ikoy are uot prepared to assent to the independence inde-pendence either of the South African, republic or the Orange Free State." UTAH'S POSTMASTERS. Congressional Committee Kcpm t.i ! xor.er-ates xor.er-ates the I'resicent The investigation of charges that certain federal appointors are pu'v:.:i-mists pu'v:.:i-mists has come to a close by a unanimous unani-mous report from the house comuiitUe on poslofliccs anil post roads which i on-ducted on-ducted the investigation. Representative MePherson submitted the report. It reviews the evide'ice and sums up the findings as follows: "So your committee concluded: First neither of the parties (Postmasters; Graham of Provo and ismith of Logaii. Ftah) are now nor have they hre'.i under indictment for the crime of polygamy in so far as your commit uc, is advised. One of said parties is j -w under information charged with tho crime of being guilty polygamous cohabitation, which crime being a misdemeanor, mis-demeanor, can be lawfully charged by information in Ftah. Said case has not yet been tried, or in any way determined de-termined by the court where it is yet pending. Second, when both of said parties were appointed, two witnesses te.stiiied the said Graham and Smith had the repute, which was open and notorious in their respective communities, of being be-ing polygamists. "Third, at, l h-1 i me as aforesaid there were on file as herein set forth, the papers hereinbefore recited and nothing noth-ing else. There was no affidavit at any time on file with respect to either or both of said parties. And there is no evidence to show that either the president presi-dent or postmaster general had any notice or intimation or any fact or facta in t his report contained.'' I uitcd States F.xtcmlM Good Olflces. The Fnited States government, at the request of President Kruger and President Steyn. has offered to the Itritish government its services as mediator, with the view of bringing tibout peuce in South Africa. Lord Salisbury, on behalf of the British Brit-ish government, declined the good offices of the government. Fc?r Cahle to Alaska. A bill has been introduced in Ihe be n ate by Senator Foster authorizing the construction by the government of ii cable from some port on the coast of the state of Washington to Cape Xomo and other points in Alaska. Philippics War May Last a Long Time. A well known officer in Luzon, writing writ-ing to a friend in Washington, gives it as his opinion that the rebellion in the Philippines will not be entirely suppressed sup-pressed in less than ten years. Oold Mines Ail Illsht. A cable from .Johannesburg reports that the condit ion of the German group of gold mines in the Transvaal is satisfactory satis-factory and that the other groups have suffered only inconsiderable through the stoppage. Railroad fares to the Democratic national convention are to be one rate for round trip tickets. No decision has been made whether or no the Pullman Pull-man company would permit its cars to be used for sleeping purposes iu the wards. Another Ooehel Suspect Arrested. Gabriel Taul of Hardinsburg. Ivy., I has been taken to I-Vanli ......ii, JV1 no- tody of the sheriff 6f Breckinridge county. He was arrested for suppor.ed complicity in the assassination of Governor Gov-ernor Goebel. Fa ten by Philippine Cannibals. A member of the Thirty-third regiment, regi-ment, who fell behind while up in the hills after Aguinaldo, .was killed and partly eaten by Ygoreles,, a tribe of cannibals. Peru Now Tranqnll. In a sharp fight between the government govern-ment troops and the revolutionists near Moyobamca. on February 2tHh, Colonel Col-onel Viscvarara, the last of the insurgent in-surgent leaders to hold out was killed. The whole of Peru is now tranquil. Koland Reed Recovering Roland Reed, the actor, who has been sick for the past four months in St. Luke's hospital, New York, has been discharged and is on the road to ful, recovery. WEEK IN CONGRESS. March 12. House The House unseated W. A. toting, " Democrat from the Second Virginia district, and seated R. A. Wise, Republican. Amendments were adopted and placer mining laws to meet conditions at Cape Nome, and aq appropriation made for the building of a government printing office. Senate Senator Rawlins occupied two-thirds of the session in an argument argu-ment on the Philippines. Eighty-six private pension bills were passed, and also the following: Approving a revision re-vision and adjustment of certain sales of Otoe lands in the states of Nebraska and Kansas, to provide for necessary repairs to the steamer Thetis, for service as a revenue cutter. March 13. nouse The House adopted the conference con-ference report on the financial bill, Kt to 120, Representative Grow of Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania denied that be had in an interview in-terview attacked the Porto Uico bill as an outrage and a robbery. Senate Consideration of the Porto Rican bill was resumed, occupying the entire session. March 14. nouse The House listened to speeches on the Philippines. Nicaragua canal and a plea for electing senators by populae vote. The District of Columbia appropriation bill carrying EG, 6()8,3T8 was considered ai length. Senate An agreement was reached to pass the bill appropriating $2,000,000 for the benefit of Porto Rico, and to postpone the bill providing a government govern-ment for the island. Teller led opposition oppo-sition tohasty action, saying: I would rather make Porto Rico and the Philippines Philip-pines colonies or provinces than to make them states. We don't want the inhabitants of those islands to be made citizens of the the United States. That is what this bill does. If there were nothing else against it, that alone would induce me to vote against it. March 15. House The District of Columbia appropriation ap-propriation bill, carrying S0,608,37s was passed by the House, and also a bill granting the abandoned Fort Hayes military reservation to the state of Kansas for an experimental station and normal school purposes. Senate The committee on Indian affairs was directed to inquire into the truth of allegations that the townsite commissioners in the Indian territory were not performing their duties satisfactorily. satis-factorily. Consideration of the Porto Rico relief measure was then resumed. Marcli 16. House The bill to pay Representative Representa-tive Swanson SI, 70(5 for extra expenses incurred in his contest last session, was defeated. Representative Fitzgerald Fitz-gerald of Massachusetts introduced a resolution directing the attorney-general to proceed against the Standard Oil company. Senate The Porto Rieo relief appropriation appro-priation bill passed the Senate with only a few scattered nays against it. The Allen amendment to declare the constitution of the United States extended ex-tended to Porto Rico was defeated. Senator James withdrew his free trade amendment. April 3, was the day fixed for taking a vote on the seating of Senator Sen-ator Qay. March 18. House The House today refused to concur in the Senate amendments to the Porto Rican relief bill. The remainder re-mainder of the day was devoted to the District of Columbia business. The pension appropriation bill was sent to conference and Messrs. Barney (Wis.), McCleary (Minn.) and Bell (Colo.) were appointed conferees. Senate Two measures of national importance and many of slightly lesser interest were passed by the Senate. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, carrying more than 85,000,000, was passed without debate. The measure providing for the appointment ap-pointment of a committee to adjudicate adjudi-cate and settle claims of the people of the United States growing out of the var with Spain, was also passed without with-out opposition. For a brief time the Porto Rican government and tariff measure was under consideration. DESERT LAND ACT. House Committee Reports ItUI Abolishing Payment of SI. 25 an Acre. The house committee on public lands has reported a bill abolishing the pay-ment pay-ment of $1.25 an acre on land taken up by settlers under the desert land act. The committee also reported favorably a bill to refund 81.25 per acre to per. tons who have located under the preemption pre-emption or homestead laws and vvhc have commuted their entries, by cash payments at S2.50 per acre, where the lands located were within a railroad grant and the railroad was nevre built. PA'S OCIOI A TriTk Th'TfZ'S ?r5v4B TVTr?i Ibr ma Ten for five cents, at Dni(tglt, Grocer, Restaurant!, Saloons, News-Stands, General Stores and Barbers Shops. They banish pain, induce sleep, and prolonjt life. One gives relief ! No matter that's the matter, one wiil do you food. Ten samples and one thousand testimonials testi-monials sent bv mail to any address on receipt of price, by the Ki pans Chemical Co., to Spruce St., New York City. NORTHWEST NOTES. The steamer Tyr is on "her -way to i San Francisco from Port Arthur for a cargo o general merchandise for Siberian Si-berian ports. Mark Westlake, wanted at Sacramento, Sacra-mento, Cal., for the murder of R. R. Watts, a mining man from Idaho, was arrested iu Reno, Nev. , last week. The city election at Sheridan, Wyo., resulted in a clean sweep for the He-publican He-publican ticket. Sheridan has been a Democratic stronghold for years. Last week a gray wolf was killed at at the Ridding ranch on Burch creek, Wyoming, which weighed 1 lO.1 pounds and measured over six feet in length. Chief of Police Witherspoon of Spokane, Spo-kane, has received a letter from John Gilespie of Dawson, reporting the drowning of August Martin, former ' police captain of Seattle. M. A. Shay of Marysville, Mont., 57 years of age, committed suicide at Kl Paso, Tex., last week at his room in a hotel by shooting himself through the forehead. Despondency was the cause. Mrs. Isabella Kimball of Belvidere, 111., formerly of Chicago, en route to Battle Mountain, Nev., died on a Unior Pacific train near Cheyenne, Wyo. last week. The remains will be shipped ship-ped to Battle Mountain. L. A. Linder, cashier of the First National bank of Mankato, Minn., who was enjoying the sunshine and springlike weather in Boise last week, received a letter saying there was six feet of snow around Mankato. Reno, Nevada, is at the mercy of a fire bug. Every week or two there is a building burned and no other cause than incendaries can be ascribed. Property valued at S30.000 has been destroyed by these fires iu the past two months. The Wyoming authorities have been notified that another tract of 225.000 acres of government laud in the state is now open for settlement. The land lies at the headwaters of Wind river, in Fremont county, and is composed principally of fertile valleys iu the Wind river range. Jean Baptiste Descbamps died at Port Townsend, Wash., March 15, at the advanced age of 103, having been born in Paris, Febuary 28,1798. He was a direct descendant of the famous Descbamps Des-cbamps who figured prominently in French history during the reign of Napoleon. An epidemic of glanders has attacked a large number of horses on the grade of the Burlington Alliance-Guernsey line near Fort Laramie, and the camp of R. C. Cushing of Omaha has been quarantined. None of the oersons in camp have contracted the descase, but seven horses have been shot. The state board of equalization of Wyoming has fixed the valuation on live stock for assessment purposes for the year 1900, the figures being the same as last year, as follows: Range cattle, j'earlings and over, 19; range sheep, yearlings and over, 82.25; ranch and dray horses. $40; range horses, 7. William Wallace Calder was hanged at Lewiston, Mont, March 16, for the murder of F. McRae and his sheep-herder sheep-herder in Fergus county over a year ago. Calder and his brother murdered the men, cremated their bodies and took McRae's sheep, numbering 3,000, to Big Timber, where they sold them. Calder's brother turned state's evidence. evi-dence. An accident occurred last week on the Oregon Railway & Navigation road near Baker C'ty. Ore., resulting in the death of two Japanese and the serious injury of another. The section crew were on a handcar going down grade and around a curve were met by a freight train drawn by two engines. The section foreman jumped and saved his life, but the Japanese became bewildered be-wildered and leaped onto the track in front of the advancing train in their endeavor to throw the handcar from the track. Three Japanese went under the engine and two of them were killed. The injured man may recover. Much uneasiness is felt at Laramie as to the whereabouts of Oscar Palmer-ston, Palmer-ston, who has been in the employ of the Iconoclast Mining company in Halleck canyon, in the Laramie Peak mountains. Palmerston left the mines on February 20th with the avowed intention in-tention of coming to Laramie. The company sent him a check for traveling travel-ing expenses, but this has not been presented to the bank for payment, and Palmerston has not been seen. He had little if any money on his person when he left the mines, and as he had considerable money due him. it is not believed he would purposely drop out of sight. Palmerston's friends are of the opinion he was overtaken by a storm in the mountains a'3d perished. PS TABUI1S Good Beck' s Jewelry Store. MOTT'S PEI 1YB0Y1L PILL! of menstruation." They are "LIFE SAVERS" to girls at womanhood, aiding1 development of org-ans and body. No known remedy for women equals them. Cannot do harm liff. becomes a pleasure. 1.00 PER liOX ItY MAIL. 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