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Show T1IE HEWS IN BRIEF 1 be militia bill at Leadvtlic ( $300,000. ppf Jimri A. Gary ol Maryland will be WEEK IN THE LEGISLATURE oil-mai- n Declare Against . .an eonie Tax. In MgKInleya 111 not be The arbitration treaty l.ara Sf amber af Bill Killed' aad the congress. by precnt upon KfwTssss-Important I.a a 4 He The McKinley rate will be restored sltaa Hrasars lalradaeed Ida-hs- 's on coal ani tobacco In the proposed new Malsas Visit tall take sad ava tariff. to ftnlerlalaed Mtaiae af Brlchtiam Senator Ky le has been Venn the Uni; I States Senate from South postma-der-genera- 1 rf , "Dalttr' rt - Cong man. elect- CutVu. t? ..Idaho will favor a m xlera'e tar'ff If the est la - The social feature o! legislative work was quite prominent the past week, fa are eluding a reception tendered by Sena recognized. and MrwHarrlkn rejoicing over the advent of a hew girl In their household Governor Jones of Arkansas-Ahlnthe arbitration treaty Is a trap luto which we should not be led. Tn the Arizona legislature a btlt was killed imposing s l per cent taa on the bullion pro lucts of mines. The Sa'e Land Board of Idaho has given delinquent purchasers thirty days to settle or Ire dlsDOssesed of their lands kt ' Madame Mojeskas phyalclana an nounces that the Is entirely out of dan 111 be neces ger, and that operation aary. . San Francisco hlghblndera have returned to the old method of assassin, tlon by using the hatchet and knife en tlrely. The new Immigration bill just passed by Congress provides an educational, teat Immigrants must be able to read - - - - and write - Rawlins to those who voted tor-ele- for him, a junketing trip to Logan the 21st for the purpose, ostensibly, of In pectlng the Agricultural college, and playing host to tha solons of Idaho. The trip to Logan wit a very pleasant one, the members being entertained by the citizens after the Inspection was over, by sleighing parties and a dance On the road to Iagsn the Idaho legislature was met, Arrrngemenl had been made for the junket before Idahos as. sembly had decided to pay the visit hence the apparent discour esy. But were arrangements for entertainment made by legislative and city officials, which included visits to Fort Douglas and to the penitentiary. Sunday the visitors attended exercises at the tabernacle, where an organ recital was later held for their entertain rrrent. Monday forenoon the legislature met In joint assembly and entertained the guests until noon, when they took their depar ture. The week past was a record breaker for work. Q rite a few new measures were Introduced and an equal or greater number met their doom either by adverse committee reports or upon the floor. Among those killed are1 Kenners Income and Inheritance tax their contract Is made to involve for, fcilure of their rights and all work per ' ' formed. All applications to enter land must be certified copy- - of accompanied by eoutract for a perpetual water right, to gethrr with- - 25. cents per acre for the land applied for. The uniform price of lands to accepted Is fixed at $1 25. All moneys received from the sale of lands sre to be used for executing the law. The water sights to all lands acquired under the provision of the act become appurtenant to the land as soon as the title passes from the United States to the state-.- Obligations for water, are made a-- first lies upon the land. . . Sorenson of Grand introduced more lengthy measure covering the same points. These measures sre among the most Important yet considered. Copies may be had by addressing the public land committee. By Peiklm Allowing poorpeopte to begin and maintain suits In equity with t blllty to have recourse otherwise. By Hardy Relating to punishment fqr murder. The bill (jxes punishment for murder In the first degree at impris onment for life. Convlctlprs on circumstantial evidence shall not be pun shed by penalties more severe than those Impcs.d lor murderjn tl e second degree. sot as. The Senate voted to hive municipal elections In the fall. (aimcicK. Tfct Hs raws wslt See Make . par la Its Paver. a hi I recent-lWashington, Feb. 22y-Tpassed by the senate aflthorfztcg the president to -- appoint commissioners to represent the United States In an Inter national monetary conference to secure a fixity ol relative value between gold and tilveras money by means of a com mon ratio between these metals, with free mintage at such ratio," or, In hl discretion, to call such a conference, was reported Jqthe house favorably Satur day by a unsnlmouivoteof ten mem her of th house Committee neoi-naga- : The same fketfone which veted-fo- r that bill In the senate voted for It In the house committee. Eight of the ten members present were free silver advo. cates. They were: Hartmsn of Montana, (Ind.), McClure of Ohio (Rep. Allen of Mississippi, Bankhead of Alabama, McRae of Arkansas, Sparkman of Florida, Spencer of Mississippi. Coop er of Texas (Dems J Chairman W. Stone (Rep. Pa.) and Mr. Fairchild, jrho also vote for the bill, are rated as gold men or International blmetallsts. There were five absentees. An amendment was offered by Mr, Stone and adopted by the committee. It Is as follows: 'And he (the President) Is further authorized, if In his judgment the purpose specified In the first section hereof can thus better be attained, to appoint one or more special commission ert or envoys to such of the nations of Europe as he may seek, by diplomatic negotiations, to secure an International agreement for the purpose specified In the first section hereof. And fn case of such appointments, so much of the appropriation heretn made as shall be necessary shall he available for the proper expenses and compensation of such com missloners'pr envoys Sec 3 That so much of an act approved March 2, ;S95, entitled an act making appropriations for the sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1S96, and for other purposes, as provides for the ap polntment of delegates to an International conference and makes an appropriation for their compensation and expenses be and the same Is hereby repealed. The debate was very brief. he MILTEB MUST SERVE WITHOUT PAT. They Oregon Legislature Uses Its Itaar a REFlBUtAM fall TrglwgThal Work Be Done. Washington, Feb. 33 The silver Re publtcahs of the senate and house today Issued an address to the sliver RepubliFarty-aw- e Iaya Wilhoat Orxasli- - cans of the United States, In the course Kffrrtr, Isirsse Blttrrwesa of which It Is said that all other issues Arsaird kjr Warring Fsrtlsss. must await the correct decision of the monetary question. The address cone Salem, Ore.. Feb. 22 Forty-on- Time Quarrelling. days have expired and the State Legislature I still unorganized. While the State Constitution does not rpeclfy the da y the Legislature .shall, be ,iu. session, )t does provide that. the member, shall receive compensation for forty days. They may remain In session as many days longer as they wish, but at their own expense. The events of the past week have on, ly solidified the contending forces. Organization can he affected now only on the condition that surrender unconditionally. The members of the Benson House will not give up their or ganlsatlon and come Into the temporary organization neither will the- members of tbejOlnt convention which was formed for the purpose f electing United States Senator abandon that organization. They say that although Sen ator Mitchell has released his followers from their pledges, there Is a principle Involved of greater Importance than the election of a senator, namely, whether a majority or minority It to rule. one-sid- - tinues- Circumstances nave sometimes In the past thrust upon the undersigned responsibilities on behalf of sliver Republicans which In the absence of formal organization we have felt warranted In Recently, moreover, we assuming. have been receiving a vast numbef of anxious inquiries from various parts of upon the question of party policy, and requesting us to give tome definite direction thereto. These exhibit, a surprising and gratifying unanimity In sentiment and plan. Responding to these earnest suggestions, and at the same time expressing our own deliberate opinion, we beg to urge upon the silver Republicans of the United States and upon all citizens of whatsoever previous party or association with us In who are willing to political action until the great monetary Issue Is settled right, that Immediate steps be taken to perfect organization In the various states and territories, to the end that thereafter a national conven. tlon may be held for the purpose of pronouncemaking an authoritative ment to the country and effecting a organization. As soon as possible each of the states and territories should designate a member of the provisional committee (national) of the Silver Republican party, which commitee will have charge of the calling of the national convention and of ail matters preliminary thereto. "Meantime we have taken the liberty of naming Hon. Charles A. Towne of Mi nnesoa, as chairman of the said national committee, whose official address for the present will be the city of Washington and to whom all communications should be sent. The provisional national committee Is hereby called to meet In executive session In the city of Chicago at a place to be seasonably announced by the chairman, on Tuesday, the 8th day of Allisons corrupt practices act was Woleott Interesting to Merman. amended In the senate by striking out Berlin, Feb. 3i. Ltnlted States Senathe section requiring candidates to file tor E. O. Wolcott of Colorado, who worn statements of their election ex has been visiting Berlin In the Intepenses. rest! blmetallsm, ha left a very favorClalravoy ants will not be legislated able impression here with all of the A prominent smelter asserts, upon ad out of employment. officials, financiers and others with vice from New York, that lead will be An appropriation af $2000 has been whom in he came contact. the the at Despite $J as per loo pounds by quoted asked to defray the expenses of the l negative aspect which the first of May, congress which con press gives to the results of Mr. Wolrostmaster-Genera- l Wilson announcvenes In Salt Lake the coming summer cotts mission, It Is known that he es that he has accepted the presidency a full discussion of the quesSenator Snow fathers a measure to of Washington and Let? university at a branch of the normal school tion of summoning an International establish .Leslngton, Va bill. In Beaver county. monetary conference. In his Interview Western mheelmen are abandoning Gibsons free school book bill. with Prince Hohenlohe and Baron A message from Governor Wells was the league and forming a new organizaHouse resolution appropriating $2,500 Marshall Von Blebersteln, both minisreceived to attention fact the calling tion. The trouble la owing to a lack of to be used at Tennessees Centennial exters advised him that the condition of that each state Is allowed to place stat anctlon of Sunday races. position. his obtaining the co operation of Ger. Inof ues two people whose lives were bill, Cor. Thornton of New Mexico has Kenners many In calling an International conferconnected with common the Kenners bill making silver legal ten- dissolubly ence was that he should obtalu the conassigned a company of state mllitl to In hall at national the wealth, statuary der for all debts. sent of England to such a meeting. Mr. guard the penitentiary a a plot to blow Will F.do Captured. capital. The messag was tne result of Mrz. LsBarthes curfew bill. the bulling up was discovered. Feb. 23 Will Edson, Wolcott had already obtained the assent a letter to the governor from Senator Utah, Ogden, Kenners judgment Contrary to prevlotfs reports. Govern- bill. Cannon, and suggested that a resolution who. In a fit of jealousy last October, of France and so Informed the minister. The senator had a very Interesting or Bushnell hat published a card In an appropriation for a statue of shot Miss Lillian Ott almost to death Thompsons referendum bill for the carrying with Dr. Mlquel, the Prussian June, 1897. was out walking with a while which he aaya he will appoint Hanna to the be lady Brigham Young passed. government of cities. rival tor her good will, has been caught mlnlstrr of finance, who told Mr. WolIf. M. Teller of Colorado, Fred T. succeed Sherman In the Senate. The fate of most of the measures creand jailed at Smilhvllle, Texas. The cott that he was sometimes In favor of Dubois of Idaho, Frank J. Cannon of After a long, bitter fight In the Texa Heavy Mhartaga Is Nebraska. ated no surprise. Perhaps the greatest assault was among the most fiendish bimetallism and sometimes inclined to Utah, R. F. Pettigrew of South Dakota, senate, that body has passed the fellow, Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 22. A statement Was failure the to pass disappointment ever railroads servant bill, holding reported In Uuh, no remorse ever wrrd a gold standard ss the circum- Lee Mn!e of Mont?'a, Jrb,, p Jones responsiKenner's graduated Income tax bill. It of the financial condition of the state been shown by the perpetrator. stance and the Interests of the nation re- of Nevada, Senators, Charles A. Towne ble for acts of their employes. having a tenet of both tha national and treasury of Nebraska shows being broke Edson jail early In the winter and quired. Dr. Mlquel held that the ques- of Minnesota, Charles S. Hartman of Mrs. Letand Stanford hrs made a gift state Treasurer J. S. Bartley, republican, hat democracy. It was defeated In the a tions for and against bimetallism could Montana, John Sharoft of Colorado, C. officers since. eluded hat the deficit staring him In the face of over of her magnificent residence on Nob house 5 Ten by an overwhelming vote. not be answered absolutely as they In E. Allen'of Utah, to uni the Its Representatives." with rare with It all this at Item contents, , hill, democrats voted lor the bill to twenty $500,000. Coupled volved politic! as well as economi WARN. I SHEntlAtf nsme. ex of son's EuState which her Auditor $37,000 rerslty bearing nine against It. Many of the adverse considerations. Hart Found Mullt)-- . votes were explained, assigning as a rea gene Moore, also a republican, r&rdt to Mrs. Annie A. Frates, wife of tn to American for order Must account of balance his Bateherg Philadelphia, Feb. 23 The jury In Inheritance tax , wealthy Niles, Cals., farmer, startled her son opposition to the British Mtramrrs Collide the case of the governmentagalnst John Klepprd at All Hasards. Sloan said It should be en books. When the panic of 189a struck t it hushand with a suggestion that he should provisions. London, Feb. 21. The British steam D. Hart, on the New York, Feb. J3- The Journal this kill her and then commit suicide. charge of aiding a Cutitled "a measure to punish widows for Nebraska, Bartley deposited large sums from ban In various state banks to help them morning prints the following statements er Damara, Captain Chambers, filibustering widows." He also expedition on the asserted are becoming substituting Casper, Wyo., people London, for St. John, N. B , collided made by Senator Sherman at Washingof these Several In 6teamer through. Laurada, subsequently must his the have got Angust last, this author .the use of crude oil from their oil fields dictionary others were so closely pressed ton yesterday In the course of an inter Gravesend today with the Sunderland morning rendered a verdict of guilty. - In the place of Rock Springs coal, and and doctrine and covenanta mixed when 'allel; that It waa Impossible to discharge their view in regard to the death In Cuba o steamer Arno, which was lying at an Judg-utlsuspended sentence. are saving 30 per cent by so doing. preparing his arguments in support of chor at Gravesend. The 'Damarra was In time every Prt Ricardo Ruiz: has not llart succeeded In getting a says obligations. Bartley measure.. the The resolution for a Constitutional If the facts are t'ue, as reported, and cut down on the starboard side amid bondsman and has been sent to cent will be paid. bill for an The tax Income prison. sut provided women amendment granting equal The shortage in Moores accounts has American citizens are being murdered ships and was beached to prevent her It ts thought ball will be obtained. aa follows; On $j,ood to $5,000, 3 per In was defeated men with the Her afterholds and frage In Cuba in cold blood, the only way to sinking. engine not so frbeen explained. Massachusetts House of Representatives cent; $5,000 to $to,ooo, 3 per cent; J10,-00- 0 an end to the atrocities is Jto declare ropms have considerable water In them put or more, 4 per cent. POPII.IHT KIM TO KM. It is thought that she will be floated to A dispatch to the London Dally Malt war on Spain. , LKE HF.IJIUNM. The Inheritance tax was fixed by the had morrow. Arno darh her stent The from Cape Town says that the Trans bill I krtqpF; not what course Secretary Fusion Minx Beet In Session st as follows $1000 to $3000, 3 per Kansas City. raal Republic hss demanded 311,000 Otiiey may purttsf, but this Is no longer aged and her forepeak Is full of water. to $3cxm $5000, 3 per cent; $5000 Feels That He Is Tseless Csder the cent; a question of belligerency, but one of Kansas Indemnity on account of the raid of Dr, or more, 4 Prewest Adaalwlstratlaa. City, Feb. 23 The Roselle, or per cent. Will blvelt to Hay. Jameson, fusion wing of the Populist editors, New York, Feb. 23 A dispatch to foul murder of an American citizen held London, Feb.21, Mr. G. W. Smalley, which met here In the Philippine Islands the Spaniards Bats PASSED. the Herald from Havana via Key West as a suspect. yesterday, completed the American correspondent of the their business have captured the Insurgent town of Si We have Cubaz recognized already At the after. tohlght. Among the bills passed are: Callls' says: land by assault, after bombarding it. bill to Consul General Lee has resigned. belligerency by an act of congress pass- Times, definitely affirms that President noon session the committee appointed election for The pay tSy6. judge -elect McKinley has offered the post ol to communicate Flee hundred 4m urgnts ere-killed, with the Populist edimeasure met with little opposition In His letter tendering his resignation un- ed last session, hut we have not recog- ambassador to Great Britain to Colonel tors In session at Ther Is great rejoicing. nized certain der conditions the next by Independence. goes Memphis submitted a either branch but Is to he reconsidered, mall. He determined tome days ago to We have a right to Interfere If either ohn Hay and that the offer had been report. The answer of the The President has pardoned Frank Its Memphis constitutionality having been attack- take such a Porterfield of Tennessee, president of ed. step If hewere not upheld Spain or Cuba falls to carry on civilized accepted, subject to a contingency so re faction was unsatisfactory and a resolube mote not it that need discussed. tion to proceed with the formation of a of the First National Bank of Nashville, The memorlalfor election of United tn his efforts to protect all American warfare, though the death of Ruiz Is . , sentenced In December, to ten States Senators by a direct vote of the citizens In Cuba. quite another matter. separate association was adopted by a I suppose that Secretary Olney, hav. ' years In the Lings county penitentiary asked the state Pears were cultivated Inmost antique vote of 16 to 5, several of those In atThe consul-genera- l people was passed after the preamble, times In Asia and were brought from tendance refusing to vote. The for embezxlement of bank funds. department that he be authorized to de- Ing requested a full Investigation, w hlch referred to some manifestations name Bill g,n promptly the East fry the Romans. The first chosen Is The United Reform L .The lower house of Arizona hat oi the late contest had been stricken out mand the release of citizens of the Uni. , Press authorities for the cherry tree In England was'' planted by Association." A constitution and passed a till removing the Territorial ' Cannons hill for the compulsory ed ted State confined tn Cuban 'prisons call upon the Spanish byand that if Ruizs Raleigh. Lucullus first brought cher- laws in case facts In same under circumstances Rulzt as from to Yuma Prescott. Illegal of deaf mutes ucatlon The and blind under prison sympathy with the St. Louis was the ill fated Ruiz. Such body has been buried ft will be exhumed ries from Asla'to Italy after his defeat Populist platform were bill authorized the Issuance of $100,000 the age of 30. adopted, as were nd examined. Then, If the Investiga. of Mlthridates. not been him. has tlon bonds for the construction fn Phoenix also conciliatory resolutions setting granted Cooks bounty bill amending the daw Denver barbers kick against the pro- forth that the sssociatlon was Of a capftol building was also pasted, Spanish warships tn Cuban waters tlon shows that an American has been 0! llyA Its salient feature empower not Inwill asked to be make since been murdered, posed repeal of the law prohibiting Sun tended as a rival of the National Reform Spain have, Sunday, concentrating of the board commissioners to county Yec Yen, an amerlcantzed Chinaman In the harhorof Havana. This Is re- reparation. day work. Press association, but was organized In who acted as banker and confidential offer rewards for the destruction of wild If she refutes to do so the Uni ed as very significant In vie here a at garded animals discretion. The spirit of tolerance and liberality. Ofold law adviser of hit more Ignorant country- of the very- - Important Incidents of tl e 'ites ought to force her by declaring It Imperative upon ficers A Woman. were elected as follows: President made l,ed Ily men in halt Lake has skipped. tha counpetition signed - war. We cannot stand Idly by and per-i- t ' last few djya. A band ot rob J. R. Sovereign, the labor leader, ico Feb. 23 by Louisville, him with Hetook about In try. $S,ooo the Spaniards to butcher Americans bers, under the Great anxiety Is felt at the palace and J. M. Goss, De Moines, la., leadership of a woman s cold cash that helongedto his fellowmen NEW MVAMRKS, In all official circles at the news from as, they please. We are bound to pro-c- - was revealed here when Mrs, secretary anj treasurer, Warwick Saunyesterday Alle same Mellcan man. states that that cits i our citizens, and I think Americans Mattie Carter, Patrick Among the bills ofgeneral Interest Clendugos, which OBrien, a junk ders, Columbus, Neb. The proudest man In Idaho Is George Introduced , will be protected even if we a ir. mutiiA serious of centre of Cuba the the The nssociatlon decided to hold Its Dad Haggerty, a team are; dealer, shop arrears of Butler, Commission r of Elmore county. to arms. resort to rtve next Large annual meeting at Omaha on Febtroops. Spanish for pay By the accept ster, John and Joel Bloom and John The occasion is the eulogies passed on ance Ray theProviding In Cuba, and the d;s. has done Its duty and there Danvern were due the are army Congress state 22, 1898, The officers were authorfrom In ruary on the war United lodged jail his supposed untimely end by many Stales by of certain lands for their acclama- contentxaused bv this has culminated is nothing more fo do save to recognize rants sworn out by Detective D. F. ized to negotiate with the Burkitt wing friends, who had given up all hope for tion, In open disobedience In the Spanish the Independence of Cuba. I cannot say In an effort to consolidate their occupation and disposal. action Harbaugh, of St. Louts, In the employ hit rescue from the snow slide which I but think these be will In district. the done, what to belubject to a vote of a majority of The bill provides for the acceptance ranks Clenfugos of the Southern railway. caught hm between Rocky Bar .and of the grattt of 1,000,000 acres under the The Insurgents In the eastern e..d of atrocities, If they are true as reported A detective has been working on the the members. Thirty-twnames were Atlanta. Cerey act and places the control of the the Island have capured Bayano. an should be stopped Immediately. case, and has collected evidence to show placed on the list. A special to the Tribune from Helena land In the board of fand commissioners Important (own in Santiago. that the gang hat stolen goods from the ays a great sensation was created by- - a Tha details of the WsassHsIrsis In Indiana. application to conThe Earth's Weight. ralljoad cart to the value of at least $13, legislative Investigation of the conduct struct Irrigation works are set forth at Brl(hSkTsss's Mtaiae. Lafayette, Ind, Feh. 32. Mra. Helen 002. la alleged that a railroad clerk It Professor Rlcharx and Dr. aa. As Feb. a of of the State reform school. Extreme Wothe Indiana result of M. Gougar, president Washington, Krigar length. The board la required to It Implicated In the plot and more ar Menzel of Berlin announce, as the rethe before and association the a mem. brutality is charged. The senate passed legislature proposition mans of Suffrage the feasibility of tne proposed are rests sult ol Investigations (extending over ta expected. resolution asking the governor to of a to sUtue an make oral will Uuh the of place bar, arguIf ber Bright and found works, feasible and In the The woman lea ler of the gang It 1 years, that the density of the earth la tn the sUtuary hall of he cap. ment In the supreme court at Indianapthe superintendent and board of public Interest, It shall file a criminal and has operated in va- such that the globe weighs 54,681,000,- - -noteed request in Young trustees. the local land office for the withdrawal ttol, Mr. Barrett (Rep, Mast.), today olis on Friday In the celebrated teat case ol the country. ' cities rious The odd trillion gives 000,000,000. The Laramie Boomerang sayar A fa- of the land described In presented to the house a bill amending la which It la held that under the presthe application. such an air of extreme accuracy to the tal diabase U, prevailing among the When the land la bill service civil the so state women appropriation a have of the at ent law withdrawn by the destalement that one fa almost'tempted to lksurgeatd BUugktar Bpaalwrda. horses In Jacksons Hole regton, over 50 partment f the Interior, It becomes the to provide that no tUtue shall be placed strong rase In the array of argument Feb. 23. A dispatch received inquire whether he Berliners use the Madrid, horses belonging to stock men In that hall until within the he to of sUtuary presented. Great here accepted and authorities duty the board to enter Into a confrom Havana states that a body of French or the English system, ol novicinity having died recentl.Theml-mal- a tract with the by a joint resolution of congress. Interest Is felt in the outcome. forth applicant, setting affected show a gradual lots of Insurgents surprised a detachment of tions. It would make quite a difference ji complete specifications of every nature. Spanish troops and killed 40 of them on paper according to whether the co panled with fever. The Contracts are limited for Washington machinists have aband. completion to A Cohoes (N. Y.) knitting mill The where at- one or the other method the were af place the troop! were employed, Jthroat become glands Inflamed April 1, 1901, and work must be begun oned the Federation of Labor and will 900 hands reopened on Monday tacked Is not given. but and finally Weeding from the lungs took within tlx the somehow yearning to clear up months of the date of contract. otn the National organization ol ma- last, but wages were cut from $ to 10 the uncertainty Is not very trong New! place followed by death. Failure of contractor to chinists. comply with Sawdust bricks" are an English fuel. 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