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Show err THE PAYSON GLOBE lAYSON, UTAH, SATURDAY, JAM'AKY VOLUME 4. GOVERNOR'S THE MESSAGE Utahs Admiral Showing at the Close of One Year of Statehood. Insane, supported wholly by the stale, have llirir brains stolen away by rum. If thla subject la viewed In a logical sense, ur considered In the light of precedent set by other slates, an adjustment of policy to give the stale Its proper share uf the revenue derived Iroin the liquor traffic Is now In urder. - STATE HOKU XAt.K. $100,000 of state bond-.- , drawing 4 per cent per annum lu'erest, I la Affairs Hakra KrmiBralk and running 29 years, was effected by tlaaa-Kep- art arihe fade CibbIw the slate board of lian commissioners alaB,krkaala. Mlata UbM. Xntlanal June 1, at a prrmlum of $3,212.50, and llBirt, Ballwaya, Farrufu. Oak's the proceeds paid Into the state treasury In July. Considering the strained finanMlalp riaiana cial conditions and business uncertainua laalll aliaaa. Kte-- 'Bannered. ties incident to the time generally and to the presidential year particularan exceptionally good Mei-M- ge ly, the sale was Following l the lull lest of the of Governor Hrber M. Well to the one. t'klef I itrallTitflk u !( Kwlewu The sale of Meml-Onlrnal- legislature: To the Legislature of the Slate of Utah: The constitution of thla state directs the governor to communicate, by message, the condition of the state to the legislature at every regular session, and recommend such measures as he may deem expedient. 1 have the honor to submit my views concerning some of the Important subjects that will claim your consideration, and also to present a brief resume of the condition and needs of the several departments of state. The transition of Utah from territorial life Into the broadened functions of statehood has been attended, I think, with fewer complications than In moat of the surrounding states. Upon the first state legislature devolved the duty of providing necessary laws to set In motion the machinery of state government. The were confronted with subProblems jects of great Importance. which may be permanently and succesa-fullsolved only when experience has matured Into Intelligent judgment, had to be met and solved a, once. Old were found not always to be a true guide, old methods had to be quite generally discarded, and In the readjustment of laws, of methods, of Institutions and undertaklifgs, a conscientious regard for the public welfare and the rights of the people was the OJily safe criterion both for the legislator and the executive. It was Inetlvable that the work could not be fully completed and that some mistakes would occur. The responsibilities of taking up the labor where the first state legislature desisted, of correcting errors and omissions In existing laws, and of anticipating needs for the future, has been transmitted to Jrou, and I have no doubt that the obligations resting upon you, as legislators, will be faithfully, honestly and Intelligently discharged. y pre-cede-nta EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS. Among your earliest duties will be the neccesslty to provide for the immediate needs of state Institutions whose appropriations are exhausted. These Include the University of Utah, the Agricultural college, the State Industrial school, the school for the deaf, dumb and blind, the state prison, etc. A CASH BASIS. STATE LANDS. There were two provisions in the act Treating the state board of land commissioners and providing for the lora. lion and sale of atatr lands, which prevented the board from making any sales or leases during the year, and retarded the appralsments of lands. The first provisions referred to wss the one thst gave settlers nr occupants of stale lands six months within which to file their applications for the perference right to purchase the Isnd occupied by them. The board deemed It unsafe to atteiqpt to sell any lands until the settlers or occupants had filed their applications and It was definitely determined what state landa were actually settled or occupied. The second provision gave settlers or occupants of state lands the perference right to purchase land In any size tract not to exceed too acres. Until the preference rights were determined, It was Impracticable to appraise the lands far the reason that the appraisements ought to be made In tracts conforming to the settlement or occupancy and until the applications were made the board could not determine how the quarter sections would be subdivided. TUX PUBLIC SCHOOLS. f fluence and character of Its people, and It shall occupy Injfhr nation and before the world. It ahould be the aim to Increase constantly the efficency of the schools, yet there should ever be manifest a wholesome regard for the rights of the citizen, to see thst the burdens of taxation are not greater than he can bear, and to send his money with such discrimination that the Irest possible results may be attained. The state has been generous to the common schools In the recent past and I believe they are steadily oecomlng more efficient, but I ask you to Investigate carefully the system In effect, to ascertain If some Improvement may not be fcad, without Inrreaslng the cost of malnlaln-ancThe superintendent of public instruction, In his report for the year, which is replete with Interest and contains many valuable suggestions, to which I Invite your attention, points out some apparent defects, both in the present system and In the administration of educational affairs, and recommcds radical changes. The most Important of these Is his recommendation thst the present school district organization of county schools be consolidated into a single district In each county, to be con. trolled by the county' board of education. If It shall be found, upon Investigation, that the change, If made, would Increase the efficency cf the district schools. and at the same time diminish the agrrgate expense, it should be adopted. . the position e. While It Is apparent that the revenues of the state from all sources will be sufficient, whan fully collected, to me et all obligations and leave a surplus on hand, the fact remains that the treasury Is not yet on a cash basis. It Is my earnest hope that measures may be adopted by you that will accomplish this end and make the state warrants good for cash no matter at what time of the year they may be presented. The present difficulty Is easily explained. Expenditures are necessary at the beginning of the year, and (faring the year, and warranta are Issued therefor under the law. These are presented to the stste treasurer, and If he have no cash In the treasury applicable to their paymenti the warrants are registered and marked ATT O NKY GENES ALS OPINIONS. "not paid for want of funds, and must then be hawked about for perhips ten The state constitution makes the legal adviser of all or twelve months before the taxes provide sufficient funds In the treasury to state officials, and the law makes ft his redeem them. duty to give his opinion In writing without fee to the legislature or either house INCREASE OF REVENUES. The legislature at Its last session pro- thereof, and tiffny state officer, board or vided for the collection of a fee of 35 commission, 'When required, upon any cents per f 1,000 on the capital stock of question of law relating to their res pec live offices; also, when required by the each corporation Incorporated after the public service or directed by the goverpassage of the law, and the same fee for nor, to assist county attorneys In the with the each company filing secretary of their duties. During the of state amended articles Increasing Its discharges the attorney-genera- l has been past, year have fees These stock. yielded capital for called an on very odnlon upon law A6888j90 In nine months. Another authorised the collection of a tax on the many points of law from almost- every In the state, and the publication locality Inof foreign gross annual premiums surance companies doing business In of .heae opinions, and proper distribution thereof, would materially lessen the state. This tax yielded. $8145.25. the burdens of the attorney-genersl- s Snch collections are In no sense opoffice, and unquestionably prove a valuto bur the tend but equalise pressive, able reference book to all offidala dens of taxation by lequlring corporathe state. I therefore retions doing business In the state to bear throughout a suitable number of commend that a just portion of the expenses of the these opinions be printed and distributgovernment ed. I commend to your consideration the RKXTAL CONTBACTS. propriety of further Increasing the .revInstitutions of the state various The a will authorise enue by legislation that are In a healthy and satisfactory condimoderate Inheritance tax to be paid by tion. . The respective boards of control wealthy estates in probate. In other are composed of representative citizens states such a tax Is productive of much who devote murh time and attention to lessens which correspondingly revenue, without compensation. If the direct taxation. It seems tome their duties also to be only just, considering the well as a partial recompense for their serdiem were to lie allowed the established fact that a very large pro- vices a per member of these boards, other than are committed crimes the of portion and the state officers, at $4 for attendance at the result of state Is charged with the expense of each of their regular moiitlil meetings, the aggregate would not exceed $1,500 criminal prosecutions and the maintenance of the stale prison, that the state per annum, and they would feel that, to s a limited extent at least, their labor ought to get a percentage of the were appreciated. I recommend that now licenses resulting from liquor collected entirely by cities and counties. this lie done. VNIIXKKII V OF UTAH. This view receives further evidence In the fact that a large proportion of the . The steady advancement both In effl- llqupr-drlnkln- reve-nue- 1SJ7 NUMHEll 50, A deficiency u( quired. THURMAN DENIES IT. made uecestary to suitably ( .jnli the new quarters, and, after tut esti, vnn. was consented to by the stale lui:u.l , Has Not Approached Church examiners. The hoard of in-i- n-t that a great neej rUu fur Authorities. manual training department, when hi the rlilldren uiay he taiiqhl to male their own shoes and cluthlng and lie 1st Nan not boea Approached Hy fitted for useful and honorable liter, a, Them - Hroadn stack Nrparta As the name implies, was the intention of llie legislature, I recommend the (ollovt. Hrlsx X alir laanlr t'alar A Ml rang ratal. fur lug appropriations for tlrb the ensuelng two years: For malntainance $24,(k .hi . Salt Lake City, siiuary 8. Since the For farm land 5,1 hhi For barns, fences, sheds, etc. . i.yni 00 rnlranrr of lion. J. L. Rawlins Into the For furnishings of newhl.l'e. i.o.hi uu Senatorial contest matters political have For deficit, 1890 en II trued. Some of those who 2,055.19 have other preferences far the position, Total 131,535 nq It Is charged by Ids friends, have striven The board of trustees also ask fur an to make It appear that Mr. Rawlins's additional appropriation of f i.o vs to for was receiving church encourrandtilary Interest on olJ reform scIiimiI i t i illirater If not actlvr support, the state$16,500), and the balance, namely, $7005 agement and note and If It be found on la'er In- ment comprised a forced and unexpected exrvrn being published that Mon. S. vestigation that such allowance U just, 1 R Thurman of for the of purpose penditure connecting recommend Provo, In Rxwllns Inits appropriation. the buildings on University square with terest had zren the church authorities, TO BE CUNriNl'KD the rlty sewer system. So thst tills deand ItaJ an understanding which was ficiency of $3,200 represents the entire entirely favorable to Mr. Rawlins. The Indebtedness of the Institution at prri-ent- . statement is dented by Mr. Thurman In a strong letter which Is as fallow. An Immediate appropriation should be made, not only to cover this defiNeplil, Jan. 6, 1897. To the Editor of the Herald: ciency, but to enable the university to House Out the Powers Lays continue until the appropriation Is pass.Dear Sir In yesterday's daily Trilt-un- e 1 noticed ed at the'end of the present session. Bill, 1(18 to 02. s statement which I THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. should hsve refuted by yesterday's The work of the Agricultural college mail, liad It not been (list pressing busas Ike iness In court rendered It Impossible. st Logsn is yearly growing more pre- Tho lleft-a- t la l.askrS I All t ffarlia la 'Mtre-aslaeo- r I would not even now take the time and tentious. It Is supported by appropriations from both the national and state Kslmqttha llrlil ar Ike e truubel to reply were It not that the Inconwas terest of other and perhaps of the the plant governments, though Mallraada. well a myself. structed by and belongs wholly to the public are Involved I therefore avail myself of this opstate. It Is represented By the board of trustee that the sum appropriated by Washington, Jan 12 The Partfir rail- portunity to say that any declaration, the legislature last year for mainten- way funding hill went to Its doom in lilfit or Inuendo from any person to ance proved hardly adequate to the In the house today under an adverse the effect thst I have ever been at any want of the Institution, and that Im- majority of 66, The friend of the time approached or conversed with any portant work was therefore neglected or measure, who had predicted Its passage member of the first presidency of the With the unsatisfactorily performed. church, or any apostle nr any ecclesiup to the last moment, were consent of the state board of examiners by the decisive character of surprised their de- astical anthorlty whatever In the Interest a deficit was lncusred of $3,200, of which feat. They had tiecn led to hope from of Hon. Joseph L. Rawlins candidacy for amount $2,750 went for the.purchaae of the votes on the substitute that the bill the United Slates senate, or any other a house belonging to a retiring profes- had more than an equal chance of pas- position, Is unqualifiedly false and I say malicious because It is to sor and $459 to repair damage to the sage. The Bell substitute provided that bulldlug from s severe wind storm In If the Union Pacific and Central Pacific utterly without foundation that I am Inthe fall. An Increase Is asked In the would clear off the first clined to think It was deliberately stated mortgage rfftt yearly maintenance allowance from advance the government lien, the with a view of Injuring and making an jhbfioo to $13,500, and other needa, government would extend the Indebt- unfair point against Mr. Rawlins' candiwhich Include extension of shops, man- edness at 3 per cent. It was defeated, dacy. ual training school, purchase of more no to. 158. The Harrison By wqy of further emphasizing lids substitute, land, printing pres, repair and paint- providing for a committee to negotiate answer I will slate that I have not seen, ing, laboratories, students' fund and a settlement ol the debt, was rejeeted much lese conversed, any one of the sewage, are set forth aggregating $14,-00- 0. by the house by a votfe of 55 to 314. first presidency, to the best of my knowThe total appropriation asked for Many of the memliqrs were as much ledge, t,ie last six months, and never ,at for the ensuing biennial period la $42,-50- a opposed to these substitute as to the any time concerning Mr. Rawlins or The practical education given to Powers bill. The California ant mid- lilt candidacy. f Furthermore, I have never conferred the students at ' this college especially dle west members vrited almost solidly or conversed with any one of the aposrecommends It to the generosity of the against them. When the vote came on the main tles or any authority of the church legislature, yet appropriations In excess the subject of Mr. Rawlins' canof economic precedented needs should proposition the whole opposition swung upon not be made, except after a careful and Into line and crushed it by an adverse didacy, or the candidacy of any other man. searching Inquiry. The Institution Is At vote of ros to 168. condition. in a satisfactory very present The vote was not taken dlrerlly on Wlille I am answering I will also sucThe trustees hsve discharged their du- the passage of the bill, but on the pre- state without the fetr of being ties with fidelity and the faculty Is able, liminary motion to engross and read the cessfully contradicted hy any person Mils third time. Bills which become whatsoever, that any statement by any energetic and SCHOOL FOE THE IIKAF. the subject of hard testa are usually newspaper or person to the effect thst I have ever agreed to support any canBy act of the legislature last year the brought to a final test before the last school far the deaf and dumb, thereto- parliamentary stage Is reached. The didate oilier than Mr. Rawlins far the fore conducted In connection with the Reilly Pacific funding bill two year United State senate, or that I ever staled tint I could control any delegaCity was sepa- ago wax defeated In the same manner university at Salt rated from It entirely and established as on the xame motion. This wax the tion or vote for Mr. Rawllna, or that I 1 would an Independent school on the campus of fourth funding bill killed In the house ever Intimated to any one that or for like be to that supported the old reform school at Ogden, with In ten years. I the aided functions of eduxallng the An analysis of the vote today show held out any Intimation wliateverjhat of horse was candidate the a dark This blind. transfer, which Involved that 86 republicans and 16 democrats or otherwise, Is also false and unmoving all' the portable property be- voted for the bill and 99 republicans, 58 true. to deaf dumb the and school, democrats, 6 populists and 5 Independlonging It Is true that I have received Idlers waa attended to with care and discretion, ents against It. Mr. Powers, chairman of the Pacific from one or two of Die candidates solicand the new school 0iened at ft new I am ready to gtv location In September. The building! railroad committee, presented a motion iting my support. those to the public and call for my anto recommit ldll now are the and ground well occupied today after lie had swer to be published also If those who adapted to the uses of thla Institution, recovered from the shock of hi defeat, me desire It. Otherwise 1 of members wisdom rethat the has of the and the the house have t written aaylng change the correspondence as confiwere all In favor of a settlement, hut evceived perfect etiestetlon. The purpose of the school are to provide an educa- idently opposed to the prlnclplenf the dential. I cannot conceive of any reason In the tion for all the deaf, the mule, the deaf measure his committee had brought In. statesmen t mute end the blind of the atate who are He thought his committee should have world far publishing these malicious to prejuwith a Intent except of eound mind and body and under 30 an opportunity to formulate another dice the chances of Mr. Rawlins a a In bill It the acone-hathat would of about hope age, though only prove years candidate. It remains to be seen of them are now In attendance. ceptable. A fpoint ef order was made In Utah whrthrr such thlnible-rlgglnThe school Is ably and economically against Mr. Power's motion, but at the will win with the reprrserta politic of the speaker the point conducted, and the progresa of the stu- suggestion lives of the people. I predirt It will not. The department of was not ruled upon today, but will lie dents surprising. I ftexiiertfnlly, when the house convenes tomorrow. the blind, though It ha an attendance & R Tiiukman. Mr. Powers said tonight that he did of but ten pupils, is In no sense neglectknow would not be exwhat a a but done, ed, having special instructor, separate rom for study and recitation and pressed the opinion that another effort I'AINK N AKKRA HTATKMKSr. special equipment. A small deficiency should be mad to pan an acceptable of $673.42 was made necessary for re bill. The opponents of the bill on the Iren ten AeeaNatlen Hade hy Thaleb-er- a Frlenda. pair to the buildings from the disast- other hand are rej'ddng and say the rous wind storm In September, and has vote today settle the fate of all the Regarding the charges of Thatchers' been consented to by the state board of schemes to fund the debt at this ses- frler.di that Rawlins's letter to Mnnson examiners. In estimating future needa, sion. barred his candidacy, Joseph E. Caine Before the house convened the floor make the following reply. the board of trustees calculate a per capita expense of $250 per annum for waa crowded with members standing 'The point that Mr. Monson and his the deaf and dumb and $300 for the about arguing. friends are apparently trying to make blind, and ask that appropriation bd Is that through the Rawllns-MonsoThejr:iwFte M, Jeha. provided to cover malntainance to the letter and other concurrent events, Mr. New York, Jan-1At a meeting of Kawllns was debarred from becoming end of the school year 18519. the stockholders of the Second Natloual a candidate for the United State STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. held thla morning, Mr. William because Mr. Thatcher announThe Institution formerly knpwn as bank, P. St John, of silver fame, waa dropped ced tils candidacy only after being the reform school was, by act of the from the board of directors, Mr. Henry Informed of the Rawlins letter. Aftrr legislature one year ago, ordered to be T. Caray was elected In his place. Mr. expressing respect and admiration for removed from Its original location and to be St failure It Is Mr. Thatcher, the Johns say: Its name wu changed to state Industrial " 'In the present situation I have waa due to hU pronounced position said, school . This was done to make room toward free silver coinage. suggested to my friends (who for the school for the deaf and dumb At the annual merllng of the stock- tre also tlse devoted friends of Mr. end blind, for which the elaborate build-Ing- s holders of the Mercantile National hank Thatcher) my unqualified withdrawal were- - better adapted, and authority today F, A. Connor wu elected a direc- In hi Interest. To thl proposal they was given the trustees of llie Industrial see objections. They urge that the optor In place of Mr. St. John. school to procure another location In ponents ol Mr. Thatcher will make the Ogden City. The buildings end grounds Nag Ho In a Flllbaaler. claims, first, that Utah should not be knowu as the Ogden military academy, Wilmington, Del., Jan. u. The grand represented In Congress exclusively, by consisting of ten acres end substantial jury In the United State court found of a tingle church; treond, a member brick building of adequate proportions, true bill thl ufternoon against Captain llie precarlousnes of Mr. Tluitcher's accordingly purchased, and a contract Edmund Murphy. He la charged with health and the chance that the rlare entered Into pay $11,000 therefore when taken a filibustering party to might he left to lie filled hy appointment haying a clear title Is given. The new site Is Cuba on the steamer LauraJa last sum- of a Republican Governor. That these Ineligibly located and the building an- mer. Murphy was recently wrec ked on considerations, together with other swers the present need of the arliool, the steamer Commodore off the Florida fluences, would alniust certainly Irad to though additional repair will be re coast. hi defeat. That if I am out ol the way 3 be-In- u FUNDiilliLDEFUTED Fadlur pa ta-eli- u mall-elpt- The education of the children of the tate la a subject that Invariably and properly occupies large share of the attention of each legislature. No subject la of more, vital Importance In determining the future of the state, tlig In- -- cteucy and popularitV uf that ancient ind honorable Institution of learning, the University uf Utah, is gratifying to all rltlen Interested In tne reuse of higher edurstlon. The attendance has grown from 368 enrolled students for to Jiy in 1895-- . the school year 1892-9It Is also noteworthy and commendable that the Institution lias been conducted the past year upon the appropriation made by the legislature, there no deficiency at all on account of maintenance, the deficiency report of $3,20(1 bring explained by the board of regents an J consented to by the stae I ward of exiinlners, as necessary and unforsern and having no possible reference to the conduct of the Institution Itself. Die greater portion of this deficiency, namely $2,500, occurred through a misunderstanding as to the amount of the deficiency one year ago (the appro, priation having been $13,500 instead of lf, wide-awak- xltln, y, shall-trea- lf n -- be would lir humiliated liy defeat and our mutual rnrniles, without meritorious rlulius, would Ik- - enabled to THE TREATY IS SI6NED. triumph.' "Then aftrr oilier kindly expressions Arlrlt rat lun Against War. for Mr. Thati'lirr, the Kawllns letter continue-- : If you ran probably see Kvrat ar Ike Alaetiralb IVa-wr- y success ahead tor Mr. Tbalclicr, let me Tb know. In that event my duty and purbrerefary Ulary bad Kaa. hanaadsr Fanaarnitr Atlaeb Tbslr pose are equally clear. I Irair this matter in the hands of Mr Thatcher' jr Mirant area la ihaGraeral friends and shall cheerfully abide tlielr Nrlt-nn- d Ureal Nelwrta judgment as to wlut Is best to do. tke Iallrd blatew "Mr. Rawlins la -- till awalitug a reply to that teller. Mr. Monson ha- - notyrt ArMlra-llaa-Treal- told him whet her nr not lie agreed with Kawlins' other friends In llie objections they raised against his withdrawal. Wl'h the ulnin-- t ronslderatloii for Mr. Thatcher, Mr. Kawlina left the matter In the hand- - ol Ids (Mr. Thatelx-rsfriends. Jty tlielr slli-i- e they refuse to deelde the question. "Mr. Rawlins' letter was not taken as a withdrawal hr Moses Tliatclirr. As ail erldenee uf this, tie, after reading that letter refuelled Prof. Kerr of Lo. gan to rail upon Mr. Rawllna to ascerIn the senatorial contain test, auJ received a reply In line with the letter. A positive proof of llie fact that neither llie letter nor the statement maJe to him hy Mr. Kerr rouiflv.tcj Ip Mr. Tliatrlirr's mind a withdrawal from the race, la found in Mr. Thatchers Interview In the Salt Lake Tribune ol the following Sunday, November 151I1, In which he says: u,Idonot propose lo enter Into any scramble for the place.' I do not wish to occupy the puslllon of opposing Judge Power or Judge Henderson, or Mr. Rawlins, or my young friend, Air. Harris. They are all good men and lietlrr fitted than I ain lo perform the duties of the office of senator.' "It would be quite as consistent for Mr. Rawlins to assume an abused attitude and claim that he had been kept In the dark as regards the candidacy of InterMr. Thatcher, for In that view Mr. Thatcher said: 1 have never been ambition to hold political office; I prrfer private to public life and the peace of the social drrle to the strife of politics. If I had not been placed In a position Involving a great principle, I could not he trnipted to accept even the high office of United States senator Rut If Utahlf young Utah feels that my rlecthm would be a lndlratlon of that for which I have contended, and would aid In prrienllng the forging of chains upon the people of this state, I should acret the office of senator should It lie tendered me.' "The reply of young Utah to the alwive ha not yet been heard of by Kir. Rawlins' friends, and until It la beard the rondldary of Moses Tlialclier will be considered by us as a matter of a much doubt, though probably of less concern, than the candidary of Mr. Kawlina seem lo be to the supporters of hi distinguished opponent. "In conclusion, let It lie said for the express Information of Mr, Monson and Id friends that JMr. Kawllns Is a candidate far the United Slate senatorshlp, and that he wilt not withdraw, even at llie cost of again seeing hi penmanship caricatured and tlirhwn open lo ridicule on the first page of a morning paper." "The letter Mr. Monson sent to Mr. Rawlins Is regarded liy Mr. Rawlins as confidential," added Mr. Caine, "and lie dors not wl-- h to give It to the public without Mr. Alonsons permission, which has not been given. Mr. klnnson was asked today for such permission, and he said he would lake the request We await his under consideration. pleasure In the matter." ) - Renewed Kaiebrrleu mt Cabans. Tampa, Fla., Jan. in. Advices from Havana, per stesmer Olivette, tell of renewed butrhrrli-- of Cubans by Stan-lardIt Is asserted that 011 Thursday night at Giianabaeoa, Spanish troops, under Colonel Fondevlela, killed thirty men, women and rlilldren and burned many houses. In Iinardrl Rio, Spanish troops are acrused of ravishing many Culian girls. s s. If. Nbakra Washington, Jan. 11. Secretary Olney on behalf of the United Slate anJ Sir Julian I'annrefarte, on tli part of t areal Britain, today affixed tlielr signatures to a new treaty by which tor a term of five years llie two g nation agree to abide In peace and without a resort to arms, all possible questions of controversy being referred lo a rouit of arbitration, with the single exception that neither nation surrender Its honor anJ dignify to the Judgment uf the arbitration. Late In the day President Cleveland sent the treaty and a message earnestly approving It to the Senate, The treaty consists of twelve articles, and In print would Till about one newspaper rulumn. One of the last p dot to lie decided was that King Oscar II. of Sweden and Norway la to act a the arbitrator In rase the others fall to agree on the final member of the court. The acceptance of the King and the final agreement on that drtall was not cabled to Washington until late Sunday nlglit, and even then one small detail remained to the approval of the British Foreign office. At 1 oclock this morning a cablegram front Lord Salisbury removed this last question and left the way dear far the formal execution of (lie Instrument. Sir Julian Pauncefate, accompanied by Lord Gough, first secretary of the embassy, proceeded to the Slate Dejiartnient. They were met In the Secretary private office by Mr. English-speakin- 1 Olney. There were few formalities, as the s'gnalure were but the culmination of a negotiation covering many week, during which a complete understanding had been reached on every phrase of the The diplomatic bureau had subject. prepared two copies of the document. They were not In any aense ornate. The articles of the agreement were engrossed In a fair hand on the simple parchment paper ordinarily used for treaties by the State department. The copies were laid ujmn the secretary's desk, and then occurred a very neccessary formality. The British Embassador produced a formidable-lookin- g document signed by Lord Salisbury, certifying that he (the Embaasudor) was authorised to sign for tire British Government a treat) bearing on the subject specified. Secretary Olney replied by showing a letter iroin President Cleveland delegating to him authority to sign the proposed convention. Having thus satisfied Ihemsejve that everything was being conducted In the regular order, the HnclnU proceeded to the signature of the duplicate treaties. Sir Julian Pauncefate had the y honor of signing first. Secretary handed him the pen and he signed one copy, Secretary Olney signed It first and Sir Julian Pauncefate signed after him. This I the United Stale copy, and likewise will remain In the After jiossesslon of our Government. the Senate had passed upun It a copy will be made of our original, and thla will be used In the final exchange of of rat Ificatloni later on. Ol-nr- Mappi-nutl- ef Free kpecek. Springfield, III., Jan. 11. A sensational scene marked the retirement from office today of Gov. John P. Altgeld. ohn P. When Altgrtda successor, 1 inner, had spoken, an effort was made by State Senator Alalmney of Chicago to get the floor, but the Speak, er refused to recognlxe Idm. He wanted to mote that the assembly extend the courtesy of the floor to the retiring A motion that the joint Governor. assembly dissolve prevailed and the llouae then adjourned until tomorrow. Goo. Altgrld haJ expected to make a Mfch and Ids name was pul on the programme by the committee on arThe Republicans were rangements. oiqmscd to letting him talk, anJ It was arranged wl'.h the speaker that he should not recognlxe any Democrat during the joint session. It has been customary to recognize retiring Governor al the Inauguration ceremonies. RlalrAllle. Ia., Jan. 12. What was evidently an earthware caused alarm in this vicinity sIkiiiI to oclock thl morning. I'ersons Indoors, heard door and windows rattle, elt the buildings shake as though sti tick liy s heavy a low rumbgust of wind and di- tanl train. Those of as a sound ling without felt the ground rock beneath tlirni, saw buildings i way fmmXlde to side nnd heard a sullen roar like the muttering of distant thunder. The ere a nunilier of rudely shaken, A- other structures. R- - ports have come o.fl of 13 miles In covering a radius txacaa an Mil rev. north and soulli of here and all tell the same story. A yet n reports of dam Washington, Jan. J 1. The republican senator will hold a raucusto pass upon agr have reached hen'. a bill proposed by Senator Wolcott to Famine I prevail! ng In the province the raucus committee, providing for an of Kherson, Russia. It Is estimated International silver conference. 750 uo roubles will lie reqnlred far relief of the sufferers. Rskbrrr sal Arena. Thq marriage of kliu Kililli Lyman Guthrie, O. T. Jan. 11. MaskeJ Collins of New York to Kelrlild Key bandit held up Dr. Bartridge and hi (Count Cr.aykow .kl) attache ol the clerks at lit general store 20 'miles Turkish embassy at Koine, look place at east of here, robbed the safe of $1,000 Iarls In the church .St. Germain I.'Fr-rut- and tlirn set fire to the store, burning up $6ku worth of goods. a The Newfoundland legislature will atSenator Wolcott of Colorado I In tempt to serure reciprocity with the United Stall- when It meets In Fcbru-nary- . England in the Interests of a possible The cabinet is now discussing bimetallic agreement. Gov Stone of Missouri, In his mesI1 e miestlun. recommends the death penalty lor sage, will Fitaalmnuins In and Corbett fight robbers. train Mexico on St. I'atrUV day. - . - |