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Show AMERICAN EAGLE. M. A. WILLI M- -t TO V, PublUher. EHDJItE WAR. UTAH MURRAY. On April SEEMS . Ukl 1 Tte President Asks Confess lor UTAH HOUSE HESOLUTION. ley, Oa ; I'.rewrr. Aia ; Clayton, "la , parties to the conflict ate either unable or unwilling to stop or mitigate. It is WAR CERTAIN Cox, Tenc; K'.ioit. C; ir:ggt, da.; Irieudu Triumph Over the Ma.idox. lia.; Strait. S. C: Tate, Ga., no answer to say this is all in another nation. Ala. to and another JohnTaylor, Hep jblieans belonging country, Washington. April 13 "The presison, Intl.; Itoutelle, and is therefore none of our business, Buo.se tosses Intervention .Me., aud Loud, is authorized, directed and emKesatioa dent is j It is Cal. Populist Simpson, Kan. expressly our duty, for it right to restore ly a Vote of 322 to 19. The house then, at 6:30 p. at., ad- powered to intervene at once at our d nor. and se island of on the Cuba, peace in our Citizens Second We one it to journed. cure to the people thereof a firm, staiCuba to afford them that protection SPAIN MUST UNCONDITIONALLY IN THE SENATE. ble and Independent government of aud indemnity for life and property ACQUIESCE OR F1CHT. their own. and is authorized to use the KeathliiK Kc,,lml..u More tar Reaching which no government there can or will and navy forces of the United Thau army in That Hoiue. the fter fuenre of the terminate Inuaralleled afford, and to that end Disorder, to secure this end." States TurhulKnca, Acrimonious licu9ilon and Washington. condition that deprive them of legal April 14. Not since This substantially is the resolution the scenes the latent wlil.-lBiueriiM which lu stirring preceded er.uu.l other party. protection. the house foreign afVt ThirdThe right to intervene may Averted, the civil war have such scenes been wit- agreed upon by speak not of forcible annexation, Nrrolj The meeting was fairs committee. House, by aa Almost I ituliuoii Vote, nessed as were witnosed yesterday. That, I justified by the very serious injury for that cannot be thought of. held of one of the the at residence was I'ansee to Excitement, the Kesolutlou which Means War would be though suppressed, commerce, trade and business of by our code of morality, l uleaa H(ialu I ueouditlouali) Kiaeuates intense, such briiiiant oratory and members, aud did not adjourn until a criminal agression, 'i'hereu pon I re- our people and by the wanton destrucrepartee have seldom been equaled, very late hour. Cub. viewed these aiternat.vt-- in the light tion of property and devastation of the Before finally deciding upon the and such a scathing arraignment of a of President Grant's inea.iiircd words island. of the resolution as given resas seuate the wording foreign seven 14. Fourth of is government house The Washington, April the utmost uttered in And which when, after above, the committee carefully considyears of sanguinary, destru tive aud importance, the present condition of of representatives today, after one of olution gives to Spanish barbarity has cruel barbarities iu ui.a. hi reached aflairs in Cuba is a constant menace to the most exciting and memorable days probably never been equalled by any ered several other forms. Information was conveyed to the committee, howthe conclusion that the recognition of our peace, and entails upon this gov-th- e in its history, by a vote of :iL'2 to 19, other like document. The chamber ever, that a strong resolution was detilled .and whe. a resolution which erument With an rapidly adopted enormous ts pense. independence of Cuba was impraeand several members, headed vice the manded, fell of its members believe makes war with president's gavel nearly ticable and iudcfeiisibie, and that the H,"'h conflict waged for years in an Mr. Smith of Michigan, made the was Scarcedesk. senator is!arld at his by inevitable. o every with which near our Spain us and recognition of bei igerencv was not The resolutions adopted direct the ly five minutes had elapsed after the contest for the resolution that was warranted by t lie facta according to the people have such trade and business finally agreed upon. To all intents to intervene at once in Cuba, session convened before the vice presirelations lives when president and the liberty tests of public law. Mr. Davia. An instant and purposes it is the resolution of our citizens are in constant danger to restore peace and secure to the peo- dent recognized Nothing has since occurred tochange and their by Mr. Smith himself. property destroyed and them ple of this islaud "a stable and inde- - hush fell over the chamber. Mr. Davis my view in this regard, ami I recogis It the intention of the Republican to the resolutions senate the selves vespresented own" of and ruined when our trading pendent government their as fully iio.v as then that the ti sels are liable to seizure and are seized authorizes him to use the army and and report from his committee and re members, now that an agreement has neutrala of of issuance proclamation at our very door, by warships of a for- oavy to execute the purpose of the res- quested that they be read. The report been reached, to cali in the Democratic ity could, of itself, and unattended by was a terrific arraignment of Spain members of the committee and to make other action, accomplish nothing to- eign nation, the expeditions of filibus- olutions. and her policies, yet so eager were all a report to the house as socn as posTrivial we that matters to are attenthe tering w occupied ward the one cud for hich we lab:ir. prevent powerless tion of the house for the first hour, to hear every word that not the slight- sible. and altogether, the questions irritating AKAINsT lltCOOM ION OK IS'DKl'KVDThe single resolution agreed upon and entanglements thus arising-a- ll while the members and the spectators est demonstration occurred throughKM K. these and others that I need not men- in the galleries impatiently awaited out the reading. by the Republican members, is introthe standpoint of expediency Mr. Foraker of Ohio and Mr. Lodge duced by a preamble, reciting the con tion, with the resulting strained rela- the presentation of the resolution from do not think it would be wise or tions, are a constant menace to our the committee on foreign affairs. The of Massachusetts, both impassioned ditions existing on the island of Cuba, j for this government to recog-niprudent the facts as known concerning the peace and compel us to keep on a semi-wa- suspense of the members was almost and brilliant orators, presented differ at the present time the independent phases of the Cuban situation. Mr, destruction of the Maine, and briefly 3 but with before unendurable, with nation footing that shortly of Cuban republic. ence the o Foraker advocated the direct recogniwhich we are at peace. making a strong indictment against clock, Mr. Adams of Pennsylvania, Such recognition is not necessary iu the acting chairman of the committee, tion of the independence of the Cuban Spain for her conduct of affairs on the l'OHEK TO HT01 THK order to enable the United States to rncsiiiEN r was entered the hall with the report. republic, aud with an eloquence and island. The preamble will, in epitoV.AH. Intervene and pacify the islutid. To vehemence seldom heard iu the seuate, mized form, follow very closely the The reto resolutions the The long trial has proved that the preamble commit this country now to the recoglines of the president's message, but nition of any particular government in object for which Spain has waged the cited the inability of Spain to restore splendidly maintained his position. is the resolution: that portion of it referring to the the Following inhuman warmethods peace, of war cannot be attained. The fire of Cuba might subject us toembarrassing THK SKN.VTK HKSOI.ITION. Maiue disaster will take stronger conditions of international obligation insurrection may flame or may smoul- fare employed, injury to the commerce of grounds than did the message. First the Resolved, af that people the ami of der with varying seasons, but it has country so recognized. great expense In ease of intervention the island of Cuba are and of right It is now the purpose to pass the our conduct will be subject to the ap- not been and it is plain that it cannot patroling the coast to prevent filibus ought to be free and independent. resolution This terse be immediately. Debate will short, expeditions. tering Second, that it is the duty of the extinguished by present methods. proval or disapproval of such governbe limited to four or five hours. The resolution followed: of the United States to deThe only hope of relief and government ment. When it shall appear that there repose mand, and the government of the house leaders have determined upon JIOI'SK IIKSOI.I.T10N-- . is within the island a government from a condition which cannot longer United States does hereby demand that this course in the belief that it will "Resolved, That is the be endured is president and of the duties the enforced the government of Spain at once recapable performing pacification both home and abroad, authorized and directed to in- linquish its authority and government strengthen, discharge tha functions of a nation of Cuba. Iu the name of humanity, in hereby and having as a matter of fact the the name of civilization, in behalf of tervene at once to stop the war in in the island of Cuba and withdraw its the position to be taken. Cuba, to the end and for the purpose of land and naval forces from Cuba and proper forms aud attributes of nation- endangered American interests which Cuban waters. LEE'S TESTIMONY. ality, such governmentcau be promptly gives us the right and the duty to apeak securing permanent peace and order Third, that the I'resident of the and readily recognised and the rela- ami to act, the war in Cuba must stop. there, and establishing, by the free United States be and he hereby is diDestruction of the Maine I'ndonbtedly Due In view of these facts aud these con- action of the people thereof, a stable rected and empowered to use the entions and intercstsof the United States to Spanish Agencies. and independent government of their tire laud and naval forces of the United I witli such nation adjusted. siderations, ask the Congress to auStates and to call into actual service of own in the of island and the Cuba; Washington, April 13. Consul GenThere remain the alternative forms thorize and empower the I'resident to the. United States the mititia of the president Is hereby authorized and em- several states to such an extend as eral Lee was before the senate comof intervention to end the war, either take measures to secure a full terminaas an impartial neutral by imposing a tion of hostilities between the govern- powered to use the land and naval may be necessary to carry these reso- - mittee on foreign relations for an hour forces of the United States to eveeut. lutions into effect He talked freely with the yesterday. rational compromise between the con- ment of Spain and the people of Cuba, "The destruction of the United committee in nnrnnca the !,: .. ... ' ' ' regard to the conditions testants, or as the active alley of the and to secure in the island the estabof Maine two her States and battleship ..... nsm-unanimous consent officers and of UOt of her crew in the in Cuba, and especially with reference lishment of a stable government capone party or the other. for the consideration of the resolutions, harbor of Havana on the night of Feb- - to the destruction of the Maine. He As to the first, it is not to be forgot- able of maintaining order and observexeite(l 10 an "nprece- - said that in his Great excitement and confusion fol- - rua,'v lf)' there was no ten that during the last few mouths ing its international obligations,! dented dl'ree the compassion and re- room to doubt opinion towed. Mr. lia. W n),ie,.,..d ttt,u that the destruction of the relation of the United States has peace aod tranquility and the ,, j" sentinent of the American people. , ,. , ol lne resolution. "Manifestations of that resentment the vessel was due to Spanish agencies. Charges virtually been one of friendly inter security of its citizens as well as our and counter charges were bandied were suspended although the feeling "Do you mean the Spanish authorivention in many ways, each not of own and use the military and naval of ties in Cuba?" he was asked across the floor. A fist fight on the was not allayed by the itself conclusive, but all tending to the forces of the United States as may be by a memt0 hoW ber of floor of the house almost followed. ?,Ur"!'0 determi?ed concernthe committee. exertion of a potential influence, toward necessary for purposes, and in in judgment suspension "I mean the Spanish officials," he rean ultimate pacific result, just ami the interest of kumanity and to aid in Hit speaker ordered the sergeant-at- ing their ultimate action until an offi- arms use the silver mace, the em- - eial court should disclose the cause of plied, "but not General Blanco. to the I of honorable to all Interests concerned. preserving the Btarving bletu of the house's authority ( that great disaster and enable them by think some of the officials were cogniThe spirit of all our acts hitherto has people or tlie 5nud I recommend Finally, in the midst of confusion !'!"' j thecircumstantial testimony to zant of the plans to destroy the vessel, been an earnest, unselfish desire for that the distributor of food and supresponsibility therefor, the speaker, with uphfted gavel, asked impute ..ThBt investigation has been made. but I don't believe that the captain peace aud prosperity in Cuba, untar- plies be continuciliad that an appro- If obj(-",o- ri Was made. Mr. Bailey ap- - It was conducted with judicial thor- - general was." nished by differences between the priation be madett of the public him not to state the to The difti- pealcd General Lee said he had no knowl to supplaU-uproposi- - ouffl'ness and deliberation. the charity of United States and Spain and unstained treasury f dt!raonstrating by conclusive Culty but as tion, he insisted Mr Baileeof the reports that a mine had citizens. our j edge the blood American of citizens. '. by the eflicient personal cause of loudly objected and sank back '.into his proof been discovered by a diver under the t. NOW W."is I'ONCiUKSSlONAI. hat. sinister fltKMllk-Nthe ,,Kl in STIil l I ION OF TIIK MAINE. scat. A storm of hisses fnll,,. o.t t ar.A n,,.Lto-:.,- c. nf ACON. Montgomery while that vessel lay in These elements of danger and disflushed. Angry words were crimes. Bailey the harbor at Havana. is now.vith issue The order have been strikingly illustrated Congress. It bandied "N "ch d'H'cnlty, however, back aud forth between the The consul general did not arrive at have exby a tragic event which haa deeply and is a solemn responbjlity. scures its othcial nnd responsible each side charging that the ca the capitol until 5 o'clock. He came I hausted every ef)rt to relieve the members, justly moved the American people. other was trying to play politics, and The committee says that the explo-al- l in a street car and was not recognized have already transmitted to congress intolerable conditio' of affairs which in a flash the collision between Me s,on itself was linked with a serious of is at our doors, to by the one or two hundred people who the report of the naval court of inquiry execute 'rt'pared Myers and Mr. IVarsons occurred in Precedent transactions which cannot had on the destruction of the battleship every obligation ipt'scd upon me by congregated on the outside of the ne reason niscounectea lromit. trie left of the hall. Ihere was au im- - ln -Maiuc in the harbor of IIaana during the constitution ad the law, I await wiu, animus by Spain, so plainly building to aee him, but in the cormediate rush in that direction and in a apparent that no one can even plaus- - ridors at the entrance of the night of the l.Mli of February. The your action. the room of moment the contestants were sur- - illy deny its existence, is merely one the committee on loss of that noble vessel has filled the Yesterday and ace the preparation relations ha foreign Uu! to which f"r conclusion the rounded with fighting and scrambling TeaSfm national heart with inexpressible hor- of the foregoing ij.'igc, official informind must come in con- - was recognized and given a hearty investigating members mation was recevd by me thi.t the t Two hundred and ror. ,.len sidering the entire subject of the rela-- ; handclapping. He responded with a tions of the United States with that bow and smile and hastened Into the r,JK''t like f hey were mad. brave sailors and marines and twoolli-cer- s latest decree of til jqucen regent of "Liar," "scoundrel" aud other de- - ffovernmunt. It is the opinion of your committee room. Hen. in directs of our navy, reposing in the lsnco, order to Spain committee that the destruction of the nunciatorv cnithuto .. .... i Maine was security of a friendly harbor, have prepare uud faeiliil'' peace, to proeither by the Ind.) and JVarson, (Hep. official act ofcompassed been hurled to death - grief and want claim a suspcnsioiOf hostilities, the "!J the Spanish authorities The Struggle In font res. V l came to blows. There or made possible by a negligence on brought to their homes and sorrow to duration and detaiiOtf which have not were half a dozen Washington, so lM('ir as and to April 12 The burden gross part willing personal collisions. the nation. yet been communhtii'd to me. This Brumm he e'luivuUnt in culpability to positive of responsibility for the next move ln ) nnil pa (;ep, Ikirtlett (Hem ot! with The naval court of inquiry, which, fact, every pertinent conthe Spanish crisis having been shifted a.) were involved. At last. Ceneral'' criminal action, it is needless to say, commands the un- sideration will, I afVure. have your Mil, property and life are by the president's message upon the (hep., the an act of which the exercise troyed ami iu careful att'iioti by thesoleinn qualified confidence of this govern- just of congress, the capitol toshoulders veteran, the whose in it diligence the by person standing duty jostling, ment, was unanimous in its conclusion deliberations upon ildi you are about to UM! il ('mM have Prewnted the day became the storm center, with the in crowd, fighting clear, tones ringinrr to If enter. this isurc attains a that the destruction of the Maine was happening of such an event issutlicient foreign affairs committees of the two called for order, reminding members that diligence was not employ-tha- t houses aa caused by an exterior explosion, that successful result th'S our aspirations was the foci. The struggle in it a disgrace to the American ed." of a submarine mine. It did not as- as a christian, pead$l'i"g people will each committee was long and bitter, congress. time of "The the explosion itself," sume to place the responsibility. That be realized. If it fli it will be only have been cat with this marked differeuce between Men rushed up and down the aisles sa's th,e reI'ortremains to be fixed. In any event the another justilicatit for our contem like madmen. Members rushed be- - culated for the moment when the the senate wing and that at the house Maine ,.ould within the Maine, by vt hatevcr exterior cause, is plated action. end of the capitol in the seuate comthe contestants, who were ex- - truetive radius swing of the mine." W1I.IVJI Mi KINI.KV a patent and impressive proof of a mittee the Democrats as well as tha hot woeds with clinched fists of changing this l its Concluding portion Kxecutivilnsion, April 11 state of things in Cuba that is intolerM'iitation the committee says: set teeth. Thev w ere drawn Republcans participated, while at tha able. That condition is thus show n to The speaker pomulcd with his WAR PREPATIONS. house end the task was to secure harbe such that the Spanish government iwc ,..iaiiiii Liinini in ns llley ai- - monious action among the Republicans, wun stentorian tones demanded vl ways have been are demonstrated still cannot assure .safety and security to a Arm!iloe ( c No elmul Inn In I'r(,p. so as to present, if possible, a solid that all to member continue take manifestations their by their seats. furfwllltles. ainlliin vessel of the American navy in the the present war in Cuba. All front when the Democrats were finally When order was in t was learned part restored. during harbor of Havana on a mission of Madrid, April Wheeler (Dem . Ala.) loudly insisted these circumstances considered cumu- called in for action. and navy last evening that t latively warrant the conclusion that peace, and rightfully there. that the words be taken down, but he the Pressure from every quarter was destruction of the Maine was comrelaxed their Further referring in this connection have in to bear. Radicals and conto the either official yielded act of the of brought his the passed by friends. appeals to recent diplomatic correspondence, a preparations fur tlpQ sibility of hosA few minutes the land ascertain servatives strained every nerve. The authorities, Spanish later, after order was ment of the dispatch from our minister to Spain, tilities. It is uni'si iod they will particular persons is not vital point of the contest hinged upon restored, and New Baily York (Juiggof of the "nth ultimo, contained the continue their vor'4,v and night for material) or was made possible by a personalities. The f .v cite- - negligence on their part, so wilijna whether the resolutions should go statement that the Spanish minister the present. The0 a' ,ont' f the excnangeii further than the president had gone, ment was at fever heat. and gross as to tie eqmvaieut in culpa one of for foreign affairs, assured him posi- comment here B',lrrl ' v.. - years nas MK,n a s,.om, and declare for the independence of . ouiiy to positive criminal action. tively that Spain will do all that the disappointment, if'fs' alleged that curred as was Cuba from Spanish domination. witnessed on the tloor of highest honor and justice requires in the United States M' inw every thing the house rowers Can lo No More. the during excitement officials are the matter of the Maine. The reply she asks. The FEEDING REFUCEES. London. April 14 The Spanish preBooks were thrown, Bartiett of Georabovtt referred to of the 31st ultimo, throwing oil on tlirOuldeil waters by Those Landing In Klortila in Need of Aid. a heavy cloth covered mier, Senor Sagastn, in an interview, gia fly letting also contained an expression of the representing that I "eminent has volume at Brumm of l'ennsylvaiiia. said, according to a special dispatch Washington, April 13. In the senate readiness of Spain to submit to arbi- simply made stibnW' ' the w ill of from Madrid, that he thought the Mr. raseoe which just grazed his head and presented a joint resolution spent tration all the differences which can the pope, which "fes tremendous itself in the aisle beyond where he sat. powers could uot do more than thev directing the president to use not to arise in this matter. this weight with thep''1" country. The trouble arose over the objection have al ready done in the way of inter exceed 35.000 of the fund who are fast appropriated Besides, many fa ' IMKIiVKN IION AS A NKt'TttM., made by Mr. Bailey of Texas to the vention. by congress to relieve American citiThe afternoon papers of this city zens in Cuba The forcibh intervention of the losing relatives i"1'"ds owing to consideration of the resolution withfor the relief of American i'n n r' the the prolongation United States ns s neutral to stop the out proper understanding as to the unanimously express the opinion that citizens and others who have recently both the United States ami Spain are landed ln Florida from war according to the dictates of hu- - prospects of peacrJ du'ight length of time allowed each side. Cuba. He exi inanity and following the historical The minority report, in a brief form, heading straight for war. There isalso plained that while the citizens of Florprecedents where neighboring states proposed recognition of Cuba's inde- a disposition to blame I'resident ida were doing all in their powar to as,h" "srlwrof for his alleged indecision. have interfered to cheek the hopeless Snaiilantu Si rmia-ipendence sist the refugees, their means were I on lh'"1 sacrifice of life by internecine conflicts The vote w as then taken on the sublimited. The resolution was A (loternnient on raper. Madrid. April T?!ie nVT agreed to. lieyond their borders is justifiable on 14. of lVrt J!'0 l'1l,'tal of Min" stitute resolutions, and they were deThe stateWashington, April la for Itelajr. Warren national grounds. It involves, howMessrs. Roach (Rep., ment in General Lee s orca. one of the I'M'0 islands, has feated, testimony which ever, hiwitilc constraint upon Kdh the Washington, April U. Senator War-re- n Dorriliep., Ills.) ami Mann iRep., had an influence w ith the more radical issued notice thnI ','rs nave Wen 0 of Wyoming had a talk with the ento as well as the to eontct parties No Veel Ills.) voted with the Democrats and the laid to defend tvPf' ' members of the senate comas to guide the eventual force the forenoon. president He for the substitute. ft in l'opnlists will be allowed 'r before mittee on foreign relations was to the said he wasduring inclined to doubt the insettlement. The vote was then taken on the adop. effect that the the morning, T f11! remain outCuban governpresent tentions of Spain, but ln a matter of so C.llol'M'S I'OK lT:VFN ION. tinn of the majority resolutions and ment w as a side, awaiting in'e "1'tgovernment on paper only. grave a character he favored deliberaThe grounds for such intervention "d they were adopted, 332 to l'.i The He said, however, that he had no real l'ort M,tli,m is tion. is of names the '"'I'tarr the be as follows: thev as govsmtimiiricd Democrat, voted residence facts on the subject, and that this was may briefly Whether there would be a war he the cause of humanity and rnuieiit ,,f (he "f '' islands. It for the resolutions, were cheered. First merely an opinion. 'f shoes has extensive lii'1' did not say, but if it waa unavoidable The members who voted to put an end to the barbarities, bimsb the Lee General also said that it was not against of the best ii'r I ni'a trade a 4" resolution are as follows: Democrats true that the lights in Havana went he advocated waiting long enouirh shed, starvation and horrible min-r"'d most eoiunT lx'rU la despite denunciation aud discontent at uow existing there, and w hich I us Mediterranean. Adamsou, Ga.; Bankhead, A'a.; Brant- - out on the night of the explosion. delay to make up a complete case to satisfy any doubting nation. of the sums expanded for relief -- f the unfortunate by puhUe. eotr:htiii..i; the and government aid. president say.: In my annual message of I last, saiJ: 'Of the untried measures there re- main recognition of the insurgent as bt Uigerrnts: recognition of the inde- pendeiicr of Cuba, and iiiterien t iou to end the war by imp.,s ng a rational compromise between the contestants and intervention in favor of one or the NEWS. Authority to Intervene. lit the State trtunrj showed a balance of I141.0&VM on Pronounced A.cj.inst Annexation or Rechand. No filings will be allowed on Uncom-pahgrognition of Independence. reservation land until plats are filed showing allotments to Indiana. Neither People an KalahlUh tlmre Aa effort is being made by resident Intervention is Ne rary -- 1 ar llflne to the of Marysvale hve county aeal I Hid is Ititrlmrou ant Wagftd of Piut county removed there from Miorklnf to Humanity-- ! he it (tit to Junction. Intervene Is Jtifctllled by Injur ti the C'umnirree of the onnlry Only llrief The body of Frank Kriagbaurn, the Kerrruf Matte to the SJainw Vt itt Park City man who perished In the and Iltri-w- t ItHftTretl to and Measure Butte tire, was found laat week aud for Their Kellef A.krii for llrlef to ArmUlice. lntered at the Park. Tha fruit tree in 81. Georg-have been in bloom for a month paat and Washington, April 11. The presiother trees ara almost In full leaf. dent today sent the following message advanced. Spring- Testation it well to the congress of tlie United States: Levi X Jfarmau, couuty school Obedient to that precept of the consuperintendent of Washington county, stitution, it becomes my duty now to baa resigaed to accept a position as address your body with regard to the manager of a mercantile Institution. conditions that have arisen in Mrs. Isaac Trumbo last week began grave the relations of the United States and dinit in the Salt Lake courts for Spain, by reason of the warfare that vorce from her huahand, who haa for more than three years has raged in San Francisco for a year past. In the neighboring islands of Cubit. Herman Vogel, tha Logan brewer The present revolution is the who ahot himself two weeks ago, died of similar Insurrections which laat week at Kt. Mark hospital, Salt have occurred i Aiba, extending over Lake City, where ha underwent an a period of nearly half a century, each operation. of which, ejused enormous loss to the Governor Wells ban issued a proclaAmerican trade and commerce, caused mation recommending the observance and disturbance of Arbor day, April 1.1, as provided by Irritation, annoyance ance among ourciti.ens and by the exlaw, by planting trees and shrubs, etc. ercise of cruel, barbarous and uncivilArbor day was made a legal holiday by ized practices of warfare, shocked the the laat legislature. and offended the humane sensibilize Heber llronn nf Washington, Utah, of our people. sympathies waa fined last week for assaulting the Since the present revolution began Indiana who had been trailing Hank In February, IS'jf,, this country lias Stocka. They went iuto a atore and been ravaged by tire and sword in the when they came outside found their course of a struggle unequalled in the guns broken. They accused Brown of of the island and rarely parthe deed, which he vigorously resented. history alleled as to the number of the comOn January 18 a maa by the name of batants and the bitterness of the con-teR. C. Paris called at the Dorernua by any revolution of modern times. section houae on the Salt Lake it Our people have beheld a once prosWestern and left a learn and sleigh, perous community reduced to comparlaying be would call for them in a day ative want, its commerce virtually paror two. Up to the present time he has not made his appearance, and the alyzed, its exceptional productiveness diminished, its fields laid waste, its partiea there are puzzled to know what mills in ruins and its (iconic perishing to do with the property. tens of thousands from hunger aud The Utah Bee Keeper association by met In Salt Lake City last week. The destitution. In April, m:m, the evils from which following ofticers were elected for the our country suffered through the Cueniulng year: President, E. T. Lovesy ban war became so onerous that mv of Salt Lake; vice president at large, predecessor made an effort to bring George Hane of ltenjamin, Utah counabout a the mediation ty; secretary and treasurer, J. H. of this peace through in any way that governmeut Flaggof East Mill Creek, Salt Lake might tend to an honorable adjustcounty; assistant secretary, G. E. Gar- ment of the contest between Spain and rett, Bountiful. Davis county. her revolting colony. It failed, Governor Wells has offered rewards through the refusal of the Spanish MKreiTtlng 14 '00 for the arrest ahd to consider any form of government of in the jail lodgment following or any plan of settlement mediation, Boost outlaws: Hutch Cassady, which did not begin with the actual Joe Walker, Bill Lee. Ja.dj Moore, submission ol the luslirjvnls, and then Moren Koffard, James Peterson, alias on such terms as Spain herself Miokle, and J. Maxwell, t 00 each; for only aee fit to grant. The war conChria Madsen, Monte Butler, Al Akres, might tinued unabated. The resistance of Lew McC'arty aud John Moluigren, the iusurgeuU was in no wise diminf aOO each. Utah atockmen have organized and ished. INfll'MAX WARFARE. call themselves the Utah Live Stock The efforts of Spain were increased, comAssociation. The organization ii both by the dispatch of fresh levies to posed f both iheep and cattle klnga. Cuba and by the addition to the horrors C. The ofliceri elected ara as followi: of the strife. The new uu l inhuman G. Whitemore, Juub, president; Jesse M. Smith, Davis, J, 0. phase, happily unprecedented iu the modern history of civilized Christian Leary, Salt Lake, secretary:.!. L. people, the policy of devastation and of board Salt Lake, treasurer; the directors, George C. Wbiteinore, Juab; concentration, inaugurated by of October IM, bsudo Jamea Andnis, Washington; A((uila lH'.ifi, in the province of l'inar del Rio, Nebeker, Rich; J. L. Heywood, Salt was thence extended to embrace all of M. all cattle men; Jesse Smith, Lake, to the Islaud which the power of the Davis, James L. Trathall, Tooele; Wilarms was able to reach. The liam Moaa, Davis; W. D. Caudlaud, Sau Spanish including all dwellings in Pete, sheep owners, and A. G. Brim, peasantry, the open agricultural interior, were horse the of Summit, representative driven into the garrison towus i f isogrowers. The annual meeting of the Utah lated places held by the troops. The of provisions of all kinds was Woolgrowers association was held in raising Salt Lake City last week when matter! iuterdicted. Field were laid waste, pertaining to the good of the associa- dwellings unroofed ami tired, mills tion were, discussed. Steps were taken destroyed, and, iu short, everything to aeoure relief from burdensome ex- that could desolate the land and render it unlit for human habitation, or actions. Among other things they suport was commanded by one or the to road have tax the repealed. propose of the contending parties and other The following ofticers were elected: executed by all the powers at their President, Jesse M. Smith; vice president, John K. limit; secretary, K. II. disposal. The agricultural population, to the Callister; treasurer, W. L. Plckard; estimated number of JloiMHxt or more, executive board, in connection with above officers, Mr. Mackie, Alma Haig, was herded within the towns and their immediate vicinity, deprived of the Henry Harker; vice presidents at means of support, rendered destitute large: Box Elder county, Jamea M. of shelter, left poorly clad and exposed Jensen; Davis county, K. G. Miller; to the most unsatisfactory conditions. Piute, James Whitaker; Utah, William STAHV AVION AM K XTKHVIN 1 ION. Kerp; Juab, George McCune; Sevier, Month by month the death rate inH. E. Lisbonee: TiKsrle, Jumca L. to an alarming ratio. By Wrathall; Panpete, W. D. Candland; creased Wasatch, J. E. Austin: Weber, Adam March, 1.7. according to estimates, from Spanish sources, the mortality Pitteraon; Summit, H. C. Stephens; the reconeentrados from starWashington, Joseph Atkiti; Morgan, among Jamea Kippen; Uintah, S. R. Bennion; vation and disease exceeded SO per No pracSan Juan, W. K. Gordon; Salt Lake, centum of the total number. tical relief was accorded to the destiOrrin P. Miller. tute. The overburdened towns, alEdward X. Kirby, a prominent Utah the general ready suffering from mining man, is reported missing and dearth co'ild give no aid. his family ami friends are somewhat The war iu Cuba is of sm-- a nature worried. He left his lodging house in short of subjugation orextcrmin- that, San Francisco where he was on busi turn, a final military victory for ness about March 1, since which tim either side seems impracticable. The nothing has been heard from him. alternative lies in the physical exThe wife of Hank Stocks, the moon haustion of the one or the other party shiner who escaped from the St or perhaps both, a condition which in bus to th George jail recently, applied effect ended the ten years' war by the county for aid. The application li truce of Zan Jon. The prospect of tho'ight to be In Stocks own handwrit such a protraction, and conclusion of lng and is a parting salutation to th the present strife is a contingency officials. hardly to be contemplated with the The asphaltuiu lands in the Uncom equanimity of the civilird world, and pahgre reservation have all beei least of all by the United States, affiled upon. Ninety-eigh- t were filed fected and injured as we are, deeply upon In oue day, and locators are com- aud intimately by Its very existence. ing In in an increasing stream. The Realizing this, it appeared to be my Indiana are sullen and it would not duty in a spirit of true friendliness, no take much to provoke trouble. less to Spain than to Cubans who have Jamea W. Preston, a pioneer of so much to lose by the prolongation of Utah, died at American Fork last the struggle, to seek to bring about an week where he had lived since So, immediate termination of the war, aged 76 years, lie crossed the plains lie fere nee Is made, to overtures exin 1151, coming from N.uvoo. He was tended to the Spanish government president of the 67th quorum of looking to toe gruuting of a more libSeventies. eral rule, which w as partially met, and C le. e suc-cets- Rob-ber- Iley-woo- captain-- general's A j i 1 r 1 s X', nine-tenth- s i I 1 r u """ n - les itt w, 1 fifty-eigh- j tan-cie- d -- "7" . 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