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Show American Fork World W. X. SMITH. MUahM AMERICAN FORK, UTAH NEWS. OUR IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. riiuw Frew ths Buwi of Stalin tie tot February, Washington, March 1ft. The FebUTAH. ruary statement of the imports and exports of the United States issued by the bureau of statistics shows as follows: Tbs appropriation bill pund by tbs tats senats earrisa 81, 150,000. At ths doss of tbs past weak 184 bills had been introduced in tbs bonss and In ths senate. ninety-si- x Tbs promoters of tbs Salt Lake City alt palace aay tbs outlook for the erection of tbs building1 grows brighter with each day. Darld Leech was killed while round Ing up some eattls on Antelope island last week. Ills horse stumbled and fell upon him, crushing him ao that he died in a few hours. A very interesting exhibit on Main street in Salt Lake Is a trout hatchery. It was started in December, and little bah of an inch long are now to be seen in the tank. The farmers of the southern portion of Sanpete county hare been busy the past week putting in their crops. The prospects are bright for getting in the mall grain before the good weather three-fourth- s is gone. At a school election at Sandy, a majority rote was cast In favor of levying a tax of one-haof 1 per cent, to build an addition to the school house, and the work will be rapidly pushed to completion. The White river Utes are diasatisflod with their present location on the Uintah reservation, and are anxious to get back to the reservation in Colorado, where they were located before being brought to Utah. The farmers of Levan have organised a Farmer's union. The farmers of that vicinity have become very enthusiastic over the proposition and are anticipating great results from a Imports of merchandise during February, 1899, 160,2(50,033, of which was free of duty. Increase over February, 1898, about 7,180,OUO. Exports of merchandise, 893,884,149; decrease, 81,000,000. Imports of gold, 128,-074,1- 79 15,140,000; decrease, 81,000,000. Exports of gold, 8334,840; decrease, 1700.000. Imports of silver, 81,437,037; deerraae, 8658,000. Exports of silver. 14,502,196; increase, 8800,000. For the eight months ended Febru- ary 38, 1899, there was an increase in the imports of merchandise as compared with the same period in 1898 of 132,513,234. Increase in the exports of merchandise, 830,195,560. Increase in the imports of gold, Decrease in the exports of gold, 8830,311. Decrease in the imports of silver, 81,861,618. Increase in the exports of silver, 8537,070. 836,-657,43- 3. DETAILS OP PASIO BATTLE. General Otis Report thu KnitnMt to ths War Department. Washington, March 1ft. The follow- ing cablegram has been received from General Otis: Until yesterday field operations here since the capturing of Caloocan of minor nature, consisting of driving back small bands of insurgents, with considerable loss to the later. Yes y Wheaton, with the Twentieth, Twenty-secon- d Infantry, the Oregon and Washington troops, section Sixth artillery and squadron Fourth cavalry, attacked a large force of the enemy, drove them back and took line of Pasig river, which he now holds. Two improvised gunboats in lake have captured considerable property. Insurgents loss heavy, our own killed and wounded slight, aggregating 35, mostanion of this kind. ly slightly wounded. Insurgents made The city of Springville is considering no determined stand. Otis the proposition of municipal ownership of waterworks, and as the majority of QUEEN MAY RATIFY. the council is in favor of the propoai Way for Spain to Hsndlo ths Peace tion, the waterworks will probably Treaty. be in the bands of the city. loon March 16. The Correspon-ienci- a Madrid, The Colorado State Line Railway says the cabinet has advised the at Kompany has been Incorporated to ratify the treaty of queen regen) Denver to build a railroad from CreUnited States, without with the peace vasse to Vernal, Utah. Charles Q. the reassembling of the cor Baxter, Sylvester 1. Barton and Frank awaiting tea. The government denies that the EL Baxter, the last named residing at United States has demanded the in Bpringvllle, are named as directors. tervention of the cortea in the ratifies A Springville man last winter lost tion of the treaty. 1130, and all search for the thief proved The presence of 300 soldiers repatriunavailable. Last week he found the ated from Cuba ata Te Deum celebration money in the house in an old glove in memory of the Carlista where he had placed it and forgotten yesterday, who were killed in the colonial wars, all about it. Now he has his wife exemplifies the intrigues of the Carlista pinch him occasionally to see if he if to gain the support of the disbanded awake. troops. An Investigation shows that Next month activity will begin at the Carlista paid five pesetas to each the shearing corrals of the Rio Orande soldier attending the service. Western at 1rice. About 100,000 sheep GOMEZ IS LOYAL. will be shorn there this season, as their Dwners find it does not pay to go far- JtMogBlsM Only Oh Power la the Island- -. ther west to the mountains to shear, That of the United State. awing to the loss occasioned by the Havana, March 16. General Gomes cold weather. ays be recognises only one power in One J. Thornton, who for a short the island that of the United States. time has been doing business in Salt All the Cubans can do, he declares, is Lake under the name of the Salt Lake by permission of the American authoriBrain and Produce company, has de- ties, and therefore the military assemcamped, leaving creditors in the lurch bly can only talk. In his opinion the to the tune of 13,000 Most of his vic- assembly is acting as It does because tims were farmers, who sold to him on it wants to get more money out of the United States. In this connection he thirty days time. ' obnoxious are points out that the assembly first probecoming very Tramps in Salt Lake. One of the weary Wil- posed to ask 880,000,000. As for himself he avers thst he is not a beggar. The lies entered the dining room of a United States government offered the Salt Lake banker, and demanded money of the banker's wife. Upon 83.000.- 000 and he has never asked an her refusal he knocked her down, and increase in the gift Indeed, he says, but for her screams might have in- to ask more would be undignified and ter-da- aj well-kno- improper. Vh Halt Lake City, Utah, March 10. The senate yesterday decided to adopt the suggestions of Governor Wells, as embodied in his veto of the fire and polioe bill, and the measure wss passed, as were also the following bills: 1 the powers and duties of the state equalization board; the state art Institute bill; providing for a winter Bourse of studies at the Agricultural college; providing for the establishment of a branch experiment station in southern Utah; creating the office of district attorney, with a salary of defining grand larceny; the pharmacists bill, raising the fee for examination. One bill was Introduced, viz., an act to fix the salaries of the district judges of the state of Utah. The house passed the following bills: Mrs. Horn's art bill; creating the office of district attorney; increasing the salary of the state coal mine Inspector; prescribing the method of assessing, collecting and apportioning taxes on live stoek; providing for an experimental station in southern Utah. Both the senate and the house ordered the clock to be stopped. Halt Lake City, Utah, March 11. The senate yesterday passed the following bills: House joint resolution Nol 3. for an amendment to the constitution, providing for a uniform school tax; House bill No. 6, defining grand larceny; Senate bill No. 135, prsecribing for the assesraent of live stock; Senate bill No. 84, granting reference rights to settlers on public E ind; A resolution was passed that the governor shall have prepared medals, to be made of bronze and silver, and to cost 83 each, to be presented to the Utah volunteers. House bill No. 47, changing the power of parole from the board of pardons to the board of corrections, was passed without a dissentt, ing vote. The Mansfield reservoir fund measure was killed. The house passed bills as follows: Relating to preference rights of state lands; Making it a misdeamour to refuse to pay fees for use of any toll road or ferry; authorizing railroads to sell 81,-50- 0; . lf dicted fatal injuries. Fruit growers of Salt Lake county ay the stories of the heavy damage to fruit eropa on account of the unusually severe weather have been greatly exaggerated. At no time up to date baa the weather been warm enough to eause the buds to swell, therefore no UTAH LEGISLATURE. ' Eagan's Own Srhrm. Chicago, March 16. Colonel O. M. Smith, purchasing agent of the government at Chicago since 1895, testified Tuesday before the government court of Inquiry that the stores of canned roast beef bought by him during the Spanish war were all upon the direct damage could have been done. of General Eagan, the commisorder Henry Van Stetter, a machinist who has been employed at the Rio Grande sary general. lie also stated that some Western shops in Salt Lake City, com- purchases of canned beef were made mitted suicide Saturday night by shoot- without his knowledge by the commisThis will tend to fix the ing himself through the heart. He sary general. General Eagan. upon responsibility left a note stating that as he had con. Chicago Mardor Mystery. sumption and must soon die, he aim-ply desired to end his sufferings. Chicago, March 16. The headless The chances of Utah flour merchants corpse of a man, mangled and bruised, obtaining a footing la the Orient with one shoe and a bit of rope dangseem to be as remote as they were a ling from the ankle, was found tossing couple of months ago. This is not among the waves of Lake Michigan, because the people of the Orient do near Hyde Fark. Upon investigation not want our flour; on the contrary, it was found that at every joint in the Utah flour is at a premium there. But body there was a gash, and the belief it Is the fact that there Is no room for is entertained thst the body was cut in freight on the steamers bound for order to double it into small compass, Hongkong, the principal point it la be more easily carried desired to reach, that is worrying that it might or box to the lake. One gash sack a in Utah's flour dealers. indicates that the spinejwaa severed. land-gran- unclaimed freights, prescribing the duties of the state board of equalization; House bill No. 153, making it a misdeamour for any man to be drunk in any street, public building or in his own house. No. 165, to prohibit private corporation from taking duplicate or similar name or misleading names. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 13. The senate worked all day long yesterday, and did not close their labors until midnight. The following bills were passed: Senate bill No. 33, by Rideout, creating the office of district attorney; house bill No. 148 passed after amending it so that hereafter in all counties the county recorder shall prepare assessors plats instead of the county surveyor; house .bill No. 95, to fix the salaries of 'district judges in districts having a population of 80,009 or more, at 83,600 and in districts of less population, at 83,000; house bill No. 160, providing that indictments for larceny shall contain only one count; Evans bill, providing that railroads hall fence their tracks; house bill No. 180, relative to property exempt from taxation; senate bill No. 73, providing for extensions of notices of trials. A good start was made on the appropriation bill. The amount allowed for clerical assistants to the secretary of state for the years 1899 and 1900 was cut down from 86,00 to 85,400. The tate auditor's appropriation for clerical assistance was increased from 83,000 to 85,700. and his allowance for eon tingent expenses was increased from 81,090 to 84,500. The attorney general's alary was cut from 83,500 to 83,000, and he was allowed an additional 8500 for assistance in his office The salary of the attorney generals stenographer was increased from 81,800 to 83,OOQ. The appropriation for enforcing the fish and game laws was made 8900 instead of 8400, and the deputy warden's salary was increased from 8700 to 81,400. The state engineer's salary was increased from 81,000 to 82,000, but his allowance for contingent expenses was cut down from 83.000 to S60U. The supreme court was allowed 8140.13, that being the deficit in the contingent exaccount for 1897 and 1898. The salary of the supreme court reporter was increased from 81,200 to 81,600. The sum allowed for the maintenance of the state library and the purchase of books was cut down from 85,000 to 84,000. The appropriation for the general maintenance of the stau juniversity was eut down from 880,000 to 860.000. The fund for apparatus and books was increased from 810,000 to 810,800. The fund for the maintenance of the agricultural college was increased from 822,300 to 824,000, and an additional 84,600 was allowed to the extra teachers for the winter course. The fund for buildings and repairs up to the close was of the academic year fixed at 815. The house also did a big day's work The following bills passed; House bill No. 153, nroviding that contracts for printing, binding and stationery contracts for tne state or any city or county government shall be executed within each of such respective districts; Shepard's bill for a general law on negotiable instruments uniform with the law in other states on the subject; Stewart's bill, No. 170, relating to convict-mad- e goods; the senate bill increasing the examination fee of pharmacists; senate joint resolution No. 10, authorising the state treasurer and the state auditor to transfer the sum of 8335 paid by Sevier county into the general fund, instead of into the school land lease fund, said sum to be available for refunding; Shepard's house bill. No. 180, relating to exemption of wages from execution. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 13. The senate worked hard yesterday, and passed the appropriation bill. The total of the appropriations will reach' 81,500, 000. For the National Guard, 816,500 was appropriated; for state 1900-180- 1. land board contingent expenses, 843, 600; contingent expenses state equali- e zation board, 83, 000; for rent of legia-tivhall, 81.000; for the examination of outlaws, 85,000; Tribuna Job Printing company, for legislative printing, 84.552.03; for Salt Lake City salt palace, 81Q.000; for the maintenance of the the state board of health, 83,100; forSenaSlate Industrial school 838,500; an aptor Bennion'a motion to insert on the propriation 87,500 for interestuniveramount to be borrowed for the one of sity was carried, as was also 839,000 for the state' share of salaries of county officers; house bill Nix 102, inspection, was relating to fruit tree bill No. 78, relatpassed, as was house on corsummons of service to the ing porations. Less than a dozen members of the SKELETON p.. IN AN ARM CHAIR. ot tbs Bpaatab Admiral VUIaatU Posad Near SeaUago. Santiago da Cuba, March 15. Gener-- al Leonard Wood, military governor of the department of Santiago, In the of presence of the adjutants-genera- l the department, Colonel Bacon and Captain Gilmore, Captain Scott, captain of the port, and other officers, positively identified the remainaof the Spanish officer discovered a few day t ago among the rocks on the El west as. of Morro, four miles those of Admiral Villamil, who commanded the Spanish torpedo boat dein the naval battle which house congregated in the chamber at stroyers In the destruction of Admiral resulted 10 o'clock yesterday, and after over an hour's wait for a quorum to materialize Cerveras squadron. Accompanied by the officers named they sauntered until this morning, The 14. March and Salt Lake City, Utah, by others. General Wood went in senate put in a long day yesterday, a tug to investigate personally as to working until midnight Fifteen bill the truth of the report that the body were passed and one was killed. The bills passed were as follows: Relating of a Spanish officer had been found, to the probate of wills; regarding costs tied in an arm chair, at the point on dismissal of appeals; to prevent the designated. The report proved well publication of namea of corporations; founded. relating to witnesses in criminal cases Nearly opposite the point where the in justice courts; praying congress to restore to the public domain certain wrecked torpedo destroyer Pluton lies. in General Wood found an armchair with portions of the forestry reserve Uintah county; relating to the method around it, a skull, bones on tho of appeals to the supreme court; in- ropes remnants of cluding attorney's fees in mechanics ground and the ragged to in the Spanof a cost the uniform lien cases in the bill; relating captain procedure for new trials; making sal- ish navy. It waa evident that the buzaries of district attorney for Third dis- zards had stripped the bones of flesh. trict, 83,000; for Second district, 82,000, understood is It though as to this, and for the other districts, 81,500; profor state no for is the revenne for there certainty that Admiral. viding 1899 and 1900; relating to the branding Villamil waa taken ashore from th of convict-mad- e goods; providing for Platon in a dying condition, tied in sn punishment for offenses committed at arm and the supposition is that in chair, regard primaries; revising the law to negotiable instruments; to permit he died immediately on reaching the the United States government to pur- shore, the body being left abandoned, chase a site for the new federal buildamong the rocks where it remained ing; prohibiting the adulteration of undiscovered until a few days ago. and referendum initiative vinegar; the General Wood, through the war deresolution; and making the supreme court hold four terms instead of three. partment, will notify the secretary of The bill relating to the publication of state of the finding of the remaina so notices in newspapers wss killed. The house passed the following bills: that they can be removed to Spain, Directing election judges in the out- the Spanish government so desires. side counties to send election returns Pending finsl disposition they will by registered mail, in order to save the at the arsenal here. The tattered large expense of special messengers; uniform will also be held subject to relating to state institntlons drawing their biennial appropriations; fixing Spanish orders. short-abou- if be-kep- t the salaries of district attorneys; authorizing the United States to purchase site for federal building; relating to the recording of marks and brands on live stock; joint resolution for the submission of an amendment to the constitution in relation to changing county boundaries; joint memorial relating to the selection of state school lands in fractions of sections away from the original section; relating to the dnties of the state board of equalization; extending from ten days to thirty ' days the time for defendants to answer when summons is personally served outside of the state; providing for the payment of expense of assessing and collecting taxes In cities, including cities of the third class. The honse concurred in the senate .amendments to house bill No. 53 relating to new trials. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 15. The senate was in session all day, but accomplished very little business. The following bills were passed: Substitute for senate bill No. 5, relating to the service of summons from justices courts; house bill 173, relating to the duties of the state auditor; the roads and bridges bill; house bill No. 153, providing for having all state printing done in the state and county within the limits of the county; house bill No. 174, making some minor changes in the forms of treasurer's receipts; house bill No. 175, making changes in the method of collecting state taxes. The evening session wss passed in considering the governor's appointments. The house passed the following bills: Senate bill No. 67, to increase the salaries of county surveyors in the smaller counties from 8100 to 8350 and 8350; No. 93, prescribing the method of conducting primary elections by political parties; house bill No. 138, to require county recorders to furnish county treasurers with certified records and abstracts of tax sales. While waiting for the general appropriation hill to come from the conference committee, the house's afternoon session was commenced by having a little fun with senate bill 41, by Evans, to prevent persona under the age of 18 years smoking or chewing tobacco, the bill having been rejected on Monday. A motion by N. J. Harris to substitute the word over for under, preceding the phrase the age of 18 years, was carried, on the ground that old age should be punished first The appro- Sriation bill was finished during the sent to the senate for ita con- currence. The total of appropriations is 81,U4,58a DELAWARE DEADLOCK. Legislative 8elon Ended W.thoat Electing a Senator. Dover, DeL, March 14. After one of the most exciting scenes that has ever been witnessed in the general assembly of this state, the session of 1890 ended yesterday afternoon without-electina United States senator to succeed Hon. George Gray. It ia ths first time in the history of the state that there ia an unquestionable senatorial vacancy, and owing to the precedent of the npper house of congress-irefusing to seat gubernatorial appointees after the legislature of estate has had an opportunity to elect, the eat of Mr. Gray will remain vacant until the general assembly of 1901 hall choose his successor. At th same time the term of Senator Richard R. Kenney will also expire, and it will therefore devolve upon the next legislature to elect two senators. g n ITALY HAS WEAKENED. Mo Ultimatum Has Bean Dallvorad China. to Rome, March 15. The Tribuna asserts that Italy haa not delivered an ultimatum to China. On the contrary, the Italian government haa disavowed the action of Signor Martino regarding the San Mun bay affair, and haa recalled him, confiding Italys interests to the British minister at Pekin until the sncceaaor of Martino arrives there. The news of Signor Martinos recall eame as a complete surprise to the public. It is understood his note askthe first Italian ing China to note waa regarded by the Italian government as too conciliatory, but the general belief ia that China will interpret the recall aa a sign of weakness. Count Orgni, the Italian minister at Tokio, will be appointed to succeed Signor Martina re-acc- PASIG HAS BEEN TAKEN. 0aral Whaetea Attacks and Captaras the City. Manila, March 15. General Wheaton attacked and captured the eity Pasig, TEN MILLION DOLLAR DEAL. east of Manila, Monday afternoon. Eastern Capitalist Patting Moay lata The enemy made a stand for an hour, but at the end of that time were forced Utah Min. New York, March 12. A ten million to retreat The loaa of the Filipinos waa thirty killed and sixteen prisoners, dollar mining deal has just been and of the United states forces six in a Utah mining venture were wounded. that was enginered by Boston and New THEY STAND FIRE. York financier. con-snmst- ed The United States Miaing company Two er Three Begalar Regiments May ba waa organized with 810,000,000 capital. Organized Prom Volant!. It will control several large mines in Washington, March 15. It la exBingham, Utah, including the Old pected that General Otia will be authJordan, now a large and well known orized to organize two or three regiments of the provisional army out of property. The various properties to be consoli- the volunteers from the various states dated have been nnder inspection for now at Manila when the time cornea several weeks. The capital will be di- for mustering out these volunteers. vided into 400.000 shares at 835. It will The volunteers. It is stated at the war tart with 81,000,000 cash in the tress department, do not want to come home, having the American determination nry. not to retreat while under fire. ; |