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Show sTtr -- nrar- COALVILLE TIMES. tmi rtTBLUHixo oa UTAH. COALVILLE, UTAJI STATE SEWS. at Tea candidates for cadetship West Point fro f tah passed the phy examination. Tha builders of halt Lake City, r rottiptafnlng of 4b. scants of brick and oil local brick inakersseein to be behind with their order It i aaid the lee companies of Salt Ijkc have formed a combine, and the runtumrra are protesting vigorously but to i.o purpose. Thursday, dune 24, was the warmest day known lu Salt Lake for eleven year, the llirrmoitieler registering 0I degree in the shale Sevier From present indication county 111 producr 4oouTon of s '1 iiere are a Imu I tills seaon boo under culti e lit ion T In " it Lake pest house caught fire one u . lest vye k i.mi the Inmali a bud a ni ion tatape. The pioperly was danovnl to lb amount of 1 ,nH) T. K ui ler of Lein, saw lliere art e of beet under lo al eoltiva 7650 4 tin last tloo III a year, aa year fall Is anti tir output this tons. to iie 7', I to a t, I li At tlie foil r aniiu.ll eeletirai Ion in tile UotMit of tin- old folk of Spring-vllie- , "Aim I I oily" Johnson, aged 89. waa tlie oldest of tbr I'm honored quests, ail of whom wete over 79 years of age. Thomas l. Armstrong, a Salt I.ak atret car man, yvliile engaged in picking cherries, fell onto a picket fence, one 61 tlie pickets penetrating bis aide inflicting injuries which may prove fa tal. Tha report comes from tlie tomato Add about Hooper that thcexlreinely ,,lry hifl Weather so loug continued ia threatening to have.disaatrous effect on thatgrop- - The vinca arc aald to suffering severely iu place. A bout 3 m head of boiscs are being rounded lip on tbc desci t west of tliry having been purchased by t Nebraska ranchman, ilia animals are Unbroken, but some of them are fine apecimcoa of horseflesh, of Despite the many thousand hi lied la ground fcqutrrels'reeefitty Hum mil county, these little pests iaat stack destroyed a A (tees acre Acid of They continne toeoine dow 'I hsn iWTMtl W aaviaawa.ywa.-ssvM.w.- . June Aiken and John Schofield . came across a bear in the mountains ago, and t near Spring City, a few days began throwing stonesal bruin. They wont do it Again although they ea raped by aome rapid sprinting. rX Enoch Monk, a prominent oilmen of Tayaop, met with a painful and prob-- , ably fatal accident last week, lie fell from a load of hay and the wagon passed over him. Ill ahoaldera. Beck and bead were severely braised. - Jy ban been decided by eheeeh authovitias twiUscunLuue work . for the present on the new. building .going up on Jhe corner of South Temple and Mainland intended for a home for the church offices and the Deseret al ur la-rt- s o-- l 1. - Ku-rek- - on 'Kawa. W. J, Montgomery, a Sait Lake min-- Ing stock broker, suicided no the 27th. lie was a hopeless sufferer from kld-,- , nry trouble and preferred death to hla suffering, shooting himself in lint head while hit wife waa cooking hi upper. An Inquest waa held on the body of tt illtam Vogletnan, the young man that waa killed at Payson last week by . a Rio Urnde lialn. The jurors found t that the engineer on the traiu failed to blow the whittle on approaching the .rruf crossing. Major Grant aaya that when the returna'it will be in order for the volunteer who deaire to offer their a services .fur tliowar with China tg do so through the executive. Two com. , niande in the east have done so through ' gov-erp- tbeir governor. . t Tom Dilley, the alleged outlaw, has f surrendered to the authorit tea to answer to the chkrgee of the Grand county court. Dilley declares that he can s proved la entire innocence of all charges His bonds were pieced at $2tKX) 7 - which be promptly famished. , The Utah Sugar company will make donble use of the pipe line that is being laid to connect the Bingham Junction plant withtha Lehi factory. NV. scarce in Lchl for Irrigation purposes, so the company will pump a stream of water through the pipe line to Bingham Junction for irrigation t purpose '' The clerk the Supreme court has "tent to the Flrat District court the Temlttur In the case of Abe Major, alias Morgan,' directing the court to , carry ont the sentence of death passed upon Majorafor the mnrdef of Captain Brown of Ogden. Tha fir4 detachment of U tab boya to fight ia the war' against tha Chinese left Salt LV last week. There were eleven men in ihe party and all well known (a Utah. Their immediate de tioetlon Is Fort McDowall, Cal., and .from there to Hongkong. tel , MUTINEERS EXTERMINATED. m Lasbad to tha Moalhs af Sios. la flaeaa. flames: PERISH IX tsnsao sad The Rotterdam correspondent of the I transpires Daily Ihrouicle says. Hhinksksssa at recent the that mutiny Fort, near Iloma, waa du to the about-inab- l treatment of the soldiers wives w when the by govei nor of the fort, ho, tha women refused to do hard manual labor without pay, had them stripped and Aogged till the blots! ran down Ibelr bodlr. The mutineer are now all exterminated. They warn .hunted down and Shot on sight or lashed to the mouths of cannon and blown pieces by platoons before admiring lielgiaii officials in gala dress by order of tlie act'ug governor SOUTHERN CHINA REVOLTb- -- Province two ay onfedersey and Dl avow Prior TUsa's Dover, aacnt. While nothing but sinister news from northern thins, southern ia seemingly hreakiug away Ali the province from tha amp-ire- . south of the Yellow river whose viceroy aod governor maintain friendly relations with the powers, through tlie consul, have been infoimally constituted into a confederacy , with Nankin a the capital According to an F.x press cable from Shanghai, dale! July 7, the southern 'I viceroy wholly disavow Prince uans 'J have prai liry government conatituti d an indt pendent slate extending from Hie lloanglio to the Brit-isand Freni h fiontiera. come China fN n) t-- 'n A 11 1 ooca. , l et OMelallj Announced Chat He Waa Uaekd Xu Ttwe by ttnxera. " Oflldlif 'dispatches ' re?MveF by ' tlie The. big reservoir of the Grand Rapids. Mich., waterworks system, lo. consular body at Shanghai, contirns In the fullest manner the report the s4iiUliuja.Cn. ah" von Krftelei t TtfitefiFtywr-yiauin a district in a northern part of VK German minister, on Juno 19. Thu city, burst at S oclock Monday morn-nMure than 100,000,000 gallons of ambassador waa riding in legation water waa let loose and rushed down street, when he was attacked by and Boxers, 'dragged from through the valley adjaceot, flooding an area peopled by alioutu.tMHi person. his horse and tilled His holy wa One woman waa Lazily hurt, but no hacked with The other fatalitiea or serious injuries were German legation and six other buildreported. Rough climates place the ing wars humeri, and a Bomber of serOne hundred vant of the legation killt d uod their damage at $300,000. houses in all were wrecked or badly bodies thrown into the flames. The bieak in tha reservoir damaged. Official t'oiifit matum of this ghastly grew until it was thirty feet wide and business Ha rated tlie utmost con more thn ten feet deep. sternation among the eonsut general a ANCESTORS A HOSTAGE- of the powers, who expressed frurv I bat The uravra of ( l.liiese ta U Destroyed It war a loutrancee uil1 be dei lared against the Ietin government The They Harm torelgHera, The consular body at Tien Tain has consuls entertain little hope that any foreigners are left nlive in the capital. unanimously proposed to their government at the sole means of saving There acre loo foreigner connected the foreigners at lekin that the united with the legations, fifty in the custom power should inform the Chinese house, Knglish and Amtrieau tmmata authorities that the grave of the an- and others to the nuinlwr of 150. and cestors of the imperial family at iekln nearly 5u legs t ion guard will be destroyed If the foreigners at BOTHA BECOMES ACTIVE Iekin, eeeiaUy the ministers, are harmed. It Is understood that Great Boer Ueneral Stitt Keeps ihe llrllli.li Oana-'- l Britain is not disposed to adhere to tlie proposal. General Botha i showing increased Ill activity. wide patrols cover WAR NOT ENDED. airetchca af country, appro.,, h near the Lord Roberts lias Iut a Stop to Return of British oulposlx and engage ln skir (villa ns. tnbdies. while large, bod eslhrcatentO - It i clear tbatLord Roberts docs not attack, declining Lu ai,,in 1 j ves consider the war in South Africa ended to be caught by the return blow as lie has put a stop to the return of which the British prompt'y seek to decivilians and lias ordered mining uicti liver. back to llloonifoutien. A Hacks of tin lie Is credited sort were made on with thinking that three months must Friday tast af r;nH.,rp.H.rt on elapse before affairs will las settled al Iotcd a,cw and .it Sptmg. enough to permit a resumptlou of bux- als Botha and Do Wet e seemingly ine A, large body of But.sli are opetating m com luio,i ,m Botha is again reported lo Swarilnnd reported to have dm, I,, in force into iwopaits. one moving UlSt ami SI. t.nU Strtke Ended. to tlie soul h lo Iri to elfe other A compromise has been reached bewith i'c V juuclur, tween the striking street car men of I I r.vop, ( ,i "i. fit. Louis and their employers, and the strike has been declared off Both According lo Jutest r, porl thp side made concessions. The tueu may lie, I foi cc have the folh,w,ng troops join Union or not. ua they see fit, and tn China, t.eimsny lo, dicers no person will lie who haa atlvl 1,400 men. lrcivi Bril,, ( been guilty of acta of lawlessness. era and 1.700 m, n Mr, ,, (jlpi.rt T wo Filipino Leader (aptared. and 137 men. r, 33J men: General Aguino and Uicartc, FiliI' ilnil 3$7 , d in pino leader bava been captured ac- men; Italy. 7 oflu-,.U, 3T9 officer and f 7o n cording tv) recent advice from General McArthur. A large quantity of am- ala 117 officer and Vm total of 53 Held gun ,tnd munition waa taken by their captors. guns Tea Thoosaad Miners Strike. kill a 4 ill, Hi, I, Ail the union minera in Alabama,, A dispatch from Manil., mi In date about 10,000 In number, suspended M of June .30 sav usuiau J u: ina Ar work Monday, pending the settlement M of the I'wentv-fiftb of tha wage dispute between them nold, company Infantry, who w., tried aod the operator ,)e (.h,Ifr, of murder tvefore a gen, Mai, has eet fvHin,! to Crime. Jee looey gmlty (imt to be dvshonursbly discharged, Henry LaRlanche, proprietor of the to forfeit all allowance due lllm aD1 l0 Saddle Rock restaurant. 8an Franbe confined at hard IatH,r cisco, shot and probably fatally matnder of hi natural l.fefr lhe re4 Arnold wounded hla wife at 2:30 o'clock yea-da- y killed benora SlN a native was o( the Jealousy morning. Magalang. Luzon, hy . sh,Hjiug her . cause. ' ' with a pistol, Jan f. ,, ' S.3S-Aerl- TREACHERY rtraa cca lh Iloxrra AI1 t 9F CM'NESE ARMY. .turk". Trwopa Sent 40 Keltevr I'ckto. ty. There is no longer auy doubt as to sympathy of the Chiurte artny with Admiral Scjmuur who the ltoxrra. DHiinauded the relief expedition sent le relieve Iekiu given a detailed report, which lathe tirit official information onfiriniag the suspicion of the powers, is no word has Vwjeu received from Ie kin for Sweaty days LIejkyt,. under late of June 29tli. Have returned to Tien Tsin witli the forces, being unable to reach Iekln by rail On June 13 two attacks on the advance guard were made by the Boxers, who wete repulsed with considerable loss to them, and none ou our side. "On June 14 the Boxers attacked the trui-a-t Lang Van in large numbers We reand with great determination pulsed them with a los of about lot) killed Our loss waa seven Italians "The same afternoon the lloxera attacked the British guard left lo protect Lofa station Reinforcement were .ent back and the enemy d ri ven off of our seamen with 100 killed. were wounded "We pushed forward to Anting and engaged tlie enemy on June 13, and Juue 14, inflicting a loss of 175. There were no casAultica on our hide. "Lxten.sive destruction of the railway in our front having made further advance by rail impossible. I decided on June 15 to return to Yang Tsun, where it was proposed to organize an AiliMtice hy the nVer to After my departure from Lang Yang, two trains left to follow on Secretary VTIUua talks ta Forratry w cic attacked ou June 19, Association. by Boxers In hit address to the members of the and imperial troops from lYkin, who Forestry association at the American lost fioni 400 to ,( ill killed. Our casuScience association Secretary Wilson alties were t5 killed and 49 wounded. hese trains' joined me at Yang Tsun aaid in part: We have not given sufficient attention the same evening. The railway at Yang Tsun was to the growing things In field and torest, nor the influence exerted upon found entirely demolished and the trains could not be moved. the field by the forest. The force being short of provisions Heavy exportations of grain and lumber are regarded by observers as and hampered w tit wounded compelled the beatevldence of national prosperity us to withdraw on Tien Tain, with hud not been in coinmunica- while closer inquiry will discover soil 110,1 fur sl loss and the of ability to exhauation, J,ys uud our supplies bad hceu cut off. retain moisture on hill Dd plain. Ul1 June 19 th,: wounded, with As enlightenment among men ad- with the centuries we fell tree f8s,nt's started by the boat, the forces regardless of the consquences. Our niarching alongside the river. Government policy of giving the land! "Opposition was experienced during ,lldc course of the river from to the people has facilitated this war- - thl fare ou the tree It seem a pity to neHrly every village. The Boxers, us now that reserves were not made by w,u n defeated in one village, retired the Government from sea to sea, e. L the next, and skilfully retarded our pyeially ort bdgk latitude where river Jdvancc by occupying well selected w hich they had to be rise, otv aaeh shallow soils that cannot j endure the sun, oa broken lands that forced often at the point of the bayo-forbid thk plough, and tb like, but, nel and In face of a tiling fire diffi- reflwetlon excuse us from wandering, suit to locate. "On June 23 we made a night march, it la ncraly impossible now to aave a tree northwardly, southwardly and ri iviug at day bruak opposite the imwestwardly. The axuien will soon hoe perial armory. Tien Tain, w here after through the forest, two decades or friendly advances, a treacherous heavy lea will exhaust our primitiv forests ' Hre WH!' upcuetl. while our men were exposed on tlie opposite river hank. cf building wood I lie enemy weie kept in check by SEYMOUR REPULSED. fire in front, while their position, Ballaf Expedif.m to I rkt. Drlv.a Back as Umu.d by a party of marines and With Draw Louea. ' Admiral- Seymour T'1' MaJor expedition has been relievedhaving failed to connect " Funs, with Peking. Admiral Sevmour'a ex- b ''vr,u'" to is Tien Tain. ID.!, pedition returning ,UUS I forCihaS stlffefed greatly. 1t,n oroh8Cl1 lhe river It ! eall- "A mated from 40,000 to 60.000 Chines, alUrSplTh: next (X,pled troops are now before Peking. Boxer the com Lined forces. Determined at from all sections are swarming thera. tempi to letake the armory were llle foll" inif dT. bur unsue- The" admiral waa found aotrenched ",!V'e V tl aod urrounded by immeoae maaae. of tolluJ llumenM. store.sof gun arm. Chinese, who were driven offby the and ammunitions of the latest pattern, Attacking column after a briak fight. h'lir.il guns were mounted in our deHi men bad mad a brilliant resist- fense uud shelled the Chiuese forts low , r dow u ance, never failing in courage for fifllai mg found Binmuuition and rice, teen day of continual fighting. Duruld have held out for some days; icing hampered with large tauin- ing ten day the men were on quarter r of "u'lcd. I sent to 'l ieu Tsin ration They started with provision ',I ft rulievin which arrived ou for three day, and they could have the morning of June 25. held out a day or two longer. lie armory w as evacuated and the arrived at Tien Tsin on June 20. The column waa a few mile beyond burned tlie armory. Lofa. Deeming It hopeless to attempt to break through the hordea, Admiral Karmen, win Tight Seymour esyed a night retreat to, 1', of the Quema- ny!va.aart-farmers Tieo Tain, but- be came Into collision honmtr - artm-i- l and guarding valley with a atroug force of Chinese arriving i pmut that has been selected by the from tha northwest, and could neither :oil'-i.- i Meel company fur the erection advance nor retreat There waa noth- - f a il.im four miles long and having a IngAo do butntreuch and to stand iepih of seventy-tir- e feet at the breast. aiega. He vainly tempted heliograph-i- c Tin farmers deelare tlie dam will lie a communication. Tk Chioes dis- inensee to public safety and decrease played fanatical courage in the attack. to, d tie of their lauds. The property owners below tlie dam claim Flllptao Kebala Kelaaaed. they "ill be in constant danger of a repeti-- o Nine-o- f the insurgent leaders, .' of a Johnstown flood The clash Gcnerala lio Iel Pilar, Con"' i til Tllp and the eugiueers n aod Garcia have be, Alvaret, ception, ' o, r exieeted at auy time. released upon taking the oath of alHail letil Oregon Aaliora. legiance to the government and reIt is rumored at nouncing ail forma of revolution In the Shanghai that the imed States battleship Philippines, together with making forOregou is mal acknowledgment of American sov- usUi'ie on the island of Hoo Kie in the Miao lo ereignty. group, fifty miles north of n. p loo. and that a much is more oath Thia stronger and steamer of the in 'otlnna Navagation company has binding thau the oath which Ueneral Otia administered and waa consequent- gone to t er assistance. The London ly distasteful to the Filipinos, who ac- Time also aaya the battleship went cepted it with bad grace, fully realis- ashore aud that Messrs. Jardine, Miithiexoa to sent her, assistance. ing the results of any violation. Karat Jtwiueat of Cblaaso Minister. boilT Rfllirrd Tha chief development of tha weak Admiral Uemey has relieved Admiral In tha Chinese situation was tha a (Tort Kempff n,e necessity for Admiral of the Chinese Minist, IV u Ting Fang, Kempff s speedy detachment, it is said to aecurc an armistice in the operation at the navy department, baa been apof American troops nntill Lt Hung parent ever since it wa learned that reach could and Peking bring Flag Captain McCall had Chang gone to the about a evasion of the disorder, Trout with Nice Admiral t rather novel on a The proposition bey mou r's and la baaed upon representation of column, for it wa wen known to tb Yiearoya of tb important prov- officials that without McCalla's con-ttaince of tbo valley, advice the aeoior naval that they can maintain order without officer could not American be depended upon to tbgaid of foreign troops, and that tha meet grave emergencies involving dispresence of Ih foreigner would sat cretion of atiigh order merely a an incentive to disorder. -- British-;-Reside- also employers of the companies wciv on all tlie piers Men. women and from I'ihlli Taiana IUv No I fr children were on the canal boat, aod the Land of Iha Hiar. men on the barges and lighters, aod Word cornea from San Antonio, '1 exas, wheu the lire made its qni k dev.-c- t that a fight occurred between cowboy them escape waa ent off beforv and Chinamen Is longing to tbc 1'ei upon realized tbeir awfut posillou they Chung colony in liuial ronnty. Four 1 he people on tlie piers juinted ink been to have Chinamen are known the water to save themselves aod wounded, one fatally. Hue cowboy scores of men huddled under the pietv, waa wounded In the cheat Tlie timely to the supports, only to be suof of state arrival adetaehinrnt rangers clinging ffocated by the flatuea or to drop back saved further bloodshed The trouble was started by tlie cow- min the water from exhaustion Men woiking in the holda of tlie flit boy. who began tantalizing the bwere shut in hy wail if steamships ines. calling them boxer. The Orand it waa impossible to rad) line, ami ientals retired to their tpiarlcr liiein It probably never will be known opened Are on their toruieutor with bow many men perished in the ship, shotgun and pistol fi ont their doors and window. Tlie cow boy a answered as the flames were so fierce .they would the Are and tlie battle raged for some leave blit few. if aoy, remnant of the human body. time. GERMAN EMBASSADOR KILLED. RESERVOIR GIVES WAY. Billion UaBuua pt Water H Be.bc, la Beaiacaa I The perilous situation in China makes MEET HUNDRED OVER TWO Interesting a statement of tbs number DEATH AT HOBOKEN. N. J. f foreigners residing and In bus! ossa in Cbio. State consular report give the following. Ihr llamired la tl lliapitsl, While Americans Residents, 13S3; increase Msiif Mrr are MUlH(-'n- ur over 1818 of 299; Arms, 70, increase of Mrsinrri anti m Niuitwr f hntaiisr V 7. limird) d. n lrtHrtf l.t'M Hlb lo.ooo.ooo. nt. 6StJ3; increase of 414; Arms, 401, Increase of 3. German Residents, 1t1t tnorease of ire n hi- h started among the cot tou 41; Arm, 115; increase of 8. xo.. uu.l. r pier Nze.. J ui the Jiorlb French liccidcta, 1188; Ineraaaa af i.rriiisn l.loyd Mr. no. nip company at 163; firm, 76; locrrasa of 39. ooe of the most Hoboken. N. J , Russian Residents, 1621; increase of terrible and appalling conflagration 1436; Arms, 19; Increase of 3. . ver recorded in the history of thi Italian Residents, 124; decraaaa of . (.untry. lifleeu hundred live were 17; Arm, 9; no change. imperiled by I lie great conflagration Japanese Residents, 2440; increase the list of dead up to the present if 746; Arms, 193:inerese of 81. be tint are known while lo time is 200, The total number of resident, 17,193 In the variou hospitals, badly burned hows so increase of 3,772 over 1898. Many of the bodies recovered arc so The total Dumber of Arms, 933, show badly charred that they are only Iden- an Increase of 160 over 198. tified by mean of trirkel worn by tlie Iheae figures show that Russia made cat is victim minted that fully the It greatest gain in' the matter of real-leElo.iKMi.utKI worth of property waa deand Japan in the number of fi rmi stroyed. France coming next in the latter In less than fifteen unuules after lb Consul Fowler say that these tire bad started the flames covered au figure do not include tlie leased ports, area a quarter of a mile long, extend- and that it must lie remembered that ing outward from tlie actual shore l.ne ia the case the Great Britain a large to tlie bulUhesds. from fi m to 1,000 feel number of Indaina and Aaiatlca ocean had and four away, caught great (Chinese born in llougkoDg the Strait, lint rs and a dozen or more smaller etc.) are included. Consequently it is liarlmr crafts in its grasp difficult to determine the true number There were buudieds of men on each of British in China. of the destroyed steamships and a fee PRESERVE THE FORESTS. women, t rowds of dock laliorera aod COWBOYS KILL CHINESE. aHilril FOREIGNERS IN CHINA. Americas wi g. (w-n- I l" l . i ,i sen-tenc- X, -- ll-kl- 1 i nec-vanc- - 1 I 4? V- - 1 v I nt Yang-tse-Kia- NORTHWEST NOTES. An electric liae ia to be built from Buffalo to Clearnioot, Wjo. A civil service examination to fill the pohitions of postoflice clerk and carrier will be held at Reno, Nev.. August 4. The electrical works and machine shop of Flint A Loiuax, Denver, Colo., were damaged by fire Sunday afternoon to the extent of $75,009 A discovery' of gold paying gravel, paying' $30 a day with the dry washing process, ih reported to Tijve been made iu Ksmeraida eounty, Nev , about thirty miles east of Silver Peak. K Carden of Seattle, manager for the J. J A da ins company system of warehouses along tlie (treat Northern, estimates Washingtons wheat crop, barring bad luck, at 30.oon.oou bushel fbe steamer Aberdeen reports tb suicide at Nome of Ben King', said to be a member of a prominent Montana He shot himself with a revolfamily ver because of a quarrel with a woman with w horn be lived The safe of Cosg'riff Bros , at Medicine llow, w as blow n open Wednesday night by unknown burglars and th& contents of the safe were cari ied off. No trace of tlie burglar lias been found. Investigation shows that there is DC truth in the story sent out from Boise that a W.mkI River hoy h.is leprosy, "son of an Kp.sc nai clergyman" mentioned evidently mean a young man who has no symptoms of tlie disease. The Pacific Coast Borax works, controlled by "Birax King" Smith, have been shut down indefinitely, throwing 1 he 100 men out of employment shut down is attributed to a heavy advance in the freight rate on crude borax from Death valley In Tacoma, Wash , fire destroyed the warehouse of the Puget Sound Lounge and Mat less Factory, the buildings of the Union stockyards, and damaged Northern Pacific property in the comIrish. $18,000. pany freight yards. Two firemen were hurt Tlie The Fioriston p:,iet mills of Nevada are now employing about Mi men. Tha mills are atpre&eut making only brown wrapping paper, but when the rna- - . chinery gels in good running order alba kinds of paper will be manufactured! and about 400 men employed. The reduction works of the Detroit Copper company at Morenci, Ariz., haa been destroyed hy the r The work . consisted 'of a 1 n Concentrator, smeller, furnaces and con vertera. The fire will throw a large number of men temporarily outo'f employment. Night Foremftn Jack Oorktah of the April Foot mine at De Lamar, Nevada, was fatally injured by a premature blast. He was standing direetly over the loaded hole when it exploded. Corkish was to have been married od the Hunday'follow ing the accident, b 1 50-to- The Southern Iacifie lias authorized the employment agencies in Ogden 700 men for work ou LhaLro.id-Frorfifty to 100 men are being sent, out of Ogden to work on the various lines of railway running oof of Him city, aud yet the demand cannot tie a met. Smallpox has broken out in the. family of tlie posYmaster at Alpha, Wash., and a young man handled the giails at tlie time lie had the eruption, a case in Chehaiis is the result, and other cases have been traced to Alpha postoflice. Fumigation of mails passing through Alpha office has Wen ordered. At the solicitations of Senator the supervising architect will at once advertise for bids for completion of the United Slates public building at Cheyenne. There is avai'able for completing the building $173,000. and i. bids not exceeding this amount are se cured, work will commence on the building within three months. General John Fierce, a pioneer and prominent railroad engineer aod surveyor of Denver. Colo., dled'last week, lie snrveyed several great railway lines aod was the first surveyor-generof Colorado. He was first presi dent of the Denver A Pacific railroad with the construction of which he wa prominently identified. Attorney Patrick Reddy of San FranMr. Reddy was wel cisco, is dead. known throughout the northwest. When the miniog unions of the Coeur d'Alene country, Idaho, became involved with state and federal authorities daring their great strike Reddy was the man chosen to defend their interests in the courts and ha distinguished himself against The best legs' talent of the northwest in the numerous cases which grew out of these labor tronblea. The jury which- - iried Harry IV. Peter of Butte, Mpnt., for tha mnrder of E. T. Colby, an advertising solicitor, out haa been discharged after-bei- ng three day and failing to reach an agreement. The jury stood eight to four in favor of acquittal and it i charged that two of thoaa who favored conviction did so because Peter had worked for tha Hennessy Mercantile company after a strike of the clerks and a boycott declared against the company. These two jurora wanted to hang him for violation of union rule. NN al ar-T- en -- |