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Show COALVILLE TIMES N. J. PETERSON, Editor Entered st tba Poalofflca t'Uh, Mar T. ll4. a Matter. mat Pays One Tear Fla Month sad Nutr In Coalville, Sacond-CUa- NEEDE0 I a to la Adeaaee. l Bo , .75 1 OS Congress Which Expired on Monday Broke Record for rtau Francisco. Money Expended. and rccousinietlou UTAH STATE NEWS A The trial of Mr. Bradle may be advanced so that It may be com menced In April. Christopher Reese. a brakeman was caught between two care at Bing ham Junction and ao badly crushed that he may die. From Denver comes 'the announce meat that Harry Lewis and Pete Sulll van are matched to light six round in Salt Lake on March 10. The- - county commissioners of We nd be her jrtitintjr have decided to tween $8,000 snd $10,000 for macada mixing roads during the coming sum mer. The Provo Pressed Brick company will go extensively into the manufacture of d ruin tile this season. Ala chlnery with a capacity of from 15,000 to 20,00 a dy has been set tip. The Deseret Reclamation company of Cedar City has fltcd Its articles with the secretary of state. The capital stock Is $13,000, divided Into shares of the par value of $10 each. Some time during Sunday night thieves broke open" 1 her 'door of the sanctuary of the St. Joseph's Catb olio church, at Ogden, and stole the contribution box. together with Its contents. The Cedar Arid Farming company of Cedar City, filed its articles of In corporation with the secretary of stats last week. The capital stock Is $5,000 divided Into shares of the psr value of $20 each. The seventh annual reunion of the Utah Indian war veterans In Salt Lake City waa held last week and waa most successful, over a hundred of the veterans being present, together with their wives and daughters, A number of Ogden mea have. organised a .company for the purpose of launching a new canning factory at The factory .will be Brigham Cit ready for business by June 1, and the ptynt will have a five months rut Amount Approximates One Billion Dollars,' Rivon and Harbor Appropriation Alone Being $83,000,-00- 0 Salary of Public Servants Increased. Washington. More money wss appropriated during the short session ol which Fifty-nintcongress, the on March noon at Into history passed 4, than during any previous session The amount approximated a billion ' dollars. Two 'big' ba'ttleshipi fSr' the 'navy and the artillery were authorized was reorganised the of army corps A general service pension bill was granted to veterans of the Mexican and civil wars, and life provisions For were made for army nurses. the river and harbor improvement appropriation aggregated $83,000,000. Increased salaries were given to cabinet officer, the vice president nd senators, the speaker of the and Its house of representatives members; to ambassadors, minister nd consuls; to postoffire clerk and letter carriers. The public made more Inquiries lot Information Dora the document room of congress regarding the hlp subsidy bill, the currency measure and the bill regulating the hours of service of railway employees than any other pending legislation. The ship subsidy bill died hard In the last hours. The Immigration bill, one of the measures brought over from the long session, waa completed under the spur of the president, that he might meet the California Japanese situation by giving the administration control of coolie Importation through passports. The bill further restricts the admission of aliens to this counh try. A bill was passed for the establishment pf an agricultural bank In the 1 " Philippine , Islands, Ths free alcohol Tiuh year.' law of last session was modified that Jacob Q Bigler, who was buried at , farmers - may -- distill waste- - products Nepbl on the 26th, helped to build the to be denatured. temple nt Kauvoo, came to Salt Lake The right of appeal In criminal City In 1851, and moved to Nephl cases was granted the government, a In 1853, where he had resided ever measure Intended to strengthen the since. He was the first - bishop of antitrust legislation by affording a means whereby the supreme court Juab county. may pass on the constitutionality and Stuart McNamara, assistant United construction of such laws. States attorney, who is preparing the was authorised An Investigation case against Mrs. Anna Bradley and regarding the condition of women and The Interstate comworkers. jrill be active In conducting the pro- child to secution, says that the case will prob- merce commission was authorised ascertain it the express companies as aa be reached the first early ably of the country are evading the railweek In May. road rate law of last session, by buyWhile on an outing with a woman ing, selling and handling on consign- ' -- - companion, James A. Godfrey, a railroad employee, was drowned In the Ogden river near the mouth of Ogden canyon, Sunday afternoon. Godfrey became dlxsy and fell from the bridge into the stream. The house has passed the senate act to place the name of Harry A Young on the army rolls as aaslstant surgeon of the Utah light battery, with rank of first lieutenant, from Jan. 1$. 1809, until Feb. 6, 1899, when be waa killed In action. After examining fifteen witnesses the joint legislative committee which has been Investigating the coal shortage believes that It has been sufficiently enlightened as to the complex subject of rate making to recommend some legislation which will relieve the stringency In the coal market during the winter seasons. Announcement Is made that A. L Brewer, who controls several canning factories In Weber county, will erect two additional factories In time foi the handling of the crop next fal Approximately $30,000 will be expended to equip the two plants with ms chlnery. G. W. Roberts, a huckster, waa throws from bis wagon In a runaway Jn Salt Lake Ctty and badly injured. Sis soldier stationed at Fort Douglas have been arrested on a charge of assaulting and robbing Harold Ber rum In 8slt Lake City. Berrum was badly beaten. In a spectacular robbery shortly before mldnnlght, two masked road agents held np the Warm Springs saloon In North Salt Lake and stole $50. After getting the money the men tnatle gw.d .escape; .anljt la be, lieved caught the 11:45 Short Line train for Ogden. Hyrum Goff fell from the cars while at werk as a hrakeman at Bing hum Junction and waa knocked senseless. A fellow brakeman happened tc walk down the track and stumble over his body just In time to pull ths tmeonsrk us man from In front of as I approaching train. William Chamber. Salt Lake's col- , ored policeman, died fast week from aa! attack of pneumouta. Just a year ago ha bad been appointed a member of , the police force and during that time has won the respect of every member of the fore cn account of bis gentlemanly sells ns. - IK ment fruit, vegetables and oyaters. Reed Smoot waa retained by the senate aa a senator from Utah, ending four years of controversy. Ths senate ratified trestles with Santo Domingo and Algeria. Ths president was authorised to use his good olltnes to prevent atrocities In the Congo. The senate also launched an exhaustive Investigation of the Brownsville affair. After the recess the house agreed to the conference report on the general deficiency bill. A number of monument bills were passed. UNLOCKED SWITCH. DEADLY HARRIMAK I' o Two Victims of Wreck In Los Yards; Flvs Othsrs Hurt. Los Angeles. An unlocked switch on the Los Angeles, San Pedro A Salt Lake company's line caused a disastrous train wreck within the city limits on Sunday. C. S. Hamilton of Los Angeles, the engineer, was ground to pieces under his engine; Walter Pruett of Pomona, aged 14 was fatally scalded and burned, and five others were more or less seriously hurt An-got- House Members Work on Sunday. Washington. The house expert enced trouble in obtaining a quorum on Sunday, but when the necessary number was secured business pro ceeded aa utfqal. A greater part ot the day's session was given to consld Ot oration of conference reports thgse a partial report on the sundry civil bill and a partial report on the La Follette railroad bill were accepted and the bills sent back to confer-encTor farther "eon sarfatToti wrth the representatives of the senate., e ;j ; I tt development, la going on In Ban Francisco has resulted In most appreciable shortage of labjr all over California, Mid from all psrtt of the state there Is urgent call t men and women, and for teams, Is rullmkted that 17, 00 teams are gt work- in Ban Franclco, and to atpp)y this extraordinary demand all snd cities, and even the farign themselves, throughout Caltfurnp' have been depleted to su b an exte g that the shortage Is a serious one shortage is also noted In agricultural districts, and It is e I mated that employment will be rea for many tbouand men beginning season. In all the the earliest fruit lerior low ns 1 arid " IlTes Vhbfe t f located small factories there is c i tant and increasing demand for male help as operatives. In the lu i ber districts there Is marked shn t age and it Is estimated that betwe i ten and fifteen thousand men will needed to supply the demand. work that fr SENATOR SPOONER RESIGNS York-Pittsbur- App., ,, Mad t0 th Pr0iper0ui American Psspls to Aid Starving Russians and Chinese Dally the Number of Deatha Inc reate. Washington. 8. J. Barrows, representing a committee appointed at a mass meeting held In New York, called upon the president and Secretary Root on Thursday to urge action by this government to aid the famine-stricke- n Russians. The committed is desirous of having the president Issue a proclamation Informing the Antert can people of the extent of the famine, and requesting them to contribute funds. The needs of the Chinese are set out In the following cable dispatch to the Christian Herald, New York, from the editor of the North China News: The distribution of relief to famine sufferers by the missionary committee with headquarters at Chin Klang Is proceeding smoothly. It Is recognized, however, as only a drop In the ocean of need. The area of the affected district Is enlarging as winter advances, and destitution is longer drawn out Dally the number of deaths Is Increasing, and in the interior are thousands of deaths that will never be reported. "Authorities are sending many refugees back to the localities whence they came, promising individual relief. The trouble is so few have homes to which they can return, floods having destroyed houses as well as crops. Isolated riots are reported, but all are unimportant Wieconaln Men to Quit Senate to t eume Practice of Lew. Washington. Senator Spooner I S written a letter to Governor Dav if son of Wisconsin tendering his re- - If nation as a senator of the Uni 4 States, to take effect May I n 4 Tho letter was dated Saturday, the fact that Bueh a letter had to 4 written or that Mr. Spooner conti been plated resigning did not known In the senate until late (0 day, when It created great surpfa and the Wisconsin senator at ope found himself the subject of ihag anxious Inquiries To all these that bis mind was fully mpfe up. He had fouud. he said, that to continue In his present position wdiH SLIDING SCALE PROPOSED. require a sacrifice on hts part flxt he could not Justify himself In tgd In reply to questions he sd Miners and Smeltermen Disposed to tng. be would resume the practice ot fr Avoid Strike. but declined to say' whether he wbfd Mont. While there Is no Butte, Hs be located In Wineonsln. jld outward evidence of any change In say, however, that he would contjii to be a citizen of the state as longu the labor altuatlon, there Is an under-cuftehe lives. which portends an early setFOUR PER CENT GUARANTI D tlement of all differences which may exist between the mine and smelter Bank lb employes snd the mine managements, Agricultural Philippine Passed Through House. tt has been .Impossible to learn anything definite of the result of the conWaehlngtoa.- - By a vot pft&G ference between the committees from 69 tho house on Sunday passnf Bis the MllL and. 8meltermene union, the establish senate Sill providing Mr the Engineers union snd the Butte Minment ot an agricultural bank la ths ers union, hut It is secretly reported that much progress has been made , Philippine adjustment. From a very good The passage developed diametrical- toward source it Is learned that the smelter ly opposite view on the part 4 the men and miners will accede to a slidtwo leaders of the minority, Mr scale, which will fix the wages of Dearmond of Missouri, voting lor ths ing mine snd smelter employees at a fig ths Mr. while William, measure,' nr commensurate with the skill restood squarely leader, minority quired. In any event, however, tbs Democrats against It The following will b $3.75. i voted for the bill: Aiken, Soutk Caro- lowest days wage lina; Bankhead, Alabama; Desmond. RIMED AT. JAPS AND CHINKS. Missouri; Howard, Georgia; Kline Pennsylvania; Legare, South Carol! Sweeping Bill in the Calina; Ransdell. Louisiana; Roppert. fornia 8mall. Legielature. New York; Sherley. Kentucky; North Carolina; Taylor. Alabama; - Sacramento, Cal. The lower house Wiley, Alamaba. on Of the legislature Thursday and Female Bull Fighters. passed a sweeping measure Introduced by thousand wit Ten people Kl Paso. Drew of Fresno. The ncssed a novel Bight at the Jnaret Assemblyman propbill is known as the antl-allePlaza del Toro Sunday afternoos.A erty holding bill." It Is aimed at bull fight In which places of mata the Japanese and Chinese property dors and banderlllas were filled by owners in this state, and is intended Spanish bull to prevent them from acquiring and professional female Tor fighters. The matadors killed three owning property In a longer period urging the pasand failed to kill the fourth bull, and than five years. two of the kill would have done sage of the bill. Drew stated that credit to sny matador who ever ap since January 1 of this year In Fresno peared U the Jaurez plaza. In the of the property transfers had been to Japanese. audience was Madam Nordics. hef-plie- Anti-Alla- n e e n one-thir- Train Four Psopla Killed, Two Injurad and Houss Blown to Fragments. Carml, Ills. By an explosion of dynamite Rev. J. B. Tittle, his father, his wife and baby were killed and two children of the family were fatal Mr. Tittle, who was a Jy Injured. Baptist minister, had the dynamite In his house expecting to use the explo ire In blowing out stumps. How tb dynamite happened to explode la not known. The residence was totally destroyed. Collide. Four Laborers Killed and Nearly Two Score Injured. Los Angeles. An engine on the Salt Lake route pushing work train consisting of four flat cars, ran Into O string 'of freight cars on a bridge near Leith station on Thursday. 'One man was instantly killed and thirty-firseriously Injured. Three of them died shortly after the accident. The people killed and Injured were la- Waterbary, Conn Wltii an impact of sufficient force to crash the ponderous locomotives together like paper, twist and bend them and topple them from the track down and Inin a ditch beside the track, two passenger trains, a regular and a special, met In a head-ocollision at Platts Mills. a lout a mile and a half below this city, resulting In the death of four men. the serious ffijttry tif Two wore add Tensor injurte! to over a score of other e n Shut Up With Dead'Wifa. Asheville, N. C. Refusing to be separated even for an hour from the earthly remains of hts wlte. who died twox weeks ago last Fndav, William C. Gray, a wealthy resident of Edger-town- . Mass , will not allow funeral or burial services The old gentleman has shut himself up with the dead and refuses admittance to falters. It Is said he will not leave the caske long enough total, his meals, having the food sent to hint. Mr. Gray becomes violent when nny suggestions are made as to burial. - v d DYNAMITE HORROR. Dangerous Humboldt Bar. Eureka. Cal. Humboldt bar aearly claimed another victim Sunday when the steamer Oakland, In an attempt to reach the Inside entrance, ran 00 the rocks of the south Jetty. For almost an hour the Oakland remained on the rocks and the bar tug Ranger waa called to her assistance by the life saving crew. When the tng reached the Oakland, Captain Kraget reiused aid. A big wave washed the Oakland from her perilous position, but also tore off her rudder, and the tug had to tow her In wwklnir vurthe roadbed.whleh has been washed out by the recent rains. borers- I Dynamite Exploded aa Tram Passed. Pittsburg. It was learned her early Monday that the New flyer on the Pennsylvania railroad met with a remarkable accident near Huntingdon, Pa., east ot Altoona, and an unknown woman pa aenger and David Wilcox, of Marion, Ind., were Injured. Railroad employees were blasting alongside the tracks and three charges pf dynamite were fired as the train passed. All the window 4n the train werebrok en, and several steps Were blown oil the care. Thousands of Deaths Which Will Never be Reported to Outside World. - I TAKES The house bill providing for divistate failed to Iff PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT pass the house. Claims of various neaspapers of the $1,978, were alstate, aggregating lowed by the house last week. Says tha President Needs More Die The senate on March iBt killed and bill, burl'd the' Croft cipline to Successfully Handle v huh passed the house a wek ago. Building of the Panama Every cour y in Utah preacntly wih Canal. have a juvenile court, vf a bill introduced by Marks of Salt I Ale Income bad that a man with such an alert - mind as President Roosevelt has, should not have sub Jected himself to more discipline,' said Edward 11. Harriman during an interval In bis own before the Interstate commerce com mission Mr. Koosevelt Is a lery able man.' continued the autocrat of the Umor Pacific. "He is capable of doing great things if there was only more fixity of purpose. It was the day when announcement had beeo made of another kaleidoscopic change In Panama canal affaln-border of the president. -- .'Vby. dopt, you ,bpjld. the canpl, Mr. Harriman was asked.' I would It I had a chance, he replied "Let me tell you this. We spend more money every year on Improvements In the Union Pacific than could be ex pended In a year In the canal. If we ran railways tike Panama affairs are It is too Conducted there crop of receivers SHIP SUBSIDY would he a great in this country. FORCED THROUGH f Insurgents Whipped Back Into Lina After Measure Had Been Defeated. Washington. It has been years since the house was the scene of so general a battle between the two great parties as took place Friday over the The bill was ship subsidy bill. passed, but not until after It bad been defeated, and this fact in itself shows how close the alignment was When the Art vote disclosed a majority against the measure, the Democrats and their Republican allies made the bouse ring with their cheers There were several rollralls before the final favorable result was secured The Llttauer substitute was defeated on the first vote, ayes 154, nays 161. The Democrats could not re tain their lead, however, for on g vote to lay on the table, a motion to reconsider, the opponents of the ship subsidy were defeated, 156 to 159 and vote to reconsider the first vote was adopted, 164 to 154. Immediately after the first ballot desertions began, and on the final vote to pass the bill as amended the work done by the Republican leaders during the heat of the battle was made manifest. The bill was passed 155 to 149. MORGAN ARRAIGNS LEOPOLD. Chargee Cruelty to People of' Congo Free State. ' Washington. Senator Morgan reported favorably from the committee ot foreign relations on Friday his resolution calling on the president for Information as to any concessions Araerl cans may have received from King Leopold for the gathering of India rubber In the Congo Free state. The Morgan statement recites how capitalists ot the civilized nations are pushing Into the rubber forests with all manner of monopolistic arrange ments for subjecting this great product the gift of nature to their craving for wealth. He arraigns King Leopold for. the manner In which he has exploited the Congo lands In accumulating wealth tc himself by Imposing tasks of personal labor to the extreme of cruelty upon the native population." Mr. Morgan charges that concessionaires have' been empowered by King Leopold to exercise the same distressing authority over the people over which they have proceeded to enforce without restraint and without the responsibilities to public opinion which should check their avarice snd greed in dealng wth an ignorant and subjugated people. Shot From Ambush. Houston, Tex. Samuel Kranbe, a prominent Houston business man, was assassinated while leaving a house with officers where they had been searching for two of four men who had assaulted Kranbe. Two of his a allants had been captured when Kranbe with the officers went to the house in search of the other two. They were ordered out, and as they were descending the stairway a shot was fired from the upper floor, the bullet passing Kranbes through " body. A Three Cornered Fight. Washington. Advices are to the effect that the fighting in Central America has become more general, with Nicaragua bearing the brunt of a There has conflict. been constant fighting between the forces of Nicaragua and Honduras In which Nicaragua Is stated to have won the preliminary action. Great public enthusiasm and confidence exists In Nicaragua, particularly on nr 6C the aS'grerinns' fit Salvador; which Is lending aid to Honduras. three-cornere- d ac-to- Oliver Gets Back Check. William J. Oliver. Jr., Washington Butte, Mont. The labor situation of Knoxville, Tenn., received from Mr. here depends In large measure upon Rogers, the commission's counsel, the the action of the smeltet men In certified check for $200,000, which was Butte, Anaconda and Great Falls, who submitted at the time Mr. Oliver preare expected to meet soon and rote sented Ms bid for Constructing the upon - proposition to demand an In- Panama canal on a percentage basts. crease to $4 per da.r. Should the Oliver stated that pending the ar smeltermen strike, every mine In ' Mr. rival In Washington of bis counsel. Butte will shut down, and knaconda ' J. O'Brien of New and Great Falls will lose their chief Judge heMorgan would withhold from public York, bemen than 20,000 Indnstrlesmore tlon the statement he Intended to ing out or work in the aggregate. At glv out. present only about 3,000 ml net, all In to Butte, are title. Strike Would Tlejip jCamp.- - -- I WITH UTAHS LAWMAKERS. RAP II sion of counties In the CAIIF0RNIA11 From all Paris of the Stats There an Urgent Call for Msn, Women . and Ttama. or sibscmiftiot. hre Month Single Coplea 9 THOUSANDS OF MEI r a law. The conference committee report fixA L. Easting the appropriation for man. former sheriff ot itieh eouniy. Injured in a fight with an uiMsoe man. at $1,250 was adopted If the legislature of Utah can have of its wav, a national department mines and mining will tv coated and the president will appoint another member to his official fantly. the cabinet. House bill 176, regulating the use of barbed wire within the state, which failed to pass, was called up for reconsideration last week and referred to and on the committee highways bi idges. A Joint memorial session of the two bouses was held on the 26th In honor ,0f the .memories of Representative Taft and Clint IT Leigh, who 'lost their' lives in the lamentable accident at Bingham. A bill Introduced by Reprenentative Kuchler amends the present statute relating to the Utah school for the blind so that It will not be mandatory upon the Institution to receive pupils from other states. Senate bill No. 69 bas been approved by the house It Increases the work of assessors by compelling them tQ visit every section of the county in which they reside and personally Inspect the property assessed. A bill providing that officers snd members of the police and fire departments In all Utah cities shall bold their positions during good behavior, anu cannot be removed except for cause, has been Introduced In the senate by Senator Hulaniskl. The senate has passed the bill raising the salaries of the members of the state board of euqalizatlon from $800 to $1,500, after amending It so as to make the number of commissioners three Instead of four, as the board bas always been constituted. House bill No. 115, passed last week, is by the late Representative Taft and requires flags to be raised on school houses on legal holidays. It was passed after adding Lincolns birthday and flatt day to the list of days on which the flag should be raised. The business of dairying, is defined In H. B. No. 279, introduced by Robinson. Tbe measure requires that every person engaged In the dairying business shall first obtain s license. Tbe state dairy and food commissioner is to Inspect the cows snd the premises or the applicant for the license mentioned. There was nothing Indecisive about of the house bill sent" the railroad commisiUo doom. The count showed m total ot 32 against the bill and T In favor ot IL Two of those who cast their vote favorably, however, changed them before the poll was announced by the speaker. Six more anti-Luk- e bills were Introduced in the senate last week by the Judiciary committee. All of them are aimed to correct abuses incidental to the practice In Justice courts and especially the notorious Murray court presided over by Judge Durand and which Is used by Francis G. Luke as a collection agency. Senate bill 127, by Lawrence, providing that contractors on pnblic Improvements shall give bonds for the prompt and full payment of and laborers, and Ne. 133, by Johnson, granting a railroad company power to sell its lines lying wholly in a foreign country, have been approved by the senate. Inspection of cattle, sheep swtne and goats before being slaughtered U the burden of a bill, H. B. No, 227, introduced fey Robinson. The Inspection shall be made by the state dairy and food commissioner. Poet mortem examinations are to be made; whole- some meat is to be designated "inspected and passed. Two of the most important measures affecting the retail trade are slated to come before the house the first of tht. week. They are Marks bouse bills Nos. 151 and 152. The object of the proposed legislation is to protect tbe retail merchants against dead beats. Tbe governor has sent to the housts his message of disapproval of bouse bill No. 37, providing for an increase In the salary of the state superintendent of schools of $200 a year from $1,800 to $2,000. The governor's veto was based on the meagernees of the increase. A bill providing an annual license for corporations and described by Speaker Joseph as one of the most measures of the present Important If session, has passed the house. the measure becomes s law, It Is estimated It will provide aa auoal revenue of $400,000. Following the recommendation of Governor Cutler, Senator Miller, chairman of the ways and means committee of the upper house, has Introduced a Joint resolution submitting a constitutional, amendment id tha vote ot the -people relating to the rate ef taxation for state purpose If the fire and police cotnmlmkra bill has half as smooth sailing when It enters the senate as it bad In the house, It will speedily be In the bands of the governor for his executive approval. The ripper measure went through the lower branch on rollcall with only eight votes recorded against tt. The senate passed fourteen bills-o- n the 27th, the record of the session In either of the legislaturoi Tbe bills' were senate bills Nos. 113, 130, 114. 87, 119, 120,-1129 and 31, and bouse bills Nos. 19. 115, 21, 23 and 22. Most of the measures were of a technical nature and of no general Interest to-it- s 21, |