Show GIU EVENTS for holland on jan 16 we were pleased leased to receive a can call from elder ancis francis A brown of ogden a respected respected and sturdy veteran he has been aen called to go on a mission to holland and is about to depart for that country this is his second mission to that part of the world having done a good work there twenty three years ago he will carry with him the good wishes of many friends among them our own home from england elder wm wood jr of miners ville beaver county arrived in this city on wednesday evening jan 16 from a mission to great britain he left his hig home in utah OR OB the of may 1887 and on arriving ing in liverpool was assigned to the london conference and during the whole period of his mission labored in that part the districts in which he traveled were in hampshire essex and kent counties ti es a sma small LI portion of the time V was spent in london there is not a great deal of interest in religious matters there though some were found who were anxious A for the truth and gladly bladl there accepted the divine n message there was some little appos opposition ait on b but ut no nothing wool thin of a violent character elder wood it enjo enjoyed ed his missionary labors feeling that hat he was performing his duty and doing good to his fellow men his health was not of the best owing to the climate but he was able to attend to his duties he returns home in excellent spirits release 7 elder H M tanner has been honorably released from the british mission to return to his home in arizona brother tanner during the time that he has been laboring as 88 a missionary has been faithful and has performed a good work but the climate of this country has proven very detrimental to his health and he was rapidly lapsing into a physical condition which made his release imperative both J upon him and us brother tanner mg made de no co complaint empl ai nt h however 0 w e ver a and n d received his release with reluctance he sailed from liverpool on the S S arizona ariedna Ari eona december 22 1888 our best wishes accompany him and we trust that his health may be fully recovered millennial exar fire damp explosion ki by a fire damp explosion in hyde CoUie colliery rynear near manchester england jan 18 one hundred persons persona were entombed and twenty five killed dynamite in madrid amounts accounts of the repeated use of bombs continue to come from madrid the city seems to be infested with a class of miscreant i who make and explode them on jan 17 a bomb was exploded in the house of the largest weaver in the city shattering a servants leg il 1 l several persons have been arrested on suspicion prosecutions in cache county james Meik leof smithfield cache county was arrested last week for having lived with more than one wife martin larsen of newton was arrested recently on the charge of unlawful cohabitation on jan 18 lars of clarkston was before commissioner goodwin on the charge of unlawful cohabitation for the want of sufficient evidence to hold him he was discharged mr george johnson of richmond Bich mond was arrested on jan 15 for unlawful cohabitation by deputy marshal hudson he gave bonds for his appearance pe arance in the commissioners commissioner court colart when wanted for examination david butters of clarkston having given himself u up w was as before commissioner goodwin goodwan 0 on n jan 18 on the charge of unlawful cohabitation he was placed under bonds to await the action of the grand jury prank frank whitehead of richmond learning that he be was wanted on the charge of unlawful cohabitation surrendered himself to deputy marshal hudson on jan 16 on january 16 thomas griffin griffen and thomas godbey godfrey of clarkston were before commissioner goodwin Goodw ln they pleaded guilty 1 t y t to 0 the e harge charge of unlawful colu cohabitation ab I 1 t ati 0 n and were bound over to await the action of the grand jury samoan affairs advices advises from samoa represent a serious state of things there on the night of jan 5 sailors from three german garman men of war attacked a body of Mata afas troops and 22 germans were killed and 81 wounded since then alien the german war ships had burned the houses of american citizens torn down united states flags and taken a number of american citizens prisoners on board their war ships they had also fired at some english naval officers the germans justify their conduct towards americans on the ground that an american named klein led a body of Mata afas men in an attack upon germans A according 20 howl to particulars so BO far received hower ever the germans were without excuse excuse on jan 20 the united states war abi ship vandelia was dispatched from ue mare island navy yard san francisco for samoa admiral gherardi says that in case of war with germany over samoa the scene of operations rations will probably be confined confine to that island aland and though our navy la 18 weaker than germanys germanas Germ anys we would have a decided advantage in being able to throw a large body of troops on n the ground much quicker than amany returned home elder james G lowe of frank 1111 n idaho returned on january ath from tona a mission to scotland he only left aft his home last october and was assigned ed to a field of labor he be gan work in earnest but in his desire to spread the gospel overworked himself so 80 as to bring on a severe attack of illness before leaving home he had met with BB aia accident to his footland foo tand this troubled him considerably while lie was in poor health he was attacked by bronchitis and it was deemed advisable to release him as to have kept him there would have been almost certain to result in his deato death he was himself unwilling to come but apostle teasdale considered it was the best course to follow under the circumstances the president of the conference where he labored elder whittaker wrote president george E parkinson of the oneida stalie stake explaining the circumstances and stating that elder lowe was one of the most efficient missionaries he had in the field notwithstanding the fact that he had been there but a short time there were some fears that brother lowe would not be able to stand the return trip but we are pleased to learn that his health has improved so that he is now considered consider ef fairly out of danger probate judges on jan 21 president cleveland nominated the following judges of probate for the territory of utah james murray beaver C county oun joseph D jones utah CO county E F johnson box elder CO county nt for and from the penitentiary in the third district court jan 21 thomas gunderson of mill creek I 1 was arraigned on an indictment charging him with having lived with two wives he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for 80 days and to pay a fine of gibson condle and five others were released from the penitentiary january 20 they had bad completed their terms for unlawful cohabitation on lars Swenson of moroni sanpete county was released from imprisonment he has served a 90 days sentence and 30 days adal additional tion for the fine imposed first district court A session of the first district court wash was held at ogden jan 22 judge henderson presiding mark hall convicted of voluntary manslaughter in causing the death of wm win bybee was called for sentence he said he had nothing to say why sentence khouli not be passed ed the court stated that the jury ury had br brought ht in a verdict which he e consid considered eMust just but judging from the evidence he felt that he had not killed the man with intent or maliciously C and would therefore exercise leniency the court then sentenced him to two years imprisonment in the penitentiary the case of the united states vs rasmus jepperson polygamy was placed on trial defendant was charged with having married margaret C alexander in july 1888 while mary whom he hwd had married in 1855 was still alive and 11 H appeared for the defense the testimony produced by the prosecution prosecution was to the effect that defendant efen dant had married ma ried in 1865 and married a second wife in 1676 also that the marriage ceremony as ca charged in the indictment took p place e in mantua on july 1888 that the defendant haj had asked J B carrington on this matter and he had told him it was necessary to be married again in order to make it legal accordingly defendant had paid carrington 15 15 and aad the fee ceremony took place the defense only reiterated the testimony showing that carrington had taken the money and married the parties the defendant who is 09 69 years of age having submitted to it on the advice of carrington the case came was submitted to the jury after brief arguments and they retired for consultation during their absence commissioner J arrington bearrington BC was arraigned on a charge of performing an illegal marriage between rasmus jepperson and mary C alexander performed at mantua on july 1888 defendant pleaded not guilty judge powers appearing for the commissioner asked that the trial be set at as early a day as possible the case was passed d for the present here the jury rut announced that they had agra agreed they filed into court and in answer to the derks clerks query gave the verdict of guilty as charged the sentence was postponed until the case against J B carrington who had married the parties was decided thomas bullock was arraigned on j two 0 indictments charging cowinq adultery we and unlawful cohabitation he pleaded not guilty to both peter C geertsen was arraigned on the charge of unlawful cohabitation and pleaded guilty later in the afternoon he was called for sentence mr stated for bor him that chehad he had delivered himself up and aple pleaded abed guilty mr gertsen stated state that he was 51 years of age had been married twice married his last wife in 1870 her youngest youn t child was three years of age defendant e came from denmark in 1864 he was naturalized after entering into polygamy his wives were now living separate the c ourt court sentenced him to six months imprisonment and payment of costs 41 john C green a native of england now a resident of cache county was admitted to citizenship anarchist meeting what was apparently a deliberate test by the anarchists of chicago to see eee how fax far they could go under judge decision confirming their right of free assemblage was made january 20 paul grottkau assailed the peace policy with extraordinary vehemence A handful of men he declared could not hope to obtain freedom by peaceable means oppressors 0 pres sors would not give up their privileges without fighting for them every ate step said he that has been made L m advance has been paid for in blood and has left the pathway behind it strewn with corpses the history of progress is the history of a battle and we too will have to fight for our rights how did this republic free itself by blood how will this slavery question be settled by blood these victories were not won by holding prayer meetings and singing hymns I 1 tell you the law must be throttled we must ti trample ample it under our feet until the law of nature fills the world and reigns supreme we cant obtain these things thi ng s by peaceable means so we muse resort to force wild cheering the capitalists are prepared pro ar to meet the people with force but some day we will go to the them and say your tour time is up the time is come applause what happens when two great forces meet grottkau here bent over to the reporters and said this is diplomatic language and we nye all understand what it means this remark was caught by the audience and was greeted with laughter and applause the speaker in concluding shouted down with the capital istel down with the present system down with the rob robbers beral down with wage sla slavery veryll tremendous cheers accompanied b by stamping of feet aud and clapping of bands hands which lasted several minutes greeted these geror actions and grottkau resumed resume geror his seat with ath a very congratulatory expression the immense audience slowly dispersed singing thi the mar amax sel laise 11 race troubles serious trouble between whites and blacks was lately reported prom from certain counties in mississippi it was stated that a low and lawless class of whites had driven a large number of negro families from their homes and lands A letter appeared in the jackson on jan 18 reciting the troubles and demanding that the negroes be restored to their possessions if it required the entire state militia to do it the governor was about to take active measures at last accounts the church suit at washington in the argument of the church suit in the united states su supreme preme court on jan 19 solicitor general jenks for the united states held that congress had the constitutional right to dissolve the corporation po ration he maintained that the clause of the constitution giving congress the right to legislate for the territories gave it the power to repeal territorial enactments he declared moreover that the constitution of utah provided that acts passed by the legislative assembly should be null and void if disapproved by congress and the express power to repeal territorial acts was thereby conferred upon the legislature of the federal government it was for congress to determine when and under what circumstances it would exercise this power he also contended that the act incorporating po 0 the church was invalid t because because in conflict with the provisions prot of the constitution forbidding the establishment of religion he furthermore asserted that the corporation was rightfully dissolved for the misuse and abuse of its power and ad that the corpora tion might also be dissolved under the general policy of the powers of the constitution the corporation being dissolved he maintained that there was nothing left for us to do buta but appoint ointa a receiver to take charge of me the property of the corporation |