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Show Ilntah Survey Root. Washington, Oct. 5 The KioGrande Western railroad has applied to the secretary of the interior for permission to survey a route across the Uintah Indian reservation. Accompanying the application was a statement from Indian Agent Heck, to the effect that he had consulted the Indians and ths. they offered no objection to the LIVING ISSUES. FOSTERS PAPER.) (WABREM Successor to the Inn-HoviTiRoom ii Advocats WILLARD FOSTER, FublUher. n Hooper Blk..' SALT LAKE CITT. UTAH NEWS. John Graham has been appointed survey. Secretary Bliss referred the applicapostmaster at l'rovo. tion to the commissioner of Indian afAbout 830,000 worth of cattle have fairs and that officer has returned it been sold around Filmore the last two with his approval. It is regarded as weeks. probable that the secretary The Bio Grande safe at Mt. Pleas- altogether will grant the request of the company, ant last week was robbed of 870, by It should be understood, said Assafe blowers. sistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs The Rio Grande Western is having1 Smith, that the Rio Grande Western ten new engines built to take care of company has not asked permission to its growing business. build a road. The application is for Two thousand ducks were shot at the privilege of surveying to ascertain the mouth of Hear River near Corrinne the feasibility of a line through the on the first inst, for market. reservation. Neither Agent Heck nor the Indian commissioner In their fasuis Provo Samuel II. Jepperaon of vorable recommendations have passed Line for causing ing the Oregon Short the death of his little girl at a crossing upon the building of the road. in June last, for 825,130. TRAIN LOAD OF GOLD. The Hall of Relics will be closed this week, when the State Historical Cripple Creek Mines Will Skip to Phil, adelphls. Society will be made custodian of Colorado Cola, Oct. 5. A Springs, most of the treasured articles. novel scheme for handling the gold Salt Helen E. Louder, a of the Cripple Creek mines will Lake girl, died last week from an ab- output he put into use by the operators of scess. Her people are Christian Scthat district ientists and refused medical aid. The plan is to set aside the output The fourth assistant postmaster-genera- l for one month, take the bullion therehas appointed S. A. Harper as from and ship it to the United States postmaster at Fort Douglas, Salt Lake, mint at Ibiladelphiain a single convice E. C, Dickinson, who is said to signment A special train will be sehave resigned. cured for the purpose of transporting The supreme court has decided that it, the bullion will he placed in the the state board of equalization im- charge of some express csmpaay properly raised the assessed valuation which can guarantee its safety, and all of Salt Lake county. The assessment necessary precautions taken to pie-vewas raised S per cent. accident or theft while the conMartin Mock, the Murray farmer signment is in transit As the present output of Cripple who was shot two weeks since by Hen Creek is over 81,000,000 per month, this Eggington as a result of a quarrel will be one of the largest shipments oyer water, is dead, and Eggington is of gold bullion that ever crossed the under arrest. continent There is a vacancy in the board of ANARCHISTS SCORNED. labor, arbitration and conciliation, caused by removal from the state of W. Labor I'nlon Repudiate! Their FraS. Willis. As a result the governor Chicago ternal Advance. t'ill have to select his successor. Chicago, Oct 4. Anarchists who are Mrs. Eliza A. Lingo, the oldest arranging a demonstration in memory Methodist in Utah, and the first name of the men executed for the naymar-ke- t enrolled in the then territory, died at massacre, have dropped a bomb, so Salt Lake last week. She was 83 years to speak, into the Chicago Federation of age, and seventy years a church of Labor by asking for the official enmember. dorsement and of union Work has been commenced on the labor. The invitation stirred up half improvements to the Fort Douglas sn hours violent debate. At length water works system, and when com- the high council of union labor went pleted will be second to none in the upon record by repudiating any imcountry, says City Engineer Kelsey of plied fraternity between unionism and Halt Lake. anarchy, and flatly refused to take Mrs. Minnie P. Griffin of Salt Lake any part in the coming exercises. The was awarded a decree of divorce, last invitation to take part in the memorweek, the home in Salt Lake, the bugial servicee was rejected by a vote of gy and horse, 81.400 and the custody about 4 to 1. After the vote a majorof the boy, until he shall have attainity of the anarchist element left the ed the age of 14 years, at which time he hall In a body. The anarchists will may choose who shall lie the guardian hold the memorial meeting as usual, of his estate and person in the future but it is expected the gathering will A reunion of the Taylor family will be a tame affair. be held at Draper the 12th inst. There Idaho Women Serve a Juror. will be an attendance from the various Boise, Ida., Oct. 5. For the first branches of the family from many time in the history of Idaho, women states. It is expected that more than served as .jurors. It was a two hundred-willie present. Norman yesterday civil suit in the probate court in the Taylor of Moab is the oldest member case of Dr. Fairchild vs. Ada county. of the family and its recognized head. The following women served: Mrs. Noah Potter of Cleveland, killed a R. E. Green, Mrs. A. J. Hoynkin, Miss large mountain lion, measuring nine Frances Wood and Mrs. E J. Pasfeet from tip to tip. Noah was in more. One woman. Mrs. Joseph Pink-haclose quarters and had to make good was disqualified by reason of use of his shooting iron. The lion was her firm declaration that she would be bounding straight for him when he governed by her own opinion and not lowered himself on his knee and took by the testimony of the pin sicians as deadly aim. The lion was shot between to the value of the services rendered. the eyes. It made a jump in the air After the laughter following this and came down dead. frank announcement, the judge comRoy R. Rutler who was recently ar- manded her to be removed from the rested in Ogden, is still in jail and his box. No question was raised as to history is being investigated. There the legality of the panel. is reason to lie! ievc that the prisoner Will Resume Shortly. is none other than the murder who esDiamondville, Wyo., ( ct. 5. The caped from Red Ixxlge, Mont, about a month ago. When first arrested he striking miners at this place arc still became desperate and said he might as out. although at the present time the well be killed as captured. Since then difference between their demands and he has appeared to repent the rash the price the operators are willing to words and has tried the insane dodge. pay is but 2 cents a ton. The companies offer 4? cents a ton and agree tc He will be held for identification. The State Hoard of Horticulture is weigh the coal on top, including slack making a display of fruit at the en- and other i cf use. The miners demand trance to the Hall of Relics, Salt Lake, .i(j cents. They have heretofore liern which is a credit to the state. The ex- paid 70 cents, the coal being weighed hibit is principally from Salt Lake, after passing over an inch and a quarWeber and Utah counties. There are ter screen, which took out about 23 handsome specimens of Jonathan. per cent of the gross weight. It is exWinesaps and Rhode Island pected that a compromise will he Greening apples, Flemish Heauty, Fall reached in a few days and the mines Bartlett and Mount Vernon pears, started. Woman Suffrage Lorn Italian, Hungarian and Silver prunes, Muscat, Concord, Black Coneornicleon, Camden. N. J., Oct. 5. The return Fleming, Tokay, Sultana and Mission lioard of judges made their returns of grapes, peaches, aprico s, crab apples, the constitutional amendment election plums, strawberries and other small yesterday. The official figures show a d fruits. Washington countys majority of 102 for the a exhibit attracted of share fruit amendment and .'!0 for the regulation large as did its almonds, attention, raisins, of appointments aud 001 against woand in to man suffragu. addition figs, poinegrsuites its green fruits. C. l I Fal-l&wat- sun-drie- anti-gamblin- g It Co (traction Will Not 11 s Very COXFKUKXCK. DUB colt One. al SIXTY-EIGHT- San Francisco, Oct 4. The construction of a railroad from Vancouver or from some point east of that place on the Canadian Pacific line, to Dawson City and the Klondike country in general will nut be a very difficult or expensive undertaking, in the opinion of Collingwood Hchrieber of Ottawa, who is now in this city. lie arrived in the city accompanied by a number of Ottawa people, including E. Newcombe, the deputy minister of justice. In discussing the building of a railroad to Dawson City, Mr. Hchrieber said: Twosurveya are now being made from different points on the Canadian Pacific. The latter company is making one of the surveys snd the government is making the other. It will be necessary to build only 00 miles of railway to make a good rail and water route from the Canadian Pacific to th Selsi-tiu- n Woodruff AdvUe the Selection of Uood Men For Office. them. The Saints, lie said, know that they must depend largely upon themselves. People who do not believe this and are idle and indolent, will he removed from the llock. When people have been given a mission snd do not seek to accomplish it the I xmls spirit will lie withdrawn from them. It is individual salvation that must be wrought out, and God will cot take away a man's agency. He will suffer a man to do good or evil and Satan will not be bound for the man who yields to his blandishments. President Woodruff followed and was listened to with great attention. His remarks were directed toward politics and the tendency to adhere to The conference of the I hurch of Jesus Christ convened at the tabernacle yesterday morning and two sessions were held. The attendance was very large, all parts of the state being represented, while a number came from the surrounding states. The general authorities present were as follows, Apostle Heber J. Grant being unable to attend on account of severe illness: Of the first presidency Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith. Of the quorum of twelve apostles Lorenzo Snow. Franklin D. Richards, Brigham Young, Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, political parties. President Woodruff prefaced his reGeorge Teasdale, John W. Taylor, Marriner W. Merrill snd Anton H. marks by saying that this was iirobab-l- y the very last time that he would Lund; Pa triarch John Smith. Of the first seven presidents of seventies have the privilege of addressing the Seymour B. Young, C. D. Fjelsted, B. Saints at conference. .lie then referII. Roberts, George Roberts, George red to comments he had heard, in Reynolds and Jonathan G. KimbslL which the presidency had been conOf the presiding bishopric William B. demned for making any reference to Preston, Robert T. Burton and John politics, and expressed surprise that R. Winder. this was the case. President George Q. Cannon preThe day has come, he continued. sided, and after singing and prayer the wheu God requires that you unite conference was formally opened. together, both in business and in poli- The presence of President W illford t j do not care whether you are a Woodruff was marked with pleasure r.pUt,iCan or a democrat; you should g by the large congregation snd his unje eject good men for the remarks were listened to with ment of the city and the Btate and if close attention. He spoke briefly, ex- y0udonotdo this you are losing the at being his pleasure great pressing Lay aside your democracy - lpue hpjrit. permitted to meet with the comer- 8Q(j republicanism, and as Latter-daence. He called attention to the im- Saints unite together and appoint portance of the duties and the necessi- good men. When you do this, God ty of proclaiming the gospel to all the will bless you. world. lie closed by referring to the Now 1 take the liberty, as presievidences of the hand of God in the dent of the church of Jesus Christ of establishment of the church here. Latter day Saints, to make these reAddresses were maue by Apostles marks, and do not mind what the peo"Lund, Merrill, Taylor and Teasdale. ple shall say. 1 realize that this peoAt the afternoon meeting Apostle ple are groaning under poverty, under John Henry Smith was the principal affliction, under taxation and under speaker. He had been impressed, he things that onght not to he, and you said, with the laxity shown among should unite together. This idea of some of the Saints as to the observance to party ties amounts to nothholding of the Sabbath. The gospel of the ing. It is your duty as members t f Salats allowed more freedom than this church to unite and appoint good that of other creeds and no condemna- men to rule in this city and state. Do tion was connected with dancing snd duty and the Lord will bleu theatre going and like pleasures. The your you Saints had never been denied proper sources of amusement. The effect of this must necessarily be pleasing and Butte is enjoying a great builuing satisfactory. But while this is proper, he continued, in week day life, there boom. is now a tendency to convert the SabCarlin. Nevada, now lias a curfew bath into a day of pleasure-seekinordinance. Unless this tendency is curbed the Great Falls, Mont., is overrun by sacredness of the day will cease to lc and tramps. thugs Temptations are ram- appreciated. Lnr-numbers of mutton sheep are pant for the breaking of the Sabbath UinK e east from Nevada, RlPPd themallow not should but the Saints Fred G. Sabbath a Teton counThe Zimmerman, led selves to be astray. h communion to is ty, Mont., devoted lie sheepman reported day should God. otherwise the reverence for ing. God would cease to be as patent aud Andrca ('orsiglia, a Nevada pioneer, once was. died as it at Reno last week at the age of strong Salt Lake, Oct. semi-annu- The railroad may be operated the year around, bnt daring the winter the water route will not be open for steamboats. The chief object of the deputy minister's western visit is to inspect the progress of work on the Crow's Neat Pass railroad, which virtually means another Canadian transcontinental railroad. The government has granted it a subsidy of 0 a mile. It is being built by way of Nelson, on Lake Kootenai, and will run through the Rossland mining dis- 5. h sixty-eight- al I 810,-00- I trict. Pitched Rattle With Cattl Thieve. Baker City, Ore., Oct 3. Sheriff Kulburn and posse engaged in a battle with cattle thieves about 9 o'clock last night on the Lower Powder river. About forty shots wen exchanged. It was dark when the sheriff and his posse came upon the bandits who had with them about 80 head of cattle. Both parties opened fire aud Fred Hull, one of the bandits, was shot through the arm. Both escaped in the darkness, and Hull rode to this city, where he called a doctor to dress his wounds. He was arrested in his room in the morning. His partner, Earl Wheeler, has not yet been captured. It was the plan of the thieves to drive the cattle into Idaho and exchange them and then drive the strange cattle back here for slaughter. The thieves are members of a gang which .has operated extensively in this section. ENGLAND INTERESTED. on the Yukon Ha Caught Discover! English People. 4. Gen. C. II. SEMI-ANNU- H Two A post It Dawson. New York, Oct Saints anticipations of ihe Latter-dawere different from those of uny other religionists. They looked for a mil'en-nireign, a literal paradise, a rejuveSESSION. nation of the earth. They believed this would lie brought about by men Chosen anl Ruwtulneil Though through the guidance of God. Other (.'suited Surprise lrrlilent people expected God to do nil this for y ROAD TO DAWSON. R. (I, W. Mc- govern-openin- y ; of the Intosh, lieutenant-governo- r northwest territory, in which the gold mines of the Klondike are situated, arrived in this city from Southampton on the steamship SL Paul today. The greatest possible interest is taken in the discoveries on the Yukon by all the English people, he said, Pand I was compelled to delay my departure two days on account of an order received to address officially the leading financiers and public men upon the resources and prospects, not only of BritLIi Columbia and the Yukon, but of all northwestern territory g. I ! i SECOND IIAY'8 SESSION. The features of the second day's session of conference were the filling of the two vacant apostleships and the generally. address on political matters by PresiAt the conclusion, the general dent George (j. Cannon. of opinion was that the empire Abraham Owen Woodruff and Ma- owed it to her premier colony that thiasT. Cowley were the ones selected, British capital should be invested in appointments created considersthe development of wealth from min- ble 1 have been gen-neither surprise, as eral sources in the western colonies. circles. in church erally known Kleh .Sew Mexico Mine. Apostle Woodruff is about 23 years son of the present presiRoswell, N. M., Act 4. A syndicate of age and a an employe of Zion's Savis He dent, of capitalists, headed by and Trust Co., and for over Bank Barney Gifibs of Texas, has had an ings as a missionary in labored two years expert for the past week at Nogales of one so selection The investigating the mines there with a Germany. looked unas is something upon view of investing in them. Large young in the history of the quantities of ore have been found that precedented church. runs in gold from 81.000 to 8i0.0(;0 per Apostle Cowley, the other appointee, ton The America has ore enough i o a resident of Preston, Idaho, and is is sight to keep it running for six months of age. For a long and is only down 1A0 feet There are about 33 years been actively engaged in numerous other mines that are as time he has in the United work both missionary promising as the American. abroad. and States fever Inrretmlng. President Cannon was the only Edwards, Miss., Oct. 3. The doctors speaker in the afternoon. He led np report 14 new cases of yellow fever, to the subject of politics by referring He of which seven are whites. There to the authority of priesthood. were two deaths. Total deaths to said that people were inclined to igdate. 12; total number casea to date, nore this, and that was the cause of He then 317; total number under treatment their present bondage. 127; total convalescent and discharged pointed out the way of deliverence, 178; number seriously ill, 7. There which was to be gained by a more are four cases at Nitta Yuma. strict adherence to counsel and a not too stiff allegiance to partisanship in The Fever at New Orleans. New Orleans. Sept. 4. The state politics. THIRD DAY'S SESSION. board of health's official statement 24 The hours fending at says: During the closing day's sessions were ad9 p. m., Sunday, Oct. 3, there were dressed by Elders C. I).' Fjcldsted, B. 31 cases of yellow fever, snd 2 deaths. II. Roberts, Gca Reynolds, J. Golden Total coses of fever to date 317; deaths at imball, C. W. Penrose, Geo. (J- - Canto date, 3G; cases absolutely recovered, non, and the new apostles. President Cannon said the hopes and 93. con-sens- miss-wit- : seventy-five- . Ld. Iliirgoyne, of Montpelier, Ida., has a potato which weighs three pounds and ten ounces. L. 11. Taylor lias demonstrated in his vineyard near Reno that excellent es j ; Catawba grapes ean lie raised in vada. Ne-Bo- th Thm. cloudbursts in one month is the record Dclamar, Nevada, doing much damage to water mains and property. Peter Marcelli, an Italian, who is charged with having stolen 83(10 from Misoula parties, has been caught at HL Iaul. Minn. fr ! , ; At Grass Valley, Nevada, the case of Mrs. Anderson, charged with shooting her husband, was dismissed. Anderson refused to testify against his wife. An unknown traveller camped near Elk Park. Montana, and during tbe night his clothing caught fire from the camp fire and he was burned to death. j Fort Harrison. Mont, held its first wedding when Gretchen I Wherry, daughter of Lieut. Wherry was married to Dr. Benjamin K. Rachford of Cincinnati. There are few idle men in Rot.k Springs, Wyo., who are willing to work. The mines are running very regularly and the business houses are consequently busy. Sheridan county, Wya, is infested by robbers, and travelers are in peril. One day last week the bandits visted the camp of a geological party and carried off everything con-sta- nt |