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Show UNION PACIFIC LIVING ISSUES. IiTxa-Momrec- Omaha, Feb. VILLAKD FOSTER, rnblUhar. SALT LAKE CITT. Room 78 Hooper Blk.. The acreage of sugar beets at Spanish Fork will be more than doubled this pear. A creamery company has been organized at Spanish Fork with a capital of 5,000. The sixteenth annual encampment of the G. A. R. of Utah will be held at Ogden February 10 next. The Utah Central deed has been filed. for for construc- tion, improvement and repairs. A. B. Mousley has been appointed traveling freight agent of the Chicago & Great Western, with headquarters at Salt Lake City. A. H. Taylorof Spanish Fork reached home last week from Castle Valley, where he had been looking after his sheep, in a speechless condition, brought on by exposure. The woolen mills at llyrum have closed down and are undergoing ex- tensive repairs Their capacity will be largely increased, as the last season has been a prosperous one. llyrum has just completed an electric light plant and 2,000 candle power arc lighto are furnished at S3. 85 per month, while incandeseents are but 35 cents per month. An ice jam in the Jordan last week caused the river to overflow its banks and surround the Cannon ward meeting house west of Salt Lake. The flood subsided before much damage was done. Albert Eaves of Farowan fell down a well which he was helping to dig, cutting his head badly, dislocating a shoulder and breaking a leg. lie also suffered internal injuries which rear lted fatally. Mrs. Ann Bringhurst of Springville, who suffered a paralytio stroke six weeks ago, died last week. She was 77 years of age and came to Utah in 1847 with John Taylor's company. She had been a resident of Springville for thirty-eigh- t years. The Burlington will put on a train to makC'the run from Chicago to Denver in twenty-fon- r hours. Roads out of Denver will also quicken their time, and the run from Chicago to Salt Lake may be made in forty hours. Alaskan travel is the cause of the fast time. In the preliminary trial of James T. Monk for forgery in connection with mining records of Alta, Professor Whitney of the University, after a microscopic examination, testified that the records bad been changed. Monk was held to the district court. The congressional committee on pub-li-e lands have postponed consideration of the nomination of Ilarvey M. to he register of the land office at Salt Lake, in order to give the president a chance to withdraw the nomination. Otherwise his confirmation will be strenuously fought. Frank Angell-- member of the Salt Lake fire department, has gone insane. Ue was driver for Chief Devine at an exhibition run during the Jubilee when some parties residing in West Jordan were rnn over and severely hurt. This and other matters induced the attack. James Fitzer, who is doing two . d a half years la the Montana penitentiary for collecting bounties on Utah wolf scalps, has confessed that he placed the bomb under the residence of James Pine, his brother-in-lawhich caused some excitement in Salt Lake City last spring. He desired to kill Fine for informing on him. A party of young people from Price came near meeting a horrible death while going to a dance in Helper last week. The sleigh in which they were riding got stuck while crossing the railroad track. A rapidly approaching train startled the young people so much that they neglected to leave their conveyance for a pi ace of safety. When the train was almost upon them the horses made a desperate effort and succeeded in just clearing the track. John Adams and David Potter were sentenced to do ten years for burglast fall. larizing the Wellsville Co-oA peculiar circumstance is that James Lamont, who was in jail for contempt of court and heard the two confess the robbery, and who warned the sheriff of a plot to assault him and escape, refused to testify and was given five days for contempt. It developed later that had been intimidated by being told he would be killed by an organized gang to which the prisoners belonged if he testified against them. Mc-Gre- a p. 1. KLONDIKE IS GLOOMY. SILVER VICTORIOUS. General Destitution Prevails With Ho Work anil Ko Late Discoveries. The Union Pacific, Washington, Feb. 2 Reports from Captain Ray, the government'a special representative in Klondike, were received by wire today from Seattle. They were of so important a character tee. as to be considered by the cabinet at President Burt has named his assist- once. War department officials say it ants. Edward Dickinson remains gen- justifies all the steps the government eral manager, despite the many rumors has taken to relieve distress. Conof bia intended withdrawal; John A. gress will be advised of the facts and asked to provide further relief. So strongly is the situation painted that regulations are advised prohibiting persons from entering Klondike with less than a supply of provisions. Following is an extract of the report: Seattle. Wash., Feb. 2. To the Ad. jutant General of the Army, Washington, D. C.: Complying with telegram, five letters and two packages from Captain Ray addressed to you, in hands of Special Courier E. H. Wells, interpreted by me. Substance as fol- which has been in the hands of receivers for the past five years, was at midnight turned over to the officers selected by the reorganization commit- UTAH NEWS. It provides OVER. Receivers Discharged and Reorganisation Committee Assumes, Control. (WARREN FOSTERS PAPER.) ni Successor to the advocats JO 00, 000 TURNED w two-year- 's lows: Latest bear date of November 2 and refer to action and attempted robbery of caches; recommend that the United States government take steps to effectually check immigration to interior of Alaska of all persona not fully supplied to last two years. Give as reasons no way to earn a living, and that no placer discoveries have been made within last eight months, either in Alaska or the Northwest territory. There is no employment for a large number of people in any capacity; all values are speculative. There is no fixed standard for labor. There is not now or likely to be within twelve months, adequate and efficient means of supplying people now in Alaska or Northwest' territory. It is my opinion that 7 per cent of all people who have entered during the past year have earned their living, and hundreds are now scattered along the rivers destitute of food and clothing. People who are now arriving have not the faintest conception what to do to earn a living, and after spending what money they bring, become dazed and 8; H. G. BURT. Monroe, traffic manager; Edward Ik Lomax, general passenger agent; John B. Berry, chief engineer, and John W. Griffith, purchasing agent. General Manager Dickinson announces as the head of his official staff K. Buckingham, auperintendent of transportation. He has heretofore been superintendent of car service only. All other superintendents and chiefs of de- partments are retained until further notice. There are rumors of impending changes, but so far the dismissal of a score or more of clerks from the several departments of headquarters is the only outward sign of retrenchment. (SILVER IN THE HOUSE. Rejected by a Strictly Farty Vote. helpless. States' rush will be great next year, Washington, Feb. 1. The house has buried the Teller resolution, declaring and any step that will prevent people the bonds of the United States payable coming in through ignorance will be in silver, under an adverse majority of an act of charity. In view of recent developments and fifty votea The Republicans were two the in knowledge that the lawless are solidly arrayed opposition, with CaroMr. of North banding together along the river for exceptions, Linney the purpose of robbery' renews the Democrats who voted the with lina, and Populists, and Mr.. White of North suggestion for the government placing steamers Carolina, the only colored member of on the river small, light-drathe house who answered present'1 with high power, armed and used to when his name was called. The de- patrol the river, and the placing of desertions from the Democratic side were tachments as the movement of people McAleer of Pennsylvania and Mr. demands. Elliott of South Carolina. Six LIvm Lost In Hotel Fire. The vote was reached after five hours Gloversville, N. Y., Feb. 2. The of debate under a special order adopthouse, the largest hotel here, was ed at tlie opening of the session yesterdestroyed by fire and six of its guests day. The limited time allowed for in the flames. The fire started debate and the pressure of members perished on the ground floor and was fiercely for an opportunity to be heard, was so all over the building in a few raging great that the leaders on both sides minutes. Only a few escaped by the were compelled to farm out the time before smoke and flame cut stairways This detracted much by minutes. off that avenue. Many jumped from from the continuity of the discussion, windows and were seriously but in some measure intensified the the upper Six persons are missing. They hurt interest in the galleries, which were are: crowded all day, and the combatants Henry C. Day, one of the most promon the floor were cheered by their reinent business men of Gloversville. The majority E. CL Kimball, wife and daughter spective sympathizers. assumed the position that the last Indianapolis. Charles C. Rupert, bell boy. clause of the resolution was in reality Benjamin F. Strickland, contractor free a disguised declaration for the and builder. Two unknown traveling men. coinage of silver, while the assaulting Democrats maintained that the defeat Hluodjr Flxht In Idaho. of the resolution was another step in the direction of the establishment of Jnliatta, Idaho, Feb. 2. News has the gold standard, to which they al- reached here of a bloody fight at Agaleged both the president and Secretary tha, southeast of here, as a result of Gage had irrevocably committed the which Ed. Wheeler's life is despaired Republican party. The vote on the of and Martin Bechtel is a fugitive from justice. Bechtel was on trial for resolution was: Ayes, 133; nays, 182. counterfeiting a short time ago and Humana Orders. Wheeler was the principal witness Seattle, Wash., Jan. 31 The steamet against him. Bechtel was discharged, Rosalie has arrival from Alaska. however, on account of his youthfulAmong its passengers was E. H. Wells, ness. who left Dawson City December 20. The parties met at a dance at Agatha Wells claims to be the bearer of impor- with the result that Wheeler is so battant dispatches from Captain Ray at tered and bruised that the doctor who Fort Y ukon to the war department. has been attending him does not think Ho would give no hint of their he can recover. Bechtel is supposed to Wells also states that Major have had help, as'Wheeler is much the Walsh has issued an order prohibiting largest A pistol is thought to have persons from entering the Yukon coun- been used to beat Wheeler with. try with less than 1,000 pounds of supKANSAS SORGHUM SUGAR. plies, exclusive of tea and coffee. The order was to be effective from January End of An Experiment Tlmt Coat the Gov15. ernment 8110,000. Frozen to Heath WhUoDrunk. Fort Scott Kan., Feb. 2. The govTroy, N. Y., Jan 31. The body ol ernment today sold for 19,000 the maMrs. Georgia Connell, 37 years of age, chinery nsed in the' experimental was found on the rood leading over sorghum sugar factory that cost $104,-00- 0 Mount Olympia. She had been frozen a few years ago. It will be used iu to death. It is thought that the a beet sugar factory that it to lie woman, who bad been drinking, be- erected in Nebraska. The station here came dazed and fell into an old lime waa the first one established by the pit She must have crawled out of government and the survivor of all this, and, being too weak to go farther, others. The industry in Kansas gradulay down in the middle of the road, ally collapsed after the government wbere.her body was found. removed the bounty on sugar. Tellor Resolution ARE YOU Teller Bee olntioa Fiuw the Senate by a lows Require meuta That Will Ue Found Vote of 41 to SS. Indispensable. Washington, Jan. 29. After a deThe universal article of diet in that bate, animated at all times, and occa- sountry, depended upon and lndlspens-ibl- e, sionally acrimonious, which occupied is bread or biscuit And to make the greater part of the week, the sen- the bread and biscuit, either in the ate, by a decisive vote of 47 to 32, samp or upon the trail, yeast cannot be and passed the Teller concurrent resolu- used it must be baking powder; the the promanufactured by repowder tion. The resolution is a practical Powder affirmation of that of Stanley Mat- cesses of the Royal Baking and miners prospectors have Company, thew's in 1878, and is as follows: one which will the is learned, only That all of the bonds of the United itand in that peculiar climate of cold States issued, or authorized to be is- and dampness and raise the bread and sued, under the said acts of congress, biscuit satisfactorily. hereinbefore recited, are payable, These facts are very Important for and of at the interest, every one proposing to go to Alaska option principal the government of the United States, and the Yukon country to know, for outcontaining four hundred and twelve ihould he be persuaded by some brahds fitter to one of take lf thetfheap and grains of standard silver, and that to restore to its coinage such of baking powder. It will cost just aa when silver coins as a legal tender in pay- much to transport It, and then labor he opens It for-- use, after all his ment of said bonds.principal and inter- In packing it over the long and difficult est, is not in violation of the public route, he will find a solid caked masa faith, nor in derogation of the righta or a lot of spoiled powder, with no of the public creditor. itrength and useless. Such a mistake The ayes and nays on the Teller res- might lead to the most serious results. olution are as follows: Alaska is no place in which to experiAyes Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry. ment in food, or try to economize with Butler, Can non, Carter, Chandler, your stomach. For use in such a and Chilton, Clark, Cloy. Cockrell, Daniel, climate, and under the trying labor and of life conditions fatiguing ArGray, Harris Heitfeld, Jones of in that country, everything must be kansas, Kenney, Kyle, Liudsay, the best and most useful, and above McLaurin, Mallory, Mantle, all it is Imperative that all food supMartin, Mills, Mitchell, Money, Mor- plies shall have perfect keeping qualigan, Mnrphy, Pascoe, Pettigrew, Pet-tu- s, ties. It is absurd to convey over such Pritchard, Rawlins, Roach, Shoup, difficult and expensive routes an artiSmith, Stewart, Teller, Tillman, Tur-pi- e, cle that will deteriorate in transit, or Turner, Vest, Warren, White, that will be found when required for use to have lost a great part of its Wolcott 47. one-ha- Me-Ener- y, Nays Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Burrows, Caffery, Cullom, Davis, Foraker, Gallinger, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Hausbrough, Hawley, Hoar, Lodge, McBride, McMillan, Mason, Morrill, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Platt of Connecticut, Platt of New York, Quay, Sewell, Thurston, Wellington, Wetmore Wilson 32. All efforts to amend the resolutioa were voted down by majorities rang-- f rom 5 to 29, Mr. Lodge's gold standard substitute being defeated by the largez majority. The vote on the Lodge amendment was, ayes 24, nays 53. The events of the day leading up to the final vote were full of interest and Importance. It was a field day for ths Fair-ban- k, . ft Al-vo- rd . con-tent- s. TO LIVE IN ALASKA? SENATOR TELLER. orators of the senate, no less than twenty-senatoembracing the opportunity to speak upon the subject under discussion. When the voting began it was evident that party lines were being broken on both sides of the chamber, but it was on the substitute offered by Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts that the most decided break occurred. On the Republican aide, Mr. Allison of Iowa and Mr. Burrows of Michigan did not answer to their names on that roll call, and many Republicans voted directly against it. Upon the final passage of the resolution, some Republicans who supported McKinley and the SL Louis platform in 1896, like Carter of Montana, Chandler of New Hampshire, Clark of Wyoming, Pritchard of North Carolina, Shoup of Idaho, Warren of Wyoming, and Wolcott of Colorado, voted for the resolution, because, as Mr. Woleott announced, they did not believe the resolution committed those who supported it to the free and unlimited coinage of silver. rs WORDEN RESPITED. The California Train Wrecker Will Hot be Hnnzed February 11. San Francisco, Jan. 31. Worden, the train wrecker, will not be hanged on February 11, as Governor Budd has granted the condemned man another respite. Certain evidence which is now before the commission appointed to determine Worden's sanity will not, it is aid, be accepted by the latter unless submitted in the character of affidavits, and to accomplish this it will be necessary to send a number of affidavits east to be sworn to. The respite will cover only a period necessary to permit these documents to be returned to this city. Four large banks in Salvador havs failed. The only prominent bank there now which is safe is the Bank of Lon don. value. There is no better guide to follow in these matters than the advice of those who have gone through similar experience. Mr. McQuesten, who is called the father of Alaska, after an experience of years upon the trail, in the camp, and In the use of every kind of supply, says: "We find In Alaska that the importance of a proper kind of baking powder cannot be overestiA miner with a can of bad mated. baking powder is almost helpless In Alaska We have tried all sorts, and have been obliged to settle down to use nothing but the RoyaL It is stronger snd carries further at first, but above all things, it is the only powder that will endure the severe climatic changes of the arctic region. It is for the same reasons that the United States government in its relief expeditions, and Peary, the famous arctic traveler, have carried the Royal Baking Powder exclusively. The Royal Baking Powder will not cake nor lose Its strength either on board ship or in damp climates, and is the most highly concentrated and efficient of leavening agents Henee it is Indispensable to every Alaskan outfit. It can be had of any of the trading companies in Alaska, but should the miner procure his supplies before leaving, he should resist every attempt of the outfitter to palm off upon him any of the other brands of baking powder, for they will spoil and prove the cause of great disappointment and trouble. PEDDLERS IN MEXICO. m Old Woman Wouldn't Soil All Her Honey at One Tima. "While traveling in Mexico a few years ago I had a funny experience with a Mexican vender which goes what little business ability the lower classes have, said E. F. Gulg-no- n of SL Louis. "I was en route to look at some mines away up in the mountaina At the station where we left the train to take the stage I saw an old woman selling some honey. She did not have more than ten pounds uf it altogether and as it looked so good I wanted to buy it all to take along with us. I asked our interpreter to buy it Much to my surprise the old woman would sell him but two boxes, claiming that If she sold it all to him she would have nothing to sell to other people, neither would she have anything else to do during the remainder if the day!" Why FADS IN FLOWERS. Florists shops abroad are much diffrom the ferent ones in this exIn for country. London, emfuneral freaths and ample, blems are displayed in the windows, with their prices attached. Some are attractive, others very hideous. Lichen is fashionable there for crosses and wreaths, and from this grisly-gra- y background calls lilies and white rosea peer. Set pieces, the "gates ajar, broken columns and floral pillows, are always, painful, for, In ths first place, the natural grace and beauty of the flowers is destroyed, and in ths next there is no excuse for the emblema Flowers for ths dead should be acattered in careless handfuls then only are they comforters, with their graceful beauty unimpaired. The modern custom of adding to a death notice the wards, "Friends will please omit flowers, "may be traced to the reluctance of the survivors to he confronted with those ghastly set pieces which havs raged |