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Show THE SESl-WEEKL- KATI05. T CLOSED LA'JSS r JO GRICE WITH SOX3. Morjr RcKurilliiK & . BTVK. HOUSE PnbUabMh LOGAN. UTAH MEMBERS JOIN SONGS AT CLOSE IN ler l.iiblrd SINGING DmiUh Went ludle Mulfen luiiiglimliuu uf Only BAILEY OF TEXAS ATTACKS BEVERIDGE UirliiMit, OF INDIANA. Chairman Du' .ell of the special committee of the house which investigated The ltilllpilne tlarmlon Oeeiiiml t h- - At the charges iu connection with the pur- Assault I the KmbII of a Controversy the Two Kistrsnirn, tho lent luu uf me Kenum During the chase of the Danish West India islands Trxan Resenting Remarks lnat flour I'emeul hrMiou submitted the report of that commitMode by tbs Senator llm Been ftCecord front Indiana. II rentier. tee. After detailing the charges and showing that Christinas had repudiated Senator Bailey of Texas assaulted Amid u scene of enthusiasm that has tiie alleged report on which the charges Senator the committee Wtre sums based, not been paralleled since the exciting Beveridge of Indiana just aftei up .he senate the had adjourned from execuof result their as ' and stirring days of the Spanish war, investigation tive session. The Texas senator was fallows; Speaker Henderson at 5:3U Tuesday That there ia not the slightest sem- - dragged away and separated from his afternoon declared the hoift! of repre- aentutivea adjourned without day. In blance of evidence that any member of opponent by some of those about the He was very angry and doing so he said that no Youse of rep- congress, either directly or indirectly, senate. resentatives since the adoption of the was offered any bribe, or was paid any threatened severe harm to the Indians constitution had done as much work valuable consideration of any kind or senator. The episode was a result of a heated as this one. The audfence to which he character to vote for the adoption or made liia brief address was a brilliant ratification of a treaty of sale of the controversy which the two senator! one. The galleries were banked to the Danish W'est India islands to the had during the afternoon, when SenaUnited States. tor Beveridge had said that Senator doors and almost of the There is not the remotest had made an unwarranted at me inhere were in their scale on the from which to draw an inferenceground or on Bailey floor. The speaker'! appreciative words which to base a conclusion that there tack" on Solicitor Pen field of the state to the members on thanking them for was any corruption or wrongdoing on department. the part of the public officials of the While the senate was ia executive their during the session United States in connection witli the Senator Bailey walked over to session, had touched a responsive chord, and negotiations and purchase of the Dan- Senator Beveridge and asked him to they gave him a remarkable demon- ish West Indian ialanda. withdraw is his words. Senator BeverIt venture that of plain stration beyond perad their friendship and good the bribery alleged in the report could idge replied that he had not intended will. While the cheering and applause have existed nowhere save in the imagi- to insult Mr. was still in progress, the members on nation of Bailey. The senator from Christmas, since the whole the floor began singing My Country, burden of Ills story ie that he had no Texas then said: I don't allow anyone to say that I Tis of Tliee. money. It la in evidence that he had to in borrow hia order to libel a man. and that is what you do pay passage It was taken up by the correspond- home from this country. in ents in the press gallery over the making the charge. Now if you won't withdraw the words, when I ask WHAT FIGURES SHOW. speaker's chair and by the spectators in the surrounding galleries, and soon you, Im going to make you withdraw Total of Supply Hills Over Eight Hundred them." the vast hall was ringing with the Million Dollars. The latter replied to Senator Bailey 'i welling chorus. Other patriotic aira Just before the senate adjourned followed as the members exchanged last remarks, still remaining in his Senator Allison, chairman of I repeat that I did not The Star Spangled Ban- finally. farewells, seat, saying: the committee on prener" alternating with intend to insult you and that I have Dixie. The sented a statementappropriations, showing the total to withdraw." speaker came down from bia rostrum, for the session, by bills, nothing appropriations hia appearance on the floor being aa As the words were uttered Senator follows: threw himself upon Senator greeted with For lie's a Jolly Hood Agriculture wax.ofio Bailey . Ul.530,136 wbo is a man hardly np to Fellow," and a perfect rush of mem- Army and consular I.5U7.U26 bers to grasp his hand. Standing in Diplomatic the average in physique, and seized District of Columbia . K647.ngtf 7.7t,W him by the throat with both hands. the area in front of the clerk's desk, Fortifications Indians . I43.MK he too, joined in the sooga and there Lritlhlative, etc The rush wee so sudden and fierce that ai.SHS.8M . academy l,tXi,4U was a wild scene when Oeneral Hooker Military the chair in which Mr. Beveridge was Navy 78.6iH.s4H IVnslons 1M.S4C.SiO of Mississippi, an old d consitting waa pushed back against a desk I'OKlofllce I3S.4I6.MIS OF SESSION. ih-two- UTAH STATE NEWS. Maying ia well under way in Sanpete county and a big crop will be harvested. Oliver Smith, aged !!4, was drowned in Hear river near Colliostoa, Thursday last. The present outlook fora good wheat crop in Sanpete county is the best for years past The hay crop in heavier this season years past. Carl Cache county is many than for Rasmussen, a merchant at 1arowan, died on Wednesday of last week of heart failure. Twenty of the 100 coke ovens at Sun nyside have been completed and will be tui ning out coke soon. The colored Baptists of Salt Lake City dedicated their new church last dunday with appropriate services. At the outing of old folks held in Salt Lake City last week there were present 134 people ever HO years of age aod seven over 00. The house committee on weights and measures decided not to report the bill for an assay oflice at I'rovo until next session in December. C. At Mt. Pleasant the grasshoppers have succumed to the united efforts put forth against them and are practically under control. It is now estimated that 8350,000 will cover thy loss by Are in Mercifr, with f 100,000 insurance. New build ings will be erected at once. During-thpast six months 14.3 miles of railroad track was laid in Utah, and it is predicted 100 miles will be laid within the next six months. It is estimated that a thousand miles of bunting will be used for decoiative purposes during the Elk's convention to be held in Salt Lake City in August. The harvesting of wheat and barley has begun in Washington county. The first cutting of alfalfa, which was up to the average, is nearly all stored in good condition. Utah lake is now said to be two feet below the normal depth at the present season, and water takers from the Salt Lake and Jordan canal are complaining of the scarcity of the fluid. Mrs. Mary Strerper. of Sprlngville, attempted suicide on the 32nd by shooting herself twice iu the breast with a revolver. At last report Mrs. S tree per was still alive, with a chance for her complete recovery. The eleventh aunual convention of the National Association of Elocutionists has closed in Xew York with the election of oflicers. Miss MiriamXelka of Prov?, was chosen a member of the executive committee. Morris Weidman, a civil rngineer, suicided at his home in Salt Lake City last week. He had become despondent and, remarking to his wife, 1 am tired of this life,'1 fired a bullet into his brain and fell dead at her feet. P. J. Ryan, a miner from Anaconda, Mont, suicided at the Knutaford hotel in Salt Lake City, Friday of last week, No cause is by shooting himself. known for the deed. He was dressed well and had about 8150 in his pocket. Two prominent men of Provo, while out riding with members of their family one day last week, engaged in a race, when their buggies collided. Two of the party were seriously injured and the rigs wrre badly damaged. Edward Hemsley, of Suit Lake City, last week shot and killed his young wife and then turning the weapon upon himself, inllicLed a fatal wound. The couple had separated and the wife had been grunted a portion of the household goods and was removing the same from her former home when the tragedy occurred. Alexander A. Rolertson, city councilman and paving teller of Wells, Fargo A Co.'s bank of Salt Lake City, is under arrest, it being charged that he is abort in bis accounts it the hank, the sum being placed at from 820,000 to ISO, 000. two-thir- II . one-arme- Klver and harbor (exclusive of contracts authorized Sundry civil Deficiency Miscellaneous Isthmian canal Dennanent annual appropriations.. Grand total The total last year waa Hoatr 86.726,443 6U.12i.8M ss.tns.vii 2 6UU.0UO B0.l30.uui) 183.021,220 Mi0.IU3.K37 8730,333,575. BUI Goes Over tutll tha December Session of Cougroaa. The Flower bill probably waa the most Important financial measure which haa been brought before' ConAfter much discussion and gress. several conferences, it haa gone over for consideration until next December. Another financial measure, kuown as the Hill bill, providing for the retirement of the present standard silver dollar, haa passed the hoaue but baa not been acted on iu the senate. the aracltera at Bingham Junction declares that last week heaaw Tracey and Merrill, the two men who eseaped from the Oregon penlie declares lie knows Traitentiary cey well and could not be mistaken in his man. James O'Xeil, a hrakemau. was killed near Terrace lust week, his head being decapitated, lie laid down beside the train, wliii-- was awaiting another train, and fell asleep with his neck on the ruil. The train pulled up before O'Xcii awoke. and the desk toppled over. Before the assault could go any further senators who had been sitting near had moved np between the desks. Senator Hsnshsrough of North Dakota seized Senator Bailey by one arm and Senator Spooner seized the other. The Texas senator is a powerful men and it was with great difficulty that the two senators were able to drag him away from Senator Beveridge, and when they succeeded a part of the Indiana senator's neckwear was ripped away in the vigorous grasp of Senator i -- Tragedy at a Dane. Paw ha ska Oklahoma, George Dickie, an Osage Indian graduate of Carlisle, waa ahot four times and killed by Judge Telit, whom Dickie had attempted to kill by shooting. There was a dance at the l'clil home and Dickie waa drinking. Becoming quarrelsome, he waa called down by and immediately pull a gun and shot Petit through the groin. Two sons of Petit caught Dickie, held and disarmed him. Judge Petit became conscious and shot Dickie four times, killing him instantly. At lett Am Beaty for Filipinos. The terms of the general amnesty proclamation to the Philippines have been definitely agreed on by the authorities and have met the approval of Luke R. Wright, to whom they were submitted for in spec- tion. The proclamation is to be made cl) use Its. ,,e n,,liP-...- . The conference report on the Philip-iPbU-c i!n?n,.trPro,,J in its pmes country, general waa adopted terms have already been stated, pme government the without any serious opposition and intention being to grant amneaty to under the order then, when the deska of the senate a,t offe'-,0,umitleUe inSUrm,lio,,ary were cleared for adjournment, Mr. Car-- ISugoritC!0' mack culled up hia resolution pro v id- Trouble iu llayti. ing for a continuance of the invesliga-- : tion of the Ieilippiue commission and The atrectifighting at Cape llavtien for a visit to the Philippines by the between the partisans of Mr. Firrnin, committee during the present mi miner. the former minister of Haiti, at Paris. This started the trouble, and for more nd General Alexis Xord, the minister than an hour a battle of words was ' of war of the provisional government, Mr. Spooner delivered a both of whom are candidates for t lie waged. seatliing denunciation of the minority presidency of the republic has ceased, of the Philippine committe for what he peace has been partially was an attack upon the Ameri-- 1 M. Firm in's residence and the houses can army. Mr. Carmack denied that anv attack of li is relatives have been coinplrtelv had been made on the army,' and de- pillaged. clared that any fool could charge such fubliiet Adopt Name for Six New Fighta calumny and any parrot couln be ing Machine. taught to repeat it. The resolution At Secretary Moody's suggestion the was referred to a com rail tee, thus effect-- . cabinet bus adopted the names fur the ually killing it. Just before adjournment the usual six new ships of war authorized bv flitresolutions were adopted, incl uuing IMi. naval appropriation bill. The four offered by Mr. Cockrell, the veneial.;, Democrat of Missouri, cordially tliui.k-iu- larger ships, two battleships mid two President Pro Tern Frye' fur the mu loved cruisers, will be mimed l.ouisi-hiit 'on neet ietit. Tennessee dignified, impartial and courteous and Washmanner in which he had presided over hut it is not settled whieli ington. . ' thr deliberations of the After the adoptiou of the resolution. slates shill be chosen fur the luittie Mr. Frye delivered a feeling response, ships and vice versa. The tivn gunand then declared the senate adjourned boat provided for in tin net will he without day. named the Pjlueu!i aid the lit n acling-Govern- or ' i j J i ' estab-declare- ; d : An employe of oa ds federate veteran, took hia place by the aide of the speaker and together they sang Dixie." Mr. Candler, a Mississippi Democrat, jumped upon a desk and let out a yell of jubilation that fairly shook the rafters. For almost an hour the jubilation coutiuued. All this time the spectators remained standing in the galleries watching the animated scene below end joining in the singing. The adjournment came at the end of a seven and a half houra session, duriug which much minor business waa transacted. In all seventy bills and resolutions were passed. The general good feel-in- g in the house bad been heightened by the victory won over the senate on the item of the naval appropriation bill for the building of a battleship in a government yard; the closing hour waa occupied in a spirited debate between Mr. Cousins of Iowa and Mr. Richardson, the Democratic leader, over the report on the investigation into ihe charges made by Captain Christmas concerning the sale of the Danish West Indies. Mr, Cousins ridiculed Mr. Richardson for bringing the matter to the attention of congress. The latter defended his course. After a session marked by some of the stormiest debates ever heard in the American congress, the senate adjourned sine die at 5:30 o'clock. During the last hour of the session there waa a tart debate on the 1hilippine question, participated in by Messrs. Carmack of Tennessee, Spooner of Wisconsin, Culberson of Texas, McComas of Maryland, and Lodge of Masse- - - g h, sen.-iie- I I JE99 FIGHT IN SENATE CHAMBER. OFFERED. I -. Senator Baron of Georgia and Barney Layton, assistant doorkeeper, came quickly forward snd asssistea in pullingthe Texas senator futhgr sway; Senator Bailey meanwhile struggling to get free and lunging toward Senator Beveridge. As he was removed a little distance he was heard to utter something that sounded like a threat about killing him without effort. However he walked away when Senator Bacon urged him to be quiet snd led him toward the Democratic side. Mr. Beveridge denied that he had been chockd by Mr. Bailey. According to his version the Texas senator made a lunge at him but his arm was caught by Senator Spooner before the threatened blow landed. MORRISON GUILTY. Her Third Trial Hrsull In Yerdlel ol Murder In berouti Degree. Jessie Morrison, in her third trial for the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle at her home In Eldorado, Kan., in June, 1JOO, has been found guilty in the second degree. Jessie Morrison killed Clara Wiley Castle with a razor in a quarrel eight daya after i1 ra. Castle had been married to Olin Castle, with whom both women hod been in love. Miss Morrison ia the daughter of II. M. Morrison, formerly a circuit judge. The first trial resulted in a disagreement. At the second trial Miss Morrison was found guilty of manslaughter and given a five years sentence. She spent but two months in the penitentiary, being granted a new trial last February- Irrigation Hill n Boon to tho West. Representative Newlsndaof Nevada, who has, for many years, championed irrigation in congress, has given brief outline of the effect of the bill. He says that the effective feature of the bill is its automatic action until the entire work ia done, without further appropriations from congress. In this respect," said Mr. Newlsnds, "it is, perhaps, the only bill ever passed which furnishes so complete, comprehensive and automatic apian of action. Under itprovitions at least 8150,000,000 of the proceeds of the sales of public lands will be available in the next thirty years for irrigation works. The receipts from the sale of public lands during the last fiscal year, as well as the present, aggregating are immediately available, and from this time on the sum of 83,000,000 per annum will be available, which amount will be constantly increased as the lands sre redeemed and sales tre made. The bill ia carefully guarded. The secretary of the interior cannot let contracts unless the money ia in the fund. Land monopoly is impossible. t 86,-000,- 000, BODY OF. JESSE JAMES- Reinnlns of naudlt Hurled Tireutj Tears Exhnuied end Hurled In Family Plot. Jesse JsmeB body, which has been buried for twenty years in the door-yar- d of the old James homestead near Excelsior Springs, Mo., was disinterred last week and buried in the cemetery at Kearney, Mo., beside the bodies of his father and wife. Mra. Zerelda Samuels, mother of Jesse James, Frank James, his brother, snd Jesse James snd Mary, his eon and daughter, efreno). f funeral service was held iud pall he sre is were comrades of Jesse James when all were members of e band. When the skeleton of hia father was dug np, Jesse James, Jr,, picked up the skull and pointed out the hole made by the bullet from Bob A Quan-trell- Ford's pistol. Besides relatives and close frienda of the Jamea family, only a small crowd attended the exercises. Fatal Wreck of Excursion Train. Sunday morning an excursion train on the Colorado Midland railroad, coming down Lte pass from Cripple Creek, atrnck a broken rail and seven can piled into a shapeless heap. One man, Francis M. English, a prominent of Colorado Springs, waa inDYNAMITE IN SAFE. stantly killed, and about thirty other Burglars Leave Cnsxplnded Charge and passengers were more or less seriously Owner Is Herlously Hurt. injured, three or four probably fatally. Sunday morning burglars entered The cars that left the rails and went the postofiice at Leon, Kansas, and. at- over the embankment north of the tempted to blow open the safe, but track contained 371 passengers, and it were frightened away. Monday morn- waa by the most miraculous escapes ing when the postmaster went to open that could he imagined that the death the safe a charge of dynamite in it ex- list was not enormous. ploded and seriously injured him. It Rebellion In Ilnytl. is also said that two others were inGreat excitement pervaila in llayti. jured, but details are very meager. Admiral Kiliick, commander of the llorrlbla Crlius Committed by l'n known Haytien fleet, disembarked troops to lereons In Oregon. General Firman, former Haysupport II. T. Bruner, a miner, aged 45 years, tien minister at laris, and one of the was burned to death at Bonanza, Ore., candidates for the of the early Sunday morning under circum- republic, and after presidency to rerefusing stances which point to murder and cognize the constituted authorities, robbery. He lived in a tent and wai threatened to bombard Cape Haytien. supposed to have lisd considerable The consular have representatives about h:s money person. Sunday protested against such action being morning his tent was oiscovered on taken. The bishop and a delegation fire. The flames had made such of the foreign consuls endeavored to when rescuers arrived they could not enter. When the tire had con. bring about harmony between the sumed the tent the charred remains oi contending factons, but their efforts failed of success. Bruner were found. CHOLERA IN MANILA. Rlnln Ily floras Thieves. Sheriff A. J. Bullard and Under-sheriNearly Fourlssn Hundred Deaths Hsvt Occurred Thus Far. Cogburn of noger Mills county, Oklahoma, were killed in a battle with According to official reports, then horse thieves while the officers were have been in Manila up to date. 1,74( attempting to arrest members of tha cases of cholera and 1,335 deaths from band of outlaws. The fight occurred the disease. The same reports for thi in the northeast portion of the county province show 0.4 cases snd 7,031 and continued for about twenty minLieut-Codeaths. Ixiuis M. Maus utes, the outlaws finally aurrotmding the insular health commissioner, sayi the two oflicers and riddling them with bullets. The entire hand niude that there probably have been 2.00C their escape, supposedly uninjured, ' deaths from cholera in the province ol which it haa been impossible to gel though the sheriffs out up a mu-ai:i- an s pro-gres- ff l. tight. phuitl recur" |