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Show HEWS FROM THE I WIRES. 1 Bait Lako City, June 20. President Joseph P. Smith of the Church of Jesus Christ ot Latter-day Saint tes- tilled before tho sugar investigation committee at Washington today. P Washington, June 26. Tho famovn Cunningham-Alaska coal land claims, gobbled up by the Morgan-Quggenl'clm syndicate to control the entire coal production of Alaska, were formally ffl disallowed here today by tho Depart- tnent of the Interior. 1 United States District Attorney Henry A. WUe of New York caused jf an Indictment to bo issued against J the Eastern Box Board club, wltclh Is A alleged to be tho successor of the dls- J solved Fibre and Manila Association. 1 Tho Canadian reciprocity bill cm- R erged from Its first ordeal In tho Son- nte Monday night nt Washington, P. M ' C, unscathed. Tho Hoot amendrrent fl proposing a modification of tho wood S pulp and paper section ot the agree- I ment was defeated. The measure U now open to the general fight that is M to follow for amendment of impo'tit 1 provisions of the Payne-AIdrlch tariff 9 law. 1 . Salt Lake City, Juno 26. The mys- tery surrounding tho disappearance of 2 " J9.000 from the Commercial bank of ' Tooele, Utah, on June 7, hi'ii been m solved, and at least two, of tho three I men arrested for the crime will be freed. It may be that all three men I will be dismissed. Tho battleship Utah In her trial trip has exceeded contract requirement require-ment by .887. Twenty runs were made,. In three she made a speed of V';..'!G knots, three 12.015, three lO.VJ'.i an "I nnother 19,049. In addition thteo top speed runs wore made and thiee at cruising speed, in tho top speed runs :'J. she averaced 21.288 knots. Her con tract required 20.75 knots. Tho battleship battle-ship Is 98.4 completed and sho will be ready to go In commission Aug 10. ' Mrs. Ortle MacMnnlgal. whosi hus band Is on trial for murder In Loz Angeles In connection with tho blow-v blow-v Ing up ot tho Los Angeles Times, I'lul whq was summoned to that city, on tho advice of her attorney and bro'h-or, bro'h-or, refused to tescify. Washington, June 26. President Samuel Gompers, Vlco-P-csident .lota Mitchell and Secretirv Frank Morrison Morri-son of the American Felt-ration of I.ti-bcr, I.ti-bcr, under rules Issued today by Jus-tlcn Jus-tlcn Wright of tho District Court .! i Columtla, wore cltel to appear Mon- i , day, July' 17, to show cause why they Bbould not bo cited for contempt of ' ' court. During a fire at the plant ot tho ' Union Oil company, Monday, Chief David Campbell of tho Portland fire department was Instantly killed through an explosion, and thrco oth-eY oth-eY firemen received Injuries. Major M. A. Urecden, who wns recently re-cently appointed to a Judgeship In tho Pnnnmu canal zone, arrived In Wush- Ington, Monday. i Helena, Mont., Juno 26. Hy a voto of flvo to ono, tho taxpayers of Hel-j Hel-j ena(today, authorized tho Issuance of 1400,000 wator bonds to be used to purchase tho plant of tho Helena Waterworks Wa-terworks company. i Provo, Utah, Juno 20. Over one hundred delegates wont to Provo ) '3K,Monduy to attend tho annual conven- tlon of tho Tollurldo Association, tho I members of which are In the employ .of tho company from Utah, Montana, Idaho and Colorado. Tho chief topic, for discussion will ho tho management manage-ment of the $000,000 endowment conferred con-ferred upon tho association by L. L, Nunn, general muaager of tho Tel- lurldo Power company. At a maBs meeting ot tho cltlzeLs of Bingham, Utah, held at tho Coraraer- i clal club nt that place Monday night, the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company was severely scored. Tho meeting finally appointed a commit-teo commit-teo of f!ve as delegates to the meeting meet-ing of the Utah Development lcaguo to bo held In Salt Lako on Wednesday. Wednes-day. - Payson, Eureka and other southern towns have decided to dlspenso with telephones rather than pay tho exorbitant exor-bitant rates. Delegates are being sent to the meeting ot the Utah Development Develop-ment league which will have this subject sub-ject up for discussion. Thomas King, trumpeter In troop F, First cavalry, about 24 years old, said to bo from Salt Lake, committed suicide by shooting himself through tho heart In a bathroom nt Fort Yellowstone, Yel-lowstone, Tuesday. Brussels, Belgium, Juno 27. Wyn-malln Wyn-malln and Vldart arrived from Utrecht today, completing the fourth leg of the international circuit race. Tho Utrecht to Brussels prize was won by Beaumont, who reached hero yesterday. Klttnnnlng, Pa., June 27. Eight women mourners were injured yesterday yes-terday in a panic caused by a severe electrical storm during the funeral of George Serene at West Klttnnnlng. Washington, Juno 27. Four days remain in which corporations may pay their federal tax. A heavy penalty will be assessed against all that have not paid when tho treasury closes Its doors on June 30. Salt Lake, Juno 27. H. E. Booth, United States district attorney, Is examining ex-amining titles to property In Park City and Richfield, with a view to securing sites for federal buildings. Melbourne, Australia, Juno 27. The now census gives tho commonwealth of Australia, consisting of Now South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, West Australia and Tasmau-ia, Tasmau-ia, a populalton of 4,449,495, ngalns 3,773,801 In 1901. London, June 27. Parliament reassembled reas-sembled Monday after tho coronation recess and tho struggles over t'io voto vo-to power of tho lords will he imnie dlately resumed. Madrid, June 27. A meeting of Republicans and Socialists yesterday passed resolutions condemnlg Spain's military operations In Morocco and also protesting ngalnst the International Interna-tional encharlsfic congress which Is In session here. Now York, June 27. Colonel VA-ward VA-ward II. R. Green, son of Hetty Green, Is making a Journey of appiox-Imately appiox-Imately 6,000 miles to spend six hours In Dallas, Tex. Tarrytown, N. Y., Juny 27, Tho reason for John D. Rockefeller's unexpected unex-pected return from Cleveland, It has been learned, was his desire to have the Bedford road closed so that ho may use It as an entrance . " his grounds. It Is said that he may hive trouble In getltng tho village trustees t3 agree to. gi.lt Lone City, Juno 27. Throe thousand and two hundred acres ot dry farming land In Iron county, Utah, will be broken and sown to crop before be-fore tho snow falls next winter. Tho land will be owned by ten prominent business men or southern California and all will bo filed on within tho next few days. Globe, Ariz., June 26. Charged with attacking and then drownlg Mulannd Myrtlo Goswlck, 1 mid 12 years old, In Salt River Saturday, 24 miles from here, Klng3loy Olds, a prospoctor 46 years ot,ugo, mining partner of the fa-thor fa-thor of the girls, was lodged Sunday In tho county Jail here, with his low cr Jaw shot away,' In an Ineffectual attempt, It Is believed, to commit sul-slde sul-slde after killing tho two girls. |
