Show THE RUSSIAN extradition TREATY on the ath ol 01 month the extradition treaty russia which goes into on the instant was made public this treaty has called forth a great deal ot adverse criticism owing in part to the publication last month of an incomplete summary which purported to give the substance of the treaty the list of olTen sea for which extradition can be demanded under tho terms of the treaty is as follows murder and manslaughter when voluntary rape abortion arson burglary robbery larceny forgery and the utterance of forged papers the fabrication or circulation of counterfeit public money counterfeit ling the embezzlement of public moneys public officers or repositories depositories deposit ories embezzlement bezz lement by any person or persona oer sona hired or salaried to the detriment ofa their employers when tho value of the property so taken shall exceed or coubles roubles rou bles piracy or mutiny on ship board willful or unlawful destruction or obstruction of railroads endanger human life the much discussed provisions regarding political offenses offen sea areas follows if it be made to appear that extradition is sought with a view to try or punish the person demanded for an of a political character surrender shall not talie place nor shall any person surrendered bo tried or punished for any political offense committal com mittel previously to his extradition nor for any other alan that for which tho extradition was granted nor shall the surrender of any person bo demanded for an committed prior to the date at convention effect an attempt against alie life of the head of either government or against that ol 01 any member of his family when euch attempt comprises the act either of murder of or of poison ansti or of accessory ship thereto shall not bo considered a political or an act connected with each an offense the provision contained in the last sentence is similar to one incorporated in tho extradition treaty with and on ita face reasonable and very proper for the killing of an individual whatever hia rank or office it at least homicide and should be eo considered the surrender of ble persona is to he made by the two countries according to their respective regulations and procedure and alio abr render shall be made only upon euch 1 evidence of criminality a according to the laws of the where the fugitive or person charged shall bo found would justify ids or her apprehension and for trial if the crime or offense had been there committed in other worda alie surrender of persona guilty of or charged with crime by alie kasaian authorities can only bo upon evidence which would justify their apprehension and commitment in the united states provision is the ono ordinarily contained in our extradition treaties it seems to constitute a sufficient safeguard against the arbitrary uso 0 the machinery of extradition for purposes of political persecution and oppression and appears also to furnish a satisfactory answer to most of the criticism of this part of the treaty which has appeared provision is moreover made in another section to he effect that the respective countries shall not be required to deliver up their own citizens or subjects in virtue of the stipulations of alio treaty A LITTLE flew into THE STANDARD sanctum last evening and sang 0 go sweetly among other things which the little bird cooed gently into the editors ear was the secret up to the present time has been carefully kept from alio public said the plumed song eter samuel merritt of salt lake is to be chief justice of utah william H king to be associate justice located at provo and kentucky smith is io be removed to ogden kichard W young is if be associate justice of utah stationed at salt lake and is to have charge of the court at beaver john of provo will clerk at provo appointed by judge king of course D II 11 peery jr will be clerk at ogden under judo smith if merritt and young have selected clerks the fortunate persons names have not been communicated to tins retailer of fresh and reliable political news THE FACT stated by the new york press that worth of warships are m process ot construction at a single shipyard that of the cramps in philadelphia is particularly significant to the working man who is studying party politics to determine which is the best one for him it means that well paid men are employed in that establishment in philadelphia where protected industries have made the working men house owners or on the way to become euch employees probably a population of 20 and it is the republican party that is steadfastly in favor of building our warships and our merchant chips hero in american shipyards while the democratic party openly advocates free ships that is tho buying bf our ships in foreign shipyards sensible working men will have no difficulty in determining which par tyis most worthy of their support THE road of juno logli has a vry striking and pertinent cartoon on its first page labeled an extra session an accompanying dialogue the characters represented are hog de rothschild cleveland and uncle sam cleveland is represented as climbing a polo labeled gold standard which ie surmounted by hat the dialogue is as follows hog de rothschild grofer my money elected you you must climb dot pole cleveland yes master ill try but those western fellers hayo daubed the polo with silver grease and I 1 slip back as fast as I 1 get ahead uncle sam to call an extra cession in time of peace to increase the public debt by issuing new gold bonds is a crime my people THE opponents of an open sunday worlds fair are seeking to make out hat the movements move mentis not popular with he masses by citing the alleged fact hat the attendance was only about larger anthe sabbath than it was on the preceding saturday while t is alleged that all the side shows on he outside were as generously attended as they had been when the fair was closed on the sabbath the truth of the matter is that the brer halla and variety theaters and side shows around the center of the city well as in the neighborhood of the grounds were almost deserted the art gallery was thronged all day the sale of catalogues reaching a total of over THE denver republican is correct in saying eliat it is not a scarcity of actual money but a contraction of credit which is injuring the business interests of the people of this country at the present time if confidence were restored business would promptly resume its normal volume and there would bo plenty of money to carry it on but so long as the present uncertainty regarding tho policies to bo pursued by the democratic administration concerning the coinage and tho tariff continues confidence will not be restored and times will remain dull the country is paying an awful penalty for the folly of restoring abo democratic party to power in tho last presidential election TUB denver news declares that the state bank echimo la merely a part of hie wall street conspiracy to complete tbt of silver it is hoped that by offering tho the leRO of issuing unlimited quantities of wildcat money based upon state county railroad or other bonds that the bouthern support of silver will abandoned and a cold basis permanently tho plan la too transparent to deceive anyone THE salt lake tribune should bo eup pres fed its recent attack upon the members of a worthy and unassuming family whose eminent have caused them to be singled out to hold important public positions show that honest aa for public office is safe from the poisoned pois ored shafts hurled by the hypercritical salt labe sheet in the interest of democratic harmony if for no other leison the mendacious tribune should ie eat down aby all t a a A who are opposed to any interference with the divine likht ot certain eminent democrate demo crata to wear the purple and receive the emoluments of office scat THEBES ONE town in nevada that is dead nor asleep it fact it is very much awake and alio town we abudo to is keno this year the live capital of eashoo county propose to have a real old fashioned patriotic celebration of the glorious fourth of july keno is not a large town but alien it comes to putting up coin for any public doina el 10 comes to the center every time the fund contributed by the people for the celebration this year averages about 1 apiece for all ita citizens renos population is between and deseret evening news bays the west point cadetship examination commenced in city on saturday last before delegate J L rawlins which prompts to inquire who in alitar ali tax is he |