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Show THE 2 I bill was advertised for three months and when It raws before the committee la open session it was discussed bv members and the public with greet vigor. It was irry vigorously opposed by the clergymen of the City of Manila. Indeed, ao strong was their or position. It lead the committee to uble the bill and appoint a committee couriering of Major Carter, aurgeon U. A A., chief sanitary officer of the islands; Dr. Jose Alter., a prominent Filipino physician, of Manila, and the Right Rev. Charles H. Brent. Episcopal bishop of the Philippines, who were authorised to visit th various Oriental countries to lavearlgata the various measures taken by the different governments for suppressing tho use of This committee mad Itn reDecides opium. port to the Philippine committee in June. 1904. The report wee not by the Philippine committee to this department until last August. Th time einc then his been taken in printing it and th correcting of typographical and other errors contained In it. "An informal ropy of the opium rebrought by Bishop Brent reported port bo- to the department n yetr ago and tha Bnisajdiho. March IS Th hahtioa of the proMCHtkB la the result of its contents and eonctusions were transmitted to the committee of mu corpua pn ettllgia in the Beu- tbe house when they were considering aonbers . mnrdar ease. io airika from th. answer of the WmIot the question of the duty to be Imposed Federation trailer all ref.renr to upo nopium in a bill providing fur a the arreet of Mrwn. Moyer, Haytariff on goods Imported into the Philand wood and Pruibone la Ifca ippines. Tbe result was the commute their subsequent removal to Idaho framed the following import tan: " Of uplum: (A I, crude. N. W. kilo, and all portions Marring to the alleged conspiracy on the part of 4; IB), th same manufactured or OoTornora McDonald and flooding, prepared for smoking or other pur with the and others connected puses N. W kilo, S; provided, howthe proaecution, was sustained by ever, that tbs Philippine ' of means supreme court today. This any subsequent that Moyer.. Haywood, Pettlbooe Philippine legislature shall have the and the others indicted for the power to enact legislation to prohibit Stsunen- murder of absolutely the Importation or aala of opium or to limit or restrict ita imberg at Caldwell, must stand trial for the crime. portation and sale, or adopt such other Counsel for the prisoners who measures ns may be required for th are members of the Western Fedof the evils resulting from suppression oration of Min era, gave notice of tha sale and use of the drug; and. pro an appeal to the supreme court of Tided further, that after March 1st, the 1nlted Stair. 110k. It ahaU be unlawful to import laThy application of Vincent St. te tha Philippine Islands opium, in w hatever form, rxeept by I he governJohn for a writ of habeas corpua was taken under adrlseuent by ment, sad for medlcnl purposes only, the court. and at no rime shall h be lawful to Later in the afternoon the an- aell opium to any nativa ef the Philippromo court denied the appliespine Islands except for medicinal purturn for a writ of habeas corpua poses." An art entitled 'An net to reIn the case of Moyer. Haywood vive and amend the tariff laws of the and Petti boo and reminded the Philippian Islands and fur other purposes. approved March Ird, 1905). prisoner to the euotody of the aborts of Canyon county. At tho There ia now pending before tha request of' the prisoner tho place Philippine committee for public diswill he of their confinement cussion a Mil providing for the supchanged from tho atato penlteati- pression of opium amoking, which ary to tho county Jell of Canyon ponallaes the aala of opium . to Filicounty at Caldwell. They will be pinos or its use by them; second, it removed there tomorrow. prohibits th sale of opium to any In the hearing thin moralng oa Chinaman unless be be registered as the motion of the prosecution to aa habitual user of lha drug. License atrike out ill reference to the ea- taxes nr Imposed on wholesale and court tho the of tradition retail dealers who are subject to ckise prisoners nunthe of held that tha question regulation and scrutiny. The text of Coloner of their removal from the bill baa not heea received. but only 9 rado was not within the jurladie- cable summary. This bill. If It k tlon of the Idaho courts efror tha a law, will, by res eon of the priaoaers had arrived within the congressional restriction above set out, conflnea of the elate. cease te have effect until April, 1909, e and at that time importation e of opium e into tho Islands will cease except for medical purposes, and th importation for that purpnea will ho made by tho government only. The Interval of two yean before the absolute prohibition appliea la made la accordance with tha uoreaafttl policy followed ia Formosa by the Japanese who did not put into operation the - prohibition until after three , years of preparation daring which 1 lessees were imposed, and a registered Mat ef habitual users was required. ; The proposed license Mil follow erectly the recommendation of th Investigating committee, hut If it jaaaos It will effect the same purposes n n somewhat different way. MOYER 1ST Supreme Court Against Union Leaders. . eeeeeeeee ee ee ELECTIONS HEED OPIUM WILL v in Russia. St. Petersburg, To Be Excluded From Philippines Within Two Years. ' Washington, March II. The President today aetit to con are tho report of the opium oommleeion, appointed In 1M4 to Investigate the uaa of opium In the Philippines and to suggest means for Its regulation. Th report Haelf in outline has already been published hut. In view of the earnest efforts of Christian clergymen and reformatory societies to stop tha (raffle la opium in the Philippines, and after developments alnce tha publication of the report, the following letter from Secretary Taft, which accompanies the President's message to congress. may be of Interest; "Washington. D. C March 9. ISO 1 have the My dear, Mr. President; honor to enclose herewith for transmission to congress the report of the committee appointed by tha Phllio-pin- e commission to Investigate the use of oplnm and the truffle therein and the rules, ordinance, and laws regulating aurh as- - and traffic in Japs. Formosa, Shanghai. Hong Kong, Sal gem. Singapore, Burnish, Java and the Phll'mtlne Islands. "The law in force In the Philippine islands, under the government of Spain, made it. unlawful for any Filipino to eraoke or use opium in any way. It permitted, however, a license to issue for the maintaining ef opium smoking resorts to be patronised only by the Chinese, and police supervision was exercised over the resorts and any Filipino found theca wa errested and punished. The owner of the resort was also punished for ennnlving at tha Plllpino's violation of the law. it is generally felt that the law was fairly wall tnforced and that the spread of a tho use of the drug among the was much retarded by It enforcement. Under the law the right to tell oplnm for smoking and other pur. poaes was farmed out In the various provisoes to a wholesale dealer who purchased the privilege at a public' auc March II. la practhe peas- tically all th first stage of ant elections a faction ia th village refused to participate. Reports from Smolensk, Mishkin, Volkln and elsewhere indicate that the peasants generally chose const atives to the district conventions which will select delegates to tha provincial convenwhich at tions representative will to the ' national assembly be rbosea. Nevertheless, at the first district convention . at . Moscow yesterday, the peasant representatives, while they did not succeed la choosing their delegatee, atroagly favored the selection of peasants axalsit class. Feeling oa the th subject la evidently being aroused, a proportion of the workmen refusing to participate sad a much larger body, tha entire radical wing belonging to the Boris 1 Democratic party, has adopted a resolution declaring tho national assembly ie a mockery, as the election law favors th rich against the against the poor, the lead owners peasants and the employers against the workmen, adding: "The purpose of tbe government ia not to convoke real representatives of tha people hut persona who will obey the instructions of the government It simply wants to use the national assembly to raise money. The Russian people are more in slavery than before. We refuse to participate la tha elections and demand a constituent assembly oa th basis of nnivresai amnesty for the thousands who are now being arrested and sent Into exile." M. Kutler, who recently resigned the post of minister of agriculture, was re glittered on Ihe list of the constitutional demands. land-own- MOODY KNOW NOTHING. Chicago, March 13. Attorney General Moody, when asked today regarding prospective changes in tha cabinet, replied: "1 am not yet ready to leave tha cabinet and when I am I will announce It. I do not know anything about any changes In the cabinet and. have ao right to knoir anything." OUTLAWS IN BATTLE Dam- Suit. Chicago, llarrh 12. "Ambulance chasers" and adjustment societies are flayed In the annual report of (Tty Attorney John P. Bmulakl, which will go to tha rtty council tonight. Three years of experience In defending the city In personal damage aults have led Mr. Bmulakl to th conclusion that the greater number of the claims are "graft, pur and simple," and In vigorous language he protest against the mulcting of the public treasury by "professional leeches.'' The present street car companies, he any, pay about $2,0M.0(H) yearly In nettling Injury esses, and they are experts tn the art. of self defense In the courts. Tho document Informs the Council that Chicago paid out :iiH).ot)o last year for broken legs and arms and for other Injuries. It says that If the city Inspectors seer up to the mark and attended to business tha sidewalks and street holes that cause the accidents would net exist. Ambush Six Deputy Marshals and Kill Three full-bloo- d received, Marshal Darragh. in addition, wired the department of justice, asking authority to swear In, 100 deputies and, to offer $1,000 reward for each of the VESSEL ASHORE. outlaws, dead nr alive. He has gone to Indian Territory and will peraomU-l- y Ran Francisco. March 11. Advices direct operations against the outto the Merchant exchange say that law. n the steamer TVs spoil la ashore near The outlaws are agreed tn he hnaded Port Angelee. She will pmhably be a by Charley, John and Tom Wycllffe, total loss. Her crew has been saved. sons of the former Justice of the Cherokee supreme court. The three by Charley. John and Tom Wyckllffe, Wyckllffe boy live years ago were engaged In n stabbing affray at an Indian dance. March members of the gang killed Deputy Vler end escaped after s Isttle with a posse and they are credited with having committed many other crimes. They are alleged to he professional horse thieve and for a long time hare given the authorities much trouble. More bloodshed is feared. It is said that many of the younger futlblnod Indians In the flpanlvsw Hills are Joining the Wyckllffea and a clash seems inevitable when the reinforcement of deputies meet up with them. Several famous Indian fighters are among the posses. Among them are in the brothers of Tuttle, tha dead deputy. The Tnttlea belong to a family of celebrated fighters In the early (ton. day of ihe Indian Territory and when "When tha American troops enter the two brothers left today they decd Manila and took possession of the clared they would avenge the death ef inlands, tha Spanish opium law was their brother. hot continued in fores. A duty wns The deputy marshal were ambushimposed on opium and town were enNew York, March It. Rabbi Joseph ed lest night while hunting the joined to pass ordinances forbidding for th murder of Vler. JheenUhMihmmt of opium dives. Such Silverman said, at a meeting of the The horee of the deputiesDeputy information ae the commission could New'Yorh slate conference of religion, from under them and threewere shot deputies htalu ladles tel that the of hold last night in the. Universalis! were killed outright. The other three th Spanish law had lad tosuspension an Increase churah, (hat he wished behind shelter some rorks. all the ought of tha use of the drug among One of who them, offered, was sent ehurchs la tha city would discard larly la 101 there wa Intro-ddifferent name and be num hark on foot to Tahlequah for reinla the Philippine commission, their forcements. When he left the others tor enactment into law, a Mil following bored like public ssfcools. Dr. gllvermna dsolaend that the were holding the Indians at bar. ' rcPcU tho Spanish law, great religious, such as Christianity. hcpscieny la the mala feature, that tho Mohammedanism end Judaism, were Ml d opium to BETROTHAL ANNOUNCED. and um Its miplaoi essence ene and the same thing by them wae absolutely prohibited in the and differences that were those Piinesaa Ena of Battsnburq Will Ba c Penal offense. It aboilsh-e- d of nomenclature only. Known as Victoria Eugenia. Meeaaed oplnm smoking feaorta and Hie reason for suggesting that, ihe that ao oplnm oould be sold churches discard their names was that Madrid, March 11. Premier Moret-t- o smoked upon the In thin way the people would forget to officially communicated premise. It contained the featnre to what denomination they belonged the today cabinet King Alfonsos betrothal oat the right to sell opium to and the Interdenominational strife to Prjncase Enn of Ratten berg, who 1 years of age. Tha would ha aUmiuatfd. .Aaraatta will te metu- - known aa ' RELIGIONS ARE ALL Fill-pinn- Only They Differ Name, Says a Rabbi rdnd y Stog h0 i - CEMETERY. MARRIES Bass Provided for In Oik rage. Chicago. March 11. ' It soon trill ba possible ia Chicago for union man to die and be buried under "thoroughly union" conditions. The tut chapterin the union book of Ilfs, ia a "Unionremet wy. Under ea Impulse given by the joint cigarmaksre' unions of th city, the movement took practical shape yesterday, and within a month or two a plat at ground large enough for Sr 000 graves will have been acquired. The burying ground will be reserved strictly for unionista. No other person may te buried there. The Cigannskere have appropriated IlS.isH) from their treasury to carry out the scheme. They do not Intend to keep th cemetery for tho benefit of members of their own trade only, but will throw open the gates ef the buiytng ground to the other unions of Chicago. It ta expected that th rest of the 760 labor organisations of the city will Join heartily in the plan. STRUM A If Moyer and His Companions Are Executed REBECCA COOK OF OMING. WY- A special dispatch from Denver says: While Iff Wyoming several weeks ago hunting "copy" for the National Magellan. af which he ia an editor, Edward 8. Gordon ran across a page of material for hia o n life book. .At Laramie he met Rebecca Cook, the accomplished daughter of Jabea Cook, and the couple were not long in finding out that they were Intended for each other. Gordon went away, and soon after ward Mias Cook announced that ah waa going to Hiatee, A. T., to attend a meeting of a musical organisation of which she was n member. Instead ha cams to Dtnver, met Gordon here yesterday and waa married to him by an Episcopal minister. Gordon is n Bco'chman and served in the Boer war. Hr it a magaxin sriter. Advices from Ie ramie state that Papa Cork has his blessing ready. ll John Chase, former Socialist mayor of Haverhill. Mass, got th floor at yesterdays meet lug of the Central Federated Union to ask for cooperation ia demonstrations the Soeie.Usta are getting up to protest against tho punishment of President Moyev, Secretary Haywood and other officers .of the Western Federation of Minus, arrested in connection with the assassination of former Governor Bteunenterg f Idaho. Tbe first public meeting will be held tomorrow and has asked the central union to send delegatee. "If these taro men are hanged. he said, "and if any man In this body or any other body is not then willing to shoulder a gun and fight for his class, ha la a coward." It waa decided to send twe delegates. to-na-y well-know- n E Causae a Husband to Kill Hia Wife and Then Commit fulcide. Big Steamer is Made to Quiver Under the Shock. Head of a Hospital Makes an Emphatic Denial. . . New York, Msrch INSANE JEALOUSY Oakland,' Cal., March 13. Fired by Insane Jealousy, which for more than a year was smouldering In his breast, causing numerous quarrels with kla wife, Frank T. Homer, a painter, yesterday afternoon , shot and fatally wounded his wife, Mrs. Mary Homer, and then turned his weapon against himself, Inflicting a wound from which he died at the receiving hospital. Homer's crime was committed tn the presence of two of his children, Ruth and Drde Homer. Ruth, when her father fired the first shot at Mi wife, sprang to hia side and tried to tear the revolver from hia grasp, but he book off the clinging hands of the child and, regardleaa at her scream a, fired another shot at. the woman and then shot himself hi the head. , Homers crime was committed after a long quarrel with his wife, who had left him a.week agb, and waa caused by her refusal to. return to him. ,'aw York, March 12. When the American line steamship Philadelphia arrived yesterday from Southampton the paafengers reported (hat an other. Wire uneventful voyage had been made exciting by'a huge wave, whioh, without warning, at ruck the vessel about 7 o'clock last Friday evening. A specific for pain Dr. Thomas' Striking tha door of the officers' Oil, strongest, cheapest liniflooded water the the quardeckhouse, ters knee deep. After doing damage ment ever devised. A household rem. to tho officers' clothing, tbe flood de- edy in America for II years. scended to the drawing room on the mala dark and than poured in a cascade down the well of (he companion-wa- y to tha main saloon. ' Passage ways were flooded until tha water ran ao deep that a force of stewards were called to wads in and ball them out. Men and women dropped to their knees and prayed, while others ran out on deck to sea what had happened. Tha groat vessel reeled and quivered under the shock, and for fully five minutes almost n panic reigned on board. So far aa oould he learned no one wns hurt except one vfoman who was bruised by being thrown against her berth. Captain A. R. Mills stopped the engines and rods out tha atorm. Part at th steamship's bowsprit waa carried away, iron railing were twisted and n large number at windows broken. In addition the wireless telegraph instrument waa put out of commlsslna, the mast, wires being carried away. Captain MUM said that in nil hi experience he had never encountered n wave of such height. New York, March 12. The Tribune PIONEERS OF THE WEST. a today says: Andrew Hamilton, according to reNew York. Morph II. Thomas H. reached this city yesterday, ports that Carter, senator from Montana, Mat has D. Cady Hermade to night gave a lecture in Brooklyn on rick a full and complete statement of The Pioneer of the West" for the behalf of benefit of the Monastery of the Preci- hia financial transactions in and this ous Blood. Senator Carter was one the insurance companies of the Western pioneers and pathflnd statement has been turned over to era and his lecture told of their trials, District Attorney Jerome by Mr. Herrick. It waa on the advice ot Mr. privations and triumphs. He described Herrick and Senator Brackett, It is the rise of great cities and states out of what waa within n few generations aid, that Hamilton came to thM conn-tr- y to clear the name of hia dead n wilderness. ' friend, John A. McCall. Stuyvesant Fish is to return from FISHING BOAT MISSINth a western railroad Inspection trip next Ran Pedro. Cal., March 12. The Wednesday or Thursday.. It M likely fishing boat "Vice," with three men, that the names of the members of hia Is missing as result, of the heavy committee of Mutual Life policyholdatorm which has teen raging, and It is ers will be given out then. The committee of actuaries, it was feared that it Is lost. The host waa In charge of Peter Vorsirh. with Nick Perrlrlrh and A. Jonnson as helpers. All of the other hosts at the flhlng fleet, that work out of tbls port, arrived safely early last evening. Insurance Man Makes a Statement ot His Terrible Disclosures Made in New York City. New York,' March 12.-- Th nmnt made In the Iowa legislature Representative Gregory, in inrJj. ing hia bill requiring physician kill incurablea, that -- even lirre pital in Chicago, New York and otte large cities U the scene f ,U(.h dera almost daily." wa received those In charge of New York hoD" with ridicule. The nearest thing to l)r. Greaorr', tntement that ever had curroL., here, it waa declared, was that iSd superstition among the verv ignore of a "black bottle'' kept at Brileva.' to wind up the careers of pauper especially if the diskette, room needed cadarera. Superintendent Armstrong uf Belle, vue aald Mat night that no uoh tioa aa Dr. Gregory has EiacoTureri pit r... J? tu ever known here. "There wa at on time." he aii "an agitation In favor of capital m! Mhment by means of alkaloid A few dropa of aome of these alkaloids would do the work far more easily and satisfactorily than electricity or hanging. But the agitation met the combined opposition ot phy&lrla as t cause the moral effect on a community would be to give the word drug sinister significance. The prorlnc n physician and of drugs ia to heal, not to kill, and no physician woald think of admlnMterlng any drug it a quantity which ha knew would tak human Ilfs. SEYMOUR WILKES DEAD. San Franciaoo, March 12. Th vaustallion Seymour Wilkes dial today from the injuries received a fortnight ago when hs was ran law by n fractions colt. Seymour Wilkes was n a pacer on the CaUforels circuit and took n record of ;0S 11 H beat the famous Sllkwood at Agricultural park, Los Angelos, In tka pace. Seymour Wilkes ess one of the fastest sons of Guy Wllkw and bad lately aired a number 4 promising light harness horses. Hs waa owned by G. W. Gregory of th Bt. George atable of this dty, vbs valued him at $10,000. , lt nown New .York, March 12. The district office did not rest even for 8unday In its investigation' of . the "white aMve" trade. Chief Clerk Ilenneherry and Assist- attorneys ant District Attorneys Ely and Garvan pent .the. 'entire day at their offices hearing recitals ot the cruelty imposed upon women alleged to have been under the control of negroes. . Mr. Henneberry said Mat night that a score of Indictments will ba asked against men said to have been affiliated with Robert Spriggs, the colored man under arrest. One of the (.men taken In n raid last fall in a negro dive on Mlnetta Lena told Mr. Garvan yesterday that he had been bound and gagged for three data a punishment for trying to escape from thn pMce. Another told of being deprived of food for a week for a similar Indiscretion. Police Commissioner Bingham has taken up the Investigation jf the traffic and has demanded a report from all tbe police captains regarding the existence of negro dens. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggist refund money iff it nils to cure. G. IV. GROVE'S signature is on every box. 25c. well-know- free-for-a- ll . FIERCE SNOW Will Be Made Lincoln, Neb., March 12. A fierce atom, which ia raging In tha vicinity of Akron. Colo., where Bur lington trains numbers 11 and 14 collided last night. Interferes with tha work at the wiecklng crew and progress la almost Impossible. Mean while the mala line tracks of the Bur lington nr blocked with little prospect of an early clearance. The trains have teen ran out from Denver and McCook to care for the passengers, none of whom waa injnred. now . i.. Washington, March 12. A cauaa ff the Republican members will he tail4 ed for Wednesday for th pan dtacuaalng the senate statehood inaurgenta" are tebeMI at the proposition for a caacus out MM ground that it is an attempta to them. There seems to te nndmtaadlof that tha tMtlM JJ knrgent mem ben win not attend caucus. MANN INDICTED. PRESIDENT QUINTANA DEAD. Buenos Ayrea, March 12. Dr. Manuel Quintana, president of the Argentine republic, died yesterday of catarrhal pneumonia. J M LAST IN Q Z JAIL tii Famous Russian Priest Has Been Placed Z Under Arrest faj s 8t. Petersburg, March 12. Father Gapon wae arrested today on tha ere of the Inquiry demanded by Mm inte the scandal involved Iff the charge that his Mbor orgaaMattea was subsidised by tba government.! - M. Tlmraseff, minister of commerce, in an interview exoaWatea Father Gapon from all blame, declaring ha la aa idealist sad man of force and Noman Hnpgood. editor of MWri ns. Weekly, on n charge of enimnni i a Gives Instant relief and will permanently GEO. F. Q U cure catarrh, hay fever cold In the head, sore throat, etc. , Our guarantee goes with every bottle. If you have any doubt as to the merits of this remedy ask us about 1L j S H . i DRUGGIST Cor. 23rd . Washington ac- quitting him of receiving any at the money given by the government to M. Matusehnski, Gapon 'a former assistant. Neverthslea his enemies intimate that Gapon arranged the arrest because he feared revelations and desired to throw dust In the ryes of his followers by giving himself the appearance of being oerseculed by the government. i H (m FREE TREATMENT V 1 New York. March II. Colon! I Ham D. Mann, editor of Town Tp waa today Indicted for perjury W grand Jury- - The Indictment wuhu" on hia testimony In the roeeot ttW" DR. DOWS CATARRH REMEDY IS AT in Order te Whip Insurgents. STORM FREE TREATMENT GIVEN DAILY Wy-rklif- d learned yesterday, will ask the Armstrong com mitt re for permission to Join wiiu it in drawing up standard forms of policies. "The actuartisay that without their assistance the forma would be doubtless ambiguous and full of misconception. The actuaries assert that the Introduction of n standard policy form will do away with the competition, which ia at the bottom of many evils." b Accounts. Vlnita. f. T.. March ll.--Blx Unite! States deputy marshals were ambushed In Rparlnsw Hill, I. T., near Kansas, by a hand of Indian outlaws last night. In n fight (hat ensued three deputies I. L. Gllatrap, of Kansas, Otis Tutti of Vlnita, and Richard Carry, of Tahlequah, 1.' T, were killed. Thomas Wofford, ona of th deputies who escaped, carried the news to Tahieqush today and Marshal Darrsugh issued orders to rush every deputy marshal to the northern district of the Indian Territory to the acene. Details nf the light have not yet been PHI-plan- t, MARCH 13, 1908L MORNING. HAS TOLD A AMBULANCE CHASERS age Oaa Ha Not All Voting OUT Whs Graft an a City by Bringing Later the two Victoria Eugeni. of parliament were notified. house Th minister of finance will present a bill appropriating tbe sum of $50,r 0iA annually for the future queen. The date of th marriage has been definitely fixed for June Ind. Th American ambassador, William M Collier, has returned here from hi tour of Andalusia to participate la th festivities to be held in honor of the King of Portugal, whe arrived here today. A UNION But the Peasants Are BE KEPT ; TCESDAY wraasw trane-lAitte- com-missio-n EXAMINER: OGDEN, UTAH, MORXIXO GIVEN DAILY |