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Show UTAH NEWS. Railroad construction is being pushed by four Utah companies. It is estimated that about 150 residences resi-dences are under course of construction construc-tion in Salt Lake City. William Bowman, a miner, was killed in the Horn Silver mine at Frisco last week by falling down a chute. A postoffice has been established at Clearfield, Davis county, and Richard T. Venable ouimissioned postmaster. The Salt r.ake Clerk's Association threaten tr prosecute all clothing1 and other sto-es which keep open on Sun-dar. Sun-dar. President CJompers of the American Federation of Labor was in Utah last week visiting with the various labor leaders of the state. ' The copper output for the state of Utah for the year 1S98 was So42,000. It is expected these figures will be more than quadrupled during the year 1899. Two Provo lads were last week fined 815 each for illegally catching trout. The boys have concluded to pnt away their fishing tackle till the l.'lli of June. This is commencement week at the Brigham Young Academy, and l'rovo is filled with visitors from different parts of the state to witness the exer-lises. exer-lises. Utah is becoming a strictly temperance temper-ance state on Sundays, it being a very hard matter to purchase intoxicants in any of the larger towns on the Sabbath Sab-bath day. Work has been commenced in the beet fields of the state and every available boy and girl is being given employment in thinning that wealth-producing wealth-producing crop. A Salt Lake woman has sued for divorce from her leige lord, her complaint com-plaint being that the partner of her jo3-s and sorrows is a vegetarian and will not permit her to eat meat. The state auditor last week drew a warrant for S'.'OU to pay Sheriff William Preeee of Uintah county his reward for capturing Peter Xeilson, alias Pete Logan, a member of tbe Hobber"s Roost gang recently taken. Rev. Elias Yournin. of the order of Paulist Fathers, preached in Salt Lake last Sunday, and will labor in Zion during the coming week. Rev. Youman claims to be a lineal descendant descend-ant of one of the apostles. Admiral Schley is scheduled to visit in Salt Lake City next Sunday, and it is expected excursions will be run from all parts of the state for the benefit bene-fit of people who wish to catch a glimpse of the gallant admiral. It is estimated that the wool clip this year will be slightly above that of last, reaching probably 14,000,000 pounds. Wool is now bringing from 11(12 cents and fully fifty carloads have already been shipped to Boston from Utah at that figure. Salt Lake had a little smallpox scare last week. An Indian brave whose squaw was sick with rheumatism was camped on the west side, and was bothered by children playing around. He said to them: ''Squaw heap sick, maybe smallpox." His little speech had the desired effect and he was bothed no more. Secretary Sears -of the State fair association has received what he considers con-siders the most humorous communication communica-tion that has reached him. It reads: "If our choice of judges is accepted by your committee, or judges who are not prejudiced can be secured, we propose to offer a special prize of 82 on five different products of Utah soil." The base ball fever took a hold on m the two Salt Lake stock exchanges last week, and a battle royal was fought between clubs selected from the rival exchanges, in which errors were numerous, beer was free, loud talk plenty and the game broke up in a row. It is said S10.000 changed hands during the progress of the game. George K. Smith, a former Utah man, figured as a hero last week in rescuing Delia Walters, a matron of a hospital who jumped from a ferryboat into the North river. New York, with suicidal intent. Smith saw the woman jump in and promptly plunged in after her, saving her life despite her struggles strug-gles to be permitted to go the bottom. Samuel Skidmore, the Salt Lake mail carrier, who was so badly hurt in a runaway two months since, is hopelessly hope-lessly insane. An operation was performed per-formed on him last week in hopes of restoring his mind, but was unsuccessful. unsuccess-ful. Company (i, of the Twenty-fourth, ninety-five men and two officers. Lieutenants Lieu-tenants Welsh and Van Dyne, left for San Francisco last Friday at 12:30. Alaska is the ultimate destination of the company. The departure was without incident. Dr. B. H. Fisher, a well known dentist dent-ist of Ogden, was shot on Sunday last by Miss Laura Gurtson, a former school teacher of that city. The wound was a slight one and no serious results are anticipated. The woman denies the shooting. Lieut. F. J. Mills, late of K company. Young's engineers, underwent a peculiar operation at St. Mark's hospital hos-pital last week. A portion of one of the ribs on the right side of the body was removed, having become affected with necrossis or death of the bone. Alma Hague, formerly cashier of the First National bank at Nephi, is to be released from the State penitentiary. The crime for which Hague was convicted con-victed was embezzlement, and he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. Ill health was the cause of his release. A West Weber sheepman, while driving driv-ing his sheep through Ogden canyon last week, met with a sad accident. His sheep started to run across a bridge when the structure collapsed, throwing 113 valuable Cotswolds into the river below, causing a loss to the sheepman of over 82,000. Forty-eight men of experience in fceet culture have left Utah for La-grande, La-grande, Ore., where they have been engaged by beet-raisers to thin and cultivate a promising beet crop that is now awaiting them: thirty-6even of these men come from Lent and eleven are from Springville. Not Prayer. "Yes." said the lovely girl, w have one of those perfectly delicious prayer rugs from the East, but somehow when papa comes home late and stum bles over it, he does not pray." In. dianapolis Journal. UNCLE SAM'S TERMS. FORM OF GOVERNMENT TO BE GIVEN THE FILIPINOS. Governor General and Judge to be Appointed Ap-pointed bv the President, While the Cabinet Will be Selected by the Governor General. Manila, May 24. Professor Schur-man, Schur-man, head of the United States Philippine Philip-pine commission, has submitted the following written propositions to the Filipinos: "While the final decision as to the form of government is in the hands of the congress, the president under his military powers, pending the action of congress stands ready to offer the following fol-lowing form of government: "A governor general to be appointed by the president: a cabinet to be appointed ap-pointed by the governor general; all the judges to be appointed by the president; presi-dent; the heads of departments and judges to be either Americans or Filipinos, Fili-pinos, or both, and also a general advisory ad-visory council, its members to be chosen by the people by a form of suffrage suf-frage to be hereafter carefully determined deter-mined upon. "The president earnestly desires that bloodshed cease and that the people of the Philippines, at an early date, enjoy en-joy the largest measure of self-goveru-inent compatible with peace and order." The United States commission prepared pre-pared the scheme and the president cabled his approval of the form of the document. The Filipinos have made no definite proposition except for the cessation of hostilities until they can present the question of peace to the people. Professor Schurman told the Filipinos they had no means of gathering gath-ering the people together, as the A ineri-cans ineri-cans control most of the ports. He also reminded them that a liberal form of government was offered them, and pointed out that it was better than the conditions existing under the Spanish rule. Gozaga, president of the Filipino commission, replied that nothing could be worse than Spanish rule and admitted ad-mitted that the form of government proposed was liberal. The civil members of the Filipino commission have decided to co-operate with the other members of that commission, com-mission, as the former considered Aguinaldo's latest demand to be preposterous, pre-posterous, after General Otis' refusal of an armistice, referring to his wish for time in order to consult the Filipino Fili-pino congress. HOMEWARD MOVE. All the Philippine Volunteers Will Start Home by End of July. Washington, May 24. The war department de-partment is proceeding on the theory that by the end of July not a volunteer volun-teer soldier will be left in Manila and General Otis' report yesterday that the transport Warren has arrived advances the time when the homeward movement move-ment of the volunteer troops will begin. be-gin. Already notice has been issued that mail for the First California and Second Sec-ond Oregon volunteer regiments should not be sent to Manila, but to San Francisco. In anticipation of the prompt return of volunteer troops in the Philippines, the secretary of war has telegraphed instructions to General Shafter, commanding com-manding the department at San Francisco, Fran-cisco, to establish a model camp at the Presidio for the accommodation of about 40,000 volunteers from Manila pending their muster out. CLOSE UP THEIR OFFICES. No More Consulates at Porto Rico and the Philippines. Washington, May 24. The state department de-partment has cabled to United States Consul Hanna at San Juan, Porto Rico, and to United States Consul Williams at Manila to close up their offices on July 1. After that date neither of those officials will be in the service of the United States, and the consulates will be abolished. Congress omitted appropriations for their maintenance, owing to the acquirement ac-quirement of Porto Rico and the Philippines as a result of the war, and the state department has been retaining retain-ing the officers at their posts for some time past in tne capacity of special agents. Battle of the Kings of the Cue. New York, May 24. Slosson won the second gams in his match against Schafer, after an exciting finish, the score being 400 to 359. The style of play was cushion caroms, and the '"Student" was well known to be more expert at this than at the balk-line play, at which he was beaten last Monday. Before the game the betting was all at even money, although little money changed hands on the result. The score: Shaefer, 359: average, 4 15-86; high runs. 55, 34, 22. Slosson. 500; average, 4 52-87, high runs, 34 and 27. Wouldn't be a Celebration. Williams Bay, Wis., May 24. Members Mem-bers of the executive committee of the World's Unity league held a peace conference con-ference in this city. C. O. Boring presented pre-sented the subject of a new Fourth of July. He offered a suggestive program, pro-gram, to include meetings in public places with orations on the meaning oi the day, emphasizing the blessings af peace, followed by social reunions and games of various kinds, with general gen-eral illuminations for the evening. Gunpowder and noise he would eliminate. elimi-nate. Cabana 'Keep Their Arms. Havana, May 24. Colonel Acea, who was at one time a member of the staff of the late Antanio Maceo, disbanded his force of 300 men, who had been stationed near Alquizar, province of Pinar del Rio, the men going quietly to their homes with their arms, resolved re-solved neither to accept the money of the United States, nor to wait longer in a condition of suspense. The Cuban chiefs in the Occident, or western provinces, will probably de" cide to adopt the same course. , Billion-Dollar Mrk i'mtaed New York, May 24. It has been ascertained as-certained that thf Mutual Life Insurance In-surance company of New York has been issuing insurance since March 31, in excess of one thousand millions of dollars. Some years ago a bill was introduced in the New York legislature legisla-ture limiting the insurance to be issued is-sued by any company to that amount and the same would probably have be-' come a law except for the opposition of the "Three Giants," who caused the defeat of the measura. AUTONOMY DESIRED. This la the Borden of the Talk of the I Filipino Commissioners. Manila, May 23. Autonomy is the burden of the talk of the Filipinos, and it is thought that the kind they wish for would be little different from the scheme of an American protectorate which they talked of before the war. Senor Paterno. who has succeeded the irreconciliable Mabina as president of the Filipino so-called cabinet, is a student and writer of ability. He once drew up a plan of autonomy under Spain which the Spanish government govern-ment promised to adopt, there then being a troublesome rebellion on foot. The American commissioners, in studying study-ing the question of the Philippine government, gov-ernment, have found several good points in this scheme, Paterno is now the strong man in Aguinaldo's party. All the moneyed leaders of the insurrection insur-rection see that it is hopeless and are anxious for peace. Those who want money think they may profit by har-rassing har-rassing the Americans awhile longer. TREACHEROUS SERVANT. Filipino In the Kmploy of General Wheaton Attempts to Murder ills Master. Washington, May 23. A Manila newspaper, the American, of date of April 16, received at the war department, depart-ment, contains a story of an attempt to assassinate General Wheaton, which seems to have escaped the attention of the American newspaper's correspondents corres-pondents at Mana, or to have attracted at-tracted the blue pencil of the censor. This item reads: "Last Friday evening Brigadier-General Wheaton, while away from headquarters, head-quarters, was attacked by one of his native servants, who made at attempt upon his life. After attacking him, stones and other missiles were thrown at him. "The general was brought to the city last night for medical attention, and then it was discovered that he had three broken ribs. However, he refused re-fused to go to the hospital and returned return-ed to his command an hour later." PRIVATE PROPERTY AT SEA. One Ouestlon Cnited States Would Like to Discuss. London. May 23. The correspondent correspond-ent of the Daily Chronicle at The Hague says: "The United States would like to discuss questions affecting private pri-vate property at sea, and it is not true that such questions have been ruled out of the conference. An Anglo-Saxon delegate declared that if the conference confer-ence should do nothing but agree to the establishment . of international arbitration arbi-tration of an optional kind and extended ex-tended to the sea the same respect which is paid to private property on land in time of war, it would do much." RAN ON A REEF. American Liner Paris Goes Ashore In a For. Falmouth, May 23. The American line steamer Paris, Captain Watkins, from Southampton and Cherbourg for New York, struck on an outlying ridge off the manacles early Sunday morning at a point half a mile from where the wrecked Atlantic transport liner Mohegan lies, and five miles from Falmouth. Lifeboats and tenders were soon literally swarming around the vessel rendering assistance. A majority major-ity of the passengers, who numbered 380, were brought to Falmouth, where they obtained lodgings for the night. CLASH AT BLUEK1ELDS. Hostile Meeting Between Nlearaguan and A merles n Boats. Washington, Map 23 There is a persistent per-sistent rumor here that there had been a hostile meeting at Bluefields between the Nicaraguan gunboat San Jacinto and the United States cruiser Detroit, which is looking after American interests in-terests in that vicinity. The report lacks confirmation, so far as official advices are obtainable, the statement being made in responsible quarters that up to 11 o'clock there had been no information received in regard to it. WITHOUT POWER. Filipino Commissioners Must Refer Deliberations Delib-erations to Aguinaldo. Manila, May 23. The Filipino commissioners com-missioners who arrived here on Saturday Satur-day to negotiate with the United States commissioners had a conference yesterday with Messrs. Schurman, Worcester and Denby. They say that they are without power to bind the so-called Filipino government in any particular and can only refer any results re-sults of the present negotiations to Aguinaldo. GOVERNMENT FOR FILIPINOS. Form Which the United States Commission Proposes. Washington, May 23. A dispatch received re-ceived from Manila states that the United States Philippine commission has submitted to the Filipino commissioners commis-sioners a draft of the form of government govern-ment the president is prepared to establish. es-tablish. According to this plan a gov ernor-general will be appointed for the islands by the president. There willb a cabinet, and later an advisory council will be elected by the people. Called the Preacher a Traitor. Calu met, Mich., May 23. During a sermon delivered by the Rev. H. C. Hunter at the First Congregational church Sunday, he took occasion to criticise the national administration for its Philippine policy and its course during the Spanish war. Charles Tom-ma, Tom-ma, a volunteer in the Thirty-fourth Michigan, who was in the audience, interrupted in-terrupted the pastor, saying: "Any man who talks like that is a traitor to his country and his flag and I refuse to listen to him." He then left the church. Business Portion of Dawson Destroyed. Victoria, B. C, May 23. The main portion of the city of Dawson was destroyed by fire on April 26, causing a loss of 94,000,000. In all, 111 buildings, build-ings, including the bank of British North America, were burned. The news was brough tdown by L. S. Hume, a son of Mayor Hume of Seattle, J, Toklas, and a third party, who left Dawson on April 27 and made their way out by canoe to Lake Lebarge and then over the ice, having' a most peril-ns peril-ns trip. WANT AN ARMISTICE. FILIPINO PEACE COMMISSIONERS REACH MANILA. Submit No New Proposition, Bat Ask For a Suspension of Hostilities During Session of Filipino Congress, Manila, May 21. Two military and two civil Filipino commissioners, appointed ap-pointed to co-operate with three citizens citi-zens of Manila in negotiating terms of peace, have arrived here. They have submitted no new proposition, propo-sition, but want an armistice pending the session of the Filipino congress. Major-General Otis has refused to entertain the proposition. Colonel Kobbe remains at Cananeaba. General Lawton is marching south from San Isidro. General McArthur remains at San Fernando. REBELLION NEARING END. Americans Now Have Complete Control of the Situation! Manila, May 21. The Americans positively have entire control of the situation if the rainy season does not set in within ten days, and make further fur-ther military operations impossible, should the insurgents still prove intractable. in-tractable. The purpose of the Filipino leaders to give up the struggle against American Ameri-can authority was made known byJro delegates of the Filipino peace coin-mission, coin-mission, who remained in San Isidro when it was captured and surrendered to Law ton's advance guard. In conversation with American officers offi-cers they state that the Filipino forces have been for the last four days willing will-ing to secure peace on any terms that General Otis might see fit to offer. They declare General Lawton, by his rapid and energetic advance from Balinag, has not allowed their forces a moment's cessation from fighting. The delegates add, as their most important im-portant information, that Aguinaldo himself will sue for peace through the peace commission within two days. If he does not so act the Filipino government gov-ernment will repudiate him, as four-fifths four-fifths of the natives are weary of the war and desire the early tnding of hostilities. NICARAGUAN CANAL. Commission Reports the Great "Waterway Can be Built for 8125.000,000. Washington, May 21. The Nicaraguan Nicar-aguan canal commission, Admiral Walker, Colonel Haines and Mr. Haupt, are understood at last to have settled the previous disagreement which has so long delayed the report of the com. mission and which for a short time threatened to make necessary the appointment ap-pointment by the president of another commission under the authority conferred con-ferred by the last session of congress. The compromise effected among the commissioners results in their fixing fix-ing the cost of the proposed waterway i which is pronounced entirely feasible, at 8125,0o0,000. It is believed the report re-port will be signed and delivered to the president immediately on his return re-turn from Hot Springs to Washington. "The members of the commission bad agreed after the elaborate and thorough consideration they have given to the subject, and believe that the last objectiou to the beginning of the interoceanic waterway had been swept aside and that congress may be relied upon to promptly authorize the canal's construction. DEWEY EN ROUTE HOME. Hongkong Advices Say the Admiral Has Started Home. Jongkong, May 21. Admiral Dewey left Manila on Saturday morning, the 20th inst. If all goes well he will arrive ar-rive here next Monday morning. Arrangements have been made here to put the Olympia, the admiral's flagship, flag-ship, in dry dock as soon as she arrives. Her long sojourn in tropical waters has fouled her bottom so badly that she will need a thorough scraping in order to fit her for her trip across the Indian ocean. There are other matters, too. that will need to be looked after. Her machinery ma-chinery will be completely overhauled . New "trim" will be added, and the "gingerbread" work, which was dispensed dis-pensed with at the time she was pu t in war rig, will be replaced. She will be ;oaled and provisioned here, and when she steams out of the harbor about two weeks hence she will be irr" shape to make another record-breaking voyage with her record-breaking admiral. YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA. But One Case, and the Patient Is Out ol Danger. Havana, May 21. The man who was reported to be suffering from yellow fever is now out of danger and no new :ases of the disease have developed. Orders have been issued that only mmunes are to be allowed to. work mder the ground near the harbor, at t is believed this work caused the for xier case of fever. BEGGAR STABS A BANKER. Beggar Objected to the Quality of Food Given Him by the Banker. New York, May 21. John H. Englis, formerly president of the Wallabout bank, Brooklyn, was stabbed in the neck today by Christopher Daly, a beggar. beg-gar. The wound is a severe one, dangerously dan-gerously close to the jugular vein. Daly dad been to Englis' home a few days sgo to ask for alms, and was dissatisfied dissatis-fied with the food given him. He lay in wait and abused Englis for this, ending by stabbing him. BATTLESHIP OHIO. Bhe Will be the Largest Boat In the Navj When Completed. San Francisco, May 21. The construction con-struction of the battleship Ohio ha been fairly started, the first rivet having hav-ing been driven at the Union Iron Works. The performance was attended attend-ed v ith considerable ceremony. Tbs dimensions of the Ohio are: Length, 388 feet; beam, 72 feet 2K inches; draft, 23 feet 6 inches; displacement, 12.50C tons. She is to be larger than any vessel now in commission in the navy. Coenr d'Alene Miners Congratulated. San Francisco, May 21. The San Francisco trades council has adopted a resolution condemning the action of the governor and other officials of Idaho and also Gcneial Merriam, for their course during the recent miners' strike. The miners anion is congratulated congratu-lated for having refused to comply with the mandates of General Merriam and the state officials of Idaho. The general labor ccnnjil also heartily supports the miners in tb cause they hare undertook. STUDENTS ATTACK CIRCUS. Wild West Show Parades In Princeton Despite De-spite Difficulties. Princeton, N. J., May 17. Pawnee Bill's Wild West employees and Princeton Prince-ton students indulged in a pitched battle bat-tle yesterday, and continuous and serious rioting was prevented only by the presence of men with cool beads, and the action of President Pat ton of Princeton university, later in the day, in calling a mass meeting of all the students. For fifty years it has been an unwritten un-written law of Princeton that no circus parade must pass through the streets. Every show proprietor iu making his dates has always left Princeton from the list, for it had been a matter of common knowledge that the students would enforce the unwritten law. The authorities attempted to persuade the manager of the circus to abandon the parade, but he would not listen. The trouble commenced when the itudents began throwing giant firecrackers fire-crackers under the feet of the horses and rotten eggs at the circus people. The cowboys and Indians charged the students, using their whips, and were met with a storm of stones. Revolvers were drawn, but fortunately their owners were wise enough to firo high over the heads of their antagonists. Edward Dimon, colored, was knocked down and kicked in the bead by a pony, and his skull fractured. A student was injured by a pony trampling upon him another was injured by a bola, while still another was struck by an Indian with one of the snake whips. Many students were less severely hurt. The cowboys and Indians were also badly bruised and cut. AGUINALDO FLEES. Retreats from Balinag Into Nueva Ecija Nothing Heard of Him In Two Weeks. New York, May 17. A dispatch from San Miguel via Manila says: It is said that Aguinaldo has fled into the province prov-ince of Nueva Ecija. On April 29, he retreated by carriage from Balinag through San Isidro and nothing has been heard from him in two weeks. The 5,000 Spanish prisoners who are reported to be held by the insurgents have been carried into a northern province and scattered among small garrisons. They are beyond American succor this season unless a Filipino surrender takes place within three weeks. Five American prisoners were carried car-ried through this town last week. Their names are unknown. WAR CLOUD RISING. The Chinese Are Arming Against Two Flags. Hongkong, May 17. The native opposition op-position to the occupation by British forces of the new territory, Kow Loon, opposite Hongkong, has suddenly been renewed. About 900 men of the Hongkong Hong-kong regiment, with machine guns, are leaving here today and tonight, while the volunteers have been warned to be in readiness for any emergency. The British second-class gunboat Swift and three other gunboats are proceeding proceed-ing to sea under sealed orders. These warships have 500 men on board. The territory back of the Hinterland is also disturbed, and Chinese troops have been sent there. Costly Cuban Forts Worthless. Havana, May 17. Colonel Reide has been making an inspection of the forts around Havana, preparatory to a report to General Brooke. He says that enormous sums were spent by the Spaniards upon defenses that are now utterly worthless. Cabanas fortress alone cost originally 814,000,000, but two or three well-directed shells almost al-most demolished it, and the same is said to be the case .of all the other fortresses, for-tresses, including Moro Castle. Colonel Reide says that one sharpshooter sharp-shooter stationed on the roof of the Tacon theatre with an ordinary service ser-vice rifle, could practically render any Havana fort untenable. A single artillery shot could, in many instances make a whole wall crumble into dust. Sultan With a Harem. Washington, May 17. Through unofficial un-official agents the governmenthas been quietly making investigation into the state of affairs in the insular group just south of the Visayas islands, with a view to determining whether by good management the inhabitants cannot be brought into allegiance to the United States without insurrection. The natives are in general Mohammedans Mohamme-dans and owe allegience to a sultan whom the Spaniards have never been able to bring into more than nominal submission. He maintains a harem I and lives in state, and it is probable that an annuity will have to be provided pro-vided for him out of the revenues of the islands after the United States takes possession. NO EXTRA SESSION. Member of Administration Says Call Will Not Issne. Washington, May 17. A member of the administration who is in a position to know the views of the president, says that the probabilities are against an extra session of congress being called. He thought the president has given the subject some thought, but he Is reasonably sure that no call would be issued except in some unlooked for contingency, which would make it necessary. Worse Than Savages. Atlanta, Ga., May 17. Winnie Reach and her husband, colored, are charged with brutally burning their four little children nearly to death by igniting paper, saturated with kerosene, with which their bodies had been wrapped. The man ran away when he heard that bis treatment of his children had been reported to the police. The woman was in the act of applying fire to one of the children when a crowd broke into the house and rescued the little ones. There is talk of lynching. Don't Want to Strike. Pittsburg, Kan., May 17. A majority of the coal miners in this district, ordered or-dered out last week by National President Presi-dent Mitchell of the U. M. W. A., went to work yesterday as usual. A peculiar phase of the agitation is the fact that it is principally the union men who are opposed to the strike, and that the majority of the non-union men are in favor of it. Mass meetings were held in the various camps yesterday, being well attended, and the anti-strike feeling feel-ing was freely expressed. MORGAN TO BE SHOT. THE DATE OF EXECUTION FIXED FOR JULY 7, NEXT. Young Bandit Who Killed Police Captain Brown Receive His Sentenee Calmly, Apparently Being the Least Agitated Agi-tated Man In the Court Room. Brigham City, Utah, May 17. Abe Majors, alias James Morgan, who was convicted on the 10th inst. of murder in the first degree for killing Police Captain Brown of Ogden, on April 30th last, will pay the penalty of his crime on July 7th next, when he will be executed exe-cuted at the state penitentiary. Morgan was brought into court for sentence at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning morn-ing and on being asked whether he had any legal cause to present why sentence of death should not be pronounced pro-nounced against him. Attorney Ricy H. Jones, on behalf of defendant, arose and made an argument in arrest of judgement and motion for new trial. An affidavit was filed reciting the defendant's de-fendant's inability to pay for transcribing tran-scribing the reporter's notes, and asking ask-ing the court for an order that this be done at the expense of the state. No objection to the state bearing such expense ex-pense was made by the prosecution, but the motion for a new trial was strongly opposed. The court overruled the motion for a new trial, but ordered a transcript of the evidence to be made at the state's expense. Defendant's counsel have taken steps to accelerate the appeal. Morgan was then told to stand up, and Judge Hart proceeded as follows: "It is always a serious matter when an individual assumes, or has to assume as-sume the disposition of human life. and fix the time beyond which a fellow- ABE MAJORS, ALIAS JAMES MORGAN. creature shall not live upon the earth. It was a painful duty, no doubt, for the jury in this case to find you guilty, as they have. It is also an unpleasant task for the court, at this time, to fix the time and pronounce the death sentence sen-tence upon you; although it is a mere perfunctory matter as far as the court is concerned, unless willing to violate the statutes of the state and all legal requirements, the court has no discretion discre-tion otherwise than to pronounce the death penalty upon you. Mercy is a divine di-vine quality, but of course mercy cannot can-not rob justice. Justice claims her own, and under the statutes there is no way to" permit mercy to prevent the terms of the statutes being enforced. You have your right to make a choice as to the manner of death to be hung by the neck until dead, or to be shot. Which is your preference?'' "My preference is to be shot!" was the firm, clear and distinct announcement announce-ment of Morgan, looking steadily at the judge. Judg Hart then continued: "The judgment, sentence and decree of the court is that you, James Morgan, be taken hence by the sheriff of Box Elder county and safely kept until the 7th day of July, and on that day, within the exterior walls of the state prison of Utah, between the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m., that you, by the sheriff of this county, be shot until dead, and may God have mercy upon your soul." The court room was crowded to suffocation with interested spectators. General Fnnstons Ambition. San Francisco, May 18. Captain F. E. Buchan of the Twentieth Kansas regiment, whohas arrived from Manila, says: "General Funston has no political politi-cal ambitions and does not care to mingle in politics iu any shape or form. When I last saw him, just before leaving leav-ing Malolos, his plans were to go to Caba as soon as the Filipino rebellion was ended, and engage in cattle ranching ranch-ing in one of the interior provinces. He said that he had all the adventures that he wanted." Baptists Coming West. Chicago, May 18. Over 200 Baptists from Chicago and eastern points have departed for San Francisco to attend the anniversaries of the three great Baptist societies, the Missionary Union, the Home Missionary Society and the Publication Society. A reception was held for the easterners in the rooms of the Baptist Publications. The anniversaries, anni-versaries, which will be the first ever held west of the Rocky mountains, mark the completion of the first half century of Baptist work on the western coast. Chicago River on Fire. Chicago, May 17. The stockyards fork of the Chicago river was set afire yesterday. The tug O. B. Green had lust towed the schooner Ford River to a dock at Thirty-eighth street. Either sparks or a lighted match ignited. the gases stirred up from the bottom by the tug's wheels. The flames burned all the rope fenders from the sides of the schooner and blistered the paint of its planking. When the water be-became be-became quiet the fire naturally died out. ArthurS. Colyar, jr., tbe lawyer from Nashville, pleaded guilty in General Gen-eral Session, New York city, to an attempt at-tempt to kidnap Nicholos A. Heckman. a witness in the Molineaux case, and was sentenced to sixty days in the penitentiary. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley-Martin , took their formal and final farewell of New York society Tuesday night at the Waldorf-Astoria. They took it in the form of a sumptous dinner to eighty' six persons. It is stated the dinner cost 516 000. but the coolest person present appeared appear-ed to be the prisoner. After the decision had been rendered Morgan talked freely, and while he admitted ad-mitted that he and his brother robbed Fred Hanson, he denied shooting Brown, declaring that he did not fire a shot. MURDER IN PRISON. Crimes Committed Behind Prison Walls In California. San Francisco, May IS. Jacob Op-penheimer, Op-penheimer, a prisoner serving a life term in the San Quentin penitentiary for the murder of a fellow convict named Ross, at the Folsom state prison, pris-on, attacked a guard named James McDonald, stabbing him five times. The guard will die. John Showers, a three-year man, and one of the best behaved men in the prison, was stabbed to death by George Putnam, a life-long friend of the Majors boys. Revenge was the cans of the Folsom murder, Showers having turned state's evidence in the Lloyd Majors murder case nearly twenty years ago. Abe Majors is now under a sentence of death in Utah for ths murder of Folice Captain Brown. Archie Majors was killed by Brown in an attempt to capture the young desperadoes. des-peradoes. Lloyd Majors and a man named Jewell murdered two men in this state twenty years ago, and were hanged on the evidence of Showers. STIR UP REBELLION. Eight English Officers Arrested In Sontb Africa. Pretoria, Transvaal, May IS. Th arrest at Johannesburg of eight alleged former British officers, on the charge of high treason, has caused intense ex-excitement ex-excitement there. The prisoners were brought to Pretoria by special train. After they had been lodged in jail they were visited by the British diplomatic agent here. The arrests were effected by a detective detec-tive who joined the movement, which, it is assented, was for the purpose of enrolling men in order to cause an ou t-break t-break of rebellion. Incriminating documents were found on the prisoners and it is expected further arrests will be made. - The officers arrested are Captain Patterson, formerly of the Lancers; R. F. Nicholis, Lieutenant J. Trembott, C. A. Ellis, lately a private detective at'' Johannesburg; Lieutenant John Allen, formerly of the horse artillery: Quartermaster Michael, Former Ser geant J. Fries and U. P. Hooper. None of them have been iu the employ of the British South African Chartere 1 company. com-pany. It is said th commissioner of police, who had the ali'air iu UauJ, had been working up the case for months. Mr. Beatty, the detective, who effected the arrests, received his instru ctions last week and secured the necessary warrants war-rants yesterday. CAPTURE INSURGENT CAPITAL General Lawton's Advance Guard and Grant's Tinclad Boats Take San Isidro. Manila, May 18. General Lawton'i advance guard, under Colonel Summers of the Oregon troops, took San Isidro, the insurgent capital, at 8:30 Tuesday morning. The expedition under Major Kebbe of the Third artillery, consisting of the Seventeenth infantry, one battalion of the Ninth and one battalion of the First artillery, left Calumpit at daybreak, day-break, mrrching up the Rio Grande to . . , r . . 1 A ),.: 1 n lienerai ijawion s at Aruyai. j uumn ( of canoes loaded with supplies also J proceeded up the river. Both forces were conveyed by the "tinclad" army gunboats under Captain Grant. UNCLE SAM IS BOSS. For the Present He Will Absolutely Control Con-trol Cuba. Washington, May 18. General Brooke hat, not reported to the war department any serious situation in Cuba, and it is not believed at the department de-partment that any alarm need be felt regarding the condition of affairs. No advice is given General Brooke, as it has been the policy of the president to clothe the officers in command in the islands with plenary powers to deal with situations as they arise and bold such officers responsible. One thing is assured beyond all other considerations. The United States will remain for the present in absolute control con-trol of the island, ard the orders of the officers in command will be sustained by the government at Washington. Montana Woman After a Fortune. Chicago, May 18. Proceedings have been begun in the superior court by Mrs. Morcharrosch, wife of a Montana miner, to prove her idusitity as the daughter of nenry W. Martin, the rich Chicagoan, who died intestate last May. It is claimed by Mrs. Morcharrosch Morchar-rosch that her mother, who was a ser-vaut ser-vaut girl at the Clifton hotel, was secretly married to Mr. Martin twenty-seven twenty-seven years ago. The estate is valued at 8400.000. There is considerable speculation as to the outcome. Admiral Watson to Relieve Dewey. San Francisco, May 18. Rear Admiral Ad-miral John G. Watson, who will relieve re-lieve Admiral' Dewey in command of the Asiatic squadron, sailed for his post on the steamer City of Pekin, Tuesday afternoon. Admiral Watson has been in command of the Mare Is. land navy yard, but was relieved by Rear Admiral Kempff, and came to this city on a special steamer. Admiral Watson is accompanied by his personal staff, Lieutenants Marble and Snow-den. Snow-den. .General Gomez's Manifesto. Havana, May 18. The manifesto which General Gomez is preparing to issue will not only review his own position po-sition as to the payment of the Cuban army, but probably will direct the forces to disband. Follgwing its publi. cation, Governor General Brook will issue a modified order eliminating the necessity for the participation of any Cuban commander in the distrtbution of the f3,000,000. The governor-general regards Gomez as having acted sincerly throughout. A Career of Crime. SL Petersburg, May 18. A sensational sensa-tional trial has just been ended here. Tbe evidence disclosed that the accused, ac-cused, Maria Merscbwizka, a woman of noble birth, had led an extraordinary career of intrigue and crime. The court found her guilty of poisoning her lover and two women, owing to jealousy, kidnapping a child and forging documents docu-ments and bills of exchange. She was sentenced to fifteen years penal servitude servi-tude in Siberia, and to be deprived of ber title of nobility. MARKET REPORTS SILVER, New York 81 H San FrancUco 61 London 23 d LEAD. New York Exchange (1.45(34 .474 New York brokers 4 25 COPPER. New York Exchange 018 50 New York Brokers 18 75 19 00 Salt Lake Mining Kxchange. Following are the closing sites: Name of Stocks. Bid. Asked Alice .75 Anchor t Ajax 1.17 Alliance j .in) AllHOIl si .40 6 75 1.00 Bullion-Beck 5 W Chloride Point .774 Centennial Kureka 50.00 Congor i .60 Daisy ! .27 Daly 1.3) T vly-West 9 DO Dalton& Lark 10 Dexter I 2. S3 Eagle i 074 Four Ares '; .264 Gevser-Marion ! .t- Uaiena ' .82 Galena King 49 GO. Ex : 05 Grand Central 7.K5 Herschel ; Horn Silver t 25 In,:ot .27 Malvern 03 Mammoth 1 .924 .70 1 f0 9.95 . 10 3.55 .08 .314 .H0 .35 .55 7 85 .06 .29 I.Stt 7.37'-, .70 .74 .36 9.50 .90 .47 i.oo .45 4.17', 1.52S .49 1 00 '".16 " . 06 ' .05 .01 '. 1.00 Mercur 7.26 Lower Matnmot.li 684 Northern Light .73, Onmha ' .324 Ontario 7 50 Petro.., .76', Sacramento .40 Sunshine 744 Silver Ivlntf 38. (0 Siar Consolidated. IW4 Showers Consolidated 40 Swansea 4.05 South Swansea 1.18 Sunbeam. .v 47 L'lah 8 Blue Bird Sac. Con Bright" l.iKlit I B Tunnel keve Ro ton'i le La - Mar Bo.s Tweed Blui Bird xU-usion bi Camas Bill Nye Crown Point Coiustock Century Camp Floyd Columbia Crusader Con Central Mammoth Da lion Diamond Consolidated Eajfle & Blue Bell Emerald Frisco Uolden Kasle (Joltleu Star Gold Hill Homeslake Hercules International Joe Bowers Joe Bowers Kx tension Kremlin Li Heine Little Pillshurir Midnight Boweis May Day Manhattan Martha Washington Monarch Mckinley North Swansea Orient Kichmoud- Anaconda Rabbit's Foot .00 '4 .0.14 .04 .004 . 10 .00 4 .30 .014 .15 .05 .00 .10 .02 .15 .02 .15 .20 37'4 .16 .10 00, .011 '4 .oo, .02- .10 .31 .114 .07 .06 .10 .02 .13 .00 .Ifi'i 14 .0, .on:ft fc. .ox '4 .0.1 .en .001 .0.1 .to, 17S .05 .03 cm .15 .10 .10 .15 .09 .10 .05 .10 .03 .75 Ol'1! .16 .01 '4 .10 17'i .07 .124 .08 liover. Silver Cloud .t3V .10 Success Sea Swan .03 .06'4 Tetro tfrii; .1114 Triumph its Valeo 1.14 1.10 West Mountain I'lauer !, .40 West Merour Yankee Con " .11 ".124 Fissure " Little Chief .02 .03 Salt Lake City. Wheat i Cwt .$ I 00 Corn 1 15 Cracked corn 120 Rye I 00 Barley 1 30 Oats 1 h0 Alfalfa so Mixed hay (15 Timothy 70 Straw, per bale Live Turkey (Joliblers 1 ib 11 Live Turkey Hens 12 Chickens, hen 0 Old roosters 8 Broilers, each SO Old duck ic Tame (Jeese " 11 KKKs.Ulah, per case 4 OOffi 50 Butter, creamery j; Ranch butter I241S San Francisco tiraln ash 1.05 Q,t 074 1 16 "7.4 904 December Harley New December LIVE STOCK. Clileago. Fancy cattle Choice steers Medium irrades Beef steers Htoekernand feeder Bulls Cows and heifers Calves Western fed ateers Texas steers. . Colorado wooled lambs Kxports Yearl'nvrs Spring lambs W 50 . 5 25 . 4 f0 . 4 75 . 4 00 . 3 00 . 3 60 . 4 50 4 60 . 4 01) . 6 60 . 4 80 .5 2. . 7 00 4X5 65 tli5 40 &4 95 tl 95 45 25 4 50 4S4 25 &7 50 5 40 tif 00 &7 00 to 5 no d5 85 ii 00 Knimaii City. Native steers 3 85 SJ5 10 Texas steers 3(0 in 4 80 Texas Cows 3 50 4 00 Native cows and heifers 3 00 ti4 75 Stockers and feeders 3 5i t(5 35 Bulls and stags 3 50 t(,4 SO Lambs 5 8n j,8 00 Muttons 323 m Omaha. Native beef steers ti 25 5 25 Western steers 3 80 14 no Texas steers 3 70 t4 60 Cows and heifers 3 90 (ft 4 60 Canners jM 3 150 Stockers and feeders 4 00 5 00 Calves 4 00 Pi7 00 Bulls and stags 3 00 Ct4 25 YearlinKS 4 o 5 80 Western muttons 4 75 (g.5 6 1 Stockers 3 75 fa. 4 75 Lambs . 4 65 n0 50 Denver- Beef steers -. M 00 oOWS 3 00 Feeders freight paid to river.. . 4 25 Stockers. freight paid to river.. . 4 25 Bulls and stags 2 00 Good fat muttons 3 50 Lambs 050 BEBEIPTS. Chicago Cattle Sheep Kansas City Cattle Sheep Omahaha Cattle Sheep Denver Cattle " Sheep " t 4 75 4r3 90 4 50 5 00 3 50 5 00 67 50 2I.00T. 17,000 3.000 2.000 3.000 1.700 4.100 Business Portion of Dawson Destroyed. Victoria, B. C, May 23. The main portion of the city of Dawson was destroyed by fire on April 26. causing a loss of $4,000,000. In all. 111 buildings, build-ings, including the bank of liritish North America, were burned. The news was broughtdown by L. S. Hume, a son of Mayor Hume of Seattle, J. Toklas, and a third party, who left Dawson on April 27 and made their way out by canoe to Lake Lebarge and then over the ice, having a most perilous peril-ous trip. Murdered by Robbers. Toledo, O., May 23. A mysterious tragedy was enacted at the little village vil-lage of Middleboro, Logan county. Mrs. Rachel Austin and her son were murdered in their home and the house burned over their heads. Ernest Austin, Aus-tin, the youngest son of the widow, is lying at the home of a neighbor with a bullet in his chest, from which be cannot can-not recover. He states that he was called to the door by robbers, who after shooting him, looted the house, murdered his mt tSer and brother and set fire to the house. Probably a Canard. Cob n Colombia, May 24. A passenger passen-ger who arrived here from Bocas del Torro is alone responsible for the rumor ru-mor that the Nicaraguan gun vessel San Jacinto has been sunk by the United States cruiser Detroit, after tbe former had fired upon the American warship. He says the report was generally gen-erally discredited at Bocas del Torro, and that it probably came from Bluer fields, where the Detroit and San Ja-: cinto are supposed to be. Officials here regard the story as a canard. |